Some say that Abraham is the patriarch of the Jewish people. Abraham was the firs prophet of Judaism. Also according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, when Abraham was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and made a covenant, or agreement with him. God asked Abraham to do certain things. In return, he promised to take special care of Abraham’s descendants and to give them the landof Israel. I guess that kind of explains why Abraham is the patriarch of Judaism.
