(א) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר ה׳ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ מֵאַרְצְךָ֥ וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וּמִבֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַרְאֶֽךָּ׃ (ב) וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔ וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וֶהְיֵ֖ה בְּרָכָֽה׃ (ג) וַאֲבָֽרְכָה֙ מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖ אָאֹ֑ר וְנִבְרְכ֣וּ בְךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
(1) Ado-nai said to Abram, “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you. (2) I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you shall be a blessing. (3) I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; And all the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you.”
אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ, וְלָמָּה לֹא גִּלָּה לוֹ, כְּדֵי לְחַבְּבָהּ בְּעֵינָיו וְלִתֵּן לוֹ שָׂכָר עַל כָּל פְּסִיעָה וּפְסִיעָה.
Rabbi Yochanan said..."To the land that I will show you." Why did He not reveal (his destination) to him? It was to make it more endearing to him, and to give him a reward for each and every step.
לחם ויין BREAD AND WINE — Thus is done for those wearied through battle. He showed him (Abraham) that he bore him no malice for killing his descendants. The Midrashic explanation is that (Melchizedek) hinted to (Abraham) of the meal-offerings and wine libations which his descendants would offer there (in Salem which is Jeru-salem) (Genesis Rabbah 43:6).
A time is coming—declares Ado-nai —when I will send a famine upon the land: not a hunger for bread or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of GOD.
From See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
Valarie Kaur
I do not owe my opponents my affection, warmth, or regard. But I do owe myself a chance to live in this world without the burden of hate....I refuse to let anyone belittle my soul, or diminish my own expansive sense of self. The more I listen, the less I hate. The less I hate, the more I am free to choose actions that are controlled not by animosity, but by wisdom. Laboring to love my opponents is how I love myself. This is not the stuff of saintliness. This is our birthright.