Hebrews 11:31 - Commentary

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Text -- Hebrews 11:31 (NET)

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11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

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· Rahab a woman inkeeper in Jericho who hid two Hebrew spies; ancester of Boaz and of Jesus,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Rahab',poetic synonym for Egypt and or the exodus (IBD),the mythical monster of chaos, mainly to do with an unruly sea,as representing the Hebrew name 'Raxab', which has a velar fricative in the middle.,a woman of Jericho; wife of Salmon (Matt. 1:5)