Abram, who later became Abraham, was born around 2000 BC in Ur and believed in monotheism rather than the polytheism of the Sumerians. God made a covenant with Abram to make him the father of a great nation if he migrated to Canaan. Around 1950 BCE, Abram led his family to Canaan as God instructed. God later changed Abram's name to Abraham, meaning "father of many." After a famine, the Hebrews moved to Egypt but were later enslaved, leading Moses to demand their freedom from the Pharaoh. After 10 plagues, the Pharaoh let the Hebrews go but changed his mind, so Moses parted the Red Sea allowing them to escape to the desert