Abraham

Their thread through Scripture

• Genesis 11:26

  Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

• Genesis 12:1

  Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.

  God's call: "Go from your country… and I will bless you."

• Genesis 15:6

  He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.

  "He believed the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness."

• Genesis 22:2

  He said, “Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”

  The binding of Isaac on the mountain.

• Matthew 1:1

  The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  Jesus as the one through whom the nations are blessed.

• Romans 4:3

  For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

  Paul's exhibit A for justification by faith.

• Hebrews 11:8

  By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

  "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called."