Abraham: His Life and TimesJames Nisbet et Company, 1886 - 179 páginas |
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... remains of which are still to be seen . This monarch was an independent sovereign , and exercised a sway over a tract of country extend- ing as far north as Niffer , the ancient Calneh . The magnificence of his buildings and the extent ...
... remains of which are still to be seen . This monarch was an independent sovereign , and exercised a sway over a tract of country extend- ing as far north as Niffer , the ancient Calneh . The magnificence of his buildings and the extent ...
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... remains of the 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 ...
... remains of the 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 ...
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... remains of a brick tower of early construction , the débris of which constitutes a conical mound rising seventy feet above the plain . This is a conspicuous object in the distance , and exhibits , where the brickwork is exposed , oblong ...
... remains of a brick tower of early construction , the débris of which constitutes a conical mound rising seventy feet above the plain . This is a conspicuous object in the distance , and exhibits , where the brickwork is exposed , oblong ...
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... remains of the Phoenician language which have been preserved have the closest analogy to the Hebrew ; and that the Phoenician tongue was the Canaanitish is well established . ' With the aboriginal inhabitants of Canaan we do not find ...
... remains of the Phoenician language which have been preserved have the closest analogy to the Hebrew ; and that the Phoenician tongue was the Canaanitish is well established . ' With the aboriginal inhabitants of Canaan we do not find ...
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... remains of terraces and watch towers prove that what is now thicket and rank undergrowth was formerly a scene of vineyards and gardens . The once " fruitful field " has returned to its primitive condition , and its tangled brakes and ...
... remains of terraces and watch towers prove that what is now thicket and rank undergrowth was formerly a scene of vineyards and gardens . The once " fruitful field " has returned to its primitive condition , and its tangled brakes and ...
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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