abraham welcoming the three angels 1750s this series of paintings predominantly tells the old testament story of abraham and isaac and each of the canvases treats the interaction of humans and angels in three works angels appear to abraham and in one particularly dramatic canvas an angel intercepts abraham before he sacrifices his own son however the narrative of tobias and the angel comes from an entirely different book of the bible the blind tobit sends his son tobias off to collect a sum of money in the distant town of media with the angel raphael accompanying him in disguise as 2a501ga.jpg from angels uа View Photo