33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, 'You will be made free'?" 34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly ...

Ironically, Ishmael and Isaac’s brotherly relationship may have been uniquely peaceful among the generations of Abraham’s descendants according to the biblical telling.

In Genesis 12, where Abraham’s life story is first told, we read: “Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, ‘To your descendants I will give this land’ ” (v. 7), a promise that was ...

Israel was named after Abraham's grandson and is often referred to as the promised land because the belief is that God promised to give the land to the descendants of Abraham. The second part of ...

A. 0. There are no direct descendants of Abraham Lincoln alive today. The only one of Lincoln’s sons to reach adulthood and have children of his own was Robert. Robert’s son Abraham had no ...

God promised Abraham three things: He would have a son, even though he and his wife Sarah were quite old. Through his son he would have many descendants and his family would become a great nation.