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Orville J. Nave

Nave’s Topical Bible

Public-domain topical Bible (1896) · 5,322 entries on site

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INCEST

–DEFINED AND FORBIDDEN Le 18:6-18 ; 20:11 , 12 , 17 , 19-21 ; De 22:30 ; 27:20-23 ; Eze 22:11 ; 1Ch 5:1 –INSTANCES OF .Lot with his daughters Ge 19:31-36 .Abraham Ge 20:12 , 13 .Nahor Ge 11:29 .Reuben Ge 35:22 ; 49:4 .Amram Ex 6:20 .Judah Ge 38:16-18 ; 1Ch 2:4 .Amnon 2Sa 13:14 .Absalom 2Sa 16:21 , 22 .Herod (Antipas) Mt 14:3 , 4 ; Mr 6:17 , 18 ; Lu 3:19 .The people of Israel Am 2:7 .Instances of marriage of near of kin Isaac with Rebekah Ge 24:15 , 67 .Jacob with Leah and Rachel Ge 29:23 , 30 .Rehoboam 2Ch 11:18

ISAAC

–1. The miraculous son of Abraham Ge 17:15-19 ; 18:1-15 ; 21:1-8 ; Jos 24:3 ; 1Ch 1:28 ; Ga 4:28 ; Heb 11:11 .Ancestor of Jesus Mt 1:2 .Offered in sacrifice by his father Ge 22:1-19 ; Heb 11:17 ; Jas 2:21 .Is provided a wife from among his relatives Ge 24 ; 25:20 .Abrahamic covenant confirmed in Ge 26:2-5 ; 1Ch 16:15-19 .Lives in the south country at the well called Lahai-roi Ge 24:62 ; 25:11 .With Ishmael, buries his father in the cave of Machpelah Ge 25:9 .Esau and Jacob born to Ge 25:19-26 ; 1Ch 1:34 ; Jos 24:4 .Lives in Gerar Ge 26:7-11 .Prospers Ge 26:12-14 .Possesses large flocks and herds Ge 26:14 .Digs wells, and is defrauded of them by the herdsmen of Abimelech Ge 26:15 , 21 .Moves away to the valley of Gerar, afterward called Beer-sheba Ge 26:22-33 .His old age, last blessing upon his sons Ge 27:18-40 .Death and burial of Ge 35:27-29 ; 49:31 .His filial obedience Ge 22:9 .His peaceableness Ge 26:14-22 .Was a prophet Ge 27:28 , 29 , 38 , 40 ; Heb 11:20 .His devoutness Ge 24:63 ; 25:21 ; 26:25 ; Mt 8:11 ; Lu 13:28 .Prophecies concerning Ge 17:16-21 ; 18:10-14 ; 21:12 ; 26:2-5 , 24 ; Ex 32:13 ; 1Ch 16:16 ; Ro 9:7 –2. A designation of the ten tribes Am 7:9

ISHMAEL

–1. Son of Abraham Ge 16:11 , 15 , 16 ; 1Ch 1:28 .Prayer of Abraham for Ge 17:18 , 20 .Circumcised Ge 17:23-26 .Promised to be the father of a nation Ge 16:11 , 12 ; 17:20 ; 21:12 , 13 , 18 .Sent away by Abraham Ge 21:6-21 .With Isaac buries his father Ge 25:9 .Children of Ge 25:12-18 ; 1Ch 1:29-31 .Daughter of, marries Esau Ge 28:9 ; 36:2 , 3 .Death of Ge 25:17 , 18 –2. Father Of Zebadiah 2Ch 19:11 –3. A son of Azel 1Ch 8:38 ; 9:44 –4. One of the captains of hundreds 2Ch 23:1 –5. A priest of the exile Ezr 10:22 –6. A son of Nethaniah .Assassinated Gedaliah, governor of Judah under king of Babylon, and takes many Jews captive Jer 40:8-16 ; 41:1-11 ; 2Ki 25:23-25 .Defeated by Johanan, and put to flight Jer 41:12-15

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