They believe that God promised to protect Abraham and his people.
AnswerThe Israelites believed that God had made a promise to Abraham that his successors would inherit the land of the Canaanites. This would have included other, non-Hebrew people such as the Arabs, said in The Bible to be descendants of Ishmael, so the promise or covenant was later refined to include only the descendants of Israel.
Knowledge of God's covenant made the Israelites optimistic and faithful to God. It is the reason that 3800 years have passed and Judaism hasn't disappeared.
Before Isaac's birth, the divine figure involved was God, who made a covenant with Abraham, Isaac's father. God promised Abraham that he would have a son, despite his old age and the barrenness of his wife, Sarah. This divine promise was significant as it established the lineage through which the Israelites would descend. Ultimately, Isaac was born as a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham and Sarah.
The birth of their skin a fulfillment of laughter was the promise made between God and Abraham. This is from the Bible.
The lineage of Esau is irrelevant to God's promise to Abraham, the promise will be fulfilled by Jesus Christ, who is of the lineage of Jacob, Esau's twin brother.
Abraham was told by God, "I will keep my promise to you and your descendants in the future generations as an everlasting covanent. In return, the Isrealites had to obey God faithfuly.
Abraham was told by God, "I will keep my promise to you and your descendants in the future generations as an everlasting covanent. In return, the Isrealites had to obey God faithfuly.
Abraham promised to god that he would only worship one god. P.S. you misspelled Abraham : )
lack of faith
The word is covenant.
God didn't promise Abraham anything. God just told him to sacrifice his son Isaac and Abraham, being obedient to God, was going to do what God told him to do. That is until God stopped him. God was seeing if Abraham would still be willing to obey God even if it meant killing his only son.
It is called the "Covenant"-- the promise Abraham made with God, and God made with Abraham.