Both men can be compared and contrasted as men favored by God and as fathers, husbands, heroes, and servants of God, as well. ... To Abram, He has said, "No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations." ... Finally, God grants Abraham a son, Isaac. ... Both Isaac and Joseph are born to the men in their old age, which is perhaps the reason their fathers love them so. ... (The Holy Bible, Gen. 46:30) This reveals the love that Jacob has for his son in that now that he knows he is alive, he is ready to die. ...

• Word Count: 1787
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In later tradition, Hebrew circumcision was linked to Abraham, father of the Jewish people. ... Paul argued, "in Christ Jesus neither circumcision or uncircumcision count for anything (Holy Bible.)" According to the book of Romans, "he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though be in circumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them (Romans 4:11, Holy Bible)." ... Many parents worry that other children will tease their sons. Also fathers want the...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The oneness of God in Christianity is sometimes misunderstood, because Christians believe that God is triune, the Holy Trinity (the father, the son and the Holy Spirit). ... Judaism's prophet is Moses and Jesus is believed to be a human, not the son of God or holy in any way. ... While Christianity views Jesus as the son of God, Islam calls this blasphemous. (Surah 23.91 [Ali 2002]): No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him, behold, each god would have taken away what He had created, and some would have lorded it over others! ... They are an example of misinterpretati...

• Word Count: 1716
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His father responds that they have "neither the power nor the life to do that." ... God protects Abraham and eventually makes him the father of the Jewish nation. ... As he and his two sons are searching for the wife, a storm comes up and destroys their boat. The two sons get separated from their father. ... The Hasidic movement, as it is called, rejected the scholarly approach to the holy texts. ...

• Word Count: 1435
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy." ... But holy angels have never been glorified because they have never sinned. ... "Pray then, in this way: Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name." Jesus did not say to pray to angels he said to pray to the Father. "The Bible teaches that God's people are to address God the Father in prayer, in the name of God the Son and in the power of the Holy Spirit. ...

• Word Count: 1998
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that I will show you. ... Osiris was the God of Egypt but when Osiris and his wife Isis have a son, Osiris was sent to the underworld and became God of the Dead and his son, Horus, became the first Pharaoh. ... Backman states, "Abraham was the patriarch of two great nations, through Sarah he fathered the nation of the Hebrews, from here the Judaism religion, while with his Egyptian concubine Hagar he produced the line that resulted in the Arab nation and their faith Islam.... Althou...

• Word Count: 1555
• Approx Pages: 6

(pg 244) Unfortunately, Shem is a man who doesn't hold the bond of marriage over that of a dutiful son and thus is silent. ... (pg 340) Noah deems himself faultless in the whole tragedy even though this was not the first time he had fathered a deformed child. ... (pg 271) Noah believes that " a holy purpose must be manufactured for its death" (pg 271) in order to absolve him from any and all guilt. ... Noah fondly reminisces of a time when "the Fear of God would put women in their place again, and the young would bow before the Wrath once more," (pg 48) but even he longs for his son, S...

• Word Count: 2467
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School