Exodus 1:1--15:21

Aaron : a son of Amram; brother of Moses,son of Amram (Kohath Levi); patriarch of Israel's priests,the clan or priestly line founded by Aaron

Abiasaph : the son of Korah son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi

Abib : a month in the spring time, about March or April

Abihu : son of Aaron the high priest

Abraham : a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem

Amminadab : A son of Ram; the father of Nahshon and an ancestor of Jesus,son of Ram (Judah); father of Nahshon, Moses' deputy over Judah,son of Kohath son of Levi,a man of Levi; head of the clan of Uzziel under David

Amorites : members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

Amram : son of Kohath son of Levi,an Israelite (Bani) who put away his heathen wife

Asher : a tribe of Israel that came from Asher; son of Jacob and Zilpah,the man; son of Jacob and Zilpah,a tribe of Israel or its land

Assir : son of Korah son of Kohath son of Levi; Assir I,son of Ebiasaph of Korah or Kohath son of Levi; Assir II

Baal : a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite
(31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´)

Benjamin : the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

Canaan : the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River
(31° 41´, 34° 50´); (33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Canaanite : residents of the region of Canaan
(31° 41´, 34° 50´); (33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Carmi : son of Zimri (Zerah Judah); father of Achan of Moses time,son of Hezron (Perez Judah); ancestor of Bezalel of Moses time,son of Reuben son of Jacob

Dan : residents of the town of Dan; members of the tribe of Dan,the tribe of Dan as a whole; the descendants of Dan in Israel
(33° 14´, 35° 39´); (31° 45´, 34° 59´)

Edom : resident(s) of the region of Edom
(34° 50´, 39° 7´); (33° 12´, 36° 30´); (35° 5´, 42° 0´); (30° 44´, 35° 36´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (33° 31´, 36° 18´)

Egypt : descendants of Mizraim
(30° 6´, 31° 20´); (30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Egyptians : descendants of Mizraim
(30° 6´, 31° 20´); (30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Eleazar : a son of Eliud; the father of Matthan; an ancestor of Jesus.,a chief priest; son of Aaron,son of Abinadab; caretaker of the Ark at Kiriath-Jearim,son of Dodo the Ahohite; one of David's military elite,son of Mahli the Levite,a priest who participated in the dedication of the wall,a priest under Ezra; son of Phinehas,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife

Elisheba : wife of Aaron

Elkanah : son of Assir of Kohath son of Levi,a man of Ephraim; father-in-law of Ruth the Moabitess; son of Jeroham,son of Shaul (Joel) of Kohath son of Levi,son of Ahimoth (Mahath) of Kohath son of Levi,son of Jeroham of Kohath son of Levi,a Levite whose descendants returned from exile; the father of Asa,a man of Benjamin who defected to David at Ziklag,a Levite porter for the ark in David's time,lieutenant commander of the palace of King Ahaz

Elzaphan : son of Uzziel son of Kohath son of Levi

Etham : a place where the Israelites made an early encampment
(30° 28´, 32° 16´)

Gad : the tribe of Israel descended from Gad, the son of Jacob,the man; the son of Jacob and Zilpah,the tribe of Gad in Israel,a prophet and long time advisor to King David

Gershom : the clan of Gershom/Gershon of the tribe of Levi

Gershon : the clan of Gershom/Gershon of the tribe of Levi

Goshen : a region in Egypt,a region of Egypt in the eastern part of the Nile delta,a town in the hill country of Judah
(30° 43´, 31° 48´); (31° 27´, 34° 55´)

Hanoch : son of Midian son of Abraham and Keturah,son of Reuben son of Israel

Hebrew : a person descended from Heber; an ancient Jew; a Hebrew speaking Jew,any Jew, but particularly one who spoke the Hebrew language

Hebron : a valley and town of Judah 25 km west of the dead sea,son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Mareshah of Judah
(31° 32´, 35° 5´)

Hezron : members of the clan of Hezron of Reuben
(33° 1´, 35° 34´); (31° 9´, 35° 3´)

Hittite : a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine

Hivite : a person/people descended from Canaan son of Ham son of Noah

Horeb : a mountain; the place where the law was given to Moses
(28° 32´, 33° 58´)

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Israelite : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Issachar : the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom

Ithamar : son of Aaron

Izhar : son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Ashhur (Judah) and his wife Helah in Moses time

Jachin : son of Simeon,a pillar of Solomon's temple,a priest leader of one of the first clans to return from exile,chief of a division of priests serving in David's sanctuary

Jacob : the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation

Jamin : son of Simeon,son of Ram of Judah,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law

Jebusite : resident(s) of the town of Jebus (Jerusalem)
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Jemuel : son of Simeon

Jethro : priest of Midian; father-in-law of Moses

Jochebed : wife of Amram

Joseph : the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

Judah : the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Kohath : son of Levi; founder of the clan of Kohath,the clan of Kohath

Korah : a man who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron.,son of Esau and Oholibamah,son of Eliphaz son of Esau,son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Hebron of Judah,son of Izhar (Amminadab) son of Kohath son of Levi

Korahites : members of the clan of Korah of Levi

Levi : members of the tribe of Levi

Levite : member of the tribe of Levi

Levites : relating to Levi and the priesthood given to him,a tribal name describing people and ceremonies as sacred

Libni : son of Gershom son of Levi,son of Mahli son of Merari son of Levi

Mahli : son of Merari son of Levi; Mahli I,son of Mushi son of Merari son of Levi; Mahli II

Merari : the clan of Merari of the tribe of Levi

Midian : resident(s) of the region of Midian
(31° 24´, 35° 6´); (28° 55´, 34° 54´)

Migdol : a town; an outpost on the Egyptian-Israeli border
(30° 1´, 32° 22´)

Miriam : daughter of Amram the Levite; sister of Moses and Aaron,child of Mered (Judah) and wife Bithiah (Pharaoh's daughter)

Mishael : son of Uzziel son of Kohath son of Levi,a man who stood with Ezra when he read the law to the assembly,a man of Judah who served Nebuchadnezzar with Daniel in Babylon

Moab : resident(s) of the country of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Moses : a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law

Mushi : son of Merari son of Levi

Nadab : son of Aaron,son and successor of King Jeroboam,son of Shammai of Judah,son of Jeiel of Benjamin

Nahshon : a son of Amminadab; the father of Salmon; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Amminadab; Moses' officer over the tribe of Judah

Naphtali : region/territority and the tribe of Israel,the son of Jacob and Bilhah,the tribe of people descended from Naphtali,the territory of the people of Naphtali

Nepheg : son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi,son of David

Nile : a river that flows north through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea
(33° 14´, 33° 28´); (30° 5´, 31° 13´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (31° 1´, 33° 51´)

Ohad : son of Simeon

Pallu : son of Reuben son of Israel

Perizzite : a people of ancient Canaan in the later territory of Ephraim

Pharaoh : the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Abraham's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Joseph's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who refused to let Israel leave Egypt,the title of the king of Egypt whose daughter Solomon married,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in the time of Isaiah,the title Egypt's ruler just before Moses' time

Philistia : the country of the Philistines which was the coastal plain of southwestern Palestine
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Philistines : a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Phinehas : son of Eleazar; a chief priest, Phinehas I,a priest; son of Eli; Phinehas II,father of Eleazar, a priest on duty in the days of Ezra

Pi-Hahiroth : an encampment
(29° 56´, 32° 25´)

Pi-hahiroth : an encampment
(29° 56´, 32° 25´)

Pithom : a town of the east Nile delta, named after the Egyptian god Aton
(30° 35´, 32° 11´)

Puah : son of Issachar

Putiel : father-in-law of Eleazar the son of Aaron

Rameses : a town in the east Nile delta, from where the Exodus began (IBD),a district in the east Nile delta, allotted to the Israelites
(30° 35´, 32° 11´); (30° 47´, 31° 50´)

Red Sea : the ocean between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula,the sea between Egypt and Arabia
(33° 14´, 33° 28´); (30° 5´, 31° 13´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (31° 1´, 33° 51´)

Reuben : the tribe of Reuben

Reuel : son of Esau and Ishmael's daughter Basemath,a man of Midian; father-in-law to Moses,father of Eliasaph, leader of Gad in the time of Moses,son of Ibnijah of Benjamin whose offspring returned from exile

sea : the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea
(33° 14´, 33° 28´); (30° 5´, 31° 13´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (31° 1´, 33° 51´)

Shaul : the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi

Shime-i : son of Gershon/Gershom son of Levi,the son of Gera of Benjamin,son of Jesse (Judah); father of Jonathan who killed a giant,a man who was a friend of kings David and Solomon,son of Ela, Moses' land distribution deputy for Benjamin,son of Pedaiah son of King Jehoiachin,son of Zaccur of Simeon,son of Gog of Reuben,son of Libni of Merari of Levi,the head of a clan of Benjamin; son of Elpaal?,a man who was a descendant of Ladan/Libni son of Levi (WZ),son of Jeduthun (Levi); worship leader under Jeduthun and David,a man of Ramoth; David's supervisor of vineyards,son of Heman (David's seer) of Samuel of Kohath of Levi,an officer of the temple store house under King Hezekiah,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Hashum Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Kish; founding father of the clan of Shime-i of Benjamin

Shiphrah : a midwife assigned to the Hebrew women by Pharaoh

Simeon : a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him

Sithri : son of Uzziel of Kohath of Levi

Succoth : a place where the Israelites camped as they left Egypt,a town of Gad in the Jordan Valley opposite Shechem
(32° 11´, 35° 37´); (30° 37´, 32° 15´)

Uzziel : son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Ishi of Simeon who helped destroy the Amalekites,son of Bela son of Benjamin,son of Heman the Levite; worship leader under Heman and David,a Levite leader of Jeduthun Clan in the time of Hezekiah,son of Harhaiah; a goldsmith who helped rebuild the wall

Zebulun : the tribe of Israel that came from Zebulun whose territory was in Galilee,the man; son of Jacob and Leah,the tribe of Zebulun,the territory of the tribe of Zebulun

Zichri : son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Shime-i of Benjamin,son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Jeroham of Benjamin,son of Asaph (Shimei Gershom Levi),son of Joram (Shubael Moses Levi),a man of Reuben in Saul and David's time; father of Eliezer, the officer over the Reubenites,father of Amasiah, high commander under King Jehoshaphat,father of Elishaphat, a commander who helped enthrone Joash,a man of the military elite of Ephraim under King Pekah,father of Joel, an overseer in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time,priestly head of the Abijah clan under High Priest Joiakim

Zipporah : wife of Moses

Zohar : father of Ephron the Hittite from whom Abraham bought land,son of Simeon