[Cronos]

I just skimmmmmed through Genesis and Abraham was born in modern day Iraq but he was called Hebrew.

he was called a Habiru in Egypt, a nomad. Where was Abraham's lineage from? From what is now Iraq (a country that only existed from the 1920s), from the land of Mesopotamia. The Amorites (SEmitic peoples) had invaded Sumeria about 2000 odd BC and Abraham was one of those. The "Hebrews" as a sub-branch of the Amorites were descendents of Abraham through Isaac-Jacob, Edomites through Isaac-Esau. The Midianites were descendents through Kethurah, the Bedouins through Ishmael, Moabites and through Abraham's cousin. Even the Canaanites were semitic peoples who spoke a similar early semitic language to Hebrew.

[Just mythoughts]

he was called a Habiru in Egypt, a nomad. Where was Abraham's lineage from? From what is now Iraq (a country that only existed from the 1920s), from the land of Mesopotamia. The Amorites (SEmitic peoples) had invaded Sumeria about 2000 odd BC and Abraham was one of those. The "Hebrews" as a sub-branch of the Amorites were descendents of Abraham through Isaac-Jacob, Edomites through Isaac-Esau. The Midianites were descendents through Kethurah, the Bedouins through Ishmael, Moabites and through Abraham's cousin. Even the Canaanites were semitic peoples who spoke a similar early semitic language to Hebrew.

From Adam until the birth of Christ, time and again the lineage was protected. Adam's genealogy is given, Noah, even Mary's genealogy. For some reason it mattered a whole lot to the Heavenly Father, because He from the Garden of Eden kept track of and orchestrated the 'time' appointed for Mary to have been where she was at the appointed time. Yet again after Christ was sacrificed it was then given for ALLLLL who would to receive the grace of salvation.