﻿ABRAHAM. 
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  been 
  long 
  established 
  and 
  widely 
  spread. 
  

   The 
  memorable 
  and 
  mysterious 
  journey 
  

   which 
  brought 
  Terah 
  into 
  Haran 
  on 
  his 
  

   w 
  r 
  ay 
  to 
  Canaan,* 
  was 
  a 
  journey 
  beginning 
  

   in 
  that 
  ancient 
  home, 
  Ur, 
  already 
  known 
  as 
  

   "of 
  the 
  Chaldees. 
  ,, 
  And 
  when 
  the 
  great 
  

   figure 
  of 
  his 
  son 
  Abraham 
  appears 
  upon 
  

   the 
  scene, 
  we 
  find 
  ourselves 
  already 
  in 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  the 
  Monarchy 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  advanced 
  civilization 
  of 
  the 
  Pharaohs. 
  

   In 
  the 
  same 
  narrative, 
  on 
  another 
  side, 
  

   we 
  come 
  into 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  

   those 
  great 
  military 
  Kingdoms 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  

   which 
  in 
  succession 
  occupy 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  space 
  

   in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  world. 
  Chedor- 
  

   laomer, 
  with 
  his 
  tributary 
  Princes, 
  was 
  then 
  

  

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  Gen. 
  xi. 
  31. 
  

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