In the Jewish explanation, this is a story in the Torah whereby God wanted to test Abraham's faith and willingness, and Isaac was never going to be actually sacrificed.

In the early Christian church, Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to sacrifice Isaac was used as an example of faith and of obedience.

The early Christian church viewed Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to sacrifice Isaac as an example of faith and obedience.

For Christians, Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son is a " type and shadow " of God's willingness to sacrifice his only son, Jesus.

Rather, it is done to help the poor and in remembrance of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael at God's command.

" First, Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac demonstrates the limit of humanity's capability to both love and fear God.

An important Islamic religious holiday, Eid al-Adha, commemorates Abraham's willingness ( Ibrahim ) to sacrifice his son Ishmael ( Isma ' il ) as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a sheep to sacrifice instead. In some cases, some believe these legends in Islamic text may have influenced later Jewish tradition.

* Eid al-Adha ( " Festival of the Sacrifice "), Greater Eid, or Eid-e Qurban, celebrated to commemorate prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God

The pedestal is encircled by a bronze bas-relief depicting Old Testament scenes of sacrificial offerings and preparation: Abel's offering of the first sacrifice, the priest Melchizedek giving bread and wine, Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac, and the Prophet Elijah receiving bread and water from the Angel of the Lord for strength to continue on his journey.

* To give Abraham's descendants all the land from the river ( or wadi ) of Egypt to the Euphrates.

Abraham's name occurs so often and in such a variety of connections as to give him, among Old Testament figures, a position of eminence in the liturgy, perhaps surpassed by David alone.

On the way from St. Augustine to Volusia to take up his starting position, Gen. Eustis found Pilaklikaha, or Palatlakaha, also known as Abraham's Town.

All those after the day of Abraham ( of whatever literal lineage they may be ) who so live as to be worthy of a place in this great patriarchal chain will be welded into Abraham's lineage and shall rise up and bless him as their father.

But the relationship he built up with Moses Montefiore, Abraham's brother, proved a lifelong friendship.

Abraham's bosom contrasts with the destination of a rich man who ends up in Hades ( though some religious groups, such as the Seventh Day Adventists regard this as a parable ).

Muslims have frequently cited Abraham's character as an example of how kind one must be towards people, and especially one's own parents.

The first personage in the biblical tradition to take an oath is held to be Eliezer, the chief servant of Abraham, when the latter requested of the former that he not take a wife for his son Isaac from the daughters of Canaan, but rather from among Abraham's own family.

Abraham gave him specific instructions to choose a woman from Abraham's own tribe.

Zerachiah's independence also displeased the conservatives, however, and refutations of his criticisms were written by Nahmanides under the title Milḥamot hashem, and by Abraham ben David of Posquières, who alluded in his harsh fashion to Zerahiah as an immature youth who had had the audacity to criticize his master, and even accused him of having appropriated some of his ( Abraham's ) own interpretations without mentioning the author.

* In the Order for the Blessing of Travellers, one of the readings proposed is the account in of Abraham's response to God's call, " Go forth to a land I will show you "; and the prayer of blessing to be said by a priest or deacon who is to accompany the travellers begins: " All-powerful and ever-living God, when Abraham left his own land and departed from his own people, you kept him safe all through his journey ..."

Though this was Abraham's second son it was Sarah ’ s first and only child.

In the Qur ' an's narrative of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son ( XXXVII: 102 ), the name of the son is not mentioned and debate has continued over the son's identity, though many feel that the identity is the least important element in a story which is given to show the courage that one develops through faith.

For example Tuomas Abrahaminpoika ( to be read in English as " Tuomas, Abraham's son ") and Martta Heikintytär ( to be read in English as " Martta, Heikki's daughter ").

In Islam, Abraham's father is believed to have been a highly evil, ignorant and wicked man, who refused to listen to the constant advice of his wise son.

In Genesis 22 as well as the Qur ' an, there is a story about Abraham's binding of Isaac, although in the Qur ' an the name of the son is not mentioned and assumed to be Ismail.

950 ), as well as the Christian historian Bar Hebraeus ( 13th c .), both recounted a legend that Harran had been built by Cainan ( the father of Abraham's ancestor Shelah in some accounts ), and had been named for another son of Cainan called Harran.

Rabbi Yosef Ibn Caspi ( Spain, early 14th century ) wrote that Abraham's " imagination " led him astray, making him believe that he had been commanded to sacrifice his son.

In some later Jewish writings, most notably those of the Hasidic masters, the theology of a " divine test " is rejected, and the sacrifice of Isaac is interpreted as a " punishment " for Abraham's earlier " mistreatment " of Ishmael, his elder son, whom he expelled from his household at the request of his wife, Sarah.

According to this view, Abraham failed to show compassion for his son, so God punished him by ostensibly failing to show compassion for Abraham's son.

', this conflicts with the biblical account which says Abraham's response was this: ' My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering ', which according to William Whiston was an allusion to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

As Sarah was barren, Abraham had a second wife, Hagar, as a result, bore Ishmael, who was Abraham's first son.

When Abraham's son reached the age of young youth, Abraham was given the command to sacrifice his son.

The Qur ' an mentions that Abraham's father threatened to stone his son to death if he did not cease in preaching to the people.

Muslims sacrifice a domestic animal on Eid al-Adha, which is done in part to remember Abraham's bravery during his trial of the near-sacrifice of his son.

Other verses mention the near-sacrifice of Abraham's son ( 37: 100 – 111 ), whose name is not given but is presumed to be Ishmael as the following verses mention the birth of Isaac.

Muslims consider Ishmael ( Ismā ' īl ), the first born son of Abraham, to be the " Father of the Arabs " and Abraham's second son, Isaac ( Isḥāq ), is called " Father of the Hebrews ".

:* Vayeira, on Genesis 18 – 22: Abraham's visitors, Sodomites, Lot's visitors and flight, Hagar expelled, binding of Isaac

On the eighth day from his birth, Isaac was circumcised, as was necessary for all males of Abraham's household, in order to be in compliance with Yahweh's covenant.

After Isaac had been weaned, Sarah saw Ishmael mocking, and urged her husband to banish Hagar and Ishmael so that Isaac would be Abraham's only heir.

The post-biblical Jewish interpretations often elaborate the role of Isaac beyond the biblical description and largely focus on Abraham's intended sacrifice of Isaac, called the aqedah (" binding ").

Several verses speak of Isaac as a " gift " to Abraham ( VI: 84 ; XIX: 49-50 ), and XXIX: 26-27 adds that God made " prophethood and the Book to be among his offspring ", which has been interpreted to refer to Abraham's two prophetic sons, his prophetic grandson Jacob, and his prophetic great-grandson Joseph.

The site is the location of Abraham's binding of Isaac, and of two Jewish Temples.

According to the Torah in, Isaac is brought Rebekah to marry by his father Abraham's servant.

It is important to note that Rebekah did not veil herself when traveling with her lady attendants and Abraham's servant and his men to meet Isaac, but she only did so when Isaac was approaching.

Abraham's faith in God is such that he felt God would be able to resurrect the slain Isaac, in order that his prophecy ( Genesis 21: 12 ) might be fulfilled.

" Abraham's ethical rebellion against God in Sodom culminates in his disobedience to God, refusing to sacrifice Isaac.

It refers to the biblical incident of Abraham and Isaac and also mentions an angel who talks to an apocryphal Abraham's daughter, who raised her bow to stop the sacrifice.

Muslim tradition records that Abraham lived with Isaac but frequently visited Ishmael in Arabia, context between the family as a whole is suggested even in the Biblical tradition particularly in Abraham's funeral in Genesis 25: 8-9.

The Qur ' an also repeatedly establishes Abraham's role as patriarch and mentions numerous important descendants who came through his lineage, including Isaac ( 25: 53 ), Jacob ( 29: 49 ) and Ishmael ( 2: 132 – 133 ).