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Learn who Abraham is in the Bible and why he is important for Christianity. Discover his story of leaving Haran, having sons, and being tested by God.
- Lesli White
Sep 22, 2023 · Learn about Abraham's life, faith, and covenant with God from the Old Testament and New Testament. Discover how God called Abraham, blessed him, and made him the father of many nations.
Abraham is given a high position of respect in three major world faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the covenant, the special relationship between the Jewish people and God – leading to the belief that the Jews are the chosen people of God.
Apr 16, 2024 · According to the Bible, when Abraham settled in Canaan with his wife, Sarah, he was 75 and childless, but God promised that Abraham’s “seed” would inherit the land and become a nation. He had a son, Ishmael, by his wife’s maidservant, Hagar, and, when Abraham was 100, he and Sarah had a son, Isaac.
- André Parrot
- Abraham was the first of the Hebrew patriarchs and a figure revered by the three great monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Acc...
- The Bible states that Abraham was raised in “Ur of the Chaldeans” (Ur Kasdim). Most scholars agree that Ur Kasdim was the Sumerian city Ur, today T...
- Abraham is best known for the depth of his faith. In the book of Genesis he obeys unquestioningly the commands of God and is ready to follow God’s...
- In Mesopotamia Abraham’s family worshipped “other gods.” In Canaan they adopted the name of the Canaanites’ supreme god, El, for a god Abraham expe...
Learn about the life of Abraham, the father of faith and the patriarch of the Jewish and Christian people. Discover his calling, his family, his trials, his promises, and his legacy in this comprehensive overview.
ABRAHAM ā brə’ hăm ( אַבְרָהָ֤ם ). The primary source of Abraham is the narrative account given in Genesis 11:26-25:18. Significant is the fact that throughout the rest of the OT he is mentioned by name more than forty times. The number of references by NT writers exceeds seventy.
Sep 7, 2022 · The people of Ur and Haran worshiped the ancient Babylonian pantheon of gods, in particular the moon god, Sin, so God called Abraham out of a pagan culture. Abraham knew and recognized the call of Yahweh, the LORD, and obeyed willingly, not hesitantly.
