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   ocr: relationship with. They would be set apart trom other men and women as God's peculiar treasures, his kingdom of priests. This special group would by example teach the rest of the world the advantages of loving and serving God. And Abraham was the father of this new humanity. Dozens of other passages in the Old Testament set forth the details of God's covenant, or contract, with his chosen people. (The word testament means covenant.) Here is what God promised Abraham: A new land to live in. Trusting God, Abraham left his home and traveled nundreds of miles toward Canaan. A large and prusperous ...