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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 13, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 2.

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NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON.

THE CALL OF ABRAM.

(January 30.—Gen. 12:1-9.)
"Now the Lord had said unto Abram." Abram was a native of Ur of the Chaldees, not far from the mouth of the Euphrates; though, through the river deposits of ages, the ruins of Ur are now about 125 miles from the Persian Gulf and about six miles from the Euphrates. The oldest of its temples are certain ones whose bricks bear the name of Urukh, who calls himself "King of Ur and Accad." The signet cylinder of Urukh's son, Ilgi, has been found and is preserved in the British Museum. Urukh is supposed to have lived about a hundred years, or perhaps a little more, before Abram left Ur.