Abraham: His Life and TimesRevell, 1888 - 179 páginas |
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... given as accretions that have grown up round a great central figure in the lapse of centuries , the outcome of hero - worship , the resv't of a natural desire to accumulate on a great forefather anything that would tend to elevate his ...
... given as accretions that have grown up round a great central figure in the lapse of centuries , the outcome of hero - worship , the resv't of a natural desire to accumulate on a great forefather anything that would tend to elevate his ...
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... given to this place as being the most important in the locality or as the first settled dwelling of its once roving inhabitants . It was , in fact , " the capital of one of the oldest of the pre - Semitic dynasties , though it had ...
... given to this place as being the most important in the locality or as the first settled dwelling of its once roving inhabitants . It was , in fact , " the capital of one of the oldest of the pre - Semitic dynasties , though it had ...
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... given in Genesis . There is much more in the matter which we should like to know , much that , if told , would enable us better to estimate his religious character in this stage of his life , and to understand what advance he had made ...
... given in Genesis . There is much more in the matter which we should like to know , much that , if told , would enable us better to estimate his religious character in this stage of his life , and to understand what advance he had made ...
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... given in the Book of Judith ( chap . v . 6-8 ) , from the mouth of Achior the Ammonite . " This people , " said he to Holofernes , are descended of the Chaldæans , and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia , because they would not ...
... given in the Book of Judith ( chap . v . 6-8 ) , from the mouth of Achior the Ammonite . " This people , " said he to Holofernes , are descended of the Chaldæans , and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia , because they would not ...
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... given in the sacred record ; but it is altogether in accordance with the habits of these Eastern tribes , and , indeed , with all roving nations who are not fixed to one spot by physical peculiarities or the possession of great cities ...
... given in the sacred record ; but it is altogether in accordance with the habits of these Eastern tribes , and , indeed , with all roving nations who are not fixed to one spot by physical peculiarities or the possession of great cities ...
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Abimelech Abraham Abram Amorites ancient angels appeared Babylonia Beersheba blessing Book of Jubilees called Canaan Canaanites Chaldæa chap character Chedorlaomer child Christ Christian covenant Damascus daughter dead descendants Divine doubtless dwelt earth Egypt Elamite Eliezer Euphrates faith father favour feet God's Hagar hand Haran heaven Hebrew Hebron heir hills Hittites Holy honour hundred inhabitants inscriptions Isaac Ishmael Israel Israelites Jacob Jehovah Jewish Jordan Josephus Josephus Antiq Keturah king land live Lord Machpelah Mamre Melchizedek miles moral Moses mother Nahor nations natural neighbourhood obedience offered Palestine patriarch plain possession posterity priest probably promise Rawlinson Rebekah received revelation righteous sacrifice Sarah Sarai says Scripture seed seems Semitic Septuagint servant Shechem Sodom sojourn soul spot stranger supposed temple tent Terah thee thou town tradition transaction tribes true religion truth unto valley wife word worship