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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each revere Abraham as a founding patriarch.Abraham = important religious figure who was tested when God asked him to sacrifice his son
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His speech was a twenty-minute sermon on God's promises to Abraham. (source)Abraham = man who is considered the father of the three largest monotheistic religions
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Eid happens twice a year—Eid ul-Fitr or "Small Eid" marks the end of the Ramadan fasting month, and Eid ul-Azha or "Big Eid" commemorates the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail to God. (source)
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She talked to Yuko about it and they realized that this man, preaching to a thousand impressionable and trusting parishioners, didn't know, or didn't care, that Islam, Judaism, and Christianity were not-so-distantly related branches of the same monotheistic, Abrahamic faith.† (source)Abrahamic = religious reference to Abraham: father of Isaac (Judaism and later Christianity) and of Ishmael (Islam); tested when God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac; pleaded for Sodom and Gomorrah
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In the Koran, the story appears in much the same manner as the covenant of Abraham and Isaac does in the Torah and the Bible.† (source)Abraham and Isaac = religion: an important figure and his son in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Dolefully I thought of Abraham and Isaac.† (source)
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Abraham Maslow, I present to you Augustus Waters, whose existential curiosity dwarfed that of his well-fed, well-loved, healthy brethren.† (source)Abraham = religion: an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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There—now thou hast touched a hand which has been clasped by Abraham and Isaac and Jacob!† (source)Abraham and Isaac = religion: an important figure and his son in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Let him read them about Abraham and Sarah, about Isaac and Rebecca, of how Jacob went to Laban and wrestled with the Lord in his dream and said, "This place is holy"—and he will impress the devout mind of the peasant.† (source)Abraham and Sarah = religion: an important figure and wife in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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In the latter quarter of each year cattle were at once the mainstay and the terror of families about Casterbridge and its neighbourhood, where breeding was carried on with Abrahamic success.† (source)Abrahamic = religious reference to Abraham: father of Isaac (Judaism and later Christianity) and of Ishmael (Islam); tested when God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac; pleaded for Sodom and Gomorrah
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God asked Abraham to sacrifice his child!† (source)Abraham = religion: an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.† (source)Abraham and Isaac = religion: an important figure and his son in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.† (source)Abraham and Sarah = religion: an important figure and wife in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Was Abraham making predictions in the Codex, or was he simply writing down what he had somehow seen?† (source)Abraham = religion: an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.† (source)Abraham and Isaac = religion: an important figure and his son in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.† (source)Abraham and Sarah = religion: an important figure and wife in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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He would never again see the boy, just as he had never seen Abraham again after having charged him his one-tenth fee. (source)Abraham = someone's name in this story
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The nation could hardly bury its martyred Father Abraham with a lead ball lodged in his brain. (source)Abraham = someone else's first name
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—Abraham Coles. (source)Abraham = religion: an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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