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    Watchful Steadfast was ready to become a man. He had yet to fall in love‚ but felt God’s will to rise to the role of a husband. Dove Love‚ despite having never spoken to Watchful‚ was the lucky girl handpicked by the leaders to marry him. Working in laundry‚ Dove’s days involved washing and ironing clothes for over 500 people. However‚ she was now about to take on the most noble job title of all; a submissive wife. The couple’s courtship was brisk. They refrained from all physical contact for the

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    Jewish people were the first to inhabit Canaan‚ which is present day Israel‚ settling there as early as 2000 BCE after leaving Ur upon God’s request to Abraham. When speaking to God‚ Abraham was told he would become the father of a great nation if he moved from Ur to Canaan. Later‚ God told Abraham and his small group of followers that they would be exiled to Egypt‚ but would be able to come back soon. When

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    in the Jewish traditions the Torah is considered to be the written Law of Moses. Genesis contains the world’s origin story followed by the stories of Abraham‚ Isaac and Jacob. It is also here in Genesis that God promises these three men the land of Canaan. Exodus tells the story of Moses leading the people of Israel out of Egypt as well as Gods covenant to them. They will be God’s chosen people if they abide by his law. Leviticus contains many of God’s laws for the Israelites. Examples are rules about

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    and migrate to Cannan (later known as Palestine and Israel)‚ a land God promised to give to his descendants. The second and chief agreement was made 450 years later when Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt (the exodus) back to the lands of Canaan. At Mt Horeb (Sinai)‚ God gave the Jewish people the 10 Commandants and other rules to live by (contained in the Torah‚ the first five books of the Bible)‚ marking the beginning of Judaism as a structured religion. Jewish civilisation after the mass

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    perfumes‚ furniture and oils just because of the scents that followed with them and how rare it was to blend different things together to make such a divine smelling aroma. The Egyptians were very prosperous and traded their goods through Lebanon‚ Canaan‚ Arad and other regions of the country. Some pharaohs and creators had their names stamped on the furniture and cookware with a thin strip of gold to make the furniture very pricey and expensive in some other regions.

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    led him to unseemly conduct disrespectful to his father‚ would be found cropping out later‚ inherited by his son‚ and prophetically he foretold that this degeneracy would mark the posterity of Canaan‚ degrading him‚ making him servile. We are not able to determine to a certainty that the sons of Ham and Canaan are negroes; but we consider that general view as probable as any other.. We are not to forget‚ either‚ that Africa is inhabited by various tribes or nations of negroes - some more and some less

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    him. Gather what strength he had‚ Jacob‚ sat up in bed. Jacob spoke to Joseph first‚ “ God Almighty‚ appeared to me‚ and told me that he would bless me by making my descendants multiply‚ and into a multitude of nations. And would gave the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession.” He continued to say‚ “ I am claiming your two sons Manasseh‚ and Ephraim as my own. Any children after that will be our own‚ and they will inherit territories with their brothers of Ephraim‚ and Manasseh.” He also informs

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    The Bible is the Christian scriptures‚ consisting of 66 books of the old and new testaments. It is also the Jewish scriptures‚ consisting of the Torah or law‚ the prophets‚ and the Hagiographa or writings. Inthis essay I will answer commonly asked question about the bible‚ when the first version of the King James Bible written. For a very long time Jews and Christians widely believed that Moses wrote the first five books of the bible. There was lots of speculation about this fact‚ because it

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    belief in more than one God. The type of worship that Abraham introduced was a belief in one God‚ monotheism. God made a promise of a great nation and his descendants numerous as the stars. Abraham’s end of the deal was to leave his family and move to Canaan. God kept his promises to Abraham by giving him many descendants. The story of Moses is also another example that demonstrates God’s chesed. Moses had a mission to save the Israelites. The covenant sign with God and Moses was the Passover which helped

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    importance in Judaism today as it was in ancient Judaism‚ it is the heart of the religion that governs Jewish lifestyle. The Abrahamic covenant is for Abraham‚ his family‚ and future descendants who would be under Gods protection and given the promise land Canaan. In the covenant‚ God called upon Abraham to live in a righteous way and that he and his descendants would be a blessing to all mankind. God would bless and curse who blessed and cursed him. Abraham covenants were confirmed through animal sacrifice

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