First of the Hebrew patriarchs, revered by Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam. Genesis tells how Abraham, at 75, left Ur with his
barren wife Sarai (later Sarah) and others to found a new nation in Canaan.
There God made a covenant with him, promising that his descendants would inherit
the land and become a great nation. Abraham fathered Ishmael by Sarah's
maidservant Hagar; Sarah herself bore Isaac, who inherited the covenant.
Abraham's faith was tested when God ordered him to sacrifice Isaac; he was
prepared to obey but God relented. In Judaism he is a model of virtue, in
Christianity he is the father of all believers, and in Islam he is an ancestor
of Muhammad and a model (in Sufism) of generosity.

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希伯来族长之首，为犹太教（Judaism）、基督教（Christianity）和伊斯兰教所崇敬。据《旧约．创世记》（Genesis）所载，亚伯拉罕七十五岁时受主召唤，离开乌尔城（Ur），携带不孕的妻子撒拉（Sarai）和其他人至迦南（Canaan）建立新国家。神与他定约，其后裔将来会继承这块土地，并成为大国。后来亚伯拉罕果与其妻之婢女夏甲（|Hagar）生下一子以实玛利（Ishmael），之后撒拉生下嫡子以撒（Isaac）。当主要求亚伯拉罕牺牲以撒以考验其忠诚时，他也准备遵命，但主后来态度软化了。在犹太教里，亚伯拉罕是美德的典范；在基督教里，他是所有信徒之父；在伊斯兰教里，他是穆罕默德的祖先和宽大的楷模（于苏菲教派〔Sufism〕）。

　

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