gs "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 associated 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.)
Moses
Trace out the general route taken by the children
of Israel from Egypt to Canaan, locating the Red
Sea, where the hosts of Pharaoh were drowned, 180
H.T.; Mount Sinai, where the Ten Commandments were
given, 201 H. T.; the wilderness, between the arms
of the Red Sea, where the people wandered so long,
242 H. T.; Hebron, to which the spies were sent,
243 H. T.; Kadesh, where the people abode for many
years and where Miriam died, 248 H.T.; Edom, the
hostile land through which the people wished to
pass, 249 H.T.; Mount Hor, where Aaron died, 250
H.T.; Moab, where the Israelites encamped for some
time, 255 H.T.; the Jordan river, at the head of
the Dead Sea, where the Israelites finally crossed
into the land of Canaan, 285 H.T.
Joshua
(See larger map of Palestine, 14 T.J., for
conquests of Canaan.)
When the children of Israel crossed the Jordan
into the land of Canaan, they found it full of
foes. Joshua, the courageous warrior, won the land
for the Israelites.
Locate the scene of many of his mighty
conquests--
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