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• IsaacPeople

  Isaac is a patriarch in the Book of Genesis, the son of promise born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. He is best known for nearly being offered as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and he was the father of Jacob and Esau.

• 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.

• MethusaelPeople

  Methusael is a figure in the genealogy of Cain in Genesis 4, the son of Mehujael and the father of Lamech. His name appears only once in the Bible.

• AhazPeople

  Ahaz was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah in the late eighth century BC, the son of Jotham and the father of Hezekiah. Scripture records him as a king who introduced pagan worship and relied on Assyria. He received Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy (Isaiah 7:14).

• AhisamachPeople

  Ahisamach is a man of the tribe of Dan mentioned in the Book of Exodus and the father of Aholiab, a craftsman who took part in making the tabernacle. His name appears only three times in Scripture, each time in a passage introducing Aholiab.

• Joash (Father of Gideon)People

  Joash was a member of the Abiezrite clan of the tribe of Manasseh who appears in the Book of Judges as the father of the judge Gideon. He kept an altar of Baal at Ophrah, yet when Gideon tore that altar down, he protected his son from the men of the town.

• KishPeople

  Kish was the father of Saul, the first king of Israel, and the son of Abiel of the tribe of Benjamin. Several other individuals of the same name also appear in the Bible.

• ElkanahPeople

  Elkanah is a figure in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel, the husband of Hannah and the father of the prophet Samuel. He is remembered as a man who went up to Shiloh each year with his family to worship.

• LabanPeople

  Laban was an Aramean of Haran who appears in the book of Genesis. The brother of Rebekah, the uncle of Jacob, and the father of Leah and Rachel, he kept Jacob in his household for twenty years.

• Song of ZechariahWorship & Rites

  The Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79) is the hymn that Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, uttered when he was filled with the Holy Spirit after his son's birth. It is also called the "Benedictus," from its first Latin word.

• MeshelemiahPeople

  Meshelemiah was a Levitical temple gatekeeper of the Korahite line in the time of David, the son of Kore and the father of Zechariah. He appears in 1 Chronicles 26, where verse 14 records his name as "Shelemiah."

• Proverbs 5Bible

  Proverbs 5 is a chapter in which a father instructs his son to avoid the enticement of the strange woman and to remain faithful to the wife of his youth. It closes with a warning that the wicked are held fast by the cords of their own sins.

• Shear-jashubPeople

  Shear-jashub was a son of the prophet Isaiah whose Hebrew name means "a remnant shall return." Isaiah 7 records that he accompanied his father to meet Ahaz, king of Judah.

• Healing of the Demon-Possessed BoyBible

  The healing of the demon-possessed boy is a miracle in which Jesus, after coming down from the Mount of Transfiguration, cast a demon out of a boy whom his disciples had been unable to heal. The account appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• RemaliahPeople

  Remaliah was the father of Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel. His name appears in Scripture only within the phrase "Pekah the son of Remaliah."

• Ur of the ChaldeesBible

  Ur of the Chaldees is the Mesopotamian city where Abraham lived with his family before he left in obedience to God's call. It appears in Genesis and Nehemiah, and scholars disagree about its exact location.

• DeuelPeople

  Deuel is a biblical figure named only in the Book of Numbers, where he appears as the father of Eliasaph, leader of the tribe of Gad during the wilderness period. In Numbers 2:14 his name is written "Reuel."

• AmittaiPeople

  Amittai was the father of the prophet Jonah. He is mentioned by name only twice in the Old Testament, in 2 Kings 14:25 and Jonah 1:1.

• Luke 15:20Bible Verses

  Luke 15:20 is the verse in the Parable of the Prodigal Son in which the father sees his returning younger son from a distance, runs to him, embraces him, and kisses him. Because the father reaches his son before the son confesses his wrongdoing, the verse is widely cited as an illustration of God's grace and forgiveness.

• John 17:20–23Bible Verses

  A passage from the prayer Jesus offered just before his arrest, in which he asks that later believers, who would come to believe through the disciples' word, may be one as the Father and the Son are one, so that the world may believe. It is the text most frequently cited in discussions of church unity.