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
Abimelech
: priest (Eli Ithamar) of Nob, whom Saul killed; Ahimelech I,a priest, Ahimelech II; son of Abiathar son of Ahimelech I,a man who was part of David's fugitive band; a Hittite
Abraham
: a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem
Gerar
: a town of Judah 15 km SE of Gaza
(31° 23´, 34° 33´)
Kadesh
: an oasis 100 km south of Gaza & 120 km NNW of Ezion-Geber, where Israel made an encampment (30° 41´, 34° 29´);
(34° 33´, 36° 31´)
Negeb
: geographical region: South country (30° 17´, 34° 12´)
Sarah
: the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac,daughter of Terah; wife of Abraham
Shur
: the wilderness region in the NW part of the Sinai isthmus (30° 14´, 33° 14´)
