When it comes hero tales such as this one, the typical approach is to highlight all of the adversity and show how it personally affects the hero of this story. (theyoungfolks.com)
What we read about Abraham is hardly the distillation of hero tales, for what is recalled in Genesis is not the exploits of Abraham but the initiative, the actions and the purpose of Yahweh in his relationship with Abraham. (religion-online.org)