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Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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of his long sojourn is the modern Hebron,some twenty miles south of Jerusalem. He had madefriends there, of the tribe of the Hittites and espe-cially of one man among them, known as Mamre. In-deed the Bible speaks of him as setting up his tentin the plain of Mamre, though a more accuratetranslation would be by the oaks of Mamre. Onegiant oak, or terebinth tree, still remains near Heb-ron, where it is pointed out as marking Abrahamsdwelling place. This came as near to being a homeas the patriarchs wandering life ever knew. Histhoughts afterwards reverted to it constantly; therehe jjrepared his tomb, and thither in his extreme oldage he returned to die. Now, however, he journeyed south and dweltamong the Philistines, forming an alliance with theirking, Abimelech of Gerar, and setting up his tentsfirst at Gerar and afterward at Beersheba, the mostsouthern town of Palestine. Here he found pasturefor his herds upon the bare lands which stretch outinto the southern wilderness toward Egypt.
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Cxpuligion of Hagar BY ADRIAAN VAN DER WERFF, A DUTCH ARTISTOF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, PARTICU-LARLY NOTED FOR HIS BIBLICALPAINTINGS.+ Wherefore she said unto Abraham, cast out thisbondwoman and her son.—Gen., 21, 10. IT WAS while Abraham dwelt in the domains ofAbimelech, the Philistine king, that Gods prom-ise was fulfilled to Sarah, in that her son wasborn. This lads name, Isaac (I laugh), expressednot only his parents doubt of God, but also their joyat possessing the child. And Abraham made a greatfeast the same day that Isaac was weaned. It was anunhappy day for the poor Egyptian servant Hagar.Sarah saw Hagars son Ishmael playing and jestingwith little Isaac. Or perhaps he mocked and teasedthe child; for Sarah a second time flared into angeragainst Hagar, and demanded that she be driven outof the encampment. And the thing was very grievous in Abrahamssight. If he did not love Hagar, he did love Ish-mael, his first-born son. This time he was slow toyield to Sarahs harsh demand, u

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