Abraham, his son, becomes the first patriarch, followed by Isaac and then Jacob. A second son, Haran, is Sarah’s father (Rashi, 11:29).

Our parasha includes a description of possibly the first shidduch (arranged marriage) in history. With the death of his beloved Sarah, Abraham turns his attention to the future and sends his ...

Abraham first appears in the Bible in Genesis 11:27, which says that Terah, a descendant of Noah’s son Shem, begets three children: Abram, Nahor, and Haran. (Abraham is called Abram at the ...