Abram could have had a pretty clear idea of ​​what a blessing was until he arrived in Kannan. Since leaving Uru, he had prospered better and more economically, and his family had become a "marching farm" that had recruited more and more workers (at that time, it practically meant buying slaves). This shows that they had a surplus of income at their disposal, which Abram reinvested. However, he also grew mature immensely from a human point of view. He was obviously changing, his relationship with God opened up a new world for him, he dealt with thoughts and questions he certainly did not have while he worshiped idols. Now being a leader in their new religion, he practically took over the spiritual leadership of the family from his father and became the head of the tribe.

Meanwhile, Abram knew the relationship with God on the first level, the level of the child. At this level, one expects God to help him, to prevent him, to solve his problems, to care, to bless, which all in all means in his understanding "to do me well as I now understand it and expect."

It's so natural - in today's jargon, we would say that it was a relationship that Abram could enjoy with full satisfaction until a certain moment. But as much as "enjoyment" is for many the pinnacle of their faith, Abram should not have remained at this point. He was to grow from a child and become a friend of God (James 2:23). This is a relationship of another level, in which there is mutual knowledge, understanding and trust in each other. The child counts on his father's help, but cannot understand him as a man; on the other hand, friends share their intentions, secrets, understanding of things.

Character and faith grow in trials, and Abram therefore had to enter them if he was to be further transformed.