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  2. Abraham - Wikipedia

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    Abraham [a] (originally Abram) [b] is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [7] In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; [c] [8] and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic ...

  3. God in Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia

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    The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known reference (840 BCE) to the Israelite god Yahweh. [16]Judaism, the oldest Abrahamic religion, is based on a strict, exclusive monotheism, [4] [17] finding its origins in the sole veneration of Yahweh, [4] [18] [19] [20] the predecessor to the Abrahamic conception of God.

  4. Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia

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    For Jews, Abraham is the founding patriarch of the children of Israel. God promised Abraham: "I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you." [68] With Abraham, God entered into "an everlasting covenant throughout the ages to be God to you and to your offspring to come". [69]

  5. Binding of Isaac - Wikipedia

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    In the biblical narrative, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac at Moriah. As Abraham begins to comply, having bound Isaac to an altar, he is stopped by the Angel of the Lord; a ram appears and is slaughtered in Isaac's stead, as God commends Abraham's pious obedience to offer his son as a human sacrifice.

  6. Testament of Abraham - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, Abraham convinces Death to reveal himself in all his ugliness. At this point, many servants die. In the long recension, 7,000 servants die, while in the short recension, only 7 servants die. Chapter 18 (long recension)/Chapter 14:5 (short recension): Abraham prays to God in order to revive the servants.

  7. Christian mythology - Wikipedia

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    Christian mythology is the body of myths associated with Christianity. The term encompasses a broad variety of legends and narratives, ... The life of Abraham;

  8. Abraham and the Idol Shop - Wikipedia

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    Abraham is cast into the fire and is saved by God. Abraham's brother Haran sees what happened and says that he believes in the God of Abraham. Haran is thrown into the fire, and is not saved by God. Hence the verse in Genesis 11:28, “And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.” [6]

  9. Egyptus - Wikipedia

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    In Latter-day Saint theology, Egyptus (/ iː ˈ dʒ ɪ p t ʌ s /) is the name of two women in the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price. [1] One is the wife of Ham, son of Noah, who bears his children.