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EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS.
thinks that he discovered traces of the representation of a
samel on the obelisks at Luxor. They may not, however,
have been veiy numerous in Abraham's day, yet the king of
Egypt would possess them.
Men and maid-servants were also given. It has, by some,
been deemed probable, that among these maid-servants was
Hagar; for she is expressly said in Scripture to be an Egyp'
tian. If this conjecture be well founded, it would serve to
prove that, though the great body of slaves were foreigners
and captives taken in war, yet that sometimes Egyptians held
their own people in servitude. The monuments confirm this
view.
10. Abraham accepted the gifts of Pharaoh.
However unnatural and unmanly such conduct may
appear in our time and in our state of society, yet, as Kltt0
has remarked, those who are acquainted with the usages of
the East, know that he dared not refuse them.
EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS.
thinks that he discovered traces of the representation of a
samel on the obelisks at Luxor. They may not, however,
have been veiy numerous in Abraham's day, yet the king of
Egypt would possess them.
Men and maid-servants were also given. It has, by some,
been deemed probable, that among these maid-servants was
Hagar; for she is expressly said in Scripture to be an Egyp'
tian. If this conjecture be well founded, it would serve to
prove that, though the great body of slaves were foreigners
and captives taken in war, yet that sometimes Egyptians held
their own people in servitude. The monuments confirm this
view.
10. Abraham accepted the gifts of Pharaoh.
However unnatural and unmanly such conduct may
appear in our time and in our state of society, yet, as Kltt0
has remarked, those who are acquainted with the usages of
the East, know that he dared not refuse them.