Abraham's life, told in the narrative of the Book of Genesis, revolves around the themes of posterity and land.
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Abraham's life, told in the narrative of the Book of Genesis, revolves around the themes of posterity and land.
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Abraham cycle is not structured by a unified plot centred on a conflict and its resolution or a problem and its solution.
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Abraham's then did as she was instructed by returning to her mistress in order to have her child.
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Abraham then received the instructions for the covenant of the pieces, of which circumcision was to be the sign.
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Not long afterward, during the heat of the day, Abraham had been sitting at the entrance of his tent by the terebinths of Mamre.
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Abraham then offered to wash their feet and fetch them a morsel of bread, to which they assented.
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Abraham rushed to Sarah's tent to order ash cakes made from choice flour, then he ordered a servant-boy to prepare a choice calf.
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Abraham settled between Kadesh and Shur in what the Bible anachronistically calls "the land of the Philistines".
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Abimelech was informed that Abraham was a prophet who would pray for him.
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Early next morning, Abimelech informed his servants of his dream and approached Abraham inquiring as to why he had brought such great guilt upon his kingdom.
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Abraham stated that he thought there was no fear of God in that place, and that they might kill him for his wife.
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Abraham then reproached Abimelech due to his Philistine servant's aggressive attacks and the seizing of Abraham's well.
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Further, to attest that Abraham was the one who dug the well, he gave Abimelech seven ewes for proof.
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Abraham was "an hundred years old", when his son whom he named Isaac was born; and he circumcised him when he was eight days old.
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Abraham's declared that Ishmael would not share in Isaac's inheritance.
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Abraham was greatly distressed by his wife's words and sought the advice of his God.
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At some point in Isaac's youth, Abraham was commanded by God to offer his son up as a sacrifice in the land of Moriah.
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Abraham then commanded the servants to remain while he and Isaac proceeded alone into the mount.
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Along the way, Isaac asked his father where the animal for the burnt offering was, to which Abraham replied "God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering".
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Just as Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, he was interrupted by the angel of the Lord, and he saw behind him a "ram caught in a thicket by his horns", which he sacrificed instead of his son.
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Abraham's thesis centered on the lack of compelling evidence that the patriarchs lived in the 2nd millennium BCE, and noted how certain biblical texts reflected first millennium conditions and concerns.
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Abraham is given a high position of respect in three major world faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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Abraham is generally credited as the author of the Sefer Yetzirah, one of the earliest extant books on Jewish mysticism.
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Abraham is the patron saint of those in the hospitality industry.
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In Islam, Abraham holds an exalted position among the major prophets and he is referred to as "Ibrahim Khalilullah", meaning "Abraham the Beloved of God".
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Abraham is among the seven prophets who appeared in different periods of history according to the Druze faith.
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In Mandaeism, Abraham is mentioned in Book 18 of the Right Ginza as the patriarch of the Jewish people.
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Paintings on the life of Abraham tend to focus on only a few incidents: the sacrifice of Isaac; meeting Melchizedek; entertaining the three angels; Hagar in the desert; and a few others.
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Additionally, Martin O'Kane, a professor of Biblical Studies, writes that the parable of Lazarus resting in the "Bosom of Abraham", as described in the Gospel of Luke, became an iconic image in Christian works.
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Several artists have been inspired by the life of Abraham, including Albrecht Durer, Caravaggio, Donatello, Raphael, Philip van Dyck, and Claude Lorrain .
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