LESSON 8
Abraham and Sarah Obeyed God
Not too far from Babel was a city called Ur, where people worshipped many gods other than Jehovah. But there was a man in Ur who worshipped only Jehovah. His name was Abraham.
Jehovah said to Abraham: ‘Leave your home and your relatives, and go to the land that I will show you.’ Then God promised: ‘You will become a large nation, and I will do good things for many people all over the earth because of you.’
Abraham did not know where Jehovah was sending him, but he trusted in Jehovah. So Abraham, his wife Sarah, his father Terah, and his nephew Lot packed their things and obediently began their long trip.
Abraham was 75 years old when he and his family finally arrived in the land that Jehovah wanted them to see. It was called the land of Canaan. There God spoke to Abraham and made this promise: ‘All this land you see around you, I will give to your children.’ But Abraham and Sarah were old and did not have any children. So how would Jehovah make his promise come true?
“By faith Abraham . . . obeyed by going out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, although not knowing where he was going.”—Hebrews 11:8
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IRUẸMWI 8
Ebraham Vbe Sera Keghi Họn Ẹmwẹ Ne Osanobua
Ọ mwẹ ẹvbo ọkpa na ghaa tie ẹre Ọọ (Ur). Ẹvbo na keghi sikẹ e Babẹl kevbe wẹẹ emwa ni rre ẹvbo na i ga e Jehova. Sokpan ọ ghaa mwẹ okpia ọkpa vbe Ọọ nọ ghaa ga e Jehova. Eni okpia na ọre Ebraham.
E Jehova keghi tama Ebraham wẹẹ: ‘Kpa vbe ẹvbo ne u ye, ne u sẹ emwa ruẹ rae gha rrie ẹvbo ne I gha ma ruẹ re.’ Vbe iyeke ọni, Osanobua keghi yan rẹn wẹẹ: ‘U gha khian agbẹnvbo nọkhua, I gha fiangbe emwa nibun vbe uhunmwu otagbọn hia rhunmwuda ruẹ.’
Agharhemiẹn wẹẹ Ebraham ma rẹn eke ne Jehova wẹẹ ne ọ gha rrie, ọ na ye mu ẹtin yan e Jehova. Rhunmwuda ọni, Ebraham vbe ọvbokhan rẹn ighẹ e Sera, erha Ebraham ighẹ e Tẹra, kevbe ovbi ọtiọnrẹn ighẹ e Lọt keghi kun ihẹ kpa gha rrie ẹvbo ne Osanobua wẹẹ ne iran gha rrie.
Ukpo 75 ẹre Ebraham ghaa ye vbe irẹn vbe ẹgbẹe ọre sẹ ẹvbo ne Jehova wẹẹ ne iran gha rrie. Eni ẹvbo nii ọre Kena. Osanobua keghi ru eyan na ma Ebraham vbe evba wẹẹ: ‘I gha mu otọ na hia ne u bẹghe na, ne ivbuẹ.’ Na kha na, Ebraham vbe ọvbokhan rẹn ighẹ e Sera khian ọmaẹn nẹ vbene iran ma na he biẹ. De vbene eyan ọghe Jehova khian ghi ya mwẹ amusẹ hẹ?
“Iyayi ọre ọ ye Ebraham họn vbe Osanobua tie ẹre, ọ na gha rrie ẹvbo ne Osanobua ve ẹre re wẹẹ, irẹn gha rhie nẹẹn. Irẹn keghi kpao vbe ẹvbo irẹn rre, vbe ne ọ ma na rẹn ehe ne ọ rrie.”—Hibru 11:8