Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 11:8

8 By faith Abraham when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an Inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whether he went.

Here begins instances of this Divine Faith after the Flood from Abraham to Moses time, v. 8. to 23. The first is the Father of Believers so entitled by God, eminent in the exercise of this Grace, of whose ancestry and their descent from him these Hebrews did greatly glory. He had an express Discovery of the Will of God unto him, that he [illegible: 2 letters]ould leave the i[illegible: 1 letter]olatrous place where [illegible: 1 word] lived, Gen. 11.31. and 12.1, 2, 3. compare Iosh. 24.2. and Acts 7.2, 3. and with his Family should travel to a Land, which God would shew him, and which he would give him as an Inheritance for him and his, which was the Land of Canaan, as described, Gen. 13.14, to 17. and 25.18, 19, 21. This Command of God, strengthned by a Promise, he obeyed, Gen. 12.4. Acts 7.4. through Faith really, freely, and fully resigning up himself and his to God's dispose.

He went forth with his Father T[illegible: 1 letter]rah from his Country, Kindred, and Friends, in Vr of the Chaldees to Charra[illegible: 1 letter], and there they dwelt till Terah died, Gen. 11.31. and Acts 7.4. [illegible: 1 letter]fter which, he pursued God's Orders in his motion from place to place, tho he knew neither the way, not the place in which, and whither he was to move, resting himself on God's Word and Guidance, and relying wholly on his Provision for him, and Protection of him in all his ways.