He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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Historical claims about the natural world, weighed against the scientific record.
The historical record: Genesis depicts the patriarchs using domesticated camels around 2000 BCE, more than a thousand years before that archaeological horizon. · 2 documented · 1 debated
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