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Bethlehem
Sign in to rateDuring the time of the patriarchs, Bet-Lahmi was the name of an ancient Canaanite city that worshiped the god Lachama. Much later, in the hill country of Judah, this city would become known as Bethlehem which in Hebrew means “House of Bread."