Day 8 - Daily Bible Reading

Scriptures:
Genesis 15, 16
Psalms 8
Proverbs 8
Matthew 11

Notes on Genesis

Dead Sea is the lowest body of water on earth, approximately 1,300 feet below sea level.

Genesis 10:21 - Abram was the first to be mentioned in the Scriptures as a Hebrew. In other writings, Habiru or Apiru were assumed to mean "Hebrew" (property-less, independent, and immigrant). In Amarna Tablets (Egypt), they are mentioned unfavorably.

In ancient times, "rainsing one's hand&334; was a practice of taking an oath.

Notes on Proverbs

Linen was used only by wealthy people.

Notes on Matthew

"Agora" was a Hebrew word for market, which was a place for civic center - people congregated for recreation.

Tyre and Sidon were cities of the Phoenician coast, now known as Lebanon.

In Judaism, "yolk" was a metaphorical for the law.