When they had reached a point in that land known as Sichem, the Lord appeared unto him and said: "Unto thy seed will I give this land".

Abraham builded an altar there, and the place has since been known as Bethel, which means the house of God.

Afterward Abraham dwelt in the plains of Mamre, which is just above the present site of Hebron in the southern part of Palestine.

While there, God made a covenant with him, saying: "Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates" .-- Genesis 15:18.
[95]Thereafter, when Abraham was 99 years old, the Lord appeared unto him and said: "I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly, ...

and thou shalt be a father of many nations.