When we are first introduced to Avra(ha)m, he is married to Sara(i)h - and the first thin we learn about her is that she is barren. Yet, Hashem commands Avraham to go to K'naan where He will make him into a great nation. The apparent incongruity of the command and the reality shape one of the two journeys in Avraham's life - and the entire Parashat Lekh Lekha is the road map of those two journeys. While Avraham continues to seek out "the land that I will show you", he also continues to attempt various solution to the progeny problem - until Hashem informs him of how it will all play out. But there are numerous surprises along the way...
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