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Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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 blessings, and his legacy in this biblical overview.
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Abraham’s name was originally ‘Abram’, which means ‘the father is exalted’. His name was changed to ‘Abraham,’ which means ‘father of a multitude’, when God initiated His covenant with him (Genesis 17). God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many people. However, he and his wife Sarah were apparently past the normal age of having child...
God promised Abraham children (Genesis 15:5; 22:17). But when this didn’t take place as quickly as Abraham thought it should, he became impatient with God and took matters into his own control. His wife, Sarah was still childless, so she told Abraham to sleep with her handmaid, so that they might get a child from the union. A son was born from this...
After Abraham was called by God to leave Haran, he obediently did so. In Genesis 12, we read of Abraham (then called Abram) leaving Haran, where his father Terah had settled, and setting out to find the promised land. This account gives Abraham’s age at this time as 75, but Genesis 11 and Acts 3 suggest that Abraham was much older than this when he...
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Jun 19, 2024 · Abraham, the first of the Hebrew patriarchs and an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Sep 7, 2022 · Abraham believed the promise of God, and that faith is credited to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6). God reiterates His promise to Abraham in Genesis 17, and his faith is rewarded in Genesis 21 with the birth of Isaac. Abraham’s faith would be tested regarding his son, Isaac.
Sep 22, 2023 · Learn about the life and faith of Abraham, the friend of God and the father of many nations. Discover how God called him, blessed him, and made a covenant with him in the Old Testament.
By Menachem Posner. Art by Sefira Lightstone. As recorded in the Bible, Abraham (or Avraham, אברהם) the Hebrew was guided by G‑d to the Holy Land, where he was chosen to be the progenitor of the Jewish nation. Together with his wife, Sarah, he taught people about the existence of a G‑d who is one and cannot be seen.
