He rescued a relative by defeating Chedorlaomer at Dan, which led to his blessing by Melchizedek.
The Midrash Raba relates how Nimrod forced this figure to worship the fire, an event which ended in the death of Haran. He rescued a relative by defeating Chedorlaomer at Dan, which led to his blessing by Melchizedek. He fathered Zimran by Keturah, and he was twice forced to pretend that his wife was his sister.  He provided the mother of his surrogate first-born with food before his wife exiled her to the desert of Paran, and managed to save his nephew Lot when escaping from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. FTP, name this Biblical figure, husband of Sarah and father of Ishmael, who was spared from sacrificing his son Isaac.
The Midrash Raba relates how Nimrod forced this figure to worship the fire, an event which ended in the death of Haran.
{Abraham} [accept {Abram}]