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Sep 22, 2023 · Abraham was a man of faith who obeyed God's call to leave his homeland and become the father of a great nation. Learn about his life, his covenant with God, and his son Isaac in this biblical story.
We can learn a great deal about faith through Abraham. Abraham plays an important role in the Christian faith. He is one of the most important figures in the Bible apart from Jesus. It is through ...
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Abraham [a] (originally Abram) [b] is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [7] In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; [c] [8] and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic ...
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Hagar was an Egyptian woman who was the handmaid of Sarah. Because she could not have children Sarah gave her to Abraham. Soon after this occurred Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. Keturah, the second wife of Abraham, likely married him after the death of Sarah. Keturah bore him six boys.
Isaac, Sarah's only child, was miraculously born after God healed Sarah of being unable to produce children. Isaac's wife Rebekah bore him two sons. He lived longer, at 180 years, than either his father (175 years) or his son Jacob (147 years). Rebekah, wife of Isaac, was healed of being barren after the couple prayed to God for a miracle. She gave...
Jacob was the twin-brother of Esau and grandson of Abraham. He stole Esau's blessing from their father by pretending to be him when Isaac was old and unable to see very well. To escape the wrath of his brother, Jacob flees to a relative named Laban. Jacob works fourteen years for Laban and marries his daughters Leah and Rachel. After wrestling with...
Bilhah was a slave girl Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. Because Rachel could not have children she gave Bilhah to Jacob. Two sons were produced out of this arrangement. Leah was the oldest daughter of Laban and sister to Rachel. Laban, although he agreed to have Jacob marry Rachel after he worked for him for seven years, deceived Jacob into marr...
David represented the 13th generation from Abraham in the family tree (the 33rd Biblical generation on earth). He was the youngest of Jesse's eight sons. The prophet Samuel anointed David Israel's new king c. 1025 B.C. when he was roughly fifteen years old. He would not end up ruling, however, until he turned thirty years old in 1010. At thirty he ...
Sep 7, 2022 · Abraham was a man of faith who obeyed God's call to leave his home and go to a land he would inherit. He received three promises from God: a land, a nation and a blessing, and he became the father of many nations through his son Isaac.
Abraham is a man whose character looms large in the history of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Abraham and Sarah were very happy with their new son, Isaac; however, God had a test for Abraham. God told Abraham, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...
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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. His legacy was carried on by his son ...
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