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• Eliezer (Servant of Abraham)

  Eliezer is the man of Damascus whom Abraham, while still childless, names as his heir in Genesis 15. He is commonly identified with Abraham's eldest servant, who in Genesis 24 goes to find a wife for Isaac.

• Rebekah

  Rebekah is the wife of Isaac in the Book of Genesis and the mother of the twin brothers Esau and Jacob. A granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother, she is the daughter of Bethuel and the sister of Laban.

• Mesopotamia

  Mesopotamia is a biblical place name for the region between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers and the homeland of Abraham's family. In the Old Testament it refers mainly to the northern Aramean territory around Haran.

• Bethuel

  Bethuel is a figure in the Book of Genesis. He was the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and his wife Milcah, and the father of Laban and of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac.

• Mesopotamia

  Mesopotamia is the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the homeland of Abraham. The New Korean Revised Version renders the name as "Mesobodamia," and the region is mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments.

• Laban

  Laban was an Aramean of Haran who appears in the book of Genesis. The brother of Rebekah, the uncle of Jacob, and the father of Leah and Rachel, he housed Jacob for twenty years.

• Genesis 15:6

  Genesis 15:6 reads, "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness." Paul cited the verse as a central basis for the doctrine of justification by faith, and the Epistle of James also quotes it, placing it at the center of debates over the relationship between faith and works.

• Genesis 24

  Genesis 24 recounts how Abraham sends his aged servant to his kinsmen in his homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac, and how the servant meets Rebekah at a well and brings her back to marry Isaac.

• Isaiah 51

  Isaiah 51 recalls God's calling of Abraham and the Exodus as it promises the restoration of Zion. It also proclaims to Jerusalem, which has drunk the cup of wrath, that God will take that cup from her and give it to her enemies.

• Eliezer

  Eliezer was the second son of Moses and Zipporah. His name is understood to mean "my God is help." Several people in the Bible bear the same name, and Eliezer the servant of Abraham is especially well known.

• Oath (Bible)

  An oath is an act in which God or a being greater than oneself is invoked as a witness to guarantee that one's words are true or that one will keep a promise. The Old Testament forbids swearing falsely, and in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus taught, "Swear not at all."

• Genesis 14:18-20

  In this passage Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the most high God, blesses Abram on his return from battle, and Abram gives him a tenth. The passage is frequently cited in connection with the typological reading of Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews and in discussions of tithing.

• Abraham's Bosom

  Abraham's bosom is the expression used for the place to which the beggar Lazarus was carried after his death in Jesus' account of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:22-23). It is commonly understood to denote the rest and comfort the righteous enjoy after death.

• Seed of Abraham

  The seed of Abraham is a biblical term for the descendants God promised to Abraham. In the Old Testament it refers to the people of Israel, descended through Isaac and Jacob; in the New Testament its meaning broadens to include Christ and those who believe in Christ.

• Lot's Wife

  Lot's wife was the wife of Lot, Abraham's nephew, and appears in Genesis 19. During the destruction of Sodom she disregarded the angels' warning, looked back, and became a pillar of salt. The Bible does not record her name.

• Keturah

  Keturah was the wife Abraham took in the narrative that follows Sarah's death. She bore him six sons—Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah—whose descendants are presented as the ancestors of several eastern tribes, including the Midianites.

• Hebrews 11:17–19

  A passage in the roll of the faithful in Hebrews 11 that treats Abraham's offering of Isaac. It is regarded as an example of faith in the resurrection amid the tension between God's promise and his command, and it is frequently cited as a basis for reading the offering of Isaac as a foreshadowing of the death and resurrection of Christ.

• Abrahamic Covenant

  The Abrahamic covenant is the covenant in which God promised Abraham and his descendants a great nation, land, and blessing, and declared that all the families of the earth would be blessed through him. It appears in Genesis 12–22.

• Eshel Tree

  The eshel tree takes its name from a transliteration of the Hebrew word eshel. Today it is generally identified as the tamarisk. It appears in Genesis and 1 Samuel in the narratives of Abraham and Saul.

• Lot

  Lot is Abraham's nephew in the Book of Genesis. He lived in Sodom, was rescued when the city was destroyed, and is recorded as the ancestor of the Moabites and the Ammonites.