concubine: Genesis 16:3, Genesis 25:6; Proverbs 15:25
Maachah: He may have been the father of the Macetes, in Arabia Felix: there is a city called Maca towards the straits of Ormus.
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Genesis 22:24
Genesis 22:24
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