Abraham

Abraham
Abraham with the three angels by Rembrandt
Personal
Born	Abram c. 1800 BCE Ur Kaśdim
Died	c. 1600 BCE Hebron
Resting place	Cave of Machpelah 31°31′29″N 35°06′39″E / 31.524744°N 35.110726°E / 31.524744; 35.110726
Spouse	Sarah Hagar Keturah
Children	Ishmael Isaac Zimran Jokshan Medan Midian Ishbak Shuah
Influenced	Abrahamic religions

Abraham
Abraham and the Angels by Aert de Gelder (c. 1680–85)
First Patriarch
Venerated in	Judaism Christianity Islam Baha'i Faith
Feast	9 October – Roman Catholicism

Abraham (Avraham) (/ˈeɪbrəˌhæm, -həm/ ABE-raham; Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם‎‎,  listen ), originally Abram, is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism. His story features in the holy texts of all the Abrahamic religions and Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The biblical narrative revolves around the themes of posterity and land. Abraham is called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land originally given to Canaan, but which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. Various candidates are put forward who might inherit the land after Abraham, but all are dismissed except for Isaac, his son by his half-sister Sarah. Abraham purchases a tomb (the Cave of the Patriarchs) at Hebron to be Sarah's grave, thus establishing his right to the land, and in the second generation his heir Isaac is married to a woman from his own kin, thus ruling the Canaanites out of any inheritance. Abraham later marries Keturah and has six more sons, but on his death, when he is buried beside Sarah, it is Isaac who receives "all Abraham's goods", while the other sons receive only "gifts".