Haiku for the settled
God said to Abram:
Leave the comfort of your home,
go to a new land.
Leave your father’s house,
bid your family good-bye;
I’ll make your name great.
I’ll bless you greatly.
For all of earths families
You’ll be a blessing.
He did as God said,
taking his wife and nephew.
Aged seventy-five!
Abram and Sarai,
gather their servants and goods,
and depart Haran.
They get to Canaan.
In Shechem, at Moreh’s oak,
there the Lord appeared
This is your country,
said God; you and your offspring.
An altar is built.
Good news for Abram;
less so for the Canaanites,
already settled.
© Ken Rookes 2023
