Eventually, Abram appears to be convinced of one true God, whom he believes has called him to leave his father’s house and go to the land of Canaan — the name for what we now call Israel.

He was called by God the Father to minister and offer sacrifice ... The narrative then brings us, again through a genealogy, from Shem to Abram, the first-born son of Terah. In Genesis 14, Abram ...

Abram (later Abraham) was plucked out of his routine in Ur, an ancient city in Iraq, by being given a startling promise by God. ‘You will have descendants as many as the starts of heaven.’ He ...

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 ...