Abraham had how many children? - BIBLE QUIZ

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Abraham had how many children?

ANSWER: Abraham had 8 sons.

NOTE: Through Hagar - Ishmael, through Sarah - Isaac (2)

• After Sarah died, Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. Genesis 25:1 (ESV), through her he had six sons (6).
• However, Isaac was the only son Abraham was promised and through whom Abraham would become the father of many nations. In Genesis 22:2, He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
• Hebrews 11:7ESV - "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,
• In a spiritual sense, Abraham has many, many sons. 
• Genesis 15:5-6 ESV And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
•   Romans 4:16 ESV - "That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,"
• Luke 19:9 ESV - "And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham." 
• Galatians 3:6-7 ESV "just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”? Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham."