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2. Rahab - Wikipedia

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   Rahab (center) in James Tissot's The Harlot of Jericho and the Two Spies.Rahab (/ ˈ r eɪ h æ b /; [1] Hebrew: רָחָב, Modern: Raẖav, Tiberian: Rāḥāḇ, "broad", "large") was, according to the Book of Joshua, a Gentile and a Canaanite woman who resided within Jericho in the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites by hiding two men who had been sent to scout the city prior to ...

3. Matthew 1:5 - Wikipedia

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   In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; The World English Bible translates the passage as: Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.

4. Rahab (term) - Wikipedia

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   Rahab (Hebrew: רַהַב, Modern: Rahav, Tiberian: Rahaḇ, "blusterer") is used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate pride or arrogance, a mystical sea monster, as an emblematic or poetic name for Egypt, [1] and for the sea. [2] Rahab (Hebrew: רָחָב‎, Rachav, "spacious place") is also one of the Hebrew words for the Abyss.

5. Job 26 - Wikipedia

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   God also controls the mythological forces of chaos, such as "Rahab" (verse 12b; cf. Job 9:13) and the fleeing serpent (verse 13b), in anticipation of YHWH's second speech (chapters 40–41). [18] Job knows that his knowledge of God is so little (just the "outskirts" or like a "whisper" (verse 14).

6. Fall of Jericho - Wikipedia

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   The spies stayed in the house of Rahab, a local prostitute. The king of Jericho sent soldiers who asked Rahab to bring out the spies. Instead, she hid them under bundles of flax on the roof. After escaping, the spies promised to spare Rahab and her family after taking the city, if she would mark her house by hanging a red cord out the window.

7. Salmon (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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   Lunette in the Sistine Chapel of Salmon with Boaz and Obed. Painting of Salmon by Girolamo Tessari in 1526 in Padova, Church of S Francisco. Salmon (Hebrew: שַׂלְמוֹן Śalmōn) or Salmah (שַׂלְמָה Śalmā, Greek: Σαλμών) is a person mentioned in genealogies in both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and in the New Testament.