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Genesis 4
[Bible]Genesis 4 recounts the offerings of Cain and Abel, the two sons of Adam and Eve; the first murder; Cain's punishment and descendants; and the birth of Seth. The chapter contains 26 verses.
Genesis 16
[Bible]Genesis 16 recounts how the childless Sarai gave her maidservant Hagar to Abram, leading to the birth of Ishmael. At its center, Hagar flees into the wilderness, meets the angel of the LORD beside a spring, and confesses Him as "Thou God seest me," the God who sees.
Genesis 25
[Bible]Genesis 25 records the death of Abraham and the descendants of Keturah and Ishmael. It then recounts the birth of the twins Esau and Jacob to Isaac and Rebekah and tells how Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of pottage.
1 Samuel 1
[Bible]The first chapter of 1 Samuel tells how Hannah, who was childless, prayed and made a vow at Shiloh, gave birth to Samuel, and, after weaning the child, dedicated him to the LORD.
2 Kings 4
[Bible]2 Kings 4 records five miracles performed by Elisha in succession: the widow's oil, the birth of the Shunammite woman's son and his restoration to life, the neutralizing of a poisoned stew, and the feeding of a hundred men with twenty loaves of barley.
Nile River
[Bible]The Nile is a river in northeastern Africa that flows northward through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it is the setting of Pharaoh's dream, which Joseph interpreted, of the birth of Moses, and of the ten plagues.
Genesis 22
[Bible]Genesis 22 recounts how Abraham, at God's command, sets out to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah. He is stopped, offers a ram in Isaac's place, and receives a renewed promise of blessing. The chapter ends with a list of Nahor's descendants.
Ramah
[Bible]Ramah is a Hebrew place name meaning "high place." In the Bible it most often refers to a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem. It became widely known through Matthew 2:18, which quotes the "voice ... heard in Ramah" of Jeremiah 31:15.
Genesis 38
[Bible]Genesis 38 interrupts the Joseph narrative with the story of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar. It recounts the conflict over continuing a family line and records the birth of the twins Perez and Zerah.
Genesis 5
[Bible]Genesis 5 is a genealogy spanning ten generations, from Adam to Noah and his three sons. The same formula recurs throughout, interrupted by separate notes on Enoch, who walked with God, and on the meaning of Noah's name.
Isaiah 9
[Bible]Isaiah 9 contains the promise that a great light will shine on Galilee in its darkness and that a child will be born to sit on the throne of David, followed by repeated pronouncements of judgment against proud Northern Israel.
Hosea 1
[Bible]Hosea 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Hosea. Through the names of three children born to the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer, it announces judgment on the northern kingdom of Israel and then promises restoration.
Genesis 26
[Bible]Genesis 26 tells how Isaac stays in Gerar during a famine, receives God's promise anew, and, after disputes over wells, makes a covenant with Abimelech, king of the Philistines.
Ignatius of Antioch
[People]Ignatius of Antioch was bishop of the church in Antioch in the early second century. While being taken to Rome for martyrdom, he wrote seven letters. He is counted among the Apostolic Fathers.
Polycarp
[People]Polycarp (c. 69–c. 155) was a second-century bishop of the church at Smyrna in Asia Minor and a martyr. He was an Apostolic Father, traditionally regarded as a disciple of the apostle John.
Erasmus
[People]Erasmus (c. 1466–1536) was a Dutch Catholic priest and humanist scholar. In 1516 he produced the first printed Greek New Testament to be published and circulated, a work that profoundly influenced the Reformation and Bible translation.
Smith Wigglesworth
[People]Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947) was a British evangelist who had a major influence on the early Pentecostal movement. A plumber by trade, he became an itinerant evangelist who emphasized faith and divine healing, and he came to be known as the "Apostle of Faith."
Geertruydt Jansdochter
[People]Geertruydt Jansdochter was a sixteenth-century Dutch woman and the wife of the Anabaptist leader Menno Simons. After their marriage around 1536, she spent many years with her husband as a refugee fleeing persecution.
Gregory VII
[People]Gregory VII (Hildebrand, d. 1085) was pope from 1073 to 1085. He led reforms prohibiting simony and the appointment of clergy by secular rulers, and he clashed with Emperor Henry IV in the Investiture Controversy.
Kim Dae-hyun
[People]Kim Dae-hyun (金大鉉, 1873 or 1876–1940) was a Korean Presbyterian elder during the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea. As an elder of Seungdong Church in Seoul, he donated a large sum that laid the foundation for Chosun Theological Seminary, the predecessor of Hanshin University, and he served as its first president.