Try to put this in perspective, you are the son of an idol maker and grew up in ground zero for idolatry leading to every perversion, even some that have been lost in the antiquities and only now are being re-discovered on sites like 4chan.
Abram did not thrive as salesboy in daddy's idol shop, but he loved being outdoors and had a successful sidegig with livestock. At this point the entourage was over 50 including all the family and servants and the sheep, goat and camel count was over a thousand. And he had his trophy wife, Sarai, top stock arm candy. Then, it happened.
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. Genesis 12:1 BSB
Wait, hold the phone. The LORD spoke to Abram? How? When I'm in church and someone comes up to me and says, the LORD told me to tell you .... I get nervous. I understand there are prophets even in this day, (1 Corinthians 12:28), but I also understand there are false prophets, (2 Peter 2:1).
This is a different time and people and God talked and it sounded like conversational speech, (Genesis 3:8). And the instructions Abram receives come directly from God, no worries about false prophets in this case.
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