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A:The well-known story of Abraham discovering monotheism as a young boy is not to be found in The Bible and has no scriptural support. In this midrash Abram (later Abraham), while still a young boy, realised that his father's idols had no power and that there is but one God. To prove his point, Abram smashed all the idols but one, then told his father that the surviving idol had destroyed all the others. Abram's father said the idol had no power to do this because it was only a statue, thereby (according to the midrash) proving Abram's point.

Bruce Feiler (Abraham) says that probably less than one per cent of the stories told about Abraham appear in the Bible, with an explosion of detail beginning to appear in Jewish tradition from the third century BCE onwards. In contrast to the midrash, the Bible itself never credits Abraham with monotheistic beliefs.

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Did Abraham's father make idols and is there a reference to it in the Bible?

Genesis 11:26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Terah was the father of Abram (his name was later changed to Abraham). Although the Bible says Terah "worshiped other gods" (Joshua 24:2), there is no Biblical record of him actually making idols of any kind. There is also no Biblical record of Abraham either making or worshiping idols or "other gods."


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What did Abraham pray on behalf of the people of sodem?

Abraham did not pray for all of the wicked people at Sodom but only the righteous. He started asking the Lord "If there were but ten righteous will you spare Sodom" Finally he asked that if only two could be found but all were wicked except for Lot and his family.


What did Satan use to destroy Job?

God was testing Job's faith. Just as when he asked Abraham to kill his one and only son. For Abraham's obediance, God gavehim an alternative--a ram. God tests to stregthen faith while Satan tempts to weaken it. Job loses heart but not faith and is blessed for this.


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After. The story of Noah and the Flood in Genesis comes before the story of Abraham and the descent into Egypt. According to tradition, Abraham was born 292 years after the Flood.

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Where in the bible does it say Abraham worshipped idols?

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Did Abraham's father make idols and is there a reference to it in the Bible?

Genesis 11:26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Terah was the father of Abram (his name was later changed to Abraham). Although the Bible says Terah "worshiped other gods" (Joshua 24:2), there is no Biblical record of him actually making idols of any kind. There is also no Biblical record of Abraham either making or worshiping idols or "other gods."


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