Who Were They // Abraham
- 1996 BC – 1821 BC
- Lived 175 years
- Genesis 12
- Originally Abram
- Abram = father of many nations
- Name changed to Abraham at 99 years old
- Wife Sarah
- Son: Isaac
- Mother: Sarah
- Isaac means laughter
- Named laughter because they laughed when God said they would have a child
- Genesis 17:15-19
- Son: Ishmael
- Mother: Hagar
- Servant of Sarah
- 14 years old when Isaac was born
- Genesis 16
- Cast out by Abraham
- Genesis 21:8-21
- Mother: Hagar
- Not only important to Christianity – Also a figure in Judaism and Islam