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Hospitality as Covenant: Sacred Duty of the Ancients

In the echoing corridors of antiquity, where the very breath of God moved across the nascent world, there existed a virtue far transcending mere custom or social nicety. It was a profound and unwavering commitment, deeply etched into the heart of societies, particularly among the people of the covenant: Hospitality as Covenant—a Sacred Duty of the ...

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The Hospitality of Abraham and the Tents of the Patriarchs

In the dawn of time, when the world was younger and the footsteps of humanity left deeper imprints upon the virgin earth, there lived a man named Abraham, called by God to embark upon a journey of faith. His story, and that of his descendants, is inextricably linked with the ancient, profound custom of hospitality, particularly as it was practiced ...

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The Ancient Guestbook: Names Forgotten, Kindness Remembered

And it came to pass in the former days, in the lands east of the Jordan and unto the isles of the Great Sea, that travelers did go to and fro upon the earth—merchants bearing spices and cloth, sojourners seeking refuge, messengers bringing tidings from afar. And wheresoever they journeyed, they knocked upon doors not their own, weary in body, yet h...

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Abraham in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʼAḇrāhām, Arabic: إبراهيم‎, Ibrāhīm, ʼAbrəham, Greek: Ἀβραάμ) is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, and the Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the book of Genesis. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sometimes referred to as the "Abrahamic religions" because o...

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Abraham Scripture - Matthew 1:2

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;...

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Abraham Scripture - Leviticus 26:42

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land....

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Abraham Scripture - Deuteronomy 30:20

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them....

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Abraham in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

I. Name. 1. Various Forms: In the Old Testament, when applied, to the patriarch, the name appears as 'abhram, up to Gen 17:5; thereafter always as 'abhraham. Two other persons are named 'abhiram. The identity of this name with 'abhram cannot be doubted in view of the variation between 'abhiner and 'abhner, 'abhishalom and 'abhshalom, etc. Abra...

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Abraham in Naves Topical Bible

Also called ABRAM -Son of Terah Ge 11:26,27 -Marries Sarah Ge 11:29 -Lives in Ur, but removes to Haran Ge 11:31; Ne 9:7; Ac 7:4 -And Canaan Ge 12:4,5,6; Ac 7:4 -Divine call of Ge 12:1-3; Jos 24:3; Ne 9:7; Isa 51:2; Ac 7:2,3; Heb 11:8 -Canaan given to Ge 12:1,7; 15:7-21; Eze 33:24 -Lives in Bethel Ge 12:8 -Sojourns in Egypt Ge 12:10...

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Abraham in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(father of a multitude) was the son of Terah, and founder of the great Hebrew nation. (B.C. 1996-1822.) His family, a branch of the descendants of Shem, was settled in Ur of the Chaldees, beyond the Euphrates, where Abraham was born. Terah had two other sons, Nahor and Haran. Haran died before his father in Ur of the Chaldees, leaving a son, L...

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