Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great. That's the first thing God says to Abraham. It's a covenant. It's a deal that if you listen to me, if you follow my rules, if you pray to me and worship me and honor me, then I'm going to give you really great land and your descendants are going to rule over that great land. That's the deal. You do what I say.