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Abraham
Abraham, also known as Abram is most commonly known for being the
Father of the
Jewish people. The majority of the information found on Abraham is
located in
the Old Testament's Book of Genesis. Other than that, there are no real
historical records on the life of Abraham, so the history of his life
was passed
by word of mouth, and were there after made into biblical stories.
There is also
the question if Abraham really lived, do to the little information
available on
his life. Abraham is most famous for making his Covenant with God.
Abraham would have lived somewhere between the years of 2000
and 1500
BC. He was born in the city of Ur. Abraham's real name was Abram. The
father of
Abram , Terach, had two other sons , Haran and Nachor. While living in
the cityof Ur , Abram married his half-sister, Sarai who later took on the
name of
Sarah. The newlyweds later learned that Sarai was sterile. They then
traveled
north to Charan, accompanied by Abraham's father Terach. While in
Charan Terach
died. It was in Charan where God made his first of a series of
revelations to
Abram. God spoke to Abram, and told him that he would promise to bless
him and
make a great nation of him. Abram willingly decided to follow God to
the city of
Canaan. Abram not only traveled with his wife on this journey, but he
also
picked up his nephew, Lot. He lived his life in Canaan as a Nomad.
Famine
eventually struck the land of Canaan , forcing Abram and his family to
move on
to Egypt.
In Egypt, Abram was fearful that the Egyptians would kill him
and take
his wife Sarai if they were to discover that the two were married. Abram
attempted to cover this up by telling everyone that he and Sarai were
just
brother and sister. The Pharaoh demanded that Sarai be brought to his
palace,
and as result, God sent down plagues which devastated all of Egypt. In adesperate attempt to save his kingdom, Pharaoh decided it would be best
to send
Abram and Sarai away.
Abram and his family returned to Canaan after the Famine had
ended. Both
Lot and Abraham had great wealth in Canaan. The two both owned
livestock, and
large quantities of silver and gold. Eventually Abram and Lot found
that the
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land could no longer provide the resources that the two men required of
it. The
two went their separate ways, Lot going to the Jordan Plain, and Abram
staying
in Canaan. God once again appeared to Abram and revealed the land that
he would
some day give to Abram and his children. This time, God promised Abram
that his
offspring would be of so many that no one would be able to count them,
just like
the dust of the earth.
By this time a great war had started up in the Jordan Plain. As
a result
of the war, Lot was made a imprisoned by King Chedorlaomer of Elam.
When Abram
got word that his cousin Lot was being held prisoner, he and a group of
his
servants went to battle the captors. The army was able to successfully
rescue
Lot and several other prisoners. Abram was then blessed by priest
Melchizedek,the king of Salem, for his brave heroic actions.
By this point, Abram and Saraia still have no children. Saria
tells
Abram to go and wed their slave Hagar, and to have Children with her.
Abram does
so, and has a son, Ishmael. While Hagar was pregnant, fights between
Hagar and
Saria began to break out questioning each other on who was the real
mistress of
the house. Abram showed no favoring judgment over the two women, and
restored
order in the house hold. Hagar eventually fled to the dessert due to
the poor
treatment that Sarai was giving her. God eventually came down to Hagar
and told
her to go back home and that some day the baby she was carrying would
be blessed.
Once Abram reached 99 years old, God made a Covenant with him
promising
to make him the father of nations and to give Canaan to him and his
offspring.
As part of the agreement of the Covenant, God required the circumcision
of Abram
and his male descendants, This was to seal the covenant. God then made
another
promise to Abram. God promised Abram that Sarai would soon bear a son,
and thatshe would some day be the mother of nations. Abram was said to have
found God's
last promise rather amusing. It was probably because Sarai was 90 years
old and
incapable of bearing children anymore. Sarah was also witness to the
promise of
a child, for God sent angels to her promising that she would have a
male son.
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The last part of God's covenant was that the name Abram be changed to
Abraham,
and Sarai changed to Sarah. Abraham means "Noble Father". Through this
covenant,
God was planning to send his savior.
God once again confided in Abraham by telling him that he was
plotting
to soon destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah due to the corruptness
of their
inhabitants. Upon hearing this, Abraham pleads with God telling him
that their
are many innocent people that do not deserve to die. God reconsidered,
and
agreed that if he could find 50 innocent people he would not destroy
the two
cities. Under pressure from Abraham, he reduced the number to just 10
innocent
people. God sent his Angels out in search of just 10 righteously guided
people.
Upon reporting back to God, the angels were only able to find Lot to be
innocentand good. God then appeared to Lot and told him to take his entire
family and to
leave. Lot's wife later disobeys God's orders to leave, and she is
turned into a
pillar of salt.
Abraham's family then migrated to Negev. While traveling through
the
city of Gerar, he once again is fearful of Sarah being taken from him,
so he and
Sarah tell everyone that they are Brother and Sister. This time,
Abimelekh, the
King of Gerar, took Sarah away. God then appeared to King Gerar in a
dream. King
Gerar later returns Sarah to Abraham and gave him extra compensation to
make up
for his mistake of taking Sarah away.
Some time later, Sarah had the son that God promised her. Sarah
laughed
upon the birth of the child so they named the child Isaac. The term
Issac means
"he laughed" in Hebrew. Sarah finds that Ishmael is a terrible
influence on
Isaac, so she tells Abraham to send him away with his mother. Abraham
at first
is very reluctant to send away his first born son, but God suggests
that Abraham
listens to what his wife Sarah has asked. God also promised that someday
Ishmael would have his own nation.
Once Isaac was slightly older, God commanded Abraham to take
Isaac to a
mountain and to sacrifice him at the top. This was an ultimate test
that God
gave to Abraham. Being God's servant, Abraham went as he was told with
Isaac to
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the top of a mountain in order to sacrifice his son. Abraham prepared
to cut
Isaac's throat, but just in the nick of time God's angels stopped him.
Seeing
that there was a ram caught in some bushes, Abraham sacrificed that to
God
instead.
Sarah later died in Hebron. Abraham decided to buy the Makhpelah
Cave
and the adjoining field from Ephrom the Hittite for a burial site.
Abraham then
realized that Isaac should have a wife. Abraham sent one of his
servants back to
his homeland to search out a wife for Isaac. The servant was able to
find
Rebecca, Isaac's cousin, and was able to get her to come back and marry
Isaac.
Abraham also found himself marrying Keturah, a concubine. Abraham and
Keturah
had 6 children , Zimran, Yakshan, Medan, Midian, Yishbak, and Shuach,
beforedying at the biblical age of 175. Isaac and Ishmael buried their father
in the
Makhpelah Cave next to their mother, Sarah.
In the end, God kept his promise with Abraham. Abraham was
father to a
new nation, that's how he got the title of Father to the Jewish people.
The rest
of the bible primarily tells about the children of Abraham. Abraham is
therefore
one of the most important early characters mentioned in the bible.