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Gulf of Aqabah. AQABAH, GULF OF ă’ kă bă. The NE arm of the Red Sea bounded on the W by the Sinai Peninsula and on the E by the Land of Midian (Arabian Desert). The term יַמ־סֽוּף (Red Sea, q.v.; Sea of Reeds) is used not only to refer to the Bitter Lakes region in the Nile Delta but also to refer to the Gulfs of Suez and Aqabah ...
Aqaba. Aqaba is situated on the edge of the Red Sea, opposite the Israeli city of Eilat. In biblical times, there were two cities in this area: Elath and Ezion Geber. The Israelites passed by this area on their wilderness travels (Num 33:35), and later Moses led them near here on their detour around Edom (Deut 2:8; cf. Num 21:4).
- Abraham in The Bible - Who Is Abraham?
- Abraham and God
- What Did Abraham do?
Abraham’s name was originally ‘Abram’, which means ‘the father is exalted’. His name was changed to ‘Abraham,’ which means ‘father of a multitude’, when God initiated His covenant with him (Genesis 17). God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many people. However, he and his wife Sarah were apparently past the normal age of having child...
God promised Abraham children (Genesis 15:5; 22:17). But when this didn’t take place as quickly as Abraham thought it should, he became impatient with God and took matters into his own control. His wife, Sarah was still childless, so she told Abraham to sleep with her handmaid, so that they might get a child from the union. A son was born from this...
After Abraham was called by God to leave Haran, he obediently did so. In Genesis 12, we read of Abraham (then called Abram) leaving Haran, where his father Terah had settled, and setting out to find the promised land. This account gives Abraham’s age at this time as 75, but Genesis 11 and Acts 3 suggest that Abraham was much older than this when he...
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Jul 13, 2011 · ABAQA. ABAQA (or ABAḠA, “paternal uncle” in Mongolian; ABĀQĀ in Persian and Arabic), eldest son and first successor of the Il-khan Hülegü (Hūlāgū). He was born of Yesüṇčin Ḵātūn in Jomādā I, 631/February, 1234 in Mongolia, and accompanied his father on his great expedition to the west. At the outbreak of war with Berke of ...
10 Dinah Facts You Should Know. By Menachem Posner. Art by Sefira Lightstone. 1. She Was the Daughter of Jacob and Leah. Scripture tells us that Jacob’s four wives bore 12 sons. After we read of the birth of 10 sons (six of whom were born to Leah), 1 we are told, “And afterward, [Leah] bore a daughter, and she named her Dinah .” 2.
Isaac and Rebekah. 24 Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh. 3 I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters ...
14 Facts About Esau Everyone Should Know. By Yehuda Altein. Art by Rivka Korf Studio. 1. He Was the Son of Isaac. Isaac, the son of Abraham , was married to Rebecca for many years before being blessed with children. Finally, after 20 years of marriage, they were blessed with twin boys, Jacob and Esau. Read: Esau’s Autobiography.
