They are called the Three Patriarchs -- Abraham,Isaac and Jacob.

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Israel was chosen by Yahweh in an act of spontaneous love it does not imply her perfection an act of spontaneous love for the patriarchs.

以色列被上帝选择是出于一种无意识的爱,这并不暗示着她是完美的,只是对族长无意识的喜欢。

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He's also described as the protector of patriarchs, patriarchal figures, "a God of the father of the clan," it says in the text.

他也被描述成族长们和统治者们的保护神，“氏族之父的上帝“，文中说。

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To be blunt, El the patriarchs seem to have worshiped the Canaanite God, El.

大胆地说，族长们似乎曾经崇拜迦南的上帝。

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The patriarchs, it's maintained, were semi-nomads. They lived in tents.

族长们，一直以来都流传说，曾是半游牧民族，住在帐篷里。

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The land never belongs to the patriarchs to whom it was promised.

上帝曾许诺于族长，可土地却从未，属于他们。

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I want to flip back to text for a moment before I return to talk about a whole contradictory set of methodologies, or methodologies that pull in another direction. But first I want to get us up to the patriarchs and matriarchs where we're going to be starting off on Monday.

回到谈论一整套相互冲突，截然相反的,研究方法之前，我想跳回到经文部分,首先，我希望你们关注一下宗教创始人的部分,这点我们会在周一开始讨论。

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He guides and protects the patriarchs.

他引导并且保护那些族长们。

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