God took Avraham out of Ur Kasdim. According to tradition God saved Avraham from the fiery furnace that he was put into by Nimrod. (Ur means fire). In advance of telling Avraham that his descendants will go to Egypt, an exile referred to in verse 17 of this chapter as “a smoking furnace and a … Continue reading Beraishis 15I – מעשה אבות סימן לבנים – The Events of the Forefathers were Analogous to What Would Occur to the Descendants