The Ramban holds that leaving Eretz Yisrael because of the famine was an aveirah. Avraham avinu should have had bitachon in Hashem, says the Ramban, since he was commanded by Hashem to go to Eretz Yisrael.
The Michtav Mei’Eliyahu raises a question on this. Maaseh avos siman la’banim. Avraham avinu had to go to Shechem, for example, because, eventually, that would be the location of his descendants making war against the people who defiled Dinah. Another example, he had to go to Beis El because that is where Yehoshua would eventually begin the conquest of Eretz Yisrael. All of Avraham avinu’s travels and experiences were directly being guided by the hashgachah of Hashem in order to pave the way for the future generations. Likewise, it was clearly by divine providence that Avraham avinu had to go down to Mitzrayim in order to pave the way for his descendants who would be enslaved there.
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