ABRAHAM
(Also called Abram)
(See also Abrahamic Covenant; Offspring of Abraham)
(Note centered heading below: Qualities)
Abimelech’s dealings with:
Jehovah’s fairness with Abimelech: w08 10/15 3-4
Sarah: it-1 24; it-2 863; w10 4/15 8
“Abraham’s side” (“bosom position of”) (Lu 16:22, 23): it-1 356-357, 1181; it-2 226; jy 208; gt chapter 88; w89 4/1 24
altars: it-1 81; w01 8/15 18-19; w89 7/1 20
ancestor of Israelites: sh 206-207
ancestry: it-1 28
chart: it-1 30
Eber: it-1 673
Beer-sheba: w93 7/1 24-25
blessed:
by Jehovah: it-1 340
by Melchizedek: w90 7/1 19, 21
Haran: it-1 1034
Nahor: it-2 462
burial place for family: it-1 1083; it-2 290
purchase: scl 80; it-1 377; it-2 715; w97 8/1 30; w86 11/15 16
Tomb of the Patriarchs: w94 6/15 32
Canaanites:
Abraham’s alliance with Mamre, Eshcol, Aner: it-1 75, 106; it-2 303
communication with: it-2 203
Hittite land ownership respected by Abraham: it-1 1123
Isaac’s wife not to be chosen from: it-1 400; wp16.3 14
land promised to Abraham: it-2 213; w10 1/1 13
Chedorlaomer defeated by: it-1 1126-1127; it-2 1166; w01 8/15 23-26; w90 7/1 19-20; w89 7/1 4-6
circumcision: it-1 31, 469; w07 6/1 12
not borrowed from Egyptians: it-1 469; w07 6/1 12
death: it-1 31
age (Ge 25:7): w10 12/1 13
“old and satisfied” (Ge 25:8): la 28
declared righteous: it-1 604-605; w11 6/15 14-15; w08 1/15 21; w02 6/1 16-17; w95 2/15 11
discussion: ijwis article 19; w20.08 3-4; it-1 28-32; w16.02 8-12; ia 25-30, 32; w12 1/1 3-7, 9-11; bm 7-8; my stories 13-14; w01 8/15 14-29; gu 13-14; si 15-16; w89 7/1 3-7, 18-23
dream: it-1 650
Egypt: w20.08 4; it-1 29, 694; w01 8/15 20-21
Egyptian reference: it-1 150; g 11/10 16-17; si 333; w88 2/1 26
Eliezer to be heir: it-1 30, 50, 149, 709
Euphrates crossed by: it-1 330-331; ia 30; w01 8/15 17-18
example for Christians: w20.08 2-7; w12 12/15 25-26
example for husbands: w23.05 24-25
‘father of nations’ (Ge 17:5, 6): it-1 31; it-2 473
father Terah: it-2 1087; w01 8/15 14
“fourth generation” from (Ge 15:16): it-1 778, 911-912; g 5/12 16
friend of God: ijwis article 19; lff lesson 8; it-1 136, 873; lvs 32; lfb 22-23, 33; w16.02 8-12; w16.06 32; w14 2/15 21-22; lv 26; w12 1/1 3; gu 13; w98 8/15 11-12; ct 121-122; w86 4/15 6-7; ws 73-74
Hagar: it-1 1017-1018; w04 5/15 27
expulsion prophetic (Ga 4:21-31): it-1 1018; w92 3/15 14-15; w89 7/1 18, 21
not wrong to send into wilderness: w88 2/15 31
symbolic of natural Israel: it-1 496, 872, 1018; it-2 344, 693-694; w15 3/15 17; w06 3/15 11-12; ws 77
Haran: ia 29-30; w01 8/15 17
historical person: it-1 32; g 5/12 18; w89 7/1 3-6
Egyptian reference to: it-1 150; g 11/10 16-17; si 333; w88 2/1 26
household:
instructed in true worship: it-1 32
Isaac “sacrificed” by: it-1 31, 1217; it-2 525; rr 20; lfb 32-33; w16.02 9, 11-12; w09 2/1 18; bm 8; w07 8/15 13-14; w04 5/15 28; my story 14; wt 35-36; w00 9/1 20; bp 5; w89 7/1 21-23
Abraham’s confidence in Jehovah: w22.08 28-29; w17.12 6; w98 8/15 11-12
age: it-1 1217
foreshadows ransom (Ge 22:2; Joh 3:16): w24.08 4; it-2 525; w10 8/15 14-15; w09 2/1 18; w09 9/15 28-29; bm 8; wt 35-36; w97 2/1 12; bp 17; wi 29; w89 7/1 22-23
Isaac’s willingness: it-1 1217; w89 7/1 22
“land of Moriah” (Ge 22:2): it-2 41, 433; w89 3/1 16
loyalty of Abraham and Isaac: w90 8/15 12
ram provided: it-2 21; w89 3/1 16
why Jehovah asked Abraham to do so: w12 1/1 23
Isaac’s wife selected by servant: it-1 709; it-2 756-757; wp16.3 12-14; w04 4/15 8-11; gl 6-7; w02 5/15 14, 19-20; w89 7/1 25, 27
not to be Canaanite: it-1 400; wp16.3 14
Ishmael:
Abraham appeals in behalf of: it-1 1225
expelled: it-1 1225; w89 7/1 21; w86 11/1 28-29
persecution of Isaac: it-1 461, 1017-1018, 1216, 1225; wp17.5 15; w06 3/15 11-12; w01 8/15 26; w89 7/1 21
symbolic of Jewish people: it-1 872; it-2 344; ip-2 219
Islam’s teachings on: w86 4/15 6
Jehovah “acquainted with” (Ge 18:19): it-2 181
Jehovah known by: w16.02 9
Abraham ‘calls on name of’ (Ge 12:8): w01 8/15 19; w91 12/15 15; w89 7/1 20
as Almighty (Ex 6:3): it-1 78; it-2 661-662
Jehovah listens to feelings about destruction of Sodom: w24.05 2; w22.08 28; cl 203; w11 10/15 25; w10 10/15 6; w09 1/1 24; w03 7/15 16-18; w99 8/1 16-17; w98 8/15 12; w94 9/15 30; w93 6/15 15-16
Abraham confident in Jehovah’s justice: w17.04 18-19
Jehovah’s promise to: wp20.3 8; lfb 26-29, 33-34; w12 1/1 3-4; g 5/12 15-18; w09 7/1 31; sh 207-208; w89 7/1 3, 19-20; w86 4/15 6-7; ws 83-85
land of Canaan: it-2 213; w10 1/1 13
offspring through Sarah: w98 1/15 10-11
Jehovah worshipped by: rr 20; ia 26-27; w12 1/1 3
Jewish view:
merit inherited by descendants: rs 211
Keturah: it-1 31, 911; it-2 147
laughter over promise of a son: it-2 208; wp17.5 14; w89 7/1 21
Lot:
relationship to Abraham: it-1 29; it-2 272
rescued by Abraham: it-1 29, 106, 172-173, 720; it-2 1166; w01 8/15 23-26; w90 7/1 19-20; w89 7/1 4
separation in Canaan: w16.05 5-6; w11 8/15 25; w03 1/15 19; w01 8/15 21-23, 26-27; w00 8/15 24; w98 2/1 4-5; w98 9/1 22; w93 8/15 21
Melchizedek: it-2 366
blesses Abraham: w90 7/1 19, 21
position honored by Abraham: it-1 1113
receives a tenth: ijwbq article 170; it-2 366-367, 1109
name: mwb20.02 4; it-1 28, 31; it-2 12; ia 25; w02 1/15 6
nephews:
Bethuel: it-1 305
Lot: it-1 29; it-2 272-273
oaths: w12 10/15 23
prayer: w06 9/1 22-23
priest: it-2 682-683
prophet: it-1 31-32; it-2 694-695
religions accepting as: w89 7/1 3
purchase of land: scl 80; it-2 715; w86 11/15 16
reproductive powers: it-1 804-805, 911; it-2 147, 785, 1021
residence at Mamre: it-2 303
Sarah: it-2 862-864; wp17.3 12-15; wp17.5 12-15; w12 1/1 8
Abraham’s respect for: w23.05 24-25
death bewailed by Abraham: wp17.5 15; w12 1/1 10; g94 5/8 26
half sister of Abraham: wp17.3 12
“listen to her voice” (Ge 21:12): wp17.5 15; w10 5/15 15; w06 4/15 6-7
offers Hagar to Abraham as concubine: wp17.5 12-13; w04 1/15 27
represented as sister: it-2 863; w17.12 13; wp17.3 14-15; w01 8/15 20-21; w92 2/1 31; w89 7/1 20-21
support of Abraham: w89 7/1 19
Shem possibly known by: it-1 29; rr 20; ia 26
sons:
Isaac: it-1 1216-1218; lfb 28-29
Ishbak: it-1 1224
Ishmael: it-1 1017-1018, 1225-1226
Jokshan: it-2 97
Medan: it-2 357
Midian: it-2 396
Shuah: it-2 937
Zimran: it-2 1235
travels: it-1 330-331; gl 6-7
Egypt and back: it-1 140
encampment at Shechem: it-1 672, 925; it-2 914; w01 8/15 18-19; w93 1/1 24
encampments near Bethel: it-1 295
maps: it-1 330; w04 10/15 15; w01 8/15 16; w89 7/1 7; g88 5/22 26
Ur to Canaan: it-1 29; wp17.3 14; lfb 26-27; ia 27-30; w05 5/15 11; w01 8/15 15-18; w99 1/1 6-8; w89 7/1 19; g88 5/22 25-27
why Terah credited with move from Ur: it-1 29; ia 28; w06 8/15 15; w01 8/15 16
within Canaan: it-1 29, 400-401, 405; it-2 203; ia 30, 32; w04 10/15 13-15; w01 8/15 18-19
Ur: w20.08 3-4; it-1 28-29, 148, 158; it-2 429-430, 1141-1142; ia 25, 29; w11 9/15 19; w04 5/15 25; w01 8/15 14-15; w89 7/1 5; g88 5/22 25
type of house: ia 27-28; w11 1/1 19
wealth: it-1 31; it-2 804; w09 9/1 3
whether an astronomer: g88 4/8 25
witness for Jehovah: w95 9/1 9
Qualities
courage: w12 1/1 6-7; w93 11/15 13-14
endurance: w07 6/1 27; w01 8/15 25-29; w91 11/1 11
faith: w23.12 2-7; it-1 29-32, 804-805; w16.02 9-10; w16.10 22; w15 5/15 20-21; w14 10/15 29-30; ia 25-30, 32; w12 1/1 5-6; w11 9/15 18-19, 26-27; w05 4/1 25-26; w04 5/15 25-29; w01 8/15 14-24; w99 1/1 6-11, 16-18; w98 1/15 10-11; w97 11/15 15; w89 7/1 19-23; w87 1/15 12-13
‘awaits city having real foundations’ (Heb 11:10): w20.08 2-5
based on hope: it-1 1138
in Jehovah’s purpose: w94 3/15 17-18
in resurrection: cl 84; it-1 804-805; it-2 785; w17.12 6; w09 8/15 4; w05 5/1 10-11
leaving Ur: w20.08 3-4; ia 27-28; w89 7/1 19; g88 5/22 25-27
tested by Jehovah: lfb 32-33; w07 8/15 12-14; wi 29
while in Canaan: w89 7/1 19-20
faithfulness: lff lesson 60
fear of God: w01 12/1 21
hospitality to angels: scl 57; it-1 1149; wp17.5 14; w12 1/1 9; w96 10/1 11-13; w91 7/15 19
humility: w12 1/1 9-10
joy: w18.02 29
love: w12 1/1 10-11
obedience: lfb 26-27; w99 1/1 6-8; w98 7/15 29-30; w93 11/15 13-14; w87 1/15 13
optimism: w98 2/1 4-5
patience: w23.08 24; scl 89; w17.08 5-6; w03 1/15 16-17; w95 1/15 18; w94 5/15 21-23
peaceableness: w11 8/15 25
righteousness: w23.12 2-7