Part 41 (1/2)

(474-477 L.J.)

Describe and give the name of the great Way which has been called the ”Queen of Roads”. 476 L.J.

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LOCATING BIBLE CHARACTERS IN THE LAND

(Use map at the beginning of this chapter except when referred elsewhere. )

Abraham

Locate the place of Abram's birth, Ur in Chaldea. 21, 487 H.T.

Trace his migration, with his father and family, to Haran in Mesopotamia, 21, 487 H.T.; and his route from there to the land of Canaan, pa.s.sing through: Shechem (also known as Sichem), his first stopping place, 22, 487 H.T.; Bethel, where he built an altar, 22, 487 H.T.; Hebron, where he made his permanent home and where later Sarah died, 25,45 H.T.

Sodom and Gomorrah were situated in the valley of the Jordan where it broadens out in its southern part into a plain. The present Dead Sea is said to lie over the site of these two cities. Trace out on the map the distance covered by Abram when he pursued the five foreign kings ”as far as Dan.” 25, 26, 488 H.T.

How does the extent of land, ”from the river of Egypt unto the great river Euphrates,” which was promised to Abram and his family, correspond to that territory ruled over by the great king Solomon? 28, 455, 488 H.T.

Locate the town of Beer-sheba, one of the homes of Abram. 42, 488 H. T.

Solomon built the great temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. 461 H.T. What other event do some think happened at this place? 41, 491 H.T.

Isaac

Locate and give the meaning of the name of the far distant land where Isaac's wife was sought. 50,491 H.T.

Jacob

Locate Paddan-aram, where Jacob fled from his home in Canaan to be with his uncle Laban. 68, 492 H.T.

Locate the ford of Jabbok near which Jacob wrestled with the angel. 80, 492 H.T.

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Joseph

Find the city of Dothan where Joseph's brothers conspired against him. 95, 492 H.T.

What other great man was a.s.sociated with Dothan? 151. T.J.,492 H.T.

In what part of Egypt was the fat land of Goshen, which Pharaoh gave to Joseph's father and brothers for a dwelling place? 125, 493 H.T.

(Note, in the story of the plagues, 158 H.T., that the Hebrews still dwelt in this particular part of Egypt in the days of oppression.)