Search the encyclopedia

Search the Bible

1000 articles found for “his concubine”

• Light of the World

  [Bible]

  An expression Jesus used of himself (John 8:12) and of his disciples (Matthew 5:14). It denotes one who reveals God's truth and salvation to a world in darkness.

• Horeb

  [Bible]

  Horeb is a mountain called "the mountain of God" in the Old Testament. There Moses received his call from the flame of fire in the bush and later received the Law, and there Elijah encountered God.

• Shekinah

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Shekinah refers to the presence of God dwelling among his people, especially the glory in which that presence becomes visibly manifest. The term does not appear in the Bible; it was used in later rabbinic Jewish literature.

• Jezreel (Son of Hosea)

  [People]

  Jezreel was the firstborn son of the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer. His name, given by God himself, symbolizes both judgment on the royal house of Jehu in the northern kingdom of Israel and the restoration to come.

• Love of Enemies

  [Bible]

  Love of enemies is the teaching of Jesus that his followers should love even those who hate and persecute them and should pray for them. It is recorded in Matthew 5:43-48 and Luke 6:27-36.

• Theudas

  [People]

  Theudas is a figure whom Gamaliel cited as an example in his speech before the Sanhedrin in Acts 5. He is said to have presented himself as someone of great importance and to have gathered about four hundred followers, but he was slain and his followers were scattered.

• Sosipater

  [People]

  Sosipater was an early Christian whom Paul names as one of his "kinsmen" in Romans 16:21. He was with Paul when the letter was written and sent greetings to the church in Rome.

• Melita

  [Bible]

  Melita is the Mediterranean island where Paul came ashore after his ship was wrecked while he was being taken to Rome as a prisoner. It appears in Acts 28 and is traditionally identified with present-day Malta.

• Genesis 13

  [Bible]

  Genesis 13 is the chapter in which Abram and his nephew Lot, having returned from Egypt, part ways because their livestock has grown too numerous. After Lot departs, God renews His promise to give Abram all the land he can see and descendants beyond counting.

• Genesis 17

  [Bible]

  Genesis 17 is the chapter in which God reestablishes His covenant with Abram at the age of ninety-nine. God changes the names of Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah, commands circumcision as the sign of the covenant, and promises that Isaac will be born the following year.

• Genesis 35

  [Bible]

  In this chapter Jacob puts away the foreign idols in his household, goes up to Bethel, builds an altar, and is again given the name Israel. Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin, and the chapter continues with a list of Jacob's twelve sons and closes with the death of Isaac.

• Genesis 44

  [Bible]

  Genesis 44 is the chapter in which Joseph tests his brothers with a silver cup. When the youngest, Benjamin, is seized to become a servant, Judah pleads to be made a servant in the boy's place.

• Genesis 46

  [Bible]

  Genesis 46 is the chapter in which Jacob leads his entire household down to Egypt and is reunited with Joseph in Goshen. It includes a list of the seventy members of Jacob's house who came into Egypt.

• Genesis 47

  [Bible]

  Genesis 47 is the chapter in which Joseph presents his father and brothers to Pharaoh and settles them in the land of Goshen. During the famine he acquires, in turn, the Egyptians' money, livestock, and land for Pharaoh, and the aged Jacob makes Joseph swear to bury him in Canaan.

• Genesis 45

  [Bible]

  Genesis 45 is the chapter in which Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, forgives them, and, with Pharaoh's approval, summons his father Jacob and the whole family to Egypt.

• Exodus 2

  [Bible]

  Exodus 2 narrates the birth of Moses, his placement in an ark of bulrushes, and his adoption by Pharaoh's daughter. It then follows the grown Moses as he kills an Egyptian, flees to Midian, and marries Zipporah. At the close of the chapter, God hears the cry of Israel and remembers His covenant.

• Exodus 6

  [Bible]

  Exodus 6 is the chapter in which God reveals His name with the words "I am the LORD" and promises deliverance to Moses, who has grown discouraged under Pharaoh's oppression. The chapter also contains a genealogy tracing the lineage of Moses and Aaron.

• Exodus 28

  [Bible]

  Exodus 28 records the command to set apart Aaron and his sons as priests. It specifies the materials and construction of the holy garments the priests are to wear: the ephod, the breastplate of judgment, the robe, the gold plate, the coat, and the linen breeches.

• Numbers 12

  [Bible]

  Numbers 12 recounts how Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses over his Cushite wife, how God affirms Moses' unique standing, and how Miriam is struck with leprosy and shut out of the camp for seven days.

• 1 Samuel 18

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 18 recounts how Jonathan comes to love David after his victory over Goliath and makes a covenant with him; how Saul, seeing the people praise David, grows jealous and afraid of him and seeks to harm him; and how Saul ultimately gives his daughter Michal to David as his wife.