This man built an altar at Sechem, where [*] land was promised to his descendants.
According to legend, this man's life was taken five years early to prevent him from seeing his evil grandson.  On two occasions, this figure presents his wife as his sister, and when he died he was buried in a cave purchased from Ephron. This man built an altar at Sechem, where [*] land was promised to his descendants. He had a child with his servant Hagar, believing his wife too old to bear a son; he later went to Mount Moriah with a son, where a ram was taken in that son's place. For 10 points, name this father of Ishmael and Isaac, wife of Sarah, and founding patriarch of the Israelites.
According to legend, this man's life was taken five years early to prevent him from seeing his evil grandson.  
{Abraham} [{accept Ibrahim}; {accept Abram or Avram}]