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Esau

(Encyclopedia)Esau ēˈsô [key] [Heb.,=hairy], in the Bible, son of Isaac, who sold his birthright to his younger twin, Jacob, for lentil stew and who was tricked by Jacob out of his father's blessing. Also known ...

Eshcol

(Encyclopedia)Eshcol ĕshˈkōl [key], in the Bible, Amorite ally of Abraham. ...

Medan, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Medan mēˈdăn [key], in the Bible, son of Abraham and Keturah. ...

Ishbak

(Encyclopedia)Ishbak ĭshˈbăk [key], in the Bible, son of Abraham and Keturah. ...

Jidlaph

(Encyclopedia)Jidlaph jĭdˈlăf [key], in the Bible, son of Abraham's brother, Nahor. ...

Zimran

(Encyclopedia)Zimran zĭmˈrăn [key], in the Bible, son of Abraham and Keturah. ...

Keturah

(Encyclopedia)Keturah kētyo͞oˈrə [key], in the Bible, mother of six sons of Abraham. ...

Terah

(Encyclopedia)Terah tēˈrə [key], in the Bible, father of Abraham. An alternate form is Thara. ...

Nicolay, John George

(Encyclopedia)Nicolay, John George nĭkˈəlā [key], 1832–1901, biographer of Lincoln, b. Bavaria. In 1837 he was brought to the United States, and his family settled in Pike co., Ill. He worked on the Pittsfiel...

Aner

(Encyclopedia)Aner āˈnər [key], in the Bible. 1 Ally of Abraham. 2 Levitical town, E of the Jordan. ...