Abram's father was taking his family to Canaan from Ur but then he died. Next, God spoke to Abram and directed him to continue alone with his family to a place he would be shown. If he was obedient he would receive certain promises from God (Ge 12:2-3), When they arrived in Canaan the "Lord appeared to Abram and said, 'To your offspring I will give this land'" (:7). "Then he believed in the Lord, and He reckoned it to him as righteousness" (15:6). It was God "who redeemed Abraham" (Isa 29:22). In Christ "we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins" (Col 1:14). God initiated the process of redemption saying to the serpent regarding their descendants, "'He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel'" (Ge 3:15). But Satan as "the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving" (2Co 4:4). "The whole world lies in the power of the evil one" (1Jn 5:19). Therefore, mankind was in bondage to sin. But "whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith" (:4). God continued to carry out his plan saying to Israel, "'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians'" (Ex 6:6). "The Lord has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he" (Jer 31:11). "You have by Your power redeemed Your people" (Ps 77:15) "which You have purchased of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance" (74:2). "Because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers . . . [He] redeemed you from the house of slavery" (Dt 7:8). Isaiah prophesied by way of "'the Redeemer of Israel'" (Isa 49:7) that Christ would be "'the Servant of rulers'" (:7) and "'will have compassion on you'" (54:8). "'A Redeemer will come to Zion'" (59:20) and "'He will redeem Israel'" (Ps 130:8). Job foresaw the future saying, "'As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth'" (Job 19:25). "'Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob'" (Isa 60:16). "'All flesh will know'" (49:26).