Hebrews 11:8

“By faith, Abraham, when he was called, etc..] The Alexandrian copy and the Vulgate Latin version read, “by faith he who was called Abraham”; but this call is not to be understood of his name; for though his first name Abram might be given him, in the faith of his being a great man, and his second name Abraham, when he himself was a believer; yet this change was made some years after the call referred to; which is that in (<011201>Genesis 12:1) when he was called out of his own country, kindred, and father's house; which was an emblem of the call of God's people out from among the men of the world, and from their friends, relations, and acquaintance, and even out of themselves; and as Abraham…”

“From the antediluvian saints he passes to the patriarchs of Israel, to whom "the promises" belonged. called--by God (Gen 12:1). The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read, "He that was called Abraham," his name being changed from Abram to Abraham, on the occasion of God's making with him and his seed a covenant sealed by circumcision, many years after his call out of Ur. "By faith, he who was (afterwards) called Abraham (father of nations, Gen 17:5, in order to become which was the design of God's bringing him out of Ur) obeyed (the command of God: to be understood in this reading), so as to go out," &c. which he should after receive--He had not fully received even this promise when he went…”

“By faith Abraham - There is no difficulty in determining that Abraham was influenced by faith in God. The case is even stronger than that of Noah, for it is expressly declared, Genesis 15:6, “And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” Compare notes, Romans 4:1-5. In the illustrations of the power of faith in this chapter, the apostle appeals to two instances in which it was exhibited by Abraham, “the father of the faithful.” Each of these required confidence in God of extraordinary strength, and each of them demanded a special and honorable mention. The first was that when he left his own country to go to a distant land of strangers (Genesis 15:8-10); the other…”

“Gen 12:1, Gen 12:4-5 Hebrews 11:9”

“11:8 Abraham obeyed: See Gen 12:1-2. He, too, acted in the face of what he could not yet see, since he went without knowing where he was going.”

“Abraham: Gen 11:31, Gen 12:1-4; Jos 24:3; Neh 9:7, Neh 9:8; Isa 41:2, Isa 51:2; Act 7:2-4 which: Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15-17, Gen 15:7, Gen 15:8, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:3; Deu 9:5; Psa 105:9-11; Eze 36:24 obeyed: Heb 11:33, Heb 5:9; Gen 22:18, Gen 15:5; Mat 7:24, Mat 7:25; Rom 1:5, Rom 6:17, Rom 10:16; Co2 10:5; Jam 2:14-16; Pe1 1:22, Pe1 3:1, Pe1 4:17 Hebrews 11:9”