Father of the covenant people · Patriarchs, c. 2000 BC

Abraham in the Bible

Also called Abram

Abraham leaves Ur and Haran for a land he has never seen, on nothing more than a promise of land, offspring and blessing for all nations. His long wait for Isaac, the covenant of circumcision, and the near-sacrifice on Moriah make him the model of faith for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.

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Verses mentioning Abraham

253 occurrences across 230 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Genesis 17:5

    Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude

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  2. Genesis 17:9

    And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

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  3. Genesis 17:15

    And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. Sarah: that is Princess

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  4. Genesis 17:17

    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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  5. Genesis 17:18

    And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

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  6. Genesis 17:22

    And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

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  7. Genesis 17:23

    And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

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  8. Genesis 17:24

    And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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  9. Genesis 17:26

    In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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  10. Genesis 18:6

    And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. Make ready: Heb. Hasten

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  11. Genesis 18:7

    And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

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  12. Genesis 18:11

    Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

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  13. Genesis 18:13

    And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

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  14. Genesis 18:16

    And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

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  15. Genesis 18:17

    And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

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  16. Genesis 18:18

    Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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  17. Genesis 18:19

    For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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  18. Genesis 18:22

    And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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  19. Genesis 18:23

    And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

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  20. Genesis 18:27

    And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

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  21. Genesis 18:33

    And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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  22. Genesis 19:27

    And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

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  23. Genesis 19:29

    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

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  24. Genesis 20:1

    And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

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  25. Genesis 20:2

    And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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