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22. Going and Coming

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible

By: James M. Freeman

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Genesis 22:5

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Genesis 22:5⁵And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. (Genesis 22:5). I and the lad will go... and come again.

Roberts says, that the people of the East never say, as we do when taking leave, “I will go” or “I am going,” but, “I go and return.”

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• 1. Use of the Term, "Father"

• 2. Babylonian - Bricks - Bitumen

• 4. Use of the Term, "Brother"

• 5. Uplifted Hand

• 6. Burning Lamp

• 7. Religion of Names

• 8. Tent Door Time of Rest

• 9. Bowing Hospitality

• 10. Feet Washing

• 11. Bread Making

• 12. Hosts - Flesh - Food

• 13. Butter Feasts

• 14. Tent Partition

• 16. Town Quarters

• 17. Looking Behind

• 18. Cave Dwellings

• 19. Weaning Feast

• 20. Burden on Shoulder

• 21. Early Rising and Saddles

• 22. Going and Coming

• 23. Ceremonial Mourning

• 24. Mode of Bargaining

• 25. Middlemen

• 26. How Money Was Used

• 27. Transfer of Property

• 28. Cave Sepulchers

• 29. Chief Servant Mode of Swearing