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Personal data Abraham / אברהם / إبراهيم "Abraham Aveinu" 

• Nickname is Abraham Aveinu.
• He was born about -1948 TO ABT 100 in Ur, ChaldeaUr, Chaldea.
• He was baptized about 1497.
• Profession: .

  {geni:job_title} rabbi

• Graduated, Yeshiva Shem v'Ever.

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• He died about -1625 TO ABT 100 in Hebron, Canaan, Palestine.
• He is buried about -1883 in Machpelah, Hebron, Canaan.
• A child of Terah / תרח / تارح King of Agade and Amethelo /אמתלאי
• This information was last updated on May 25, 2012.

Household of Abraham / אברהם / إبراهيم "Abraham Aveinu"

(1) He is married to Hagar / הגר / هاجر.

They got married about -1997.

Child(ren):

1. Ishmael / ישמעאל / إسماعيل  ± 1966-± 1829 

(2) He has/had a relationship with Sarah / שרה / سارة.

Child(ren):

1. Isaac / יצחק  ± 1950-± 1770 

(3) He is married to Keturah / קטורה.

They got married about -1800.

Child(ren):

1. Midian / מדין  ± 1695-???? 

Notes about Abraham / אברהם / إبراهيم "Abraham Aveinu"

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Born: 3335 AM Died: 3510 AM

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Marriage Information:

Abraham married SARAH, daughter of TERAH and Unknown. (SARAH was born3345 AM and died 3472 AM.)

Baptized Duarte Diaz. Had 9 grandsons named after him.

Abraham
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Abraham (ca. 1900 BC/BCE ????????? "Father/Leader of many", Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ?A?raham; Arabic ??????? Ibrahim; Ge'ez ????? ?Abr?ham) is regarded as the founding patriarch of the Israelites whom God chose to bless out of all the families of the earth. He is a critical figure in both Judaism and Christianity, and is a very important prophet in Islam. Accounts of his life are given in the Book of Genesis and also in the Qur'an.

Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Bahá'í Faith are sometimes referred to as the "Abrahamic religions", because of the role Abraham plays in their holy books and beliefs. In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, Abraham is described as a patriarch blessed by God (the Jewish people called him "Father Abraham"), and promised great things. Jews and Christians consider him father of the people of Israel through his son Isaac; Muslims regard him as the father of the Arabs through his son Ishmael. In Christian belief, Abraham is a model of faith, and his intention to obey God by offering up Isaac is seen as a foreshadowing of God's offering of his son, Jesus. In Islam, Abraham obeyed God by offering up Ishmael and is considered to be one of the most important prophets sent by God. In the Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh, its founder, is said to be a descendant of Abraham through his wife Keturah; Bahá'ís see Abraham as a Manifestation of God.

His original name was Abram (??????? "High/Exalted father/leader", Standard Hebrew Avram, Tiberian Hebrew ?A?ram); he was the foremost of the Biblical patriarchs. Later in life he went by the name Abraham. There is no contemporary mention of his life, and no source earlier than Genesis mentions him. This is unremarkable given his nomadic lifestyle and only fleeting interactions with more significant figures as portrayed in the Bible. His significance lies in the promises which God gave concerning his descendants. The most remarkable of these promises are that through his offspring, nations all over the world will come to worship God.
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* 1 Calculations of Abraham's birth
* 2 Abraham in the Hebrew Bible
* 3 Abraham in the New Testament
* 4 Islamic view of Abraham
* 5 Mormonism´s view of Abraham
* 6 Abraham in philosophy
* 7 Abraham and his descendants (Biblical perspective)
o 7.1 Arab connection
* 8 Abraham: modern historical criticism (secularist perspective)
* 9 References
* 10 See also
* 11 External links

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Calculations of Abraham's birth

According to calculations derived from the Masoretic Hebrew Torah, Abraham was born 1,948 years after biblical creation and lived for 175 years, which would correspond to a life spanning from 1812 BC/BCE to 1637 BC/BCE by Jewish dating; or from 2166 BC/BCE to 1991 BC/BCE by other calculations. The figures in the Book of Jubilees have Abraham born 1,876 years after creation, and 534 years before the Exodus; the ages provided in the Samaritan version of Genesis agree closely with those of Jubilees before the Deluge, but after the Deluge, they add roughly 100 years to each of the ages of the Patriarchs in the Masoretic Text, resulting in the figure of 2,247 years after creation for Abraham's birth. The Greek Septuagint version adds around 100 years to nearly all of the patriarchs' births, producing the even higher figure of 3,312 years after creation for Abraham's birth.
"Abraham Sacrificing Isaac" by Laurent de LaHire, 1650
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"Abraham Sacrificing Isaac" by Laurent de LaHire, 1650
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Abraham in the Hebrew Bible

Main article: Abraham (Hebrew Bible)

The account of his life is found in the Book of Genesis, beginning in Chapter 11, at the close of a genealogy of the sons of Shem (which includes among its members Eber, the eponym of the Hebrews).

His father Terah came from Ur of the Chaldees, popularly identified since 1927 by Sir Charles Woolley with an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia which was under the rule of the Chaldeans — although Josephus, Islamic tradition, and Jewish authorities like Maimonides all concur that Ur-Of-The-Khaldis was in Northern Mesopotamia—now southeastern Turkey (identified with Urartu, Urfa, and Kutha respectively). This is in accord with the local tradition that Abraham was born in Urfa, or with the nearby Urkesh, which others identify with “Ur of the Chaldees”. They also say “Chaldees” refers to a group of gods called Khaldis. Abram migrated to Harran, apparently the classical Carrhae, on a branch of the Habor. Thence, after a short stay, he, his wife Sarai, Lot (the son of Abram's brother Haran), and all their followers, departed for Canaan. There are two cities possibly identifiable with the biblical Ur, neither far from Haran: Ura and Urfa, a northern Ur also being mentioned in tablets at Ugarit, Nuzi, and Ebla. These possibly refer to Ur, Ura, and Urau (See BAR January 2000, page 16). Moreover, the names of Abram's forefathers Peleg, Serug, Nahor, and Terah, all appear as names of cities in the region of Haran (Harper's Bible Dictionary, page 373). God called Abram to go to "the land I will show you", and promised to bless him and make him (though hitherto childless) a great nation. Trusting this promise, Abram journeyed down to Shechem, and at the sacred tree (compare Gen. 25:4, Joshua 24:26, Judges 9:6) received a new promise that the land would be given unto his seed (descendant or descendants). Having built an altar to commemorate the theophany, he removed to a spot between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and called upon (i.e. invoked) the name of God (Gen. 12:1-9).

Here he dwelt for some time, until strife arose between his herdsmen and those of Lot. Abram thereupon proposed to Lot that they should separate, and allowed his nephew the first choice. Lot preferred the fertile land lying east of the Jordan River, while Abram, after receiving another promise from Yahweh, moved down to the oaks of Mamre in Hebron and built an altar.

In the subsequent history of Lot and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. In Genesis 18, Abraham pleads with God not to destroy Sodom, and God agrees that he would not destroy the city if there were 50 righteous people in it, or 45, or 30, 20, even 10 righteous people. (Abraham's nephew Lot had been living in Sodom.)

Driven by a famine to take refuge in Egypt (26:11, 41:57, 42:1), Abram feared lest his wife's beauty should arouse the evil designs of the Egyptians and thus endanger his own safety, and alleged that Sarai was his sister. This did not save her from the Pharaoh, who took her into the royal harem and enriched Abram with herds and servants. But when Yahweh "plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues" Abram and Sarai left Egypt. There are two other parallel tales in Genesis of a wife confused for a sister (Genesis 20-21 and 26) describing a similar event at Gerar with the Philistine king Abimelech, though the latter attributing it to Isaac not Abraham.

As Sarai was infertile, God's promise that Abram's seed would inherit the land seemed incapable of fulfillment. His sole heir was his servant, who was over his household, a certain Eliezer of Damascus (15:2). Abraham is now promised as heir one of his own flesh. The passage recording the ratification of the promise is remarkably solemn (see Genesis 15). Sarai, in accordance with custom, gave to Abram her Egyptian handmaid Hagar, who, when she found she was with child, presumed upon her position to the extent that Sarai, unable to endure the reproach of barrenness (cf. the story of Hannah, 1 Samuel 1:6), dealt harshly with her and forced her to flee (16:1-14). Hagar is promised that her descendants will be too numerous to count, and she returns. Her son Ishmael thus was Abram's firstborn, but was not the promised child, as God made his covenant with Abram after Ishmael's birth (chapter 16-17). Hagar and Ishmael were eventually driven permanently away from Abram by Sarah (chapter 21).

The name Abraham was given to Abram (and the name Sarah to Sarai) at the same time as the covenant of circumcision (chapter 17), which is practiced in Judaism and Islam and by many Christians to this day. At this time Abraham was promised not only many descendants, but descendants through Sarah specifically, as well as the land where he was living, which was to belong to his descendants. The covenant was to be fulfilled through Isaac, though God promised that Ishmael would become a great nation as well. The covenant of circumcision (unlike the earlier promise) was two-sided and conditional: if Abraham and his descendants fulfilled their part of the covenant, Yahweh would be their God and give them the land.

The promise of a son to Abraham made Sarah "laugh," which became the name of the son of promise, Isaac. Sarah herself "laughs" at the idea, when Yahweh appears to Abraham at Mamre (18:1-15) and, when the child is born, cries "God hath made me laugh; every one that heareth will laugh at me" (21:6).

Some time after the birth of Isaac, Abraham was commanded by God to offer his son up as a sacrifice in the land of Moriah. Proceeding to obey, he was prevented by an angel as he was about to sacrifice his son, and slew a ram which he found on the spot. As a reward for his obedience he received another promise of a numerous seed and abundant prosperity (22). Then he returned to Beersheba. The near sacrifice of Isaac is one of the most challenging, and perhaps ethically troublesome, parts of the Bible. According to Josephus, Isaac is 25 years old at the time of the sacrifice or Akedah, while the Talmudic sages teach that Isaac is 37. In either case, Isaac is a fully grown man, old enough to prevent the elderly Abraham (who is 125 or 137 years old) from tying him up had he wanted to resist.

The primary interest of the narrative now turns to Isaac. To his "only son" (22:2, 12) Abraham gave all he had, and dismissed the sons of his concubines to the lands outside Canaan; they were thus regarded as less intimately related to Isaac and his descendants (25:1-6). See also: Midianites, Sheba.

Sarah died at an old age, and was buried in the Cave of Machpelah near Hebron, which Abraham had purchased, along with the adjoining field, from Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23). Here Abraham himself was buried. Centuries later the tomb became a place of pilgrimage and Muslims later built an Islamic mosque inside the site.

Abraham is considered the father of the Jewish nation, as their first Patriarch, and having a son (Isaac), who in turn begat Jacob, and from there the Twelve Tribes. To father the nation, God "tested" Abraham with ten tests, the greatest being his willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac. God promised the land of Israel to his children, and that is the first claim of the Jews to Israel. Judaism ascribes a special trait to each Patriarch. Abraham's was kindness. Because of this, Judaism considers kindness to be an inherent Jewish trait.

According to the 1st Century Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus in his twenty-one volume Antiquities of the Jews "Nicolaus of Damascus, in the fourth book of his History, says thus: "Abraham reigned at Damascus, being a foreigner, who came with an army out of the land above Babylon, called the land of the Chaldeans: but, after a long time, he got him up, and removed from that country also, with his people, and went into the land then called the land of Canaan, but now the land of Judea, and this when his posterity were become a multitude; as to which posterity of his, we relate their history in another work. Now the name of Abraham is even still famous in the country of Damascus; and there is shown a village named from him, The Habitation of Abraham." He is an important source for studies of immediate post-Temple Judaism
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Abraham in the New Testament

Abraham stands out prominently as the recipient of the promises (Gen. 12:2-7, 13:14-17, 15, 17, 18:17-19, 22:17-18, 24:7). In the New Testament Abraham is mentioned prominently as a man of faith (see e.g., Hebrews 11), and the apostle Paul uses him as an example of salvation by faith (in e.g. Galatians 3). Abraham also plays significantly in the theology of Paul as the progenitor of the Christ (or Messiah) (see Galatians 3:16).

Authors of the New Testament report that Jesus cited Abraham to support belief in the resurrection of the dead. "But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly mistaken." (Mark 12:26-27) "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense." (Hebrews 11:17-19)

The traditional view in Christianity is that the chief promise made to Abraham in Genesis 12 is that through Abraham's seed, all the people of earth would be blessed. Notwithstanding this, John the Baptist specifically taught that merely being of Abraham's seed was no guarantee of salvation. The promise in Genesis is considered to have been fulfilled through Abraham's seed, Jesus. It is also a consequence of this promise that Christianity is open to people of all races and not limited to Jews.

The Roman Catholic Church calls Abraham "our father in Faith," in the Eucharistic prayer called the Roman Canon, recited during the Mass. (See Abraham in Liturgy).

Christian tradition sees Abraham as a figure of God, and Abraham's attempt to offer up Isaac is a foreshadowing of God's offering of his Son, Jesus (Gen. 22:1-14; Heb. 11:17-19). Just as Isaac carried wood for the sacrifice up the mountain and willingly submitted to being offered, so Jesus carried his Cross up the hill and allowed himself to be crucified.
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Islamic view of Abraham

Main article: Ibrahim

Abraham (known as Ibrahim in Arabic) is very important in Islam, both in his own right as prophet and as the father of the prophet Ismail (Ishmael), his firstborn son, who is considered the Father of the Arabs. Abraham is considered one of the first and most important prophets of Islam, and is commonly termed Khalil Ullah, Friend of God. (Islam regards most of the Old Testament "patriarchs" as prophets of God, and hence as Muslims.)
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Mormonism´s view of Abraham

The Book of Abraham has five chapters. Chapters 1 through 2 include previously lost details about Abraham’s early life and his fight against the idolatry of his society and even of his own family. It recounts how pagan priests tried to sacrifice him to their god, but an angel appeared and rescued him. Chapter 2 includes important information about God’s covenant with Abraham, and how it would be fulfilled. Chapters 3 through 5 are a vision in which God reveals much about astronomy, the creation of the world, and the creation of man. It agrees precisely with Moses’ account of the creation, except that it gives us even more detail.

In addition to the text, there are three facsimiles of vignettes from the papyrus. One depicts Abraham about to be sacrificed by a priest; the second is the hypocelaphus which contains important insights about the organization of the heavens. The final picture shows Abraham teaching in the Pharaoh’s court.
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Abraham in philosophy

Abraham, as a man communicating with God or the divine, has inspired some fairly extensive discussion in some philosophers, such as Søren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul Sartre. Kierkegaard goes into Abraham's plight in considerable detail in his work Fear and Trembling. Sartre understands the story not in terms of Christian obedience or a "teleological suspension of the ethical", but in terms of mankind's utter behavioral and moral freedom. God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son. Sartre doubts that Abraham can know that the voice he hears is really the voice of his God and not of someone else, or the product of a mental condition. Thus, Sartre concludes, even if there are signs in the world, humans are totally free to decide how to interpret them.
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Abraham and his descendants (Biblical perspective)

Biblical narratives represent Abraham as a wealthy, powerful and supremely virtuous man, but humanly flawed, and when afraid for himself, miscalculating, and a sometimes deceiver and an inconsiderate husband. But his central importance in the Book of Genesis, and his portrait as a man favored by God, is unequivocal. Abraham's generations (Hebrew: toledoth, translated to Greek: "Genesis") are presented as part of the crowning explanation of how the world has been fashioned by the hand of God, and how the boundaries and relationships of peoples were established by him.

As the father of Isaac and Ishmael, Abraham is ultimately the common ancestor of the Israelites and their neighbours. As the father of Ishmael, whose twelve sons became desert princes (most prominently, Nebaioth and Kedar), along with Midian, Sheba and other Arabian tribes (25:1-4), the Book of Genesis gives a portrait of Isaac's descendants as being surrounded by kindred peoples, who are also oft-times enemies. It seems that some degree of kinship was felt by the Hebrews with the dwellers of the more distant south, and it is characteristic of the genealogies that the mothers (Sarah, the Egyptian Hagar, and Keturah) are in the descending scale, perhaps of purity of blood, or as of purity of relationship, or of connectedness to Sarah: Sarah, her servant, her husband's other wife (or concubine). The Bible says of the Hebrew people: "Your father was a wandering Syrian".

As stated above, Abraham came from Ur in Babylonia to Haran and thence to Canaan. Late tradition supposed that the migration was to escape Babylonian idolatry (Judith 5, Jubilees 12; cf. Joshua 24:2), and knew of Abraham's miraculous escape from death (an obscure reference to some act of deliverance in Isaiah 29:22). The route along the banks of the Euphrates from south to north was so frequently taken by migrating tribes that the tradition has nothing improbable in itself. It was thence that Jacob, the father of the tribes of Israel, came, and the route to Shechem and Bethel is precisely the same in both. A twofold migration is doubted by some, but from what is known of the situation in Canaan in the 15th century BC/BCE, not at all impossible.

Further, there is yet another parallel in the story of the conquest by Joshua, partly implied and partly actually detailed (cf. also Joshua 8:9 with Gen. 12:8, 13:3), whence it would appear that too much importance must not be laid upon any ethnological interpretation which fails to account for the three versions. That similar traditional elements have influenced them is not unlikely; but to recover the true historical foundation is difficult. The invasion or immigration of certain tribes from the east of the Jordan; the presence of Aramean blood among the Israelites; the origin of the sanctity of venerable sites — these and other considerations may readily be found to account for the traditions.

Noteworthy coincidences in the lives of Abraham and Isaac, such as the strong parallels between two tales of a wife confused for a sister, point to the fluctuating state of traditions in the oral stage, or suggest that Abraham's life has been built up by borrowing from the common stock of popular lore. More original is the parting of Lot and Abraham at Bethel. The district was the scene of contests between Moab and the Hebrews (cf. perhaps Judges 3), and if this explains part of the story, the physical configuration of the Dead Sea may have led to the legend of the destruction of inhospitable and vicious cities.
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Arab connection

All Arab historians, before and after Islam, agree that some Arabs are descendants of Ishmael. As for western historians, although they have no non-religious evidence for Abraham's connection to the Arabs, and the historicity of Biblical accounts is questioned by academics (see The Bible and history), some believe that the area outlined as the final destination of Ishmael and his descendants (from Havilah to Assyria) refers to Northern Arabia. The earliest known record of the connection of Abraham's son Ishmael to the Arabs is by the Jewish historian Josephus, who, approximately 2000 years after such events, asserted that Ishmael was the father of the "Arab nation" [1]. Little other information exists to understand the basis for Josephus' statement or his understanding of what he meant by "Arab nation", although one line in the Book of Jubilees (20:13) also mentions the tradition.

This has led to the notion of identifying Abraham as the father of the Arabs through Ishmael. In addition, Abraham's next wife, Keturah, is said to have borne him a son named Midian who became father of the Midianites[2]. The Midianites are also identified with the Arabs as they are said to have settled east of the Jordan River[3]. In recent times some Christian polemical writers have insisted these claims are spurious and entirely made up by Muslims, although they existed long before Islam arrived. Some have claimed that all of Ishmael's descendants in fact died out; and that most Arabs are descended from Joktan. The subject continues to be a source of controversy.
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Abraham: modern historical criticism (secularist perspective)

For an exploration/examination of the historicity of Abrahamic stories in the Book of Genesis, see Historicity of the Patriarchs.

Writers have regarded the life of Abraham in various ways. He has been viewed as a chieftain of the Amorites, as the head of a great Semitic migration from Mesopotamia; or, since Ur and Haran were seats of Moon-worship, he has been identified with a moon-god. From the character of the literary evidence and the locale of the stories it has been held that Abraham was originally associated with Hebron. The double name Abram/Abraham has even suggested that two personages have been combined in the Biblical narrative; although this does not explain the change from Sarai to Sarah.

The interesting discovery of the name Abi-ramu (Abram?) on Babylonian contracts of about 2000 BC/BCE does not prove the Abraham of the Old Testament to be an historical person, even as the fact that there were Amorites in Babylonia at the same period does not make it certain that the 'patriarch' was one of their number (if he existed altogether).

One remarkable chapter associates Abraham with kings of Elam and the east (Genesis 14). No longer a peaceful sheikh but a warrior with a small army of 318 followers, he overthrows a combination of powerful monarchs who have ravaged the land. The genuineness of the narrative has been strenuously maintained, although upon insufficient grounds. On the assumption that a recollection of some invasion in remote days may have been current, considerable interest is attached to the names. Of these, Amraphel, king of Shinar (i.e., Babylonia, Genesis 10:10), has been in the past identified with Hammurabi, one of the greatest of the Babylonian kings (ca. 2000 BC/BCE), and since he claims to have ruled as far west as the Mediterranean Sea, the equation has found considerable favour. Apart from chronological difficulties, the identification of the king and his country is far from certain, and at the most can only be regarded as possible. Arioch, king of Ellasar, has been connected with Eriaku of Larsa — the reading has been questioned — a contemporary with Hammurabi. Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, bears what is doubtless a genuine Elamite name, Kudur-Lagamer. Finally, the name of Tid'al, king of Goiim, may be identical with a certain Tudhulu, the son of Gazza, a warrior, but apparently not a king, who is mentioned in a Babylonian inscription, and has been connected by others with Tudhaliya, a predynastic Hittite king. Goiim (the Hebrew for "gentiles" or "nations") may also stand for Gutim, the Guti being a people who lived to the east of Kurdistan. Nevertheless, there is as yet no considerable evidence for the genuineness of the story, and the most that can be said is that the author (of whatever date) has derived his names from a trustworthy source, and in representing an invasion of Canaan by Babylonian overlords, has given expression to a recurrent situation in ancient Middle Eastern history. If it is a historical romance (cf., e.g., the Book of Judith), it is possible that a writer who lived in the post-exilic age, and was acquainted with Babylonian history, decided to enhance the greatness of Abraham by exhibiting his military success against the monarchs of the Tigris and Euphrates, the high esteem he enjoyed in Canaan, and the practical character displayed in his brief exchange with Melchizedek. The historical section of the article Tithe deals more extensively with the historicity of the meeting with Melchizedek.

On the other hand, several scholars claim, on the basis of archaeological and philological evidence, that many stories in the Old Testament, including the accounts about Abraham, Moses, and others, were actually made up by scribes under King Josiah (7th century BC/BCE) in order to provide a historical framework for the monotheistic belief in Yahweh. Such scholars claim that the archives of neighbouring countries that kept written records, such as Egypt, Assyria, etc., show no trace of the stories of the Bible or its main characters before 650 BC/BCE. Such claims are detailed in "Who Were the Early Israelites?" by William G. Dever, (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 2003). Another similar book by Neil A. Silberman and Israel Finkelstein is "The Bible Unearthed," (Simon and Schuster, New York, 2001).
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References

* 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
* Genesis
* Rosenberg, David. Abraham: The First Historical Biography. Basic Books/Perseus Books Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2006. ISBN 0-465-07094-9.

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See also

* Abrahamic religions
* Abraham's bosom
* Biblical criticism
* List of founders of major religions
* The Pearl of Great Price, Book of Abraham

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External links

* The Jewish History Resource Center Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Early Wars of Israel Abraham's Wars & others
* Abraham in all three Abrahamic faiths
* Abraham's sacrifice: an Islamic perspective
* GospelTruth -- God's promises to Abraham according to Christian belief
* Biblical Archeology -- Bible-related article about Abraham
* The Legacy of Abraham -- Time magazine cover story
* Abraham's vision in the Qur'an
* Millat-e-Ibrahim: Prophet Abraham's Way by ClearVision Pakistan
* Children of Abraham -- episode of the weekly Minnesota Public Radio show Speaking of Faith
* Abraham by Rob Bradshaw An extensive dictionary-style article.
* A.R. Millard & D.J. Wiseman, eds., Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives. Leicester: IVP, 1980. Hbk. ISBN 0851117430.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Torah/Old Testament's Genealogy from Adam to David
Adam to Shem Adam Seth Enos Kenan Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech Noah Shem
Arpachshad to Jacob Arpachshad Shelah Eber Peleg Reu Serug Nahor Terah Abraham Isaac Jacob
Judah to David Judah Perez Hezron Aram Amminadab Nahshon Salmon Boaz Obed Jesse David

Abram means "the father is high." Changed name to Abraham.

Abraham was born in 1996 BC. He died in 1821 BC. Parents: Terah.
Spouse: Sarah (Sarai). Abraham and Sarah (Sarai) were married. Children were: Isaac.

Children were: Ishmael.

Children were: Midian.

"Father of a multitude" Originally called Abram, "exalted father". Born in Ur of the Chaldees. Abraham's journey to Canaan, the divine call, and the covenant are recorded in Gen 12. His sojourn in Egypt is given in Gen 11-20. Other events include: the settlement in Hebron; rescue of Lot and the meeting with Melchizedek; further blessings and promises; institution of circumcision; intercession for Lot at Sodom;offering of Isaac and renewal of the covenant and blessings. Abraham is always regarded in the Old Testament as founder of the covenant race, which is personified in the house of Israel. He is the " Father of the Faithful". He was greatly blessed with divine revelation concerning the planetary system, the creation of the earth, and the premortal activities of the spirits of mankind. One of the most valiant spirits in the premortal life, he was chosen to be a leader in the kingdom of God before he was born into this world. Because of his faithfulness, he is now exalted and sits upon a throne in eternity.

Abraham (Hebrew: ?????????, Standard Avraham Tiberian ?A?raham Ashkenazi Avrohom or Avruhom ; Arabic: ????????, Ibrahim ; Ge'ez: ?????, ?Abr?ham) is a man featured in the Book de Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions regard him as the founding patriarch de the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples. He is widely regarded as the patriarch de Jews and Arabs and the founder de monotheism. According to the Hebrew Bible,...

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Taking Isaac as born near 1600-1800 BC and Abrahm about 1948 after Adam that placed Adam circa 3550 to 3750 BC
This is almost certainly at least 1000 years too soon, and more likely 2000 years placing Adam circa 5500 BC

The chronology oin the BIble is known to be corrupted by years that were really lunar months and later season (of which there are 4 in Mesopotamia and three in Egypt further confusing the issue).

Thus the chronology from Isaac back is deliberately UN- linked ffrom BC dates.

jhll

Taking Isaac as born near 1600-1800 BC and Abrahm about 1948 after Adam that placed Adam circa 3550 to 3750 BC
This is almost certainly at least 1000 years too soon, and more likely 2000 years placing Adam circa 5500 BC

The chronology oin the BIble is known to be corrupted by years that were really lunar months and later season (of which there are 4 in Mesopotamia and three in Egypt further confusing the issue).

Thus the chronology from Isaac back is deliberately UN- linked ffrom BC dates.

jhll

{geni:occupation} Lived 175, Founder of Jewish Religion, rabbi, Shepard, born 2052 B.C, dead 1877 B.C, Roy d'Ugarit

{geni:about_me} * [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0111.htm#26 Genesis 11:26-32] Birth of Abram.
* [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0116.htm#15 Genesis 16:15-16] Birth of son Ishmael.
* [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0121.htm#1 Genesis 21:1-5] Birth of son Isaac.
* [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0125.htm#1 Genesis 21:1-4] Marriage to Keturah and birth of her 6 sons.

* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham Abraham], [http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%9D אברהם] (and in [http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81brah%C3%A1m_%28Biblia%29 Hungarian]).
* Rodovid: [http://en.rodovid.org/wk/Person:79267 Amenmose Ibarim (of Uruk Akkadia)]

Abraham features in the Book of Genesis as the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples. He is widely regarded as the patriarch of Jews, Christians, and Muslims and the founder of monotheism. According to Genesis 17:5, his name was changed by God from Abram (probably meaning "the father is exalted) to Abraham, a name which Genesis explains as meaning "father of many".

Abraham was the tenth generation from Noah and the 20th from Adam. His father was Terah, and his brothers were Nahor and Haran. According to Genesis, Abraham was sent by God from his home in Ur of the Chaldees to Canaan, the land promised to his descendants by G-d. There Abraham entered into a covenant: in exchange for recognition of G-d, Abraham will be blessed with innumerable progeny and the land would belong to his descendants.

Judaism, Christianity and Islam are sometimes referred to as the "Abrahamic religions" because of the progenitor role Abraham plays in their holy books. In the Jewish tradition, he is called ''Avraham Avinu'' or "Abraham, our Father". God promised Abraham that through his offspring, all the nations of the world will come to be blessed (Genesis 12:3), interpreted in Christian tradition as a reference particularly to Jesus. Jews, Christians, and Muslims consider him father of the people of Israel through his son Isaac (cf. Exodus 6:3, Exodus 32:13) by his wife Sarah. For Muslims, he is a prophet of Islam and the ancestor of Muhammad through his other son Ishmael - born to him by his second wife, Hagar. (Jews and Christians refer to Hagar as Sarah's servant). Abraham is also a progenitor of the Semitic tribes of the Negev who trace their descent from their common ancestor Sheba (Genesis 10:28).
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born in 1948 after creation
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Genesis 16
Sarai and Hagar
1Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
2So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children.Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
3After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.
4He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.
5And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done me be upon you I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight May the LORD judge between you and me."
6But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.
7Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
8He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."
9Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."
10Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, " will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."
11The angel of the LORD said to her further,
"Behold, you are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall call his name Ishmael,
Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
12"He will be a wild donkey of a man,
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone's hand will be against him;
And he will live to the east of all his brothers."
Genesis 17
1Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him,
"I am God Almighty;
Walk before Me, and be blameless.
2"I will establish My covenant between Me and you,
And I will multiply you exceedingly."
3Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
4"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.
5"No longer shall your name be called Abram,
But your name shall be Abraham;
For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6"I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.
7"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
8"I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
9God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
10"This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.
11"And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.
12"And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.
13"A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14"But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."
15Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
16"I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"
18And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"
19But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 21
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
3Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
4Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me."
7And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."
8The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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¡Dios le promete a Abraham que lo convertiría en padre de una gran nación y que lo bendeciría en gran manera! (Gén. 12:1-2). Promesa que Dios le repite unos capítulos después; pero, esta vez, prometiéndole un hijo de Sara y una descendencia tan numerosa como las estrellas del cielo! (Gén. 15:2-5).
A los 99 años de edad Abraham hace el pacto de la circuncisión con Dios, y, en turno, Dios le reafirma las promesas ya hechas, le cambia el nombre a Abraham –que significa padre de muchas naciones– y le promete que saldrán muchos reyes de su linaje. (Gén. 17:1-14). . . Abraham tenía 75 años cuando salió de Harán para las tierras de Canaán, llevando consigo a su esposa Sara y a su sobrino Lot. . . . Abraham vivió 175 años en total y murió de muerte natural, cuando ya era muy anciano; fue sepultado por sus hijos, Isaac e Ismael, en la cueva de Macpela, que él mismo había comprado a Efrón, el hijo de Zohar, el hitita y en donde, años antes, había enterrado a su esposa Sara. (Gén. 25:7-10). . . . La fecha aproximada para el nacimiento de Abraham es 2004 a. de J.C., y para la de su muerte, 175 años después! (c. 2004-1829).

'''AUGUSTO JAVIER PATIÑO'''''''

Taking Isaac as born near 1600-1800 BC and Abrahm about 1948 after Adam that placed Adam circa 3550 to 3750 BC
This is almost certainly at least 1000 years too soon, and more likely 2000 years placing Adam circa 5500 BC

The chronology oin the BIble is known to be corrupted by years that were really lunar months and later season (of which there are 4 in Mesopotamia and three in Egypt further confusing the issue).

Thus the chronology from Isaac back is deliberately UN- linked ffrom BC dates.

jhll

Gen 11:26, Gen 11:27; 1 Chr 1:27; Neh 9:7; Isa 51:2; Ezk 33:24; Mat 1:1, 2; 3:9; 22:32; Luke 3:10, 34; 12:26; 13:16, 28; 16:22, 23, 24, 25, 29; 19:9; 20:37; John 8:33, 37, 39, 40, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58;

Or 1 Chr 1:27 Neh 9:7 Abram RIN 4769

?; 659 Abram's name was changed to Abraham at age 99 by the Lord.

Sired abraham at age 70; lived 205 more years; died at age 275.
Born 2124 less 70 = 2054 BC (Bible dictionary list 1996)

Abram departed Horan at age 75
1979 BC
was 75 when departed Haran
Gen 16:16 was 86 when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram

Gen 17:5 Name changed to abraham

Same person as RIN 1- 1724 (Reference to floppy disk file)

Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Gen 12:1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, anbd I will belss thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall love because of thee.
14 And it came to pss, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and comnmended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and men-servants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Gen 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle , in silver, and in gold.
3 Ane he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then lot chose him all the plain of jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Gen 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother (Lot) was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobath, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
17 And the King of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And the King of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Gen 15-25

Gen 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

Book of Rememberence-Meacham

!NAMECHANGE
Original Name of Abram which he had til 99yrs of age when it was
changed by The Lord to Abraham.
Holy Bible KJV:Genesis 17:1-8

!BIRTH of Isaac
Holy Bible KJV:Genesis 21:1-3

SOURCE NOTES:
http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per02762.htm#0

born 1948 BC
died 2123 BCAbram (Avram) (b. 1948 after creation, 1812 BCE, d. 2123after creation, 1637 BCE) (changed name to Abraham [Avraham]). First Jew.Brith beyn Habetarim 1996 after creation. Left Charan, 2003 aftercreation. Entered Canaan (Cna'an) 2013 after creation. Circumcised (firstBrith-Milah) at age of 99 (2047 after creation).

Some of the details in this section come from Alex FINKELSTEIN falizwimat inter.net.il and his website.
Married (1973 after creation) Sarai daughter of Haran. (changed name toSarah). Born 1958 after creation, d. 2085 after creation. Child: Isaac.

Took Hagar as concubine 2033 after creation. Child: Ishmael (2034-2173after creation).

Took Keturah as concubine 2088 after creation. Children: Zimran, Jokshan,Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah.
Genesis 11:26-25:8.

Gen 11:26, Gen 11:27; 1 Chr 1:27; Neh 9:7; Isa 51:2; Ezk 33:24; Mat 1:1, 2; 3:9; 22:32; Luke 3:10, 34; 12:26; 13:16, 28; 16:22, 23, 24, 25, 29; 19:9; 20:37; John 8:33, 37, 39, 40, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58;

Or 1 Chr 1:27 Neh 9:7 Abram RIN 4769

?; 659 Abram's name was changed to Abraham at age 99 by the Lord.

Sired abraham at age 70; lived 205 more years; died at age 275.
Born 2124 less 70 = 2054 BC (Bible dictionary list 1996)

Abram departed Horan at age 75
1979 BC
was 75 when departed Haran
Gen 16:16 was 86 when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram

Gen 17:5 Name changed to abraham

Same person as RIN 1- 1724 (Reference to floppy disk file)

Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Gen 12:1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, anbd I will belss thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall love because of thee.
14 And it came to pss, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and comnmended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and men-servants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Gen 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle , in silver, and in gold.
3 Ane he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then lot chose him all the plain of jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

Gen 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother (Lot) was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobath, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
17 And the King of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And the King of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Gen 15-25

Gen 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

Book of Rememberence-Meacham

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Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p.
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OR "ABRAHAM"; Abram was 75 when he left Haran on his first journey (Genesis
12:4) Abram was 99 when the covenant of circumcision was established (Gen 17:1)

2051 BC-1876 BC

Abram was 75 when he left Haran on his first journey (Genesis 12:4) Abram was 99 when the covenant of circumcision was established (Gen 17:1)

Abraham
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(Ur, hoy desaparecida, actual Irak, ss. XIX- XVIII a.C. - cerca de Mamré?, actual Israel, s. XVIII a.C.) Patriarca hebreo. Según la narración bíblica, el padre de Abraham, Teraj, salió con su familia de Ur, en tierra de los caldeos, y llegó a Jar
án. De allí, obedeciendo un mandato de Dios, Abraham marchó con su mujer, Sara, y con todo su séquito a Canaán, donde llevó una vida nómada. A raíz de una época de hambre se trasladó a Egipto, pero luego volvió y se estableció en la llanura de Ma
mré, cerca de Hebrón.

Dios realizó con él la Alianza, prometiéndole la tierra de Canaán para él y para sus descendientes, que serían tan numerosos "como el polvo de la tierra". Su esposa Sara no había concebido hasta entonces, pero Abraham tuvo un hijo (Ismael) de Aga
r, esclava de Sara. Poco después le volvió a visitar Dios en Mamré y le prometió un hijo de la propia Sara. Ella se rió al oírlo, puesto que tenía ya noventa años, pero Dios cumplió su promesa y Abraham fue padre de Isaac. Tenía entonces cien año
s. Agar fue expulsada de la casa y marchó con su hijo Ismael al desierto, donde se instalaron.

El sacrificio de Isaac (óleo de Caravaggio)

Años después, Dios quiso probar la obediencia de Abraham y le mandó que le ofreciera en sacrificio a Isaac. El patriarca aceptó el mandato, pero en el último momento Dios le eximió de tandura carga. Al morir Sara, Abraham compró un sepulcro en l
a cueva de Macpela, en Hebrón, y allí la sepultó. En esa misma tumba fue enterrado él cuando murió, a los 175 años de edad.

Abraham y su hijo, Isaac, así como el hijo de éste, Jacob, son tenidos por patriarcas. Jacob, que además recibió el nombre de Israel, tuvo doce hijos que llegaron a ser patriarcas de las tribus de Israel. Y, según la Biblia, esta familia creció y
se convirtió en una gran nación. Es difícil valorar el trasfondo histórico de la historia de Abraham. Acaso vivió realmente, pero es posible también de una figura legendaria, conmemoradaen las crónicas de su pueblo migratorio.

Abraham constituye una parte muy importante de la historia bíblica de la salvación y es considerado el padre del judaísmo. Tanto por parte de la religión judía como de la cristiana es considerado el depositario de la bendición para todos los pueb
los. El judaísmo lo ha considerado siempre como un modelo de hombre justo y ha alabado su vida mediante numerosas tradiciones. En las épocas oscuras de la historia de Israel, los profetashebraicos siempre intentaron devolver la confianza a su pu
eblo recordando a Abraham y su alianza con Dios: «Considerad la roca de que habéis sido cortados, la cantera de donde habéis sido extraídos. Mirad a Abraham, vuestro padre».

Pero Abraham no sólo es una figura importante en la religión judía, también lo es en las religiones cristiana e islámica: tanto Juan Bautista como Pablo se oponen a la creencia de que solamente los descendientes carnales de Abraham están llamados
a la salvación en el día del Juicio Final. Según ellos, la promesa que hizo Dios a Abraham no se limita al pueblo judío, sino que contempla una filiación espiritual. En cuanto a la religión islámica, se la denomina «Millat Ibrahim», que signific
a «religión de Abraham», pues en el Islam se considera a Abraham como un precursor religioso del Profeta.

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