Go from your land, from your birthplace, and from your fathers House. (Genesis 12:1)
The question is, why the repetition? If God would have said, from your land or from your birthplace, it would suffice!
The answer is that God was alluding to not only a physical journey but to a spiritual journey.
Therefore, מארצך or from your land means from your evil inclination.
וממולדתך or from your birthplace means from the the bad attributes that are innate in man.
ומבית אביך or from your fathers house means from the habits that you learned in your fathers house.
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