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Why was Ham the only one among Noah's three sons who had a land named after him. Psalm 105:23
The phrase “the land of Ham” is no endorsement of Ham but speaks to the kind of troubles God’s people had first with Ham then in like manner later with Egypt.
Ham, the father of Canaan (Genesis 9:22), ...
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Is there significance to there being “twelve” baskets of leftovers in the Jewish region and “seven” in the gentile?
Bible scholars believe that the amount of the leftover food is
symbolic in both cases. Seven baskets were left over when Jesus fed
the 4,000, and the number seven symbolizes spiritual completion and
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“Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.” — Psalms 68:31 (KJV)
The Bible uses this name to describe several regions, some of which are quite unlike today's Ethiopia. The Jewish Encyclopedia states that in the Bible, Ethiopia is:
a name covering three different ...
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“Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.” — Psalms 68:31 (KJV)
The two place-names in Ps 68:31 are:
מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim) = Son of Ham and the country he founded, Egypt in English, Gen 10:6, 13, 12;10, 11, etc.
כּוּשׁ (kush) = a son a Ham and the country of the ...
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Is there significance to there being “twelve” baskets of leftovers in the Jewish region and “seven” in the gentile?
This is best explained by placing it in a table:
Incident
Feeding 5000
Feeding 4000
Starting material (supplied by humans)
5 loaves
7 loaves
Number miraculously fed
5000
4000
Leftovers
12 baskets
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