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What did Abraham believe in?

In Mesopotamia Abraham’s family worshipped ā€œother gods.ā€ In Canaan they adopted the name of the Canaanites’ supreme god, El, for a god Abraham experienced as uniquely transcendent and personal, to whom he entrusted himself and his family, worshipping that god exclusively as ā€œGod Most High.ā€ Hence, Abraham is traditionally considered the first monotheist.