\u00cd \u00e6ttart\u00f6lu sona N\u00f3a er Abram, „sj\u00e1lfur forfa\u00f0irinn“ s\u00ed\u00f0astur talinn (1M\u00f3s 11.26). Hann nefndist seinna Abraham („fa\u00f0ir margra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a“).\u00a0 Gu\u00f0 sag\u00f0i honum a\u00f0 fara burt \u00far landi s\u00ednu, \u00dar \u00ed Kaldeu \u00ed Su\u00f0ur-Mes\u00f3p\u00f3tam\u00edu, og til Kanaanslands.\u00a0 Hann h\u00e9t Abram \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 gera hann og ni\u00f0ja hans a\u00f0 „mikilli \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0“ me\u00f0 s\u00e9rst\u00f6kum h\u00e6tti vandabundinni Gu\u00f0i. \u00a0\u00dea\u00f0 fylgdi, a\u00f0 af Abram og S\u00f6ru konu hans og afkomendum \u00feeirra skyldu allar \u00e6ttkv\u00edslir jar\u00f0arinnar blessun hlj\u00f3ta (1M\u00f3s 12.1-3; 15.1-21).\u00a0 Abram lag\u00f0i af sta\u00f0, \u00e1samt me\u00f0 S\u00f6ru og Lot br\u00f3\u00f0ursyni s\u00ednum.\u00a0 \u00deau f\u00f3ru um \u00e1 st\u00f6\u00f0um sem seinna ur\u00f0u \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingarmiklir \u00ed s\u00f6gu \u00cdsraels (S\u00edkem og Betel; Gal 12.4-9) og st\u00f6ldru\u00f0u\u00a0 lengi \u00ed Egyptalandi, en \u00fear kom a\u00f0 \u00feau settust a\u00f0 \u00ed fyrirheitna landinu.\u00a0 Lot kaus a\u00f0 setjast a\u00f0 fyrir austan \u00e1na J\u00f3rdan, en Abram nam land vestan\u00a0 vi\u00f0 hana. Hann t\u00f3k s\u00e9r b\u00fasta\u00f0 \u00ed Mamrelundi \u00ed Hebron, \u00fear sem hann reisti Drottni altari (1M\u00f3s 13).<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00f3tt Abraham \u00e6tti enn engan son, h\u00e9t Gu\u00f0 honum \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann mundi eignast fj\u00f6ld ni\u00f0ja (1M\u00f3s 15).\u00a0 Loks, \u00feegar hann var 99 \u00e1ra, f\u00e6ddi Sara honum son.\u00a0 Honum var gefi\u00f0 nafni\u00f0 \u00cdsak, sem \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir „hl\u00e1tur“, af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Sara hl\u00f3 \u00feegar henni var sagt a\u00f0 h\u00fan mundi eignast son \u00ed elli sinni (1M\u00f3s 18.9-15).\u00a0Abraham tr\u00fa\u00f0i fyrirheiti Gu\u00f0s (1M\u00f3s 17.1-27) og barni\u00f0 kom \u00ed heiminn.\u00a0 \u00cdsak var s\u00ed\u00f0an umskorinn til marks um hi\u00f0 s\u00e9rstaka samband Abrahams vi\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 (1M\u00f3s 21.1-7).\u00a0 Abraham h\u00e9lt \u00e1fram a\u00f0 treysta Gu\u00f0i og \u00fea\u00f0 jafnt fyrir \u00fev\u00ed \u00fe\u00f3tt Gu\u00f0 skipa\u00f0i honum a\u00f0 f\u00f3rna \u00cdsak.\u00a0 \u00c1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu stundu \u00feyrmdi Gu\u00f0 \u00fe\u00f3 l\u00edfi hans og h\u00e9t Abraham \u00fev\u00ed enn einu sinni a\u00f0 allar \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ir jar\u00f0arinnar mundi hlj\u00f3ta blessun af hinum fj\u00f6lm\u00f6rgu afkomendum hans (1M\u00f3s 22.1-19).<\/p>\n
Abraham er v\u00ed\u00f0a \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti kalla\u00f0ur fulltr\u00fai \u00feeirra, sem rei\u00f0a sig \u00e1 fyrirheiti Drottins (Post 7.2-50; R\u00f3m 4.1-25; Gal 3.1-29; Heb 6.13,14; 7.1-10; 11.8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"