Through sacrifice and unwavering faith, Abraham’s covenant with God prefigures the greater fulfillment in Christ, as depicted ...

A Flemish Baroque painting reanimates Genesis 16–21 and helps us reflect on trust, covenant and the consequences of human ...

So in a mythic kind of way we can say that Abraham recognizes God and that Abraham launches the process—biological and social and cultural—that will culminate in the people of Israel ...

(3:95) What makes Prophet Abraham, “whom God chose to be His friend” (Qur’an 4:125 & Isaiah 41:8) so special? All prophets Divinely inspired by the one and only God are of course monotheists.

Abraham was first known as Abram but when he followed God, he had his name changed. He lived with his family in Ur, believed to be in modern day Iraq. At that time, it is likely that the people of ...

Abraham was the founder of Judaism and was the first to make a covenant with God. The first part of the covenant is known as the promised land and can be found in Genesis 12:1, where Abraham is ...

Trusting in God's timing is a fundamental aspect of faith. As believers, we understand that God's ways are higher than ours, ...

I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you. — Genesis 12:1-2 God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan, the Promised Land, which is today known as Israel.