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• GabrielBible

  Gabriel is an angel of God named in the Book of Daniel and the Gospel of Luke. He explained the meaning of visions to Daniel and announced the births of sons to Zacharias and to Mary.

• PelegPeople

  Peleg is a son of Eber in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis. His name is accompanied by the explanation that "in his days was the earth divided," and he belongs to the line that runs through Abraham to the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

• 1 Chronicles 14Bible

  1 Chronicles 14 records how Hiram king of Tyre helped build David's palace, lists the sons born to David in Jerusalem, and recounts David's two victories over the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim.

• Exodus 1Bible

  In Exodus 1, a new king who did not know Joseph oppresses the children of Israel, who have multiplied greatly in Egypt, subjecting them to forced labor and ordering that Hebrew baby boys be killed. The midwives fear God and refuse to carry out the order.

• Numbers 4Bible

  Numbers 4 records the census of the men aged thirty to fifty among the Levite clans of Kohath, Gershon, and Merari who were to serve at the tabernacle of the congregation, and it assigns each clan its duties for moving the tabernacle.

• Parable of the Two SonsBible

  The Parable of the Two Sons is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 21:28-32. It contrasts a son who refused his father's request but afterward changed his mind and went to work with a son who said he would go but did not.

• Parable of the Prodigal SonBible

  The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a parable of Jesus recorded in Luke 15:11-32. It tells of a father who welcomes home his younger son after the son has squandered his share of the estate. It is also known as the parable of the "returning prodigal."

• Parable of the Wedding FeastBible

  The Parable of the Wedding Feast is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 22:1-14. A king invites guests to his son's wedding feast, but they refuse; he then has people gathered from the highways to fill the feast. Luke 14 contains a similar "Parable of the Great Banquet."

• Zerah (Son of Judah)People

  Zerah was one of the twin sons born to Judah and Tamar, the other being Perez. His descendants formed the Zerahites (KJV "Zarhites"), a family within the tribe of Judah from which Achan came.

• Shelah (Son of Judah)People

  Shelah was the third son of Judah, the son of Jacob, by the daughter of Shua the Canaanite. After the deaths of his brothers Er and Onan, he was next in line to marry their widow, Tamar. Judah's failure to give him to Tamar sets in motion the narrative of Genesis 38.

• JokshanPeople

  Jokshan was the second of the six sons born to Abraham by Keturah and the father of Sheba and Dedan. His name appears only in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles.

• PerezPeople

  Perez was one of the twin sons born to Judah and Tamar. He is recorded in the genealogies of Ruth and Matthew 1 as an ancestor of David and of Jesus Christ.

• RizpahPeople

  Rizpah was the daughter of Aiah and a concubine of King Saul. She is known from 2 Samuel 21 for guarding the bodies of her two executed sons and of Saul's grandsons from the beginning of harvest until rain fell.

• BethuelPeople

  Bethuel is a figure in the Book of Genesis. He was the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and Nahor's wife Milcah, and the father of Laban and of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac.

• EsarhaddonPeople

  Esarhaddon was a king of Assyria who succeeded Sennacherib after Sennacherib was murdered by his sons. He is mentioned briefly by name in 2 Kings, Isaiah, and Ezra.

• RufusPeople

  Rufus appears in the Gospel of Mark as a son of Simon of Cyrene, the man compelled to carry the cross of Jesus. Scholars differ on whether he is the same Rufus whom Paul greets in Romans 16.

• Matthew 21Bible

  A chapter in which Jesus rides a donkey into Jerusalem, cleanses the temple, and causes a fig tree to wither, then confronts the religious leaders in a dispute over his authority and through the parables of the two sons and the wicked tenants.

• Proverbs 4Bible

  In Proverbs 4, a father passes on to his sons the instruction he himself received and urges them to get wisdom. He contrasts the path of the righteous with the way of the wicked and teaches them to guard the heart, mouth, eyes, and feet.

• Galatians 3:26–29Bible Verses

  A passage in Paul's letter to the churches of Galatia declaring that those who belong to Christ through faith and baptism are sons of God and heirs of Abraham, without distinction of ethnicity, social status, or sex. It is frequently cited in discussions of baptism, the ordination of women, and the relationship between the church and Israel.

• Genesis 9:1–7Bible Verses

  After the Flood, God renews to Noah and his sons the blessing to be fruitful and multiply, permits the eating of meat while forbidding the eating of flesh with its blood, and prohibits murder. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the sanctity of life grounded in the image of God, capital punishment, and the refusal of blood transfusions.