Abraham of Chaldea

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Abraham of Chaldea

Abraham : From the Bible

The following is a narrative description on the life and times of one of

the most powerful characters in the Old Testament. Abraham was indeed a

man of God in a time where few men believed in the One true God. Through

many triumphs and errors, he always returned to God to lead him back to

his calling. His dedication resulted in great promises from God that were

eventually fulfilled and affect each of our lives today. His story is our

story.

Abraham was a native of Chaldea, and a ninth generation descendant of

Shem, the son of Noah. He was born on the southern tip of the Tigris and

Uuphrates rivers in the city of Ur around 2161BC.1 Before his name was

changed to Abraham, his name was Abram. When Abram was about seventy

years of age he moved with his family to live in Haran. The reason he

moved was because "The God of glory appeared to our father Abram when he

was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, "Depart

from your country and your relatives, and come into the land that I will

show you." 2

While in Haran, Abram's father died and God spoke to him again saying, "Go

forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father's

house, to the land which I will show you." 3 He obeyed and left Haran

with his brother Nahor's family and his Nephew Lot without really knowing

where he was going. At this time, God did not reveal to him he was going

to Canaan. God only told him "the land which I will show you." 4 When he

did arrive in Canaan, he camped in the plains of Moreh, between the

mountains of Ebal and Cerizim. It was here he was given the second

promise from God that his seed would possess this land. Abram buil...

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* The Holy Bible, King James Version (The World Publishing

Company)

* The New Ungers's Bible Dictionary (Moody Press)

1 Ungers, pg. 12

2 King James, Acts 7:2-3

3 King James, Gen. 12:1

4 King James, Gen. 12:1

5 King James, Gen. 12:6-7

6 Class Lecture, Jon Randles

7 Everyday life in Bible Times, pg. 89

8 Class Lecture, Jon Randles

9 King James, Gen. 20:12

10 King James, Gen. 14:17

11 King James, Gen. 14:19-20

12 Halley, pg. 95

13 Reader's Digest Bible, pg. 35

14 King James, 15:1

15 Reader's Digest Bible, pg. 35

16 Unger's, pg. 13

17 Reader's Digest Bible, pg. 36

18 Unger's, pg. 13

19 Reader's Digest Bible, pg. 37

20 King James, Gen. 19:28

21 Heb. 11:19

22 Reader's Digest Bible, pg. 40

23 Unger's, pg. 14

24 Reader's Digest Bible, pg. 40

25 Reader's Digest Bible, pg. 40-41

26 Ungers's, pg. 14

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