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• Zur

  Zur was a Midianite chieftain mentioned in the book of Numbers and the father of Cozbi, the Midianite woman killed by Phinehas during the incident at Baal-peor. He was later killed as one of the five kings of Midian in Israel's war against Midian.

• Hamor

  Hamor was a Hivite of the Canaanite city of Shechem and the father of Shechem, mentioned in Genesis 33–34. He was the head of the family that sold land to Jacob, and he was killed by Simeon and Levi after the incident involving Dinah.

• Ner

  Ner was a Benjamite of the house of King Saul and the father of Abner, the commander of Saul's army. First Samuel identifies him as Saul's uncle, while 1 Chronicles records him as the father of Kish.

• Oral Law

  The Oral Law is the body of Jewish interpretations and regulations believed to have been transmitted by word of mouth alongside the written law of the Pentateuch. In the New Testament it appears under the expression "the tradition of the elders."

• Ezekiel 18:20

  Ezekiel 18:20 declares individual responsibility: the soul that sins shall die, and the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor the father the iniquity of the son. It is frequently cited as a key text against the "generational curse" teaching, which holds that the sins of ancestors descend upon their descendants as a curse.

• Matthew 6:9-13

  This passage contains the prayer Jesus taught his disciples, which the church recites together as the Lord's Prayer. Discussion of the passage addresses how its form differs from the version in Luke, the absence of the closing doxology from the oldest manuscripts, and the translation of several of its words.

• Ezekiel 18:19–20

  A passage in which God declared through Ezekiel during the Babylonian exile that "the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father." It is a key text for the principle that each person is accountable for his or her own sin, and it is frequently cited in discussions of original sin and the doctrine of generational curses.

• Lamech

  Lamech is an antediluvian figure in Genesis who, in the line of Seth, was the son of Methuselah and the father of Noah. Genesis 4 also mentions another Lamech, a descendant of Cain.

• Amram

  Amram was a son of Kohath of the tribe of Levi, the husband of Jochebed, and the father of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. His name appears in genealogical passages such as Exodus 6 and Numbers 26.

• Ahitub

  Ahitub is the name of several members of priestly families in the Old Testament. It most often refers to the grandson of Eli and father of Ahimelech, the priest of Nob, but other priests bore the same name.

• Ahisamach

  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 passages introducing Aholiab.

• Pyrrhus

  Pyrrhus was a man of Berea who is named in Acts 20:4 only as the father of Sopater, one of Paul's traveling companions. He appears once in Scripture, and nothing else about his life is recorded.

• Patristics

  Patristics is the theological discipline that studies the lives, writings, and thought of the Church Fathers, the theologians and leaders of the early church. It is usually treated as a branch of church history (historical theology).

• Gustavo Gutiérrez

  Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928–2024) was a Peruvian Catholic priest and theologian who wrote A Theology of Liberation (1971) and is known as the "father of liberation theology."

• James Zhou Wenmo

  James Zhou Wenmo (周文謨, 1752–1801) was a Chinese priest and the first Catholic priest to enter Joseon Korea. His baptismal name was James. He secretly entered Joseon at the end of 1794, ministered there for six years, and was executed at Saenamteo during the Sinyu Persecution of 1801.

• Eugene Bell

  Eugene Bell (1868–1925), known in Korean as Bae Yu-ji, was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary. He founded mission stations in Mokpo and Gwangju and established churches, schools, and hospitals, earning the title "Father of the Honam Mission."

• Luke 15:20

  In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, this verse describes the father seeing his returning younger son from a distance, running to him, embracing him, and kissing 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.

• Neriah

  Neriah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah. He was the son of Maaseiah and the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, and of Seraiah, an official of King Zedekiah.

• Dodo

  Dodo was a man of the tribe of Issachar, the father of Puah and the grandfather of the judge Tola. He is mentioned by name only once in the Bible, in Judges 10:1.

• Nethaniah

  Nethaniah was the son of Elishama, a member of the royal family in the final years of the kingdom of Judah. He was the father of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah, the governor appointed by Babylon. Scripture mentions him only in connection with his son's name.