Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them to Dan.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

The Political Constitution of Egypt
... his pupils in order to complete their education as ... his patron: in most of the government
administrations, we ... from military service, and he exercised a certain ...
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Period iii. The Dissolution of the Imperial State Church and the ...
... and took up its duty of training the rude ... from the beginning of the latter's reign,
exercised an ever ... the successor of Justinian, took the government of the ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... Pharaoh at this time exercised no authority over this ... organisation, and of the form
of government with which ... In response to this appeal, their troops fought so ...
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Answer to Eunomius' Second Book .
... previously acquired military skill by their training for facing ... more than that farming
should be exercised before the ... For their contention as to this makes for ...
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Patriarch

Patriarch: Head of a Family

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Acting As Judges

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Acting As Priests

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Arbitrarily Disinheriting and Putting Away Servants

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Forming Treaties and Alliances

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in The Authority of Heads of Families For, Acknowledged

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Training Their Servants for War

Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Vindicating Their Wrongs

Patriarchal Government: Vested in the Heads of Families

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