Abraham] Genesis 12:4. he] That is, in his posteritie. obeyed] Forsaking his Countrey, his kindred and fathers house, Genesis 12:1. which might seem to be against reason, in that he left a certaintie for an uncertaintie. not knowing] For God did not at first tell him of the place whither he should go, for the greater triall of his faith; Genesis 12:1. but when he was come into Canaan, then he told him that that was the place, Genesis 12:7.