Question

Describe the background of the call of Abraham (Gen.11:27-32).

Answer 1

• Abraham lived in the city of Ur in the land near river Euphrates.
• His people were Semites – Semi nomadic.
• The community where he came from worshipped moon gods.
• He was son of Terah, brother to Haran and Nahor.
• He had a wife called Sarah and a nephew Lot (Son of Hara)
• Sarah was barren until much later when God blessed her with a son Isaac.
• His father Terah moved to Haran together with his son Abraham, his grandson Lot and his daughter in law Sarah
• Terah died in Haran at the age of 205yrs