Vrbanovic berry biography of abraham

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Terah, after living in Haran for five years, dies at the age of Soon after this event God tells Abraham Genesis - 2 , who is now 75 years old, to leave Haran and take his family to the land of Canaan the land of promise. He then makes a startling promise to Abram. God says that he will bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him Genesis !

The Eternal's plan for man, through a single person, was so important that God personally promised to treat anyone the same way they treated Abram and his descendants! In Genesis 15 God promises Abram that his wife Sarai will no longer be barren, but will bare him a child to be his heir. Several years later, when he is 99, God again appears to him promising that he will soon have a son Isaac and that he will be the father of countless descendants.

It is at this time that God renames Abram to Abraham which means "father of a great multitude" and Sarai to Sarah which means "princess of the multitude". Isaac is born when he is and Sarah is Years later, when Isaac is 15 years old or a little older , God tests the faith of Abraham by commanding him to sacrifice his only son Genesis Isaac is spared when the Angel of the Lord stops his father from sacrificing him.

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