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Offspring Explanation Examples Natural, physical offspring Physical descendants of Abraham Ishmael, Isaac, the sons of Keturah (and by extension Esau, Jacob, etc.) Natural, yet special offspring Physical descendants of Abraham especially tied to God’s elective and saving purposes Isaac (by extension Jacob and the entire nation of Israel) Promised
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Event Age of Abraham Genesis Abram departs from Haran, enters Canaan 75 12:4–5 Abram fathers Ishmael with Hagar 85–86 16:3–4 Abraham fathers Isaac with Sarah 100 21:5 Abraham’s wife Sarah dies 137 23:1 Abraham’s son Isaac marries Rebekah 140 25:20
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Dates are in the form of month, day, and Noah’s year, as given in the text. Hence, 2/10/600 means the tenth day of the second month in Noah’s 600th year. Months are calculated at 30 days each. Dates in parentheses are extrapolations from dates explicitly given
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Location Inhabitants 1. Light and dark 4. Lights of day and night 2. Sea and sky 5. Fish and birds 3. Fertile earth 6. Land animals (including mankind) 7. Rest and enjoyment
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Primeval History (1:1–11:26) Introduction General heading Specific heading Section introduced 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth 2:4–4:26 5:1 These are the generations of Adam 5:1–6:8 6:9 These are the generations of Noah 6:
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The Hebrew calendar was composed of 12 lunar months, each of which began when the thin crescent moon was first visible at sunset. They were composed of approximately 29/30 days and were built around the agricultural seasons. Apparently some of the names of the months were accommodated from Babylon
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The following dates (all b.c.) are close approximations based on correlating dates between the Bible and other ancient Near Eastern sources (largely from Assyrian accession lists, Babylonian king-lists, or Egyptian historical sources). Often dates can be confirmed between the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires by narratives recording contacts between these
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(See Overview of the Bible, for a fuller explanation of the “History of Salvation.” The notes in this feature are identified by single verses only, for easy cross-reference with the main study notes on Bible-text pages. However, many of these notes apply to more than just the one verse by
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Almost every book in the NT has something to say about false beliefs and those who advocate them. We are warned, e.g., about false prophets (Matt. 7:15–16; 24:11), false christs (Matt. 24:5, 24; Mark 13:22), a different Jesus and a different spirit (2 Cor.
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The Bible and Contemporary Judaism Early History (c. 2100 b.c.–586 b.c.) Beginning with Abraham, the founding “rock” of the Jewish people, and continuing to the modern era, Judaism has maintained continuity and passed down a remarkable legacy (cf. Isa. 51:1–2). Judaism has also been a
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Roman Catholicism Roman Catholicism and Protestantism have many beliefs in common, both adhering to the truths expressed in the Apostles’ Creed and the doctrines crystallized and codified at Nicea and Chalcedon (regarding the Trinity and Christology, respectively). However, they have serious differences in their understanding of doctrines such as Scripture,
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As C. S. Lewis once observed, “one of the rewards of reading the Old Testament regularly” is that “you keep on discovering more and more what a tissue of quotations from it the New Testament is.” Conscientious readers of the Bible may well acknowledge this; but there is much disagreement