Abraham then married Keturah, who bore him six more sons – Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. After the death of his mother, Sarah, Isaac married Rebekah. Yet she did conceive (Genesis 21:1-7) and had a baby named Isaac. Sarah believed she was too old to have a child and laughed. Three visitors came to Abraham and said that he would have a son. In addition, his wife Sarai's name was changed to Sarah, for she would be a mother of nations. In chapter 17 of Genesis, "Almighty God" changed Abram’s name to Abraham, for he would be a father of many nations.
Nevertheless, God saw Hagar’s suffering and promised that although this was not the child promised to Abram, he would nevertheless make Ishmael’s descendants into a great nation also. This situation brought strife rather than happiness between Hagar and Sarai. Hagar conceived right away and in time Ishmael was born. When he was 86 years old, Sarai suggested and Abram agreed that a practical way to have a child was through Sarai’s servant Hagar. Abram thought to leave his estate to a trusted servant, but God promised him a son and heir. Biblical narrative Ībram and Sarai prospered materially but had no children. The documentary hypothesis attributes these genealogies to the Priestly source. The genealogy of Abraham appears in Genesis 5, Genesis 10:1-7, 20, 22-23, 31-32, and Genesis 11. Family tree of Abraham in the Book of GenesisĪbraham is known as the patriarch of the Israelite people through Isaac, the son born to him and Sarah in their old age and the patriarch of Arabs through his son Ishmael, born to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant.Īlthough Abraham's forefathers were from southern Mesopotamia (in present-day Iraq ) according to the biblical narrative, Yahwah led Abraham on a journey to the land of Canaan, which he promised to his children.
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