Abraham

(ā'bra-ham.) (Script.) The progenitor of the Hebrew nation, descendant of Shem, and son of Terah, B. 1996 B. c., in Ur of the Chaldees, in Me so pot am i a, was the father of Isaac and Ishmael. D. at the age of 175 years, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, with Sarah his wife. [s. 3]