Pray with Abraham
The father of Israel, who asked God about the heir he had been promised and pleaded for the people of Sodom.
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AbrahamBut Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”Genesis 15:2 · ESVPeople of the Bible1 / 36
AbrahamBut Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”Genesis 15:2 · ESVPeople of the Bible1 / 36Prayer 1 of 2 · prayed with 0 of 36
How to pray this card
- Who prayed it
- Abraham
- Context
- God had promised to make Abram a great nation (Genesis 12:2), yet he still had no child of his own. When the LORD came to him in a vision and said, “your reward shall be very great” (15:1), Abram answered with this question.
- Read how Abraham prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
- Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
- Read the verses that name Abraham, further down this page.
Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.
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Where Abraham appears
Abraham is named in 277 verses across 27 books
Chapter and verse, book by book.
| Book | Where | Verses |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis | Chapters1112131415161718192021222324252628313235484950 | 165 |
| Exodus | 2:243:63:153:164:56:36:832:1333:1 | 9 |
| Leviticus | 26:42 | 1 |
| Numbers | 32:11 | 1 |
| Deuteronomy | 1:86:109:59:2729:1330:2034:4 | 7 |
| Joshua | 24:224:3 | 2 |
| 1 Kings | 18:36 | 1 |
| 2 Kings | 13:23 | 1 |
| 1 Chronicles | 1:271:281:321:3416:1629:18 | 6 |
| 2 Chronicles | 20:730:6 | 2 |
| Nehemiah | 9:7 | 1 |
| Psalms | 47:9105:6105:9105:42 | 4 |
| Isaiah | 29:2241:851:263:16 | 4 |
| Jeremiah | 33:26 | 1 |
| Ezekiel | 33:24 | 1 |
| Micah | 7:20 | 1 |
| Matthew | 1:11:21:173:98:1122:32 | 6 |
| Mark | 12:26 | 1 |
| Luke | 1:551:733:83:3413:1613:2816:2216:2316:2416:2516:2916:3019:920:37 | 14 |
| John | 8:338:378:398:408:528:538:568:578:58 | 9 |
| Acts | 3:133:257:27:87:167:177:3213:26 | 8 |
| Romans | 4:14:24:34:94:124:134:169:711:1 | 9 |
| 2 Corinthians | 11:22 | 1 |
| Galatians | 3:63:73:83:93:143:163:183:294:22 | 9 |
| Hebrews | 2:166:137:17:27:47:57:67:911:811:17 | 10 |
| James | 2:212:23 | 2 |
| 1 Peter | 3:6 | 1 |
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- OTPrayed bySamsonOpen their pagePeople of the Bible5 / 36
- OTPrayed byHannahOpen their pagePeople of the Bible6 / 36
- OTPrayed byEliOpen their pagePeople of the Bible7 / 36
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- OTPrayed byElishaOpen their pagePeople of the Bible12 / 36
- OTPrayed byHezekiahOpen their pagePeople of the Bible13 / 36
- OTPrayed byAsaphOpen their pagePeople of the Bible14 / 36
- OTPrayed byJabezOpen their pagePeople of the Bible15 / 36
- OTPrayed byAsaOpen their pagePeople of the Bible16 / 36
- OTPrayed byJehoshaphatOpen their pagePeople of the Bible17 / 36
- OTPrayed byEzraOpen their pagePeople of the Bible18 / 36
- OTPrayed byNehemiahOpen their pagePeople of the Bible19 / 36
- OTPrayed byJobOpen their pagePeople of the Bible20 / 36
- OTPrayed byIsaiahOpen their pagePeople of the Bible21 / 36
- OTPrayed byJeremiahOpen their pagePeople of the Bible22 / 36
- OTPrayed byDanielOpen their pagePeople of the Bible23 / 36
- OTPrayed byJonahOpen their pagePeople of the Bible24 / 36
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