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10561 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayer of Joseph.2

Prayer of Joseph - See JOSEPH, PRAYER OF .

10562 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priesthood.13

… that Joseph married the daughter of the priest of On ( Genesis 41:50 ). But this fact had no bearing on the selection of Israel's priestly family. The Aaronic priesthood …

10563 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Primogeniture.3

… brother. Joseph was displeased when, in his blessing, Jacob seemed to prefer Ephraim to Manasseh, his firstborn ( Genesis 48:18 ). The father in such cases seems …

10564 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prison; Prisoner.4

… of Joseph's life in Egypt (the Jahwist). The term used, namely, cohar, means perhaps "round house" or "tower." It seems probable that among the Hebrews there were no …

10565 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prison; Prisoner.5

3. Joseph in Egypt: According to one narrative (Jahwist) in Genesis the prison in which Joseph was confined had a "keeper," while according to another narrative …

10566 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prison; Prisoner.6

… , e.g. Joseph's brethren were kept "in ward" three days ( Genesis 42:19 ); Shimei was forbidden to pass beyond the boundary of Jerusalem ( 1 Kings 2:36 ); the person who …

10567 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prophecy; Prophets, 3.10

… of Joseph and David they were acquainted with the sufferings of the just, and Jeremiah's life as a prophet was a continuous martyrdom. But the writer of the …

10568 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 1.54

… of Joseph abounds in evidences of a divine providence ( Genesis 45:5, 7; 50:20 ). The whole life-history of Moses as it is found in the Pentateuch is a study in the doctrine …

10569 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 1.56

… , a Joseph, a Moses, an Isaiah, through men of lofty moral character. And this is one of the most notable lessons of Old Testament history if it be studied as a revelation …

10570 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 2.34

… ," said Joseph, "ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good" ( Genesis 50:20 ); "The things which happened unto me," said Paul, "have fallen out rather unto the progress …

10571 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Punishments.4

… of Joseph ( Genesis 42:21 ). Judah, as head of his family, seems to have had power of life and death ( Genesis 38:24 ), and Abimelech threatens his people with the extreme …

10572 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Queen of Heaven.2

… of Joseph, is questionable. But that the people of Judah in the days before the exile had given themselves over to the worst and vilest forms of heathen worship …

10573 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Raamses; Rameses.5

… by Joseph to his family "in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses" ( Genesis 47:11 ).

10574 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rachel.3

… of Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel was the younger daughter of Laban, the Aramean, the brother of Jacob's mother; so Rachel and Jacob were cousins. They met for the …

10575 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rachel.4

… for Joseph, her son. After the arrival in Canaan, while they were on the way from Beth-el to Ephrath, i.e. Bethlehem, Rachel gave birth to her second son, Benjamin …

10576 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Relationships, Family.20

… (compare Joseph and his brothers), and it is not surprising to find the sons of a wife despising and driving out the son of a harlot ( Judges 11:1, Jephthah). The words …

10577 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Resurrection of Jesus Christ, The.16

… in Joseph's tomb, that faithis to be exercised in the exalted Lord, and that belief in a resuscitation of the human body is no vital part of it. It is no doubt true …

10578 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Reuben.3

… intervention Joseph owed his escape from the fate proposed by his other brethren ( Genesis 37:29 ). Some have thought Reuben designed to set him free, from a desire …

10579 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Reuben.10

… to Joseph ( 1 Chronicles 5:1 ). And the place of Reuben and Simeon in Israel is taken by the sons of Joseph, a fact referred to in the blessing of Jacob ( Genesis 48:5 …

10580 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ring.2

… gave Joseph as a symbol of authority ( Genesis 41:42 ); and Ahasuerus gave Haman ( Esther 3:10 ); with it the royal missive was sealed ( Esther 3:12; 8:8 twice, Esther 10:1 …