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AbimelechKing of Gerar (in the Negev region) who took Sarah to be with him, thinking that she was Abraham's sister | |
AbramAbraham's original name | |
AdumbrateAnother word for "foreshadow" or "prefigure" | |
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ForeshadowAn event with circumstances so similar to a future event that the later event almost seems like a repetition of the previous one | |
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HagarSarah's handmaid, who slept with Abraham and gave birth to Ishmael | |
HebronCity in Canaan where Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were buried | |
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IsaacSon of Abraham and Sarah, heir of the covenant promises | |
IshmaelSon of Abraham and Hagar | |
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LotAbraham's nephew, with whom he had a conflict regarding land | |
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Moabites Descendants of Lot that interacted with Israel in the period of Moses. God told Israel to not harass them or provoke them to war. | |
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NegevDesert area in the southern region of Canaan (sometimes spelled with a "b" at the end) | |
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PerizzitesOne of the people groups living in Canaan at the time of Abraha | |
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RahabGentile woman who helped the spies when they entered the Promised Land, and was included as a part of the people of Israel | |
RebekahName of Isaac's wife | |
RuthMoabite woman, daughter of Naomi, who married Boaz and became member of Israel and participant in the family line of David and Jesus | |
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SarahAbraham's wife who gave birth to Isaac at an old age (later spelling of her name) | |
SinaiMountain where God made a covenant with Israel in the time of Moses and gave them the Ten Commandments | |
SodomOne of the sinful cities that God destroyed by burning sulfur | |
SpermaGreek word (transliteration) for "seed" | |
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TerahAbraham's father | |
ToledothHebrew word (transliteration) for "generations" | |
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ZeraHebrew word (transliteration) for "seed" | |