Examining The Scriptures Today Tuesday, November 18 Go your way out of your country and from your relatives . . . to the country that I shall show you.—Gen. 12:1. We can only imagine how Abraham, then Abram, felt when Jehovah told him to do that. If Abraham felt any anxiety, it no doubt melted away with Jehovah’s next words: “I shall make a great nation out of you and I shall bless you . . . And him that calls down evil upon you I shall curse.” (Gen. 12:2, 3) With those words, Jehovah took it upon himself to become a secure dwelling for Abraham and for his descendants. (Gen. 26:1-6) Jehovah fulfilled his promise. For example, he prevented Pharaoh of Egypt and King Abimelech of Gerar from violating Sarah and doing away with Abraham. He protected Isaac and Rebekah in a similar manner. (Gen. 12:14-20; 20:1-14; 26:6-11) We read: “[Jehovah] did not allow any human to defraud them, but on their account he reproved kings, saying: ‘Do not you men touch my anointed ones, and to my prophets do nothing bad.’”—Ps. 105:14, 15. w13 3/15 4:4, 5
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