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• Abrahamic Covenant

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  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.

• Seed of Abraham

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  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.

• Kenizzites

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  The Kenizzites were one of the peoples living in the land promised to Abraham and are mentioned in Genesis 15:19. Caleb is called a "Kenezite," a term identical in Hebrew to the name of this people.

• Euphrates River

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  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.

• Genesis 21

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  Genesis 21 recounts the birth of Isaac in fulfillment of God's promise, the sending away of Hagar and her son and their rescue in the wilderness, and Abraham's covenant with Abimelech at Beersheba.

• Circumcision

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  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.

• Psalm 105

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  Psalm 105 is a psalm of 45 verses that recounts the history of Israel, from the covenant with Abraham through Joseph, the Exodus, the wilderness, and the settlement in Canaan, and praises God for keeping His covenant.

• 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.

• Acts 7

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  Acts 7 records Stephen's defense before the council, in which he retraces the history of Israel from Abraham to Solomon, followed immediately by his martyrdom by stoning.

• Kenites

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  The Kenites were a nomadic people of the Old Testament. Scripture records that Moses' father-in-law belonged to this people, and through this connection they lived alongside Israel and maintained friendly relations with the Israelites.

• Genesis 17

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  Genesis 17 is the chapter in which God reestablishes His covenant with Abram at the age of ninety-nine. God changes the names of Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah, commands circumcision as the sign of the covenant, and promises that Isaac will be born the following year.

• Joshua 24:14-25

  [Bible Verses]

  In this passage Joshua, at Shechem, urges the people of Israel to put away other gods and choose to serve the LORD alone, and then makes a covenant with them. Verse 15, "as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD," is widely quoted as a pledge of household faith.

• Genesis 15:6

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  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 18

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  Genesis 18 recounts Abraham's hospitality to three visitors at Mamre, where Sarah again hears the promise that she will bear a son. The chapter continues with Abraham interceding with the LORD before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, asking whether the cities would be spared for fifty righteous people, and then for fewer, down to ten.

• Genesis 22

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  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.

• Genesis 15

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  Genesis 15 is the chapter in which God promises the childless Abram descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, along with the land of Canaan, and establishes a covenant through a ceremony in which a burning lamp passes between divided animals.

• Shechem

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  Shechem was an ancient Canaanite city in the hill country of Ephraim, situated between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. In Scripture it appears as a major setting for covenant and political events from the patriarchal period through the division of the kingdom.

• Eshel Tree

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  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.

• Genesis 9

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  Genesis 9 is the chapter in which, after the Flood, God blesses Noah and his sons and establishes a covenant with the rainbow as its sign. It also recounts Noah's drunkenness, the curse on Canaan, and Noah's death.

• Genesis 26

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  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.