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Where in the bible (time region book chapter verse(s) does prophet Abraham appear? Thanks?

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Where in the bible (time region book chapter verse(s) does prophet Abraham appear? Thanks?

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  1. abram was his original name.first mentioned in genesis 11:26.his story really gets going in chapter 12


  2. Genesis  near the start  but I would  have to look it up  maybe chapter 12

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    Genesis 12

    The Call of Abram

    1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

    2 "I will make you into a great nation

           and I will bless you;

           I will make your name great,

           and you will be a blessing.

    3 I will bless those who bless you,

           and whoever curses you I will curse;

           and all peoples on earth

           will be blessed through you."

    http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?boo...

  3. We first read about Abraham in Genesis 11:26 in regard to his birth. However, he is still called Abram at this point in his life's story.

      Time-wise he lived 3,500 years ago or more.  

  4. Here are some information on him and below is the start of the menition of Abraham to his death. Before God changed his name, it was Abram.

    Family Origin and Early History. Abraham was the tenth generation from Noah through Shem and was born 352 years after the Deluge, in 2018 B.C.E. Although listed first among the three sons of Terah, at Genesis 11:26, Abraham was not the firstborn. The Scriptures show that Terah was 70 years old when his first son was born, and that Abraham was born 60 years later when his father Terah was 130 years old. (Ge 11:32; 12:4) Evidently Abraham is listed first among his father’s sons because of his outstanding faithfulness and prominence in the Scriptures, a practice that is followed in the case of several other outstanding men of faith such as Shem and Isaac.—Ge 5:32; 11:10; 1Ch 1:28.

    Abraham was a native of the Chaldean city of Ur, a thriving metropolis located in the land of Shinar, near the present junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. It was about 240 km (150 mi) SE of Nimrod’s onetime royal city of Babel, or Babylon, so notorious for its unfinished Tower of Babel.

    Abraham proved to be a man of faith in Jehovah God, even as his forefathers Shem and Noah; and as a consequence, he earned the reputation “the father of all those having faith while in uncircumcision.” (Ro 4:11) Since true faith is based on accurate knowledge, Abraham may have received his understanding by personal association with Shem (their lives overlapped by 150 years). Abraham knew and used the name of Jehovah; to quote him: “Jehovah the Most High God, Producer of heaven and earth,” “Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth.”—Ge 14:22; 24:3.


  5. Use a search engine. Just input the name Abraham and you'll get lots of good information on this patriarch.

    He starts out named Abram (Avram in Hebrew), and later is renamed by God as Abraham (actually Avraham). The letter "bet" in the Hebrew alphabet can be pronounced either with a B or a V sound, but when the name was first rendered into English, the convention was to bring over the "bet" with a B spelling, no matter what the pronunciation was.

    I'm not, you will notice, telling you where to look in the Bible because you really need to learn to look up these type of things for yourself. It's a matter of three or four keystrokes, and if you really don't know how to use a search engine, well now's as good a time as any to learn.

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