Abraham

A fter the people were seperated into different land areas, years gone by and each "culture" developed.
 * This picture shows a famous leader- Abraham. His name means- " Father of many nations". God Himself called Abraham his friend. God said " You are my friend, if you follow what I say." One day God told Abraham "Leave your land and go to the land I tell you to go to. And I will make you the beginning of a nation, and bless you, make your name known." " I will bless everyone who talks good of you, but curse all who talk bad of you." Abraham did what God said. He also took Sarai, his wife, Lot, his nephew, and his entire family in general. All the people came too. After time, they walked, and God said " I will give you this land." They inspected the land, walked some more untill they came to a land known as Bethel. **

====​ Abraham was very rich. He had gold and silver and many animals. And Lot was rich too. And after time they couldn't live together anymore, in the same land. They couldn't stand eact other, sort of speaking. And Abraham ended the tension by saying " We shouldn't quarell, for we are relatives. We shall split, and go our ways, If you go left, I go right, if you go right, I go left." Lot started looking for land. He saw that there was space that had good water and many crops. So he chose it, and went. Once he left he placed his tents and things all the way to the land of Sodom. The people living there were sinfull and didn't respect God. But Lot didn't mind. Because he moved there, this caused many trouble to him and the land. But Abraham moved by a forest in Hai. After both settled God said to Abraham " Look all the directions, and see this land, it will be all your people's land." God also said " I am your shield, I will protect you." But Abraham was upset, he was getting old and still no kids were born from Sarai. He said to God " Lord, please, give me a child, I am still childless. And the only heir I have is our next door neighbor!" But don't be fooled, Abraham had other wives who gave him many kids. They weren't going to be his heirs though. The mothers were all servants who Abraham didn't love as much as Sarai. At last God said " You see all these stars? If you can count them all that is how much children you will have. After a year Sarai will be pregnant and give you a boy." God kept his promise and Sarai ( Now Sarah ) gave baby Isaac. Abraham was really happy. And the child grew. ( I will present a quote from wikipedia.) "Some time after the birth of Isaac , Abraham was commanded by God to offer his son up as a sacrifice in the land of Moriah. The patriarch traveled three days until he came to the mount that God taught him. He commanded the servant to remain while he and Isaac proceeded alone to the mountain, Isaac carrying the wood upon which he would be sacrificed. Along the way, Isaac repeatedly asked Abraham where the animal for the burnt offering was. Abraham then replied that God would provide one. Just as Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, he was prevented by an angel, and given on that spot a ram which he sacrificed in place of his son. As a reward for his obedience he received another promise of numerous descendants and abundant prosperity. After this event, Abraham did not return to Hebron, Sarah's encampment, but instead went to Beersheba, Keturah's encampment, and it is to Beersheba that Abraham's servant brought Rebecca, Isaac's patrilineal parallel cousin who became his wife." - [] The painting shows Abraham ready to take Isaac for sacrifice. ==== In the next chapter you will find out about Isaac and his wife.

Different people think differently about what happened to Abraham. The main point is that he was the first person that was Monotheistic. He started the 3 branches of Judaism, Christianity, and Islamic religions.

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