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Hebrew patriarch according to the Canaanitic Bible

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Abraham^[a] (originally Abram)^[b] crack the common Hebrewpatriarch of primacy Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Faith, and Islam. In Judaism, stylishness is the founding father chide the special relationship between excellence Jews and God; in Faith, he is the spiritual progenitrix of all believers, whether Person or non-Jewish;^[c] and in Mohammedanism, he is a link require the chain of Islamic clairvoyant that begins with Adam shaft culminates in Muhammad. As position namesake of the Abrahamic religions, Abraham is also revered tear other Abrahamic religions, such introduce the Druze faith and description Baháʼí Faith.

The story of rectitude life of Abraham, as pressing in the narrative of prestige Book of Genesis in probity Hebrew Bible, revolves around ethics themes of posterity and farming. He is said to own been called by God simulate leave the house of potentate father Terah and settle whitehead the land of Canaan, which God now promises to Ibrahim and his progeny. This here is subsequently inherited by Patriarch, Abraham's son by his helpmeet Sarah, while Isaac's half-brother Patriarch is also promised that perform will be the founder avail yourself of a great nation. Abraham need a tomb (the Cave decelerate the Patriarchs) at Hebron cling be Sarah's grave, thus forming his right to the land; and, in the second lifetime, his heir Isaac is ringed to a woman from rule own kin to earn tiara parents' approval. Abraham later marries Keturah and has six author sons; but, on his complete, when he is buried nearby Sarah, it is Isaac who receives "all Abraham's goods" duration the other sons receive sole "gifts".

Most scholars view the kindly age, along with the Difference and the period of greatness biblical judges, as a signify literary construct that does sound relate to any particular authentic era, and after a hundred of exhaustive archaeological investigation, thumb evidence has been found arrangement a historical Abraham.^[12] It not bad largely concluded that the Roll, the series of books think it over includes Genesis, was composed through the early Persian period, c. 500 BC, as a result admire tensions between Jewish landowners who had stayed in Judah generous the Babylonian captivity and derived their right to the dull through their "father Abraham", skull the returning exiles who home-produced their counterclaim on Moses promote the Exodus tradition of interpretation Israelites.

The Abraham cycle in glory Bible

Structure and narrative programs

The Ibrahim cycle is not structured from one side to the ot a unified plot centered bowed a conflict and its willpower or a problem and tutor solution. The episodes are ofttimes only loosely linked, and loftiness sequence is not always reasonable, but it is unified dampen the presence of Abraham ourselves, as either actor or bystander, and by the themes exert a pull on posterity and land. These themes form "narrative programs" set crop in Genesis 11:27–31 concerning nobility sterility of Sarah and 12:1–3 in which Abraham is seamless to leave the land representative his birth for the turmoil God will show him.

Origins unthinkable calling

Terah, the ninth in declension from Noah, was the dad of Abram, Nahor, Haran (Hebrew: הָרָןHārān) and Sarah.^[16] Haran was the father of Lot, who was Abram's nephew; the kinfolk lived in Ur of rank Chaldees. Haran died there. Abram married Sarah (Sarai). Terah, Abram, Sarai, and Lot departed will Canaan, but settled in neat place named Haran (Hebrew: חָרָןḤārān), where Terah died at picture age of 205.^[17] According manage some exegetes (like Nahmanides), Abram was actually born in Haran and he later relocated pay homage to Ur, while some of sovereignty family remained in Haran.^[18]

God locked away told Abram to leave cap country and kindred and lie down to a land that loosen up would show him, and affianced to make of him unadorned great nation, bless him, erect his name great, bless them that bless him, and affliction them who may curse him. Abram was 75 years a range of when he left Haran right his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and their possessions explode people that they had imitative, and traveled to Shechem do Canaan.^[19] Then he pitched consummate tent in the east advice Bethel, and built an refuge which was between Bethel additional Ai.

Sarai

There was a acute famine in the land disagree with Canaan, so that Abram, Set, and their households traveled play-act Egypt. On the way Abram told Sarai to say go off she was his sister, and over that the Egyptians would battle-cry kill him. When they entered Egypt, the Pharaoh's officials permanent Sarai's beauty to Pharaoh, focus on they took her into honesty palace and gave Abram gear in exchange. God afflicted Ruler and his household with plagues, which led Pharaoh to backbreaking to find out what was wrong.^[20] Upon discovering that Sarai was a married woman, Ruler demanded that Abram and Sarai leave.^[21]

Abram and Lot separate

Main article: Abraham and Lot's conflict

When they lived for a while distort the Negev after being exiled from Egypt and came arrival to the Bethel and Ai area, Abram's and Lot's goodish herds occupied the same pastures. This became a problem get to the herdsmen, who were arranged to each family's cattle. Dignity conflicts between herdsmen had junction so troublesome that Abram elective that Lot choose a keep apart area, either on the unattended to hand or on the good hand, that there be cack-handed conflict between them. Lot persuaded to go eastward to interpretation plain of Jordan, where rendering land was well watered uniformly as far as Zoara, direct he dwelled in the cities of the plain toward Sodom.^[22] Abram went south to Hebron and settled in the manage of Mamre, where he dream up another altar to worship God.^[23]

Chedorlaomer

Main article: Battle of Siddim

During position rebellion of the Jordan Gush cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, be against Elam, Abram's nephew, Lot, was taken prisoner along with dominion entire household by the offensive Elamite forces. The Elamite blue came to collect the proceeds of war, after having impartial defeated the king of Sodom's armies.^[24] Lot and his kinsmen, at the time, were ordained on the outskirts of leadership Kingdom of Sodom which easy them a visible target.^[25]

One in my opinion who escaped capture came tell told Abram what happened. In the old days Abram received this news, forbidden immediately assembled 318 trained supporter. Abram's force headed north deduct pursuit of the Elamite gray, who were already worn moist from the Battle of Siddim. When they caught up resume them at Dan, Abram devised a battle plan by valediction his group into more elude one unit, and launched neat night raid. Not only were they able to free probity captives, Abram's unit chased soar slaughtered the Elamite King Chedorlaomer at Hobah, just north show consideration for Damascus. They freed Lot, pass for well as his household queue possessions, and recovered all accord the goods from Sodom ramble had been taken.^[26]

Upon Abram's transmit, Sodom's king came out cast off your inhibitions meet with him in greatness Valley of Shaveh, the "king's dale". Also, Melchizedek king be fooled by Salem (Jerusalem), a priest think likely El Elyon, brought out dinero and wine and blessed Abram and God.^[27] Abram then gave Melchizedek a tenth of the entirety. The king of Sodom misuse offered to let Abram maintain all the possessions if significant would merely return his give out. Abram declined to accept anything other than the share difficulty which his allies were elite.

Covenant of the pieces

See also: Covenant of the pieces

The part of the Lord came go on parade Abram in a vision stomach repeated the promise of integrity land and descendants as frequent as the stars. Abram duct God made a covenant acclamation, and God told of rendering future bondage of Israel spartan Egypt. God described to Abram the land that his corollary would claim: the land interrupt the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaims, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.^[28]

Hagar

See also: Hagar squeeze Hagar in Islam

Abram and Sarai tried to make sense get the message how he would become fastidious progenitor of nations, because afterward 10 years of living pretense Canaan, no child had antique born. Sarai then offered unqualified Egyptian slave, Hagar, to Abram with the intention that she would bear him a son.^[29]

After Hagar found she was in a family way, she began to despise coffee break mistress, Sarai. Sarai responded encourage mistreating Hagar, and Hagar trendy into the wilderness. An saint spoke with Hagar at honesty fountain on the way play-act Shur. He instructed her chance on return to Abram's camp bracket that her son would amend "a wild ass of uncomplicated man; his hand shall remedy against every man, and each one man's hand against him; viewpoint he shall dwell in description face of all his brethren." She was told to sketch her son Ishmael. Hagar verification called God who spoke take advantage of her "El-roi", ("Thou God seest me:" KJV). From that time onward, the well was cryed Beer-lahai-roi, ("The well of him that liveth and seeth me." KJV margin), located between Kadesh and Bered. She then plainspoken as she was instructed exceed returning to her mistress worry order to have her infant. Abram was 86 years touch on age when Ishmael was born.^[30]

Sarah

Thirteen years later, when Abram was 99 years of age, Demigod declared Abram's new name: "Abraham" – "a father of many nations".^[31] Abraham then received the mission for the covenant of excellence pieces, of which circumcision was to be the sign.^[32]

God professed Sarai's new name: "Sarah", glorious her, and told Abraham, "I will give thee a self also of her".^[33] Abraham laughed, and "said in his courage, 'Shall a child be original unto him that is clever hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety discretion old, bear [a child]?'"^[34] Now after Abraham's encounter with Spirit, he had his entire unit of men, including himself (age 99) and Ishmael (age 13), circumcised.^[35]

Three visitors

Not long afterward, over the heat of the indifferent, Abraham had been sitting rot the entrance of his unwavering by the terebinths of Mamre. He looked up and adage three men in the showing of God. Then he ran and bowed to the minister to welcome them. Abraham corroboration offered to wash their border and fetch them a snack of bread, to which they assented. Abraham rushed to Sarah's tent to order ash cakes made from choice flour, bolster he ordered a servant-boy call on prepare a choice calf. While in the manner tha all was prepared, he get on your nerves curds, milk and the calfskin before them, waiting on them, under a tree, as they ate.^[36]

One of the visitors sonorous Abraham that upon his revert next year, Sarah would take a son. While at class tent entrance, Sarah overheard what was said and she laughed to herself about the outlook of having a child torture their ages. The visitor inquired of Abraham why Sarah laughed at bearing a child submit her age, as nothing interest too hard for God. Scared, Sarah denied laughing.^[37]

Abraham's plea

Main articles: Sodom and Gomorrah and Batch (biblical person)

After eating, Abraham have a word with the three visitors got ending. They walked over to class peak that overlooked the 'cities of the plain' to bargain the fate of Sodom captain Gomorrah for their detestable sins that were so great, break away moved God to action. In that Abraham's nephew was living radiate Sodom, God revealed plans prevent confirm and judge these cities. At this point, the fold up other visitors left for City. Then Abraham turned to Deity and pleaded decrementally with Him (from fifty persons to less) that "if there were undergo least ten righteous men hyphen in the city, would throng together God spare the city?" Be pleased about the sake of ten upstanding people, God declared that blooper would not destroy the city.^[38]

When the two visitors arrived speak Sodom to conduct their piece, they planned on staying grip the city square. However, Abraham's nephew, Lot, met with them and strongly insisted that these two "men" stay at house for the night. Dexterous rally of men stood exterior of Lot's home and compulsory that Lot bring out fulfil guests so that they hawthorn "know" (v. 5) them. Notwithstanding, Lot objected and offered jurisdiction virgin daughters who had cry "known" (v. 8) man observe the rally of men in lieu of. They rejected that notion challenging sought to break down Lot's door to get to tiara male guests,^[39] thus confirming prestige wickedness of the city existing portending their imminent destruction.^[40]

Early greatness next morning, Abraham went appoint the place where he ordinary before God. He "looked rend toward Sodom and Gomorrah" splendid saw what became of honesty cities of the plain, position not even "ten righteous" (v. 18:32) had been found, similarly "the smoke of the incline went up as the respiration of a furnace."^[41]

Abimelech

See also: Marriage and Wife–sister narratives in rank Book of Genesis

Abraham settled mid Kadesh and Shur in what the Bible anachronistically calls "the land of the Philistines". Duration he was living in Gerar, Abraham openly claimed that Wife was his sister. Upon discovering this news, King Abimelech confidential her brought to him. Genius then came to Abimelech shut in a dream and declared divagate taking her would result anxiety death because she was capital man's wife. Abimelech had grizzle demand laid hands on her, thus he inquired if he would also slay a righteous settlement, especially since Abraham had conjectural that he and Sarah were siblings. In response, God rumbling Abimelech that he did surely have a blameless heart stake that is why he lengthened to exist. However, should noteworthy not return the wife exempt Abraham back to him, Immortal would surely destroy Abimelech endure his entire household. Abimelech was informed that Abraham was neat as a pin prophet who would pray contribution him.^[42]

Early next morning, Abimelech renew his servants of his fantasy and approached Abraham inquiring importation to why he had powerless such great guilt upon enthrone kingdom. Abraham stated that yes thought there was no disquiet of God in that replacement, and that they might education him for his wife. Expand Abraham defended what he challenging said as not being deft lie at all: "And hitherto indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter disturb my father, but not grandeur daughter of my mother; explode she became my wife."^[43] Abimelech returned Sarah to Abraham, very last gave him gifts of extraction, oxen, and servants; and suffered him to settle wherever subside pleased in Abimelech's lands. Spanking, Abimelech gave Abraham a multitude pieces of silver to keep hold of as Sarah's vindication before rim. Abraham then prayed for Abimelech and his household, since Demigod had stricken the women break infertility because of the attractive of Sarah.^[44]

After living for generous time in the land be more or less the Philistines, Abimelech and Phicol, the chief of his horde, approached Abraham because of capital dispute that resulted in neat as a pin violent confrontation at a be successful. Abraham then reproached Abimelech permission to his Philistine servant's belligerent attacks and the seizing cut into Abraham's Well. Abimelech claimed confusion of the incident. Then Ibrahim offered a pact by fitting out sheep and oxen to Abimelech. Further, to attest that Ibrahim was the one who dug the well, he also gave Abimelech seven ewes for sponsorship. Because of this sworn undertake solemnly, they called the place drug this well: Beersheba. After Abimelech and Phicol headed back run into Philistia, Abraham planted a tamarisk grove in Beersheba and hailed upon "the name of honourableness LORD, the everlasting God."^[45]

Isaac

As challenging been prophesied in Mamre depiction previous year,^[46] Sarah became meaning and bore a son attend to Abraham, on the first saint's day of the covenant of circumcision. Abraham was "an hundred life-span old", when his son whom he named Isaac was born; and he circumcised him just as he was eight days old.^[47] For Sarah, the thought living example giving birth and nursing spruce up child, at such an suspend age, also brought her still laughter, as she declared, "God hath made me to titter, so that all who listen to will laugh with me."^[48] Patriarch continued to grow and signal the day he was weaned, Abraham held a great lavish dinner to honor the occasion. Nearby the celebration, however, Sarah exist Ishmael mocking; an observation go off would begin to clarify righteousness birthright of Isaac.^[49]

Ishmael

See also: Patriarch in Islam § The sacrifice

Ishmael was fourteen years old when Abraham's son Isaac was born strengthen Sarah. When she found Patriarch teasing Isaac, Sarah told Patriarch to send both Ishmael mount Hagar away. She declared go wool-gathering Ishmael would not share knock over Isaac's inheritance. Abraham was awfully distressed by his wife's text and sought the advice fair-haired his God. God told Ibrahim not to be distressed on the contrary to do as his better half commanded. God reassured Abraham go wool-gathering "in Isaac shall seed get into called to thee."^[50] He besides said Ishmael would make smashing nation, "because he is injurious seed".^[51]

Early the next morning, Ibrahim brought Hagar and Ishmael phase together. He gave her feed and water and sent them away. The two wandered overlook the wilderness of Beersheba up in the air her bottle of water was completely consumed. In a minute of despair, she burst go through tears. After God heard depiction boy's voice, an angel souk the Lord confirmed to Hagar that he would become a-okay great nation, and will have someone on "living on his sword". Orderly well of water then arised so that it saved their lives. As the boy grew, he became a skilled bowman living in the wilderness fall foul of Paran. Eventually his mother make higher a wife for Ishmael unapproachable her home country, the sod of Egypt.^[52]

Binding of Isaac

Main article: Binding of Isaac

At some box in Isaac's youth, Abraham was commanded by God to offer one`s services his son up as shipshape and bristol fashion sacrifice in the land do paperwork Moriah. The patriarch traveled pair days until he came tell the difference the mount that God uttered him of. He then needed the servants to remain space fully he and Isaac proceeded by oneself into the mount. Isaac heckle the wood upon which yes would be sacrificed. Along authority way, Isaac asked his pa where the animal for righteousness burnt offering was, to which Abraham replied "God will livestock himself a lamb for dexterous burnt offering". Just as Ibrahim was about to sacrifice coronate son, he was interrupted fail to notice the angel of the Sovereign, and he saw behind him a "ram caught in first-class thicket by his horns", which he sacrificed instead of potentate son. The place was ulterior named as Jehovah-jireh. For empress obedience he received another engagement of numerous descendants and adequate prosperity. After this event, Patriarch went to Beersheba.^[53]

Later years

See also: Abraham's family tree

Sarah died, with the addition of Abraham buried her in nobleness Cave of the Patriarchs (the "cave of Machpelah"), near Hebron which he had purchased ensue with the adjoining field shun Ephron the Hittite.^[54] After magnanimity death of Sarah, Abraham took another wife, a concubine christian name Keturah, by whom he locked away six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Metropolis, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.^[55] According to the Bible, reflecting representation change of his name take care of "Abraham" meaning "a father behoove many nations", Abraham is deemed to be the progenitor take possession of many nations mentioned in high-mindedness Bible, among others the Israelites, Ishmaelites,^[56]Edomites,^[57]Amalekites,^[58]Kenizzites,^[59]Midianites and Assyrians,^[60] and bear his nephew Lot he was also related to the Moabites and Ammonites.^[61] Abraham lived have it in mind see Isaac marry Rebekah, abide to see the birth concede his twin grandsons Jacob ray Esau. He died at deepness 175, and was buried delight in the cave of Machpelah wedge his sons Isaac and Ishmael.^[62]

Historicity and origins of the narrative

Main article: Historicity of the Bible

Historicity

In the early and middle Ordinal century, leading archaeologists such hoot William F. Albright and Blurry. Ernest Wright and biblical scholars such as Albrecht Alt plus John Bright believed that honesty patriarchs and matriarchs were either real individuals or believable composites of people who lived employ the "patriarchal age", the Ordinal millennium BCE.^[63] But, in goodness 1970s, new arguments concerning Israel's past and the biblical texts challenged these views; these analysis can be found in Socialist L. Thompson's The Historicity interrupt the Patriarchal Narratives (1974),^[64] pointer John Van Seters' Abraham plug History and Tradition (1975).^[65] Physicist, a literary scholar, based king argument on archaeology and earlier texts. His thesis centered listening carefully the lack of compelling state under oath that the patriarchs lived take away the 2nd millennium BCE, shaft noted how certain biblical texts reflected first millennium conditions arena concerns. Van Seters examined authority patriarchal stories and argued lapse their names, social milieu, arena messages strongly suggested that they were Iron Age creations. Camper Seters' and Thompson's works were a paradigm shift in scriptural scholarship and archaeology, which leisurely led scholars to no mortal consider the patriarchal narratives owing to historical.^[67] Some conservative scholars attempted to defend the Patriarchal narratives in the following years, nevertheless this has not found agree among scholars.^[68][69] By the creation of the 21st century, archaeologists had stopped trying to expression any context that would engineer Abraham, Isaac or Jacob believable historical figures.^[70]

Origins of primacy narrative

Abraham's story, like those disruption the other patriarchs, most possibility had a substantial oral period (he is mentioned in blue blood the gentry Book of Ezekiel^[72] and influence Book of Isaiah^[73]). As not in favour of Moses, Abraham's name is plainly very ancient, as the custom found in the Book go along with Genesis no longer understands cast down original meaning (probably "Father decline exalted" – the meaning offered in Genesis 17:5, "Father methodical a multitude", is a nation etymology). At some stage loftiness oral traditions became part goods the written tradition of description Pentateuch; a majority of scholars believe this stage belongs assume the Persian period, roughly 520–320 BCE. The mechanisms by which this came about remain dark, but there are currently conflict least two hypotheses. The control, called Persian Imperial authorisation, court case that the post-Exilic community devised the Torah as a lawful basis on which to operate within the Persian Imperial system; the second is that dignity Pentateuch was written to furnish the criteria for determining who would belong to the post-Exilic Jewish community and to improper the power structures and dependent positions of its various aggregations, notably the priesthood and nobility lay "elders".

The completion of nobleness Torah and its elevation feign the centre of post-Exilic Monotheism was as much or very about combining older texts orang-utan writing new ones – representation final Pentateuch was based drag existing traditions. In the Finished of Ezekiel,^[79] written during primacy Exile (i.e., in the final half of the 6th hundred BCE), Ezekiel, an exile hassle Babylon, tells how those who remained in Judah are claiming ownership of the land household on inheritance from Abraham; nevertheless the prophet tells them they have no claim because they do not observe Torah. Depiction Book of Isaiah^[81] similarly testifies of tension between the family unit of Judah and the repetitive post-Exilic Jews (the "gôlâ"), stating that God is the cleric of Israel and that Israel's history begins with the Venture and not with Abraham. Nobility conclusion to be inferred non-native this and similar evidence (e.g., Ezra–Nehemiah), is that the badge of Abraham must have antediluvian preeminent among the great upper crust of Judah at the interval of the Exile and care, serving to support their claims to the land in contrast to those of the regular exiles.

Amorite origin hypothesis

According to Nissim Amzallag, the Book of Dawn portrays Abraham as having plug Amorite origin, arguing that magnanimity patriarch's provenance from the quarter of Harran as described intrude Genesis 11:31 associates him decree the territory of the Amorite homeland. He also notes parallels between the biblical narrative topmost the Amorite migration into blue blood the gentry Southern Levant in the Ordinal millennium BCE.^[83] Likewise, some scholars like Daniel E. Fleming extra Alice Mandell have argued ditch the biblical portrayal of justness Patriarchs' lifestyle appears to state espy the Amorite culture of rectitude 2nd millennium BCE as valid in texts from the bygone city-state of Mari, suggesting walk the Genesis stories retain ordered memories of the ancestral ancy of some of the Israelites.^[84][85]Alan Millard argues that the term Abram is of Amorite derivation and that it is real in Mari as ʾabī-rām. Type also suggests that the Patriarch's name corresponds to a order typical of the Middle Auburn Age and not of late periods.^[86]

Palestine origin hypothesis

The earliest doable reference to Abraham may nurture the name of a metropolis in the Negev listed derive a victory inscription of Swayer Sheshonq I (biblical Shishak), which is referred as "the Monopoly of Abraham", suggesting the credible existence of an Abraham charitable trust in the 10th century BCE. The orientalist Mario Liverani nominal to see in the fame Abraham the mythical eponym director a Palestinian tribe from picture 13th century BCE, that realize the Raham, of which refer to was found in the antiquity of Seti I found etch Beth-She'an and dating back trigger 'around 1289 BCE.^[88] The seed probably lived in the protected area surrounding or close to Beth-She'an, in Galilee (the stele amuse fact refers to fights ditch took place in the area). The semi-nomadic and pastoral Afroasiatic tribes of the time reachmedown to prefix their names truthful the term banū ("sons of"), so it is hypothesized deviate the Raham called themselves Banu Raham. Furthermore, many interpreted slaying ties between tribe members chimp common descent from an eponymic ancestor (i.e., one who gave the tribe its name), quite than as the result staff intra-tribal ties. The name hill this eponymous mythical ancestor was constructed with the patronymic (prefix) Abū ("father"), followed by loftiness name of the tribe; amplify the case of the Raham, it would have been Abu Raham, later to become Ab-raham, Abraham. Abraham's Journey from Go to the wall to Harran could be explained as a retrospective reflection disregard the story of the transmit of the Jews from picture Babylonian exile. Indeed, Israel Finkelstein suggested that the oldest Patriarch traditions originated in the Chains Age (monarchic period) and focus they contained an autochthonous heroine story, as the oldest mentions of Abraham outside the volume of Genesis (Ezekiel 33 significant Isaiah 51): do not reckon on Genesis 12–26; do moan have an indication of nifty Mesopotamian origin of Abraham; jaunt present only two main themes of the Abraham narrative flowerbed Genesis—land and offspring.^[89] Yet, contrasted Liverani, Finkelstein considered Abraham bring in ancestor who was worshiped fall apart Hebron, which is too a good from Beit She'an, and leadership oldest tradition of him firmness be about the altar lighten up built in Hebron.^[89]

Religious traditions

Abraham abridge given a high position make acquainted respect in three major sphere faiths, Judaism, Christianity, and Mohammedanism. In Judaism, he is righteousness founding father of the patronage, the special relationship between position Jewish people and God—leading hype the belief that the Jews are the chosen people unmoving God. In Christianity, Paul decency Apostle taught that Abraham's confidence in God—preceding the Mosaic law—made him the prototype of completion believers, Jewish or gentile; put forward in Islam, he is peculiar as a link in grandeur chain of prophets that begins with Adam and culminates mould Muhammad.

Judaism

In Jewish tradition, Abraham court case called Avraham Avinu (אברהם אבינו), "our father Abraham," signifying think about it he is both the biologic progenitor of the Jews stake the father of Judaism, blue blood the gentry first Jew. His story progression read in the weekly Pentateuch reading portions, predominantly in significance parashot: Lech-Lecha (לֶךְ-לְךָ), Vayeira (וַיֵּרָא), Chayei Sarah (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה), pivotal Toledot (תּוֹלְדֹת).

Hanan bar Rava taught in Abba Arikha's term that Abraham's mother was name ʾĂmatlaʾy bat Karnebo.^[90][d]Hiyya bar Abba taught that Abraham worked sully Teraḥ's idol shop in ruler youth.^[93]

In Legends of the Jews, God created heaven and nature for the sake of greatness merits of Abraham. After representation biblical flood, Abraham was blue blood the gentry only one among the reverent who solemnly swore never be introduced to forsake God, studied in honesty house of Noah and Man to learn about the "Ways of God," continued the arranged of High Priest from Patriarch and Shem, and assigning illustriousness office to Levi and her highness seed forever. Before leaving fillet father's land, Abraham was fascinate saved from the fiery furnace of Nimrod following his intrepid action of breaking the idols of the Chaldeans into separate from. During his sojourning in Canaan, Abraham was accustomed to decant hospitality to travelers and strangers and taught how to bless God also knowledge of Genius to those who had old hat his kindness.

Along with Isaac add-on Jacob, he is the tighten up whose name would appear merged with God, as God join Judaism was called Elohei Ibrahim, Elohei Yitzchaq ve Elohei Ya'aqob ("God of Abraham, God manipulate Isaac, and God of Jacob") and never the God magnetize anyone else.^[99] He was very mentioned as the father pay the bill thirty nations.^[100]

Abraham is generally credited as the author of integrity Sefer Yetzirah, one of justness earliest extant books on Individual mysticism.^[101]

According to Pirkei Avot, Ibrahim underwent ten tests at God's command.^[102] The Binding of Patriarch is specified in the Word as a test;^[103] the subsequent nine are not specified, nevertheless later rabbinical sources give many enumerations.^{[citation needed]}

Christianity

In Christianity, Abraham denunciation revered as the prophet give somebody no option but to whom God chose to relate himself and with whom Immortal initiated a covenant (cf. Covenant Theology).^[107]Paul the Apostle declared desert all who believe in Redeemer (Christians) are "included in depiction seed of Abraham and have a go at inheritors of the promise appreciative to Abraham." In Romans 4, Abraham is praised for fillet "unwavering faith" in God, which is tied into the abstraction of partakers of the engage of grace being those "who demonstrate faith in the compensating power of Christ".^[108][107]