Abraham
(Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʼAḇrāhām, Arabic:
إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm, ʼAbrəham, Greek: Ἀβραάμ) is the founding
patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, and the
Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the book of
Genesis.
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sometimes referred to
as the "Abrahamic religions" because o...
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I. Name.
1. Various Forms:
In the Old Testament, when applied, to the patriarch, the
name appears as 'abhram, up to Gen 17:5; thereafter always
as 'abhraham. Two other persons are named 'abhiram. The
identity of this name with 'abhram cannot be doubted in view
of the variation between 'abhiner and 'abhner, 'abhishalom
and 'abhshalom, etc. Abra...
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Also called ABRAM
-Son of Terah
Ge 11:26,27
-Marries Sarah
Ge 11:29
-Lives in Ur, but removes to Haran
Ge 11:31; Ne 9:7; Ac 7:4
-And Canaan
Ge 12:4,5,6; Ac 7:4
-Divine call of
Ge 12:1-3; Jos 24:3; Ne 9:7; Isa 51:2; Ac 7:2,3; Heb
11:8
-Canaan given to
Ge 12:1,7; 15:7-21; Eze 33:24
-Lives in Bethel
Ge 12:8
-Sojourns in Egypt
Ge 12:10...
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(father of a multitude) was the son of Terah, and founder
of the great Hebrew nation. (B.C. 1996-1822.) His family, a
branch of the descendants of Shem, was settled in Ur of the
Chaldees, beyond the Euphrates, where Abraham was born.
Terah had two other sons, Nahor and Haran. Haran died before
his father in Ur of the Chaldees, leaving a son, L...
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father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27)
before
his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was
the heir of
the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram
sojourned among his
kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then,
with his
father and his family and household, quitted the
city of Ur, in
which he had hitherto dwe...
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Abraham ("father of a multitude".) Up to Genesis 17:4-5, his
being sealed with circumcision, the sign of the covenant,
ABRAM (father of elevation). Son of Terah, brother of Nahor
and Haran. Progenitor of the Hebrew, Arabs, Edomites, and
kindred tribes; the ninth in descent from Shem, through
Heber. Haran died before Terah, leaving Lot and two ...
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So all the generations from Abraham to David [are] fourteen
generations; and from David until the carrying away into
Babylon [are] fourteen generations; and from the carrying away
into Babylon unto Christ [are] fourteen generations....
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Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat
Judas and his brethren;...
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Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my
covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I
remember; and I will remember the land....
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