Tag: amorites?
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How big were the giants of Amos 2:9 (Amorites) really? Is it poetic, or literal?
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. – Amos 2:9 I’m assuming it’s more poetic, but it st…
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Were Egyptians, as a large group, slaves in Abram’s time & does this have anything to do with the iniquity of the Amorites?
NASB95 for reference Genesis 16:1 Hagar is the Egyptian handmaid/slave of Abram & Sarai. Genesis 15:16 God tells Abram his descendants will be enslaved for 400 years because of the iniquity of the Amorites. Are the Hebrews enslaved by …