Abraham: His Life and TimesJames Nisbet et Company, 1886 - 179 páginas |
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... miles distant from the sea were then close to the coast , and enjoyed all the advantages and participated in all the dangers of such proximity . The alluvium brought down by the two great rivers , the Tigris and Euphrates , encroaches ...
... miles distant from the sea were then close to the coast , and enjoyed all the advantages and participated in all the dangers of such proximity . The alluvium brought down by the two great rivers , the Tigris and Euphrates , encroaches ...
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... 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 temple is built of large bricks , raised on a basement of great size , and facing the ...
... 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 temple is built of large bricks , raised on a basement of great size , and facing the ...
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... miles northwards to Haran , accompanied by his father and his family and dependents . How Terah was induced to quit his old home we are not told . It may be that the son's faith had enlightened the father's mind , and made him loathe ...
... miles northwards to Haran , accompanied by his father and his family and dependents . How Terah was induced to quit his old home we are not told . It may be that the son's faith had enlightened the father's mind , and made him loathe ...
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... miles from Ur . Standing upon the summit of the principal edifice , called the Buwariyya , in the centre of the ruins , ” says Mr. Loftus , " the beholder is struck with astonishment at the enor- mous accumulation of mounds and ancient ...
... miles from Ur . Standing upon the summit of the principal edifice , called the Buwariyya , in the centre of the ruins , ” says Mr. Loftus , " the beholder is struck with astonishment at the enor- mous accumulation of mounds and ancient ...
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... miles more conducted them to Babylon , a city which is identified by an uninterrupted tradition with the extensive mounds and ruins on the Euphrates above Hillah , 150 miles from their old home . This city had not attained the eminence ...
... miles more conducted them to Babylon , a city which is identified by an uninterrupted tradition with the extensive mounds and ruins on the Euphrates above Hillah , 150 miles from their old home . This city had not attained the eminence ...
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Abimelech Abraham Abram Amorites ancient angels 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 regarded 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