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Want to know what the Bible says about Abraham? Here are 121 Bible verses about Abraham from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Galatians 3:6-9 NIV
6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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Hebrews 11:17 NIV
By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,
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Hebrews 11:8 NIV
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
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James 2:23 NIV
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
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Romans 4:13 NIV
It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Genesis 21:2 NIV
Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
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Galatians 3:29 NIV
If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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Genesis 26:5 NIV
because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.
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John 8:58 NIV
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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Genesis 12:1 NIV
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
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Genesis 17:5 NIV
No longer will you be called Abram ; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
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Genesis 25:7 NIV
Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.
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Genesis 25:8-10 NIV
8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, 10 the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
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Hebrews 11:8-10 NIV
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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Joshua 24:3 NIV
But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac,
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Genesis 25:1 NIV
Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.
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Genesis 12:7 NIV
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land. So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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Hebrews 6:13 NIV
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,
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Acts 7:4 NIV
“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.
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