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Focus: Altars that mark promise, worship, return, and testing in Avraham’s walk with YAHUAH.

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Name (Hebrew) + Meaning

• Abram: אַבְרָם (Avram) — “exalted father.”
• Abraham: אַבְרָהָם (Avraham) — “father of a multitude.”

Key Altar / Worship Moments

• Shechem (oak of Moreh): first altar in the land after YAHUAH appears.
• Between Bethel and Ai: calling on the Name of YAHUAH.
• Return to the altar: coming back and calling on YAHUAH again.
• Hebron (oaks of Mamre): worship in settled obedience.
• Mount Moriah: altar of testing, surrender, and provision.

Scriptures to Study

• Genesis 12:6–8 — Shechem; Bethel/Ai.
• Genesis 13:3–4, 18 — returning to the altar; Hebron.
• Genesis 22:1–19 — Mount Moriah; the test; YAHUAH-Yireh.
• Hebrews 11:8–19 — faith that obeys and trusts resurrection power.

Significance of the Altars

• Promise marked by worship: YAHUAH speaks; Avraham responds with an altar.
• Consistency: returning to the altar shows repentance, realignment, and devotion.
• Costly surrender: Moriah teaches that nothing is above YAHUAH.
• Provision revealed: YAHUAH provides what obedience cannot produce.