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Lost Tribes , TEN LOST TRIBES , legend concerning the fate of the ten tribes constituting the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the… Reuben , Reuben
REUBEN (Heb. רְאוּבֵן), firstborn son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32; 46:8), and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Reuben. The biblical de… Medina , MEDINA (Ar. Madīna ; ancient name, Yathrib ), city in fertile valley of the *Hejaz in northern *Arabia. Along with *Tayma and *Khaybar, Medina was a… Tribe , The English word tribe is an ambivalent term that is used indiscriminately to refer to a wide variety of social groupings that range from small, prel… Ephraim , Ephraim
EPHRAIM (Heb. אֶפְרָיִם), younger son of *Joseph, born to him in Egypt by his wife *Asenath daughter of Poti-Phera (Gen. 41:50–52); the epony… Bible Societies , BIBLE SOCIETIES , associations intended to propagate the Christian Bible, i.e., the Old and New Testaments. The first association of this kind was fo…
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