Abraham, Abram

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Abram était un Chaldéen de la cité d'Ur qui fut choisi par Dieu pour être l'ancêtre des Israëlites* Dieu changea son nom en "Abraham".

Le nom "Abram" signifie "père exalté".
"Abraham" signifie, "père de la multitude".
Dieu promit à Abraham qu'il allait avoir plusieurs descendants, qui allaient devenir une grande nation.
Abraham crut en Dieu et lui obéit* Dieu le fit sortir de la Chaldée vers le pays de Canaan.
Pendant qu'ils vivaient dans le pays de Canaan, dans leur vieillesse, Abraham et sa femme Sara eurent un fils qu'ils appelèrent Isaac.

(Suggestions pour la traduction : Translate Names)

(Voir aussi : (../names/canaan.md), (../names/chaldeans.md), (../names/sarah.md), (../names/isaac.md))

04:06 When Abram arrived in Canaan, God said, "Look all around you. I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you can see as an inheritance."
05:04 Then God changed Abram's name to Abraham, which means "father of many."
05:05 About a year later, when Abraham was cent years old and Sarah was 90, Sarah gave birth to Abraham's son.
05:06 When Isaac was a young man, God tested Abraham's faith by saying, "Take Isaac, your only son, and kill him as a sacrifice to me."
06:01 When Abraham was very old and his son, Isaac, had grown to be a man, Abraham sent one of his servants back to the land where his relatives lived to find a wife for his son, Isaac.
06:04 After a long time, Abraham died and all of the promises that God had made to him in the covenant were passed on to Isaac.
21:02 God promised Abraham that through him all people groups of the world would receive a blessing.