Gustave Doré1866
Abraham Goes to the Land of Canaan
At the Lord's call Abraham leaves his country and kindred, setting out with his household and flocks toward the land of Canaan (Genesis 12). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

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Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.
