Abraham : From the Bible
The following is a narrative description on the life and times of
one of the most powerful characters in the Old Testament.
Abraham was indeed a man of God in a time where few men believed
in the One true God. Through many triumphs and errors, he always
returned to God to lead him back to his calling. His dedication
resulted in great promises from God that were eventually
fulfilled and affect each of our lives today. His story is our
story.
Abraham was a native of Chaldea, and a ninth generation
descendant of Shem, the son of Noah. He was born on the southern
tip of the Tigris and Uuphrates rivers in the city of Ur around
2161BC.1 Before his name was changed to Abraham, his name was
Abram. When Abram was about seventy years of age he moved with
his family to live in Haran.
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God the Father 16The reason he moved was because
"The God of glory appeared to our father Abram when he was in
Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, "Depart
from your country and your relatives, and come into the land
that I will show you." 2
While in Haran, Abram's father died and God spoke to him again
saying, "Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and
from your father's house, to the land which I will show you." 3
He obeyed and left Haran with his brother Nahor's family and his
Nephew Lot without really knowing where he was going. At this
time, God did not reveal to him he was going to Canaan. God only
told him "the land which I will show you." 4 When he did arrive
in Canaan, he camped in the plains of Moreh, between the
mountains of...