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Rabbi Ben Ezra

(Encyclopedia) Rabbi Ben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir.

Gaham

(Encyclopedia) GahamGahamgāˈhəm [key], in the Bible, nephew of Abraham.

Eshcol

(Encyclopedia) EshcolEshcolĕshˈkōl [key], in the Bible, Amorite ally of Abraham.

Medan, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) MedanMedanmēˈdăn [key], in the Bible, son of Abraham and Keturah.

Ishbak

(Encyclopedia) IshbakIshbakĭshˈbăk [key], in the Bible, son of Abraham and Keturah.

Zimran

(Encyclopedia) ZimranZimranzĭmˈrăn [key], in the Bible, son of Abraham and Keturah.

Terah

(Encyclopedia) TerahTerahtēˈrə [key], in the Bible, father of Abraham. An alternate form is Thara.

Nicolay, John George

(Encyclopedia) Nicolay, John GeorgeNicolay, John Georgenĭkˈəlā [key], 1832–1901, biographer of Lincoln, b. Bavaria. In 1837 he was brought to the United States, and his family settled in Pike co.,…

patriarch, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) patriarchpatriarchpāˈtrēärk [key], in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g.,…

Esau

(Encyclopedia) EsauEsauēˈsô [key] [Heb.,=hairy], in the Bible, son of Isaac, who sold his birthright to his younger twin, Jacob, for lentil stew and who was tricked by Jacob out of his father's…