The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . -^where bore rich burdensof fruit. Groves of palm rose where in the lowlandsthe breath of the south could be fully felt; whilethe high ledges of the northern hills were fringed r ^.r. JACOB AND RACHEL. 12 THE STORY OF THE JEWS. with mighty cedars. There were abundant pastureswhite with flocks; there were balm-fields on theplain of Sharon; in Bashan was the lowing ofinnumerable herds ; the grapes of Eshcol ripenedinto such clusters that even the shoulders of strongmen found them a heavy burden. This land ofpromise the children of Israel at lengt
The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . -^where bore rich burdensof fruit. Groves of palm rose where in the lowlandsthe breath of the south could be fully felt; whilethe high ledges of the northern hills were fringed r ^.r. JACOB AND RACHEL. 12 THE STORY OF THE JEWS. with mighty cedars. There were abundant pastureswhite with flocks; there were balm-fields on theplain of Sharon; in Bashan was the lowing ofinnumerable herds ; the grapes of Eshcol ripenedinto such clusters that even the shoulders of strongmen found them a heavy burden. This land ofpromise the children of Israel at length, after asevere struggle, possessed, and for many centuries itcontinued to be their home. The Israelites, Hebrews, or Jews, as the race isindifferently called, belong to the great Semiticbranch of the human family, long believed to be de-scended from the eldest son of Noah, Shem. Sincethe lapse of time which we have to consider is sovast, much of the history of the Hebrews must bepassed over in most rapid review. If we date theorigin of the Jews at the time when Abram wentsouthward from Haran, we are taken back to a mostremote past. As the mists of the morning timearise, a group of allied tribes, Moabites, Edomites,Ammonites
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