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Bookmark or Share- Rachel and Leah in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology SocietyRachel and Leah in the Bible. This watercolor, titled Dante’s Vision of Rachel and Leah, depicts the biblical matriarchs Rachel (left) and Leah (right) at a fountain.
- The Binding or Sacrifice of Isaac - Biblical Archaeology SocietyIsaac, like Jesus, was miraculously conceived. (Sarah, Isaac’s mother, was 90 years old when she bore Isaac and had been barren all her life; Abraham was a hundred [Genesis 17:17].) Isaac was his father’s beloved son. Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice (Genesis 22:6), just as Christ carried his own cross.
- Jacob in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology SocietyAlso it was the women who first noticed the body of Jesus missing from the tomb (Luke 24:1-11). So when we read in Exodus 6:3 that Yahweh had formerly manifested Himself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as “El Shaddai,” which refers to the diety worshipped by Israel’s ancestors to the northeast beyond the Euphrates River.
- How the Serpent in the Garden Became SatanThe noun satan, Hebrew for “adversary” or “accuser,” occurs nine times in the Hebrew Bible: five times to describe a human military, political or legal opponent, and four times with reference to a divine being.
- The Story of Ruth - Biblical Archaeology SocietyWhen they return they find the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob welcomes them both with open arms. through the grace extended by the community of faith, and God’s provision of a Kinsman Redeemer, God’s grace redeems all that was lost to unbelief, when Ruth marries Boaz. King David is a descendant of their offspring.
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