Abraham was called both a Hebrew (14:13) and an Aramean (Deuteronomy 26:5; cf. 25:20; 28:5; 31:20, 24). He was born in Ur and moved to Haran with his father Terah. At God's call, he traveled to Canaan and lived for a while in various localities, in particular: Shechem,...
Abraham is the first to be called a Hebrew -Ivri—one who passes over from one side to the other. He received this title because he actually crossed over Euphrates River, in present day Iraq, as he traveled to the Promised Land at the call of God. Philosophically, he earned the distinct...
Abraham returned to Beer-sheba, and was sojourning there when Sarah died at Kirjatharba (also called Hebron and Mamre), at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven (ib. xxiii. 1, 2). Abraham went to Mamre and bought the cave of Machpelah as a burial-place; and there he buried ...
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.Genesis 21:3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. Jump to PreviousAbimelech Abim'elech Abimelech's Abraham's Barren...
called "a very rich man" (13:2). The Hebrew dbK here also de- notes the honor and respect due to a man of high position, thus demonstrating that he was not simply a poor wanderer. ABRAHAM'S STATUS BEFORE PHARAOH Difficult though the episode in Egypt may be to interpret, ...
/ No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. / I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. ...Romans 9:7-9Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are...
(chapter 23). Here is anotherappearanceof Yahweh (the Hebrew verb isrā’eh). God has appeared to Abraham at least three times so far -- in Haran or Ur when he is called (12:7), cutting the covenant (as a burning torch and smoking firepot (chapter 15), and at the covenant of ...
The falsehood which on two occasions he told with regard to Sarah his wife gives us a glimpse into a natural character somewhat cowardly, deceitful and distrustful (Gen. 12:19; 20:2). VII. He was called to offer up special sacrifices. The first is fully described in Genesis fifteen, ...
Abram was a son of Terah. Abram's two brothers were called Nahor and Haran, and their half-sister (same father) was called Sarai. Haran had two daughters and a son. Nahor married one of the daughters, and when Haran died, Abram adopted Haran's son Lot. That's when the journey tr...
For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.1 Peter 3:6just as Sarah ...