וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ מֵֽאַרְצְךָ֥ וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וּמִבֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַרְאֶֽךָּ: "And the Lord 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." (Bereishis 12:1) Avraham Avinu is told to leave his land, his birthplace and his father's house. The destination? Unknown. God does not tell Avraham where he is going. Only that it will be a land that God will show him. What is the significance of the fact that Eretz Yisrael is referred to as the land that God will show Avraham? The Sforno explains: אל הארץ אשר אראך אל המקום מהארץ אשר אראך אותה במראות אלהים לפיכך עבר בארץ ולא נטע אהלו עד המקום שנראה אליו שם האל יתברך שאמרו ויעבור אברם בארץ עד מקו' שכם וירא אליו ה' ויאמר לזרעך נתתי את הארץ הזאת: To the specific area within the country which I will show you in a heavenly vision. This is why Avram kept moving further into the land without pitching his tent to settle down until he received the appropriate sign from G’d. This occurred when he reached Shechem, where we are told that G’d appeared to him. Avraham is told to travel. How will he knows when he has arrived? He will receive a "Heavenly vision." וַיֵּרָ֤א יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ אֶתֵּ֖ן אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את וַיִּ֤בֶן שָׁם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לַֽיהֹוָ֖ה הַנִּרְאֶ֥ה אֵלָֽיו: "And the Lord appeared to Abram, and He said, "To your seed I will give this land," and there he built an altar to the
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