Era: The time of the patriarchs, after the flood (Genesis 11:26-32; 12:4)
Abraham
He went out not knowing where, trusting a promise
Abraham, first called Abram, was living in Haran with his family when God told him to leave his country and promised to make of him a great nation. He obeyed and spent the rest of his life as a stranger in Canaan, living in tents, still without a child from his wife Sarah.
God made a covenant with him, changed his name and, when he was already old, gave him Isaac. The Bible calls him "the Friend of God", and the New Testament presents him as the father of those who believe and an example of faith. He is an ancestor of Jesus.
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Reviewed by Jon J ·