Joshua Destroys the Giants Giclee Print

Joshua Destroys the Giants Giclee Print
Tissot, James
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Caleb

(1) In the Old Testament, one of the twelve spies who were sent by the Israelites to investigate the land of Canaan. He and JOSHUA were the only ones who reported favorably; hence they were the only ones of their generation permitted to enter the Promised Land. 2. In Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, Caleb is meant for Lord Grey of Wark (Northumbe land), one of the adherents of the Duke of Monmouth.
And, therefore, in the name of dulness, be
The well-hung Balaam [ Earl of Huntingdon] and
old
Caleb free. Lines 512-513.

Jacob Refusing to Let Benjamin Leave Giclee Print

Jacob Refusing to Let Benjamin Leave, c.1829 Giclee Print
Roger, Eugene
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Benjamin

The pet, the youngest; in allusion to Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob ( Gen. xxxv. 18). When Jacob sent his sons down from Canaan to buy bread during the famine, he refused to let Benjamin go "lest peradventure harm befall him." Jacob's son Joseph who was in charge over the granaries of Egypt, without revealing his identity, told his brothers that they must bring Benjamin with them if they returned for more corn. When they finally did so, Joseph feasted them and gave them grain, but sent word after them that his silver cup was missing; and when search was made, "the cup was found in Benjamin's sack" where it had been placed by Joseph's orders. He then disclosed his identity.

Benjamin's mess. The largest share. The allusion is to the banquet given by Joseph, viceroy of Egypt, to his brethren. "Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs" ( Gen. xliii. 34).

Abraham, Sara and an Angel Giclee Print

Abraham, Sara and an Angel, circa 1520 Giclee Print
Provost, Jan
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Abraham

The founder of the Hebrew nation and its first patriarch. With his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot he migrated from. Ur of Chaldees into the Land of Canaan, where he settled and prospered. To test his faith Jehovah commanded him to offer up his son Isaac as a burnt offering, but when he was about to draw the knife, a ram was provided instead. The story of Abraham is told in Gen. xii-xiii and in various Islamic sources, which relate that at the age of fifteen months Abraham was equal in size to a lad of fifteen, and was so wise that his father introduced him to the court of King Nimrod; that Abraham and his son "Ismail" rebuilt for the fourth time the Kaaba over the sacred stone at Mecca; and that Abraham destroyed the idols manufactured and worshiped by his father, Terah. See also Sarai, Hagar, Isaac, Sodom and Gomorrah.

Abraham's bosom. The repose of the happy in death ( Luke xvi. 22).

Abrahamic covenant. (1) The covenant made by God with Abraham, that Messiah should spring from his seed. This promise was given to Abraham, because he left his country and father's house to live in a strange land, as God told him. (2) The rite of circumcision.