Abraham is referred to in Scripture as the Father of many nations.
In fact, the Ishmaelites, the Edomites, the offspring of Keturah, and all the Israelites come from him There are two other nations, viz.
, the Moabites and Ammonites, that come from his nephew Lot, a man whose life and times were closely related to those of Abraham.
This makes Abraham, therefore, somewhat of unique character, for even though Abraham takes a most central position in the book of Genesis, he is not the ancestor of.
Messianic Jewish Publishers Abraham: a friend of god, paperback/walter c. kaiser
