Nave’s Topical Bible
Abraham
105 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
Also called ABRAM
- Son of Terah
- Marries Sarah
- Lives in Ur, but removes to Haran
- And Canaan
- Divine call of
Genesis 12:1-3; Joshua 24:3; Nehemiah 9:7; Isaiah 51:2; Acts 7:2-3; Hebrews 11:8
- Canaan given to
- Lives in Bethel
- Sojourns in Egypt
- Deferring to Lot, chooses Hebron
- Lives in Gerar
- Defeats Chedorlaomer
- Is blessed by Melchizedek
- God's covenant with
Genesis 15; Genesis 17:1-22; Micah 7:20; Luke 1:73; Romans 4:13; Romans 15:8; Hebrews 6:13-14; Galatians 3:6-18,29; Galatians 4:22-31
- Called ABRAHAM
- Circumcision of
- Angels appear to
- His questions about the destruction of the righteous and wicked in Sodom
- Witnesses the destruction of Sodom
- Ishmael born to
- Lives in Gerar; deceives Abimelech concerning Sarah, his wife
- Isaac born to
- Sends Hagar and Ishmael away
- Trial of his faith in the offering of Isaac
- Sarah, his wife, dies
- He purchases a place for her burial, and buries her in a cave
- Marries Keturah
- Provides a wife for Isaac
- Children of
Genesis 16:15; Genesis 21:2-3; Genesis 25:1-4; 1 Chronicles 1:32-34
- Testament of
- Wealth of
- Age of, at different periods
- Death
- In Paradise
- Friend of God
- Piety of
Genesis 12:7-8; Genesis 13:4,18; Genesis 18:19; Genesis 20:7; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 22:3-13; Genesis 26:5; Nehemiah 9:7-8; Romans 4:16-18; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8; James 2:23
- A prophet
- Faith of
Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:1-22; Galatians 3:6-9; Hebrews 11:8-10,17-19; James 2:21-24
- Unselfishness of
- Independence of, in character
- Ancestors of, idolatrous
- How regarded by his descendants
Bible verses about “Abraham”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 11:26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- Genesis 11:27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
- Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Nehemiah 9:7Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
- Acts 7:4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
- Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 12:5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 12:6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
- Genesis 12:1Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
- Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Genesis 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
- Joshua 24:3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
- Isaiah 51:2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
- Acts 7:2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
- Acts 7:3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Genesis 12:7And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
- Genesis 15:7And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Genesis 15:8And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- Genesis 15:9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
- Genesis 15:10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
- Genesis 15:11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
- Genesis 15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
- Genesis 15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- Genesis 15:14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
- Genesis 15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
- Genesis 15:17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
- Genesis 15:18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 15:19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
- Genesis 15:20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
- Genesis 15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
- Ezekiel 33:24Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
- Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
- Genesis 12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Genesis 12:11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
- Genesis 12:12Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
- Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
- Genesis 12:14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.