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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

Abraham

Abraham is a significant figure throughout the Bible, and plays an important role in extra-Biblical Jewish tradition and in the Mohammedan religion. 1. In the Old Testament: It is naturally as progenitor of the people of Israel, "the seed of Abraham," as they are often termed, that Abraham stands ou...

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Genesis, 4

1. Lays Foundation for the Whole of Revelation: In the history of the creation the most important feature for us is the fact that the world was created out of nothing (compare Ge 1:1 and the word bara'), which guarantees the absoluteness of God and His perfect control of the entire material world; f...