I was sitting in a Bible study one day when someone explained that Abraham traveled from place to place to feed his flocks. I asked if they had ever read the scripture in Hebrews. Hebrews 11:8-16 states: 8 By faith, Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later inherit, obeyed. He went without knowing where he was going. 9 He lived in the land of promise as if it were a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. 10 He was looking for a city with a foundation, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith, Sarah also received the strength to conceive a child. She was delivered of a child when she was past her age because she trusted the promise made to her. 12 Therefore, from one man, and him as good as dead, came as many as the stars in the sky and as numerous as the sand on the seashore. 13 All of these people died in faith, not having received the promises but having seen them from a distance and being convinced of them. They embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 Those who say such things clearly declare that they are seeking a country. 15 And truly, if they had remembered the country from which they came, they might have had the opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. The apostle was explaining that Abraham did not understand at the time he received the promise from God that it was not an earthly place but a heavenly country. So, he traveled throughout the land in search of what God had promised him. This is the reason Abraham traveled throughout the land. Always verify everything you are told through scriptures.