9/2/2023 0 Comments Timeline of isaac in the bible![]() ![]() A millennium in which ancient history tells us, outside the Bible, of the reign of Hammurabi in Babylon or, later, of the Hyksos pharaohs, of Semitic origin, in Egypt. ![]() Both the customs alluded to, and the sociological context they denote, fit perfectly with what was happening in those lands in the second millennium BC. ![]() In the biblical stories about the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we find precious narratives about nomadic clans that move through an arid land in search of water and pasture for their livestock. Its pages speak of relevant people and events of the past that can be placed in time, and there is no lack of specific references to lands and landscapes that can be admired today in the Holy Land. It is not a conventional story about ancient Israel, but neither is it an imaginary fiction about an ancestral time. The Bible tells a great story starring God and man, which is the story of salvation. ![]()
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