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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Locations

Abdon

ABDON (2)ab'-don (`abhdon, perhaps "service"): One of the four Levitical cities in the tribe of Asher (Joshua 21:30 1 Chronicles 6:74). Probably the same with Ebron (in the King James Version "Hebron") in Joshua 19:28, where some copies have the reading Abdon. Now called Abdeh, a few miles from the Mediterranean and about fifteen miles south of Tyre.

Abarim (Mount Nebo)

ABARIMab'-a-rim, a-ba'-rim (`abharim): The stem idea is that of going across a space or a dividing line, or for example a river. It is the same stem that appears in the familiar phrase "beyond Jordan," used to denote the region East of the Jordan, and Hellenized in the name Peraea. This fact affords the most natural explanation of the phrases `the mountains... View Details

People

Habel

Abel, a son of Adam

Aminadab

Amminadab, an Israelite ancestor of Christ

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American Standard Version In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
King James Bible In the beginning God created the heavens heaven and the earth.
Hebrew Greek English In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
New American Standard Bible 1995 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.