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Abraham in Wikipedia

(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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Abraham in Naves Topical Bible

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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Abraham Scripture - Deuteronomy 30:20

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them....

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Abraham in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Abraham Scripture - Genesis 35:12

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land....

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Abraham in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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Abraham in Hitchcock's Bible Names

father of a great multitude...

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Abraham Scripture - Matthew 1:17

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 Scripture - Matthew 1:2

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;...

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