Tents: Origin and Antiquity of

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Genesis 4:20
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
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From the Flood to Abraham
... the Egyptians who developed the three great civilizations of antiquity. ... descendants
of Ham) and in whose tents God dwelt ... that there was a common origin for both ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter iii from the flood.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... Sheba, the Saba of classical antiquity, was an important kingdom of ... tribes of savage
Bedawin pitched their tents in the ... that we must look for the origin of the ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

Palestine under Pagan Kings.
... of that ancient and wonderful empire, whose origin is lost ... Probably no nation of
antiquity was more distinguished for ... rust on his mail; And the tents were all ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/palestine under pagan kings.htm

Eldad and Medad
... may have been absent from their tents when the ... its very simple character, while its
antiquity keeps it ... intended to show the supernatural origin of Christianity ...
/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/eldad and medad.htm

Canaan
... by Ashtoreth, who was herself of Babylonian origin, it is ... miles to the north of it,
claimed considerable antiquity. ... of Rechab still dwelt in tents and avoided ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter ii canaan.htm

The Good Man's Life and Death
... a life whose parentage is not of human origin, but of ... not by its novelty, or by its
antiquity, but by ... God's people sing and pray; farewell, ye tents of Jacob ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the good mans life and.htm

Chapter iv
... At least the great antiquity of the name 'el is indicated by these ... recounted the
origin of bigamy ... He was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have cattle ...
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The Poetical Books (Including Also Ecclesiastes and Canticles).
... different forms of Hebrew poetry owe their origin, are all ... bride is black but comely
as the tents of Kedar ... to us by the unanimous testimony of antiquity in its ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxi the poetical books.htm

Egypt
... by at least one race, possibly of Libyan origin, which for ... into Edom, where they
burned the "tents" of the ... and, alone among the nations of antiquity, humane to ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter v egypt.htm

The Mystery
... admonished the remnant, who remained in tents, by sending ... this number twelve as a
mark of its origin. ... where declare, and that from the highest antiquity of the ...
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Subtopics

Tents

Tents of the Jews Contrasted With Those of the Arabs

Tents were Pitched in the Neighbourhood of Wells

Tents were Pitched with Order and Regularity

Tents were Pitched: On the Tops of Houses

Tents were Pitched: Under Trees

Tents were Spread Out

Tents were Used by all Eastern Nations

Tents were Used by Israel in the Desert

Tents were Used by Patriarchs

Tents were Used by Shepherds While Tending Their Flocks