Abraham: His Life and TimesRevell, 1888 - 179 páginas |
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... towns . Among the cities which were thus placed was that which is called in the Bible " Ur of the Chaldees , " now known as Mugheir , situated on the right bank of the Euphrates , some six miles distant from the stream , and nearly ...
... towns . Among the cities which were thus placed was that which is called in the Bible " Ur of the Chaldees , " now known as Mugheir , situated on the right bank of the Euphrates , some six miles distant from the stream , and nearly ...
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... town and to serve as the port of Babylonia . The native inscriptions constantly speak of the ships of Ur and of the brisk commerce carried on by its inhabitants.3 It was a city of great importance , and B.C. 2000 was the capital of a ...
... town and to serve as the port of Babylonia . The native inscriptions constantly speak of the ships of Ur and of the brisk commerce carried on by its inhabitants.3 It was a city of great importance , and B.C. 2000 was the capital of a ...
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... town consist of a series of low mounds disposed in an oval shape , measuring about two miles in extent , and dominated by that on which the temple was erected , which is very conspicuous , rising some seventy feet above the plain . This ...
... town consist of a series of low mounds disposed in an oval shape , measuring about two miles in extent , and dominated by that on which the temple was erected , which is very conspicuous , rising some seventy feet above the plain . This ...
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... towns of Babylonia . Next in order comes a group of five minor deities , representatives of the five planets respectively , Nin or Ninip ( Saturn ) , Bel - Mero- dach ( Jupiter ) , Nergal ( Mars ) , Ishtar or Nana ( Venus ) , and Nebo ...
... towns of Babylonia . Next in order comes a group of five minor deities , representatives of the five planets respectively , Nin or Ninip ( Saturn ) , Bel - Mero- dach ( Jupiter ) , Nergal ( Mars ) , Ishtar or Nana ( Venus ) , and Nebo ...
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... town now identified with the ruins of Senkereh , lay out of their course ; but Erech or Warka , “ the city " ( Uruk ) par excellence , with its huge temple of Anu , would stand in their path some forty miles from Ur . " Standing upon ...
... town now identified with the ruins of Senkereh , lay out of their course ; but Erech or Warka , “ the city " ( Uruk ) par excellence , with its huge temple of Anu , would stand in their path some forty miles from Ur . " Standing upon ...
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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