Genesis 12:1

Any man may hear the voice of God.

When man will listen, God speaks. When God speaks, men are changed.

It was one of the great moments of history when this primitive caravan set out for Haran. As we dimly picture them setting forth in the pale dawn of history , we seem to see the laden camels, pacing slowly , towering above the slow-footed sheep; we hear the drovers’ cries and bleating of the flocks, broken by the wail of parting women.

With those who stay behind, we strain wistful eyes across the broad flood of old Euphrates till, in the wilderness beyond, the caravan is lost in a faint dust-haze—a stain and no more on the southern horizon.