Abraham

Sodom

(Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants

Gomorrah

(Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants

Sarah

(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

angel

messenger of God

Isaac

son of abraham and sarah; not Abraham's first child but only child born of sarah (< Abraham's wife) making him the heir of god's promises (born when they were very old) his name means "laugh"

Abraham

the first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.

Sarai

the original name of Sarah

Lot

Abraham's nephew who lived in Sodom

Ishmael

Abraham's son by Hagar, Sarah's servant. The founder of the Arab tribes

Ur

An ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city on the Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia; the home of Abraham before he left for Canaan.

Circumcision

The Jewish initiation ritual that marks one as a member of God's chosen people through the covenant with Abraham

Abram

The original name of Abraham