Abraham the steward
Old man of 78 years. Steward of the lands that Joseph of Arimathea owns in the plain near Joppa, near the sea, he cannot believe his eyes: Joseph has abundantly distributed sheaves of wheat to 62 needy people:
"Master! There is a mystery here! Our fields cannot have yielded all the sheaves that you have distributed. I was born here and I am seventy-eight years old. I have been reaping for sixty-six. And I know. My son is right. Without a mystery we could not have given so much!…"[1]
Joseph of Arimathea had exhorted them to faith before doubling the distribution. This is the miracle of the sheaves,[2] miracle of Faith.
His name
Abram means in Hebrew "he is noble through his father." Reference to the father of believers. The suffix "raham" given to Abraham by God does not change the meaning of the name.