We see Abraham, the father of the
Hebrew nation, coming from battle where he defeated Kedorlaomer and the other kings allied with him.
Someone was talking, and I listened to the theory of the
Hebrew nation, disconnected from its foundation in Diaspora Jewry.
Almost all the citizens of Israel belong to one of two nations: the majority belongs to the
Hebrew nation and a minority to the Palestinian-Arab nation.
The first book, Genesis, introduces the concept of monotheism and traces the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob' patriarchs of the
Hebrew nation. When Genesis ends, Jacob - also known as Israel - and his twelve sons are reunited in Egypt, where the famine back home has driven them.
We must remember that God chose the
Hebrew nation for a mission, of being "a kingdom of ministers and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:6).
One eminent Jewish leader tried to cut Bergson down to size by quoting the Israelite slave in the Book of Exodus who challenged Moses by asking, "Mi samcha?"--"Who chose you?"--to which Bergson replied "We represent the conscience of the
Hebrew nation. You are an American clergyman and a member of the Democratic Party.
In the Old Testament, Abraham was chosen by Jehovah to establish a
Hebrew nation; his faith was tested by God's demand (withdrawn at the last minute) that his son Isaac be sacrificed.
The English crown, which at that time ruled Suriname, granted this fledgling "
Hebrew Nation of Guyane" significant privileges.
