What Is Abraham in the Bible?

Person

The father of the people of Israel. God promised him that his descendants would be as many as the stars.

A detail

“Son of Abraham”: means that someone truly belongs to God’s people and is an heir to his promises. Jesus called Zacchaeus that.

Luke 19:9

Luke 19:9

Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Genesis 15:5; Lc 19, 9 and its NABRE note; Catechism 146