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Abraham

friend of God (Jas 2:23)

Role
patriarch
Era
2000 BC–1800 BC
Passages
275
Named in
Old Testament (16 books), New Testament (11 books)

Traditional dating; the patriarchal period is not independently fixed.

Called from Ur and Haran to Canaan; regarded as the ancestral figure of Israel, and in later tradition of Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike.

The name

More than one form is recorded — a renaming, or the Greek and Hebrew of the same person. They are listed under one entry rather than as separate people.

Family

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Named in

Showing the first 60 of 275 passages, in canonical order.

Passages are linked from the tagged text; the summary and any positions above are written by hand and cited.