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8 results for "Patriarchal Promises"
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Abimelech of Gerar Character
Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar, took Sarah into his household after Abraham identified her as his sister during their travels in the region. God then aโฆ
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Judah Character
Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, who rose to prominence among his brothers by advocating for Josephโs sale into slavery rather than his death, an actโฆ
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Laban Character
Laban was the brother of Rebekah and thus the maternal uncle of Jacob, residing in Paddan Aram as the father of Leah and Rachel. When Jacob fled to him to escapโฆ
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Benjamin Character
Benjamin was the youngest of Jacobโs twelve sons and the second child born to his favored wife Rachel during their return journey to Canaan. Rachel died shortlyโฆ
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Dinah Character
Dinah was the daughter of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Leah, whose encounter with the Canaanite prince Shechem in Genesis 34 resulted in her defilement. Sheโฆ
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Keturah Character
Following Sarah's death, Abraham took Keturah as his wife and she bore him six sons whose descendants populated several eastern tribes, most notably the Midianiโฆ
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Bilhah Character
Bilhah was the Aramean handmaid given to Rachel by Laban upon her marriage to Jacob. She became Jacob's concubine and bore him two sons, Dan and Naphtali, who bโฆ
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Orpah Character
Orpah was a Moabite woman who married Chilion, one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, an Israelite family that had migrated to Moab during a famine in Bethโฆ