. The eastern nations and Greece. CHAPTER VIITHE HEBREWS 77. The Patriarchal Age. The history of the Hebrews, as nar-rated in their sacred books, begins with the departure of thepatriarch Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldees. The stories ofAbraham and his nephew Lot, of Isaac and his sons Jacob andEsau, of the sojourn and the oppression of the descendants of Jacobin Egypt, of the Exodus under the leadership of the great lawgiverMoses, of the conquest of Canaan by his successor Joshua, and theapportionment of the land among the twelve tribes of Israel — allthese wonderful stories are told in the o

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. The eastern nations and Greece. CHAPTER VIITHE HEBREWS 77. The Patriarchal Age. The history of the Hebrews, as nar-rated in their sacred books, begins with the departure of thepatriarch Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldees. The stories ofAbraham and his nephew Lot, of Isaac and his sons Jacob andEsau, of the sojourn and the oppression of the descendants of Jacobin Egypt, of the Exodus under the leadership of the great lawgiverMoses, of the conquest of Canaan by his successor Joshua, and theapportionment of the land among the twelve tribes of Israel — allthese wonderful stories are told in the old Hebrew Scriptures witha charm and simplicity that have made them the familiar possessionof childhood. 78. The Israelites and the Canaanites. It was probably shortlyafter the end of the rule of the Hyksos (sect. 26) that the Hebrewrefugees from the Nile-land, bearing the stain of their desert andnomadic life, drifted into Palestine from the wilderness beyondthe Jordan. The country was at this time in possession of Amoriteor C

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