Abraham
Abraham, originally named Abram, was the patriarch whom God called to leave his homeland and blessed to become the father of many nations, establishing His covenant with him and his descendants.
Abraham, originally named Abram, is the founding patriarch of Israel and a central figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Called by God to leave Ur of the Chaldeans and journey to Canaan, he received the covenant promise that his descendants would be a great nation and a blessing to all peoples (Genesis 12:1–3). His faith was tested most severely when God commanded him to sacrifice his son Isaac, an act from which God ultimately delivered him, providing a ram instead (Genesis 22). Renamed Abraham ('father of a multitude'), he is praised in the New Testament as the supreme example of justification by faith (Romans 4; Hebrews 11:8–19) and is regarded as father of the faithful across the three Abrahamic religions.