choose Abram. Compare Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 17:5.Joshua 24:1-3.
Abraham. See note on Genesis 17:5, and App-50. The letter (He). five. This is the number of grace (App-10), put into the middle of the names (Abram and Sarai), as. symbol of the grace that called him. See App-50. for the repetition of five in its multiples all through his life.