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Eshel Tree
[Bible]The eshel tree is a tree mentioned in the Old Testament in the narratives of Abraham and Saul in Genesis and 1 Samuel. Its name comes from the Hebrew word eshel, and today it is generally identified as the tamarisk.
Serug
[People]Serug is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Reu, the father of Nahor, and the great-grandfather of Abraham. His name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
Beersheba
[Bible]Beersheba was a town at the southern edge of the land of Judah, in the northern Negev. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dug wells and worshiped God there, and the expression "from Dan to Beersheba" marks the southern boundary of Israel.
Midian
[Bible]Midian was a people said to descend from Midian, the son of Abraham and Keturah. In the Bible they appear both as the family into which Moses married and, during the period of the judges, as an enemy that oppressed Israel.
Promised Land
[Bible]The Promised Land is the land of Canaan, which God promised to give to Abraham and his descendants. In the New Testament, the idea extends to the heavenly homeland and the kingdom of God that believers will receive.
El Olam
[Bible]El Olam is a Hebrew title meaning "the Everlasting God." It is the name by which Abraham called on God at Beersheba in Genesis 21:33, and it expresses the eternity of God.
Matthew 1
[Bible]The first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. It records a genealogy from Abraham to Jesus arranged in three periods of fourteen generations each and, focusing on Joseph, recounts how Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit and how Jesus came to be born.
Shemeber
[People]Shemeber was the king of Zeboiim mentioned in Genesis 14. In the time of Abraham, he was one of five kings of the region of Canaan who fought against a coalition of four kings led by Chedorlaomer.
Kedar (son of Ishmael)
[People]Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. Scripture records him as the ancestor of an Arabian nomadic tribe that the Old Testament also calls "Kedar."
Melchizedek
[People]Melchizedek is the king of Salem and "priest of the most high God" who appears in Genesis 14. He blessed Abraham and received a tithe from him, and the New Testament book of Hebrews presents him as a figure who illuminates the priesthood of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 3:10-14
[Bible Verses]Galatians 3:10-14 is a passage in which Paul teaches that no one can be justified by doing the works of the law, and that Christ bore the curse in the place of others on the cross, so that the blessing of Abraham and the promise of the Spirit might come to those who believe. It is frequently cited as a key basis for the doctrines of justification and atonement.
Circumcision
[Bible]Circumcision is the rite of cutting away the foreskin of the male genital organ. In the Old Testament it was the sign of the covenant between God and the descendants of Abraham; in the New Testament it is interpreted in connection with circumcision of the heart and with baptism.
Arphaxad
[People]Arphaxad was the son of Shem, the son of Noah. In the genealogies of Genesis he is one link in the line running from Shem to Abraham, and his name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
Genealogy of Jesus
[Bible]The genealogy of Jesus is the record of the ancestry of Jesus Christ found in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. Matthew traces the line downward from Abraham to Jesus, while Luke traces it upward from Jesus to Adam.
Abimelech
[People]Abimelech is the name of several figures in the Old Testament. It most often refers to the king of Gerar who made covenants with Abraham and Isaac, and to the son of Gideon who made himself king during the period of the judges.
Cave of Machpelah
[Bible]The Cave of Machpelah was the cave in a field before Mamre, near Hebron, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite in order to bury his wife Sarah. It became the burial place of the patriarchs and their wives.
Shelah (Son of Arphaxad)
[People]Shelah is a descendant of Shem named in the genealogies of Genesis. He was the son of Arphaxad and the father of Eber, and he forms one link in the line from Noah to Abraham.
Phichol
[People]Phichol was the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, king of Gerar, in the Book of Genesis. He was present with Abimelech at Beersheba when covenants were made with Abraham and with Isaac.
Euphrates River
[Bible]The Euphrates is a great river of Western Asia that flows across Mesopotamia and still bears that name today. In the Bible it appears as one of the four rivers of Eden, as a boundary of the land promised to Abraham, and in scenes of judgment in the Book of Revelation.
Hebrews 6
[Bible]Hebrews 6 urges readers not to remain with elementary teachings but to press on to maturity, and it warns about those who were once enlightened and then fell away. It then grounds the certainty of hope in the oath God swore to Abraham.