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Patient portal. Patient portals are healthcare -related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of the day and night. Some patient portal applications exist as stand-alone web sites ...
Bible/Featured chapter/Genesis 5. The generations of Adam till Noah. Two names are traditionally given significance: Enoch, who walked with God, and was not, for God took him, and Methuselah who was the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. He reportedly reached the age of 969 years. A close reading of the dates reveals that ...
Genesis 1. GENESIS 1. The Bible starts with the creation account, which occurs in six days. On the first day God creates light; on the second, the firmament of heaven; on the third, he separates water and land, and creates plant life; on the fourth day he creates the sun, moon, and stars; on the fifth day marine life and birds; on the sixth day ...
Bible/Featured chapter/Genesis 2. On the seventh day, the Sabbath, God rests, and sanctifies the day. God forms Adam out of earth ("adamah"), and sets him in the Garden of Eden, to watch over it. Adam is allowed to eat of all the fruit within it, except that of the " Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil ." God then brings all the animals to ...
Bible/Featured chapter/Genesis 22. God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on Mount Moriah. Abraham agrees to God's command without argument, even though God gives him no reason for the sacrifice. After Isaac is bound to an altar, an angel stops Abraham at the last minute, at which point Abraham discovers a ram caught in some nearby bushes.
The Lord again appears to Abram and promises him protection, a rich reward, and numerous progeny. These descendants will pass four hundred years in servitude in a strange land; but after God has judged their oppressors they shall leave the land of their affliction, and the fourth generation shall return to Canaan.
Bible/Featured chapter/Genesis 24. Abraham sends his servant to his homeland to find a wife for Isaac. When the servant arrives in Nahor, he prays to God to determine who would be a good wife. Rebeccah shows kindness, proving she is worthy. He gives her special jewelry and clothing as a bridal gift. Rebeccah's family sends her away to marry Isaac.
GENESIS 17. God again appears to Abram, and enters into a personal covenant with him securing Abram's future: God promises him a numerous progeny, changes his name to "Abraham" and that of Sarai to " Sarah ," and institutes the circumcision of all males as an eternal sign of the covenant. PEOPLE: Abram - יהוה YHWH.