Abraham
: a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem
Amorites
: members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia Bethlehem
: a town 8 km south of Jerusalem,a town of Zebulun 10 km west of Nazareth and 15 km SW of Cana SMM,a town of Judah 8 km south. of Jerusalem
(31° 42´, 35° 12´);
(32° 44´, 35° 11´)
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´)
Egypt
: descendants of Mizraim
(30° 6´, 31° 20´);
(30° 6´, 31° 20´)
Ephraim
: the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
(31° 57´, 35° 17´)
Ephrath
: member(s) of the clan of Ephrathah (30° 39´, 34° 50´);
(31° 42´, 35° 12´);
(31° 42´, 35° 12´)
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
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
Manasseh
: the tribe of Manasseh.
Paddan
: the plains region between and around the Tigris and Euphrates (36° 51´, 39° 1´);
(36° 51´, 39° 1´)
Rachel
: a daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin,Jacob's favorite wife
Reuben
: the tribe of Reuben
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
