It is uncertain whether or not Abram (Abraham) originally worshipped several gods; the people of area where he lived (the Fertile Crescent) believed in many gods. One indication that perhaps Abraham acknowledged the existence of numerous gods (but did not necessarily worship them) is in the story of God asking him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac (Genesis 22:1-14). Abraham did not argue, but took Isaac to be sacrificed. It is likely that he was prepared to do such a thing because it was not uncommon for people of that time and place to sacrifice the first born son to a particular god as a sign of ultimate trust; this is because a man might never have any other sons to carry on the family name. The point of the story of Isaac is that Yahweh (means: I am who am) did not want, or need, the sacrifice of children as a sign of respect; Yahweh was not like the other gods known to Abraham. What is certain from the Book of Genesis is that Abraham came to worship God alone, and even came to feel close enough to Him that he would bargain for the sparing of Sodom (Genesis 18:16-33) and came to see all his blessing as having come from God (Genesis 24:33)
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