Abraham Research Paper

Abraham originally Abram is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism, the other two are Isaac and Jacob. Abraham was born in Ur his father name was Terah and he was ninth in descent from Noah Abraham had two brothers Nahor, and Haran. Abraham married Sarai whose named was later charged to Sarah. Terah, Abraham, Sarah, and Lot who was Abraham’s nephew left Ur to go into the land of Canaan, but they came to Haran and lived there until Terah died. After Terah died God called Abraham and told him to get out of his country and away from his kindred to go to a land that He would show him and promised to make of him a great nation, to bless him, and make his name great. Abraham was seventy-five years old when he, Sarah, and Lot left Haran for the …show more content…
When they reached the place Abraham bound Isaac and put him on the altar, but just as he was about to bring the knife down the angel of the lord stopped him, because God saw his faithfulness. Later in their life together Sarah died and Abraham had her buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs (the “cave of Machpelah”), near Hebron. After Sarah’s death Abraham married a concubine named Keturah, and she had six sons Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Abraham is considered to be the progenitor of many nations mentioned in the Bible the Israelites, the Ishmaelites, Edomites, Amalekites, Midianites, and Assyrians. Through his nephew Lot he was also related to the Moabites and Ammonites. Abraham lived to see Isaac marry his wife Rebekah. He died at the age of one hundred seventy-five years old and was buried in the cave of Machpelah by his sons Isaac and Ishmael. Abraham is considered the father of faith, he is the onll person in the Bible referred to as a friend of God, James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Abraham is mentioned 250 times and Abram 62 times making a total of 312 times in the