Abram Research Paper

The Father of Multitude There is an inspiring man that believers everywhere have read about in the bible and learned great lessons from. This man obeyed God like no other and always did what the Lord told him to do. This man was a successful shepherd and rancher that left everything he had to follow God. He was tested and he sinned like every other human, but God shined through him. This man had a relationship with God that was special and very real, and this man’s name was Abram, which means, “exalted father.” As a symbol of the covenant promise to multiply Abram’s descendants into a great nation, God changed Abram’s name to Abraham. Abraham was born in the city of Ur, now called Iraq. Abraham and his family traveled 500 miles to Haran and stayed there until his father’s death. Then Abraham moved 400 miles south to Canaan where he lived for the rest of his days; he did this because he was called by God to do so. Some important people in Abraham’s life were his father, Terah (the son of Shem

A few major events that happened later on in Abraham’s life were after Sarah’s death, Abraham married Keturah and they had six more sons. Then, at the age of 175, Abraham passed away and was buried in a cave in Hebron with Sarah. There were also major events in Abraham’s life that weren’t so great. For example, when Sarah and Abraham were in Egypt and Abraham told the Pharaoh that Sarah was his sister. The Pharaoh traded gifts to Abraham for Sarah until God cast a disease onto Pharaoh’s family so that Pharaoh would return Sarah to Abraham. Another example was, Abraham showed great faith when God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham and Isaac traveled to the land of Moriah and they traveled up a mountain to do the burnt offering. Abraham followed through and almost killed his son, until God provided another sacrifice just in