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Abraham

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Abraham in the Bible Dictionary

1. Also called ABRAM
2. Son of Terah Gen 11:26, 27 Read
3. Marries Sarah Gen 11:29 Read
4. Lives in Ur, but removes to Haran Gen 11:31; Neh 9:7; Acts 7:4 Read
5. And Canaan Gen 12:4, 5, 6; Acts 7:4 Read
6. Divine call of Gen 12:1–3; Josh 24:3; Neh 9:7; Isa 51:2; Acts 7:2, 3; Heb 11:8 Read
7. Canaan given to Gen 12:1, 7; 15:7–21; Ezek 33:24 Read
8. Lives in Bethel Gen 12:8 Read
9. Sojourns in Egypt Gen 12:10–20; 26:1 Read
10. Deferring to Lot, chooses Hebron Gen 13; 14:13; 35:27 Read
11. Lives in Gerar Gen 20; 21:22–34 Read
12. Defeats Chedorlaomer Gen 14:5–24; Heb 7:1 Read
13. Is blessed by Melchizedek Gen 14:18–20; Heb 7:1–10 Read
14. God’s covenant with Gen 15; 17:1–22; Mic 7:20; Luke 1:73; Rom 4:13; 15:8; Heb 6:13, 14; Gal 3:6–18, 29; 4:22–31 Read
15. Called ABRAHAM Gen 17:5; Neh 9:7 Read
16. Circumcision of Gen 17:10–14, 23–27 Read
17. Angels appear to Gen 18:1–16; 22:11, 15; 24:7 Read
18. His questions about the destruction of the righteous and wicked in Sodom Gen 18:23–32 Read
19. Witnesses the destruction of Sodom Gen 19:27, 28 Read
20. Ishmael born to Gen 16:3, 15 Read
21. Lives in Gerar; deceives Abimelech concerning Sarah, his wife Gen 20 Read
22. Isaac born to Gen 21:2, 3; Gal 4:22–30 Read
23. Sends Hagar and Ishmael away Gen 21:10–14; Gal 4:22–30 Read
24. Trial of his faith in the offering of Isaac Gen 22:1–19; Heb 11:17; Jas 2:21 Read
25. Sarah, his wife, dies Gen 23:1, 2 Read
26. He purchases a place for her burial, and buries her in a cave Gen 23:3–20 Read
27. Marries Keturah Gen 25:1 Read
28. Provides a wife for Isaac Gen 24 Read
29. Children of Gen 16:15; 21:2, 3; 25:1–4; 1 Chr 1:32–34 Read
30. Testament of Gen 25:5, 6 Read
31. Wealth of Gen 13:2; 24:35; Isa 51:2 Read
32. Age of, at different periods Gen 12:4; 16:16; 21:5; 25:7 Read
33. Death Gen 15:15; 25:8–10 Read
34. In Paradise Matt 8:11; Luke 13:28; 16:22–31 Read
35. Friend of God Isa 41:8; 2 Chr 20:7; Jas 2:23 Read
36. Piety of Gen 12:7, 8; 13:4, 18; 18:19; 20:7; 21:33; 22:3–13; 26:5; Neh 9:7, 8; Rom 4:16–18; 2 Chr 20:7; Isa 41:8; Jas 2:23 Read
37. A prophet Gen 20:7 Read
38. Faith of Gen 15:6; Rom 4:1–22; Gal 3:6–9; Heb 11:8–10, 17–19; Jas 2:21–24 Read
39. Unselfishness of Gen 13:9; 21:25–30 Read
40. Independence of, in character Gen 14:23; 23:6–16 Read
41. Ancestors of, idolatrous Josh 24:2 Read
42. How regarded by his descendants Matt 3:9; Luke 13:16, 28; 19:9; John 8:33–40 Read

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.