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the_o husbandman_n in_o the_o four_o the_o artificer_n and_o tradesman_n dwell_v there_o also_o be_v the_o vale_n of_o mamre_n so_o call_v of_o a_o ammonite_n who_o possess_v it_o gen._n 14._o and_o make_v a_o league_n with_o abraham_n here_o three_o guest_n who_o go_v to_o destroy_v sodom_n and_o gomorrhe_n be_v entertain_v of_o abraham_n there_o abraham_n bury_v sara_n his_o wife_n gen._n 23._o and_o therefore_o some_o think_v it_o be_v call_v ciriath-arbe_a that_o be_v tetrapolis_n the_o city_n of_o 4_o great_a man_n for_o that_o here_o be_v bury_v 4._o patriarch_n adam_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n gen._n 25.35.49_o jaboc_fw-fr the_o river_n jaboc_fw-fr that_o be_v of_o emptiness_n or_o scatter_v or_o wrestle_v the_o thing_n do_v here_o and_o the_o history_n record_v be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o etymology_n and_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n for_o here_o jacob_n wrestle_v with_o the_o angel_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v after_o that_o name_v israel_n that_o be_v a_o prince_n of_o 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