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It was in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, that writing, cuneiform was invented. https://sites.utexas.edu/dsb/tokens/the-evolution-of-writing/
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The Old Testament of the Bible beginning with Abraham and ending with the death of Nehamiah lasted 1569 years approximetly. (http://usccb.org/bible/nehemiah/0) (https://www.matthewmcgee.org/ottimlin.html)
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It was in Canaan near the Southwest Jordan that Jacob spent most of his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob
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It was in the year 2071 bc that God made his covenant with Abraham that he would give Abraham many descendants. https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/bible_timeline_chronology/
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It was in the Land of Sodom that God renewed his covenant with Abraham with the different killed animals. https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/bible_timeline_chronology/
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God continues to advance his mission to reflect his Glory by getting glorified by Abraham acting with total obedience without knowing what was gonna happen. Imagine being asked to sacrifice your 1 & only son who this whole covenant with God was supposed to go through. Gods using Abrahams complete and blind obedience to reflect his glory. God also advances his mission by keeping Isaac alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac
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It was int he lands of Canaan and Arabia that the Hebrew alphabet and writing were invented. It was known as a Semitic script - Aleph Bet. It was also written from right to left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hebrew_alphabet
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Genesis 25:30-33 (Jacob tempting Esau to sell his birthright) Genesis 25:30-33 tells the classic story of Jacob tempting Esau into selling his birthright for some food. This connects to Jesus in Matthew 4:1-11 when he fasted for 40 days and is very hungry, like Esau, when the devil comes and tempts him to take food (rocks into bread), just like Jacob did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esau https://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/vayishlach/par.html
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Before the Chinese bone script was invented, 1500, all traditions were passed down by use of oral tradition. http://www.ancientscripts.com/chinese.html
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It was somewhere in Israel that Genesis was written. It is believed that Moses could possibly have been the writer. Genesis means beginning. Ch. 1 and 11 are impossible to "date". 2 Historical narratives and a few passages of poetry and some genealogy. Ch 1-11 Creation Fall Flood Babel
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It was in Egypt after the scandle with Potiphars wife that Joseph was thrown in prison for 2 years.
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It was in Canaan in a ditch that Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery to go to Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_(Genesis)
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It was from when Joseph was 17 until he was 28 that he worked for Potiphar. This was a total of 11 years.
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It was in Egypt after Joseph showcased his skill of interpreting dreams that he was put into second in command. He was 30 years old.
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Cyrus the Great was born in Persia to Mandane of Media and he later grew up to be the leader of the first Persian Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great
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Throughout the Roman Empire, the different events and writings of the New Testament were written and occurred between 4 AD and 96 AD. http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa11
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It was in Galille, Israel that the wife of the famous Pontius Pilate was born. Due to lack of historical record she is unnamed.
https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&q=Pontius+Pilate%27s+wife&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLVT9c3NEwyrcguyssxVOLUz9U3MM0urjLS4gtILSrOzwvOTEktT6wsBgAB9DKbLAAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwia2NrWlvTfAhXDdt4KHQE7BOsQxA0wBXoECAAQEQ&biw=1255&bih=667 -
It was here on the hill of Golgotha that Jesus Christ was crucified. https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&ei=yRtAXNbsIJivoATv0jA&q=where+was+jesus+crucified&oq=where+was+jesus+crucified&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l10.16965.18398..18550...2.0..0.88.388.5......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i7i30j0i13.2thOvVuUH5I
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Matthew 4:1-11 (Jesus being tempted by Satan, Stones to Bread) In Matthew 4:1-11 it tells the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan in the desert. This connects to Jacob because it is very similar to when Jacob tempts Esau into selling his birthright for food. Just like in these verses that Satan tries to tempt Jesus with food, bread, as well. http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/loj2.htm
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In was in these areas that Paul, Barnabas and John started Paul's first missionary journey.
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It was in these areas that Paul, Titus, Barnabas, and others where they go on Paul's second missionary journey.
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It was in these areas that Paul goes on his third missionary journey starting in Galatia.
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In the prosperous city of Minneapolis, USA a son was born to John and Diana Van Meter and they named him Austin.
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It was in the year 2013 that Austin Van Meter first arrived in Hong Kong and began going to International Christian School.
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Genesis 39 Tells the story of Joseph being punished and put in prison even though he didn't do anything wrong.
I can identify with this passage because this year in one of the ICS matches when our center back scored an own goal in the last minute of the game which caused us to lose. At that moment I was suffering even when it wasn't my fault just like Joseph when he didn't do anything wrong. This story impacts me because I know I have to trust God that things will turn out ok in the end. -
We can see God's covenant with Abraham being fulfilled today with Israel still possessing the land of Canaan, Genesis 17:8 talks about how God will give the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants as an enduring possession. This is fulfilled today because we can see the Jewish people still have the land of Canaan which takes up a large part of modern day Israel. https://www.ancient.eu/canaan/