Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
There Abram called. We find the patriarch here pitching again in the same place, making use of the same altar, and performing the same sacred rites as before. He felt a strong desire to re-animate his faith and piety on the scene of his former worship: it might be to express humility and penitence for his misconduct in Egypt, or thankfulness for deliverance from perils-to embrace the first opportunity, on returning to Canaan, of leading his family to renew their allegiance to God, and offer the typical sacrifices which pointed to the blessings of the promise.