• Aram-Naharaim (Hebrew: אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם ʾĂram Nahărayīm; Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, romanized: ʾĀrām Nahrīn; "Aram between (the) rivers") is the biblical...
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  • descendants of Aram, as is the nearby land of Aram that included Aram-Damascus and Aram Rehob. David wrote of his striving with Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah (Psalm...
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  • Paddan Aram or Padan-aram (Hebrew: פַדַּן אֲרָם, romanized: Paddan ʾĂrām) was a biblical region referring to the northern plain of Aram-Naharaim. Paddan...
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    tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter...
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  • the Bible and the brother of Abraham Nahor, a town in the region of Aram-Naharaim that was named after the son of Terah Nahor, Virginia, an unincorporated...
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    Aramean art. Arameans Aram-Damascus Aram-Naharaim Aramean kings Luwian-Aramean kingdoms Aramaic language Aramaic studies "Aram, Aramaeans". Bible Gateway:...
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  • כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם Kūšān Riš‘āṯayim, "twice-evil Kushite") was king of Aram-Naharaim, or Northwest Mesopotamia, and the first oppressor of the Israelites...
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  • some are also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Aram (region) Bit-Halupe Gambulu Luhuti Maacah Osroene Paddan Aram Syria (region) History of Syria List of Syrian...
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    years' labour. Laban and his family were described as dwelling in Paddan Aram, in Mesopotamia. Laban first appears in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 24:29–60...
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  • merit of her sister Sarah. Milcah's son Bethuel moves to Padan-aram (also called Aram-Naharaim) and fathers Rebekah. Milcah's granddaughter Rebekah eventually...
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    of Hazael Rezin, 754 BCE–732 BCE Aram (region), a historical region in the Levant mentioned in the Bible Aram-Naharaim, biblical term for the ancient land...
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  • Arameans (redirect from Aram Maacha)
    forces led by Cushan-Rishathaim, who was titled in the Bible as ruler of Aram-Naharaim. Further north, the Arameans gained possession of post-Hittite Hamath...
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    32). Nahor II continued his own travels and settled in the region of Aram Naharaim, where he founded the town of Nahor (Gen.24:10). Here, he and Milcah...
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    Naphtali, her nephews. According to Genesis 28:2, the family resided in Paddan Aram, an area believed to correspond with the historical Upper Mesopotamia. Prior...
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  • Northwest Semitic languages Arameans, an ancient people of the Near East Aram-Naharaim, a region in ancient Mesopotamia Neo-Aramaic languages Aramean identity...
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    only one of Jacob's sons born in Canaan, which is to the south of Paddan Aram; or it could mean "son of my days", as Benjamin was born in Jacob's old age...
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    other descendants remained in Paddan-Aram. The region of Haran is referred to variously as Paddan Aram and Aram-Naharaim. In Genesis 28:10–19, Abraham's grandson...
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    sent his senior servant to Paddan Aram to find a wife for his son Isaac. By the well outside of Nahor in Aram-Naharaim, the servant met Bethuel's daughter...
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    he [the people of Moab] hired Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim against you, to curse you." Rashi notes regarding Israel's travels on...
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    as Aram or Aramea), subsuming the earlier Amorites, and founding states such as Aram-Damascus, Luhuti, Bit Agusi, Hamath, Aram-Naharaim, Paddan-Aram, Aram-Rehob...
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    sin and fell under the subjection of Chushan-rishathaim, the king of Aram-Naharaim in Mesopotamia, because of the transgressions against God. Chushan-rishathaim...
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  • respectively and resettled in Halah and Gozan on the Khabur River in the Aram-Naharaim region, as well as in the towns of the Medes.[citation needed] The name...
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    he [the people of Moab] hired Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim against you, to curse you." Rashi notes regarding Israel's travels on...
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    Judah and Tamar (1840) by Horace Vernet Born c. 1600 BCE Paddan Aram, Aram-Naharaim (present-day Harran, Turkey) Died Yehud, Canaan (present-day Yehud...
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    an 8-year invasion and occupation by the North Mesopotamians (from Aram-Naharaim) under King Cushan-Rishathaim. The Israelites rose up under the leadership...
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    Abraham's brother Nahor (and brother of Kemuel the father of Aram), residing in Aram Naharaim. Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37 – c. 100) also links...
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    as Bit Bahiani, Aram-Damascus, Hamath, Aram-Rehob, Aram-Naharaim, and Luhuti. From this point, the region became known as Aramea or Aram. There was also...
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  • Notizen 43 (1988) 14-18 who concludes that it is likely that ... and Aram Naharaim,' in The Biblical Archaeologist Reader, " 1 Kings 11:14–22 1 Kings 11:24-25...
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    Hula Valley Galilee Canaan Gilead Syrian Desert Judea Samaria Arabah Aram Aram-Naharaim Negev Phoenicia Retjenu Anti-Lebanon Mountains Bekaa valley Levantine...
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    Pharaoh's Granaries (1874) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Born Paddan Aram, Aram-Naharaim (present-day Harran, Turkey) Resting place Joseph's Tomb, Nablus...
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