his people, and his father’s household and go to the land that God would show him. Even though he did not know where God was taking him, Abraham set out for the unknown land of promise. Even after he arrived in the promised land, he lived in tents as a nomad all his life, “For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God” (Heb 11:10). In sharp contrast to the arrogant self-assertiveness of the builders of Babel who tried to make their own way to heaven,