In modern versions chapter 12 is titled ‘The call of Abram.’ The call is a sound coming from elsewhere drawing the listener in. Strangely enough the word used is
Go…
This an echo of Genesis 1:27 and 9:1.
The call is the other way.
Abram
called on the name of the Lord
like in chapter 4.
Yet unlike the violence of chapter 4, this is a new start. It is full of promise.
The sound of ‘I will’ resonates through the passage.
I will show
I will make
I will bless
I will bless
I will curse
I will give
I will give
I will make
I will give