Abraham [N] [B] [E] [H](father of a multitude ) was the son of Terah, and founder of the great Hebrew nation. (B.C. 1996-1822.) His family, a branch ...
Isaac [N] [H] [S]laughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes ( Amos 7:9 Amos 7:16 ). The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longe...
Hittites [N] [T]Palestine and Syria appear to have been originally inhabited by three different tribes. The Semites, living on the east of the isthmu...
Money. [N] [T] [B] [E]Uncointed money. --It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the precious metals, a practice re...
?EXPOSITION Verse 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children. This is a great pleasure. Men live their young lives over again in their grandchildr...
Tomb. [N]From the burial of Sarah in the cave of Machpelah, ( Genesis 23:19 ) to the funeral rites prepared for Dorcas, ( Acts 9:37 ) there is no men...
REBEKAH re-bek'-a (ribhqah; Septuagint and New Testament Rhebekka, whence the usual English spelling Rebecca): Daughter of Bethuel and an unknown mot...
Genesis 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years Not lunar years, as Varro F4, but solar years, which consisted of thre...
Jacob [B] [E] [H] [S]Son of Isaac, and the twin brother of Esau Genesis 25:24-26 ; Joshua 24:4 ; 1?Chronicles 1:34 ; Acts 7:8 Ancestor of Jesus ...
CHAPTER 14 Birth of Isaac - Ishmael sent away - Trail of Abraham's faith in the Command to sacrifice Isaac - Death of Sarah - Death of Abraham (GENES...
CHAPTER 49 Genesis 49:1-33 . PATRIARCHAL BLESSING. 1. Jacob called unto his sons--It is not to the sayings of the dying saint, so much as of ...
Abraham [N] [B] [H] [S]father of a multitude, son of Terah, named ( Genesis 11:27 ) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir...
John 11:38 Jesus therefore groaning in himself Not only through grief, just coming up to the grave, where his dear friend lay, but through an holy ang...
Joseph [N] [E] [H](increase ). The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel. He was born in Padan-aram (Mesopotamia), probably about B.C. 1746. He is...
Matthew 23:29 Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites This is the seventh and last time, in which these words are delivered in this exact form ...
The Book of JohnChapter 11Verses:11:1One Lazarus - It is probable, Lazarus was younger than his sisters. Bethany is named, the town of Mary and Martha...
Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S]one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ; 27:36 ; Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of I...
SARAH; SARAI sa'-ra, sa'-ri: (1) In Genesis 17:15 the woman who up to that time has been known as Sarai (Saray; Sara) receives by divine command the ...
A COFFIN IN EGYPT 'They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.'?Genesis 50 :26. So closes the book of Genesis. All its recorded dealings...
CHAPTER 23 The Last Blessing of Jacob - Death of Jacob - Death of Joseph (GENESIS 49:1) THE last scene had now come, and Jacob gathered around his dyi...