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10581 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Seal.5

… to Joseph his royal signet as a token of deputed authority ( Genesis 41:41 f). They were also acquainted with the use of seals among the Persians and Medes ( Esther …

10582 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sepharvaim.6

… Suggestion: Joseph Halevy therefore suggests (ZA, II, 401 ff) that it should be identified with the Sibraim of Ezekiel 47:16, between Damascus and Hamath (the …

10584 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Set.4

… :7, "Joseph brought in Jacob .... and set him before Pharaoh"; Numbers 8:13; 2 Chronicles 29:25. (j) Sitting: Matthew 5:1, the King James Version "when he was set"; Hebrews 8:1 the …

10585 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shaalbim.2

… of Joseph ( Judges 1:35 ). In the time of Solomon it was included in the administrative district presided over by Ben-deker, along with Makaz, Beth-shemesh and Elon …

10586 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shalem.2

… and Joseph’s tomb near to Shechem. Eusebius (in Onomasticon) gets over the difficulty by identifying Shalem with Shechem.

10587 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sheaf; Sheaves.2

… ; compare Joseph’s dream, Genesis 37:5 - 8 ). The sheaves mentioned in Genesis 37:10 - 12, 15 must have been handfuls. It is a custom in parts of Syria for the gatherers …

10588 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shechem.3

… done, Joseph’s bones were buried in the parcel of ground which Jacob had bought, and which fell to the lot of Joseph’s descendants (24:33). Abimelech, whose mother …

10589 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shechem.4

… of Joseph, a little white-domed building beside a luxuriant orchard. On the slope of the mountain beyond is the village of `Askar; see SYCHAR. To the South of the …

10590 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Simeon (1).2

… of Joseph ( Genesis 42:24; 43:23 ).

10591 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Simon (1).7

… of Joseph sided with the elder sons against Hyrcanus the younger. Schurer (probably incorrectly) thinks he is the Simon praised in Sirach 50:1 ff. See (2) above …

10592 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sirach, Book of.73

… of Joseph, the wrong side from the orthodox Jewish point of view.

10593 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Slave; Slavery.13

… for Joseph ( Genesis 37:28 ).

10594 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Slave; Slavery.53

(8) Elevation. A chance to rise was allowable in some instances, e.g. Eliezer, a foreign slave in a Hebrew household, and Joseph, a Hebrew slave in a foreign household. Each rose to a place of honor and usefulness ( Genesis 15:2; 39:4 ).

10595 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Stephen.28

… : As Joseph and Moses, types of the Messiah, had been rejected, scorned and illtreated ( Acts 7:9, 27, 39 ), before being raised to be ruler and deliverer, so Jesus had …

10596 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Steward.5

… master. Joseph was practically Potiphar’s steward, and when he became Pharaoh’s chief minister, he himself had a steward over his own house ( Genesis 39:4 - 5 …

10597 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Surety.4

… tells Joseph ( Genesis 44:32 ) how he had become surety for Benjamin, and offers to become Joseph’s slave for the sake of his brother. Job says ( Job 17:3 ), "Give now a …

10598 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sychar.2

… son Joseph: and Jacob’s well was there." Jerome thought the name was a clerical error for Sychem (Epistle 86). In Eusebius (in Onomasticon) he is content to translate …

10599 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sychar.3

… of Joseph’s tomb. There he found evidence of occupation from the days of the Hebrew monarchy down to the time of Christ. Here there is no spring; and it is only …

10600 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Talmud.92

… , Rab Joseph (died 323 AD). 4th generation: Abaye, Raba’ (bar Joseph). 5th generation: Rab Papa. 6th generation: Amemar, Rab Ashi.