Letter 013 — The Story: Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1-9)

Letters From Home · May 27, 2026 · 12m

Two Hebrew words started everything. Go. For yourself. Go. Today we walk through the call itself — the Hebrew, the structure, the going.

In this letter

- The Hebrew phrase lekh lekha and what the doubling actually means

- The triple separation — country, family, father's house — three concentric circles moving inward

- The five I wills and the global scope of the promise

- Abram at seventy-five, the obedience, the journey to Shechem

- The Canaanites already in the land

- The altars at Shechem and Bethel — markers on the road

Scripture

- Genesis 12:1-9

Hebrew word studies

- lekh lekha…