In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

God and two angels visited Abraham and Sarah. God said by the time he visited them the following year, they would have as son.

God’s covenant with Abraham is depicted in a medieval illustration from a manuscript from around the 13th century, Rudolf von Ems’ depiction in the Weltchronik (World History).

Noah walked and spoke with God. Generations before Abraham, God spoke with people. Depending on how one reads the Bible, Adam and Eve are the first to pursue knowledge and wisdom.

This was the legacy that Abraham be-quested to his sons as did Jacob when he said: “My sons, (who will become the Jewish community) God has chosen for you this way of life” (2:132) All three ...

Before the Bible tells us God commanded Abraham to go to a distant, unfamiliar land, which would be where there’s now a country which all people in the. Skip to content. ADVERTISE.