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Jacob had two wives, Leah and Rachel. Leah had Zilpah as a maid and Rachel had Bilhah. The chart below shows the order in which Jacob's sons were born to Jacob by his wives and their maids.

The word Hebrew comes from a root word meaning to stand on the other side. Some scholars think that the term was applied to Abram because he crossed the River Euphrates to come to the land of Canaan.

Joshua's review of Israel's history would seem to support this idea as he mentions crossing rivers several times:

Joshua 24 verse 3

The word Antichrist occurs four times in the Bible. The first occurence tells us that there were many antichrists around in John's time in the first century. These antichrists were originally part of the first-century community of believers:

1 John 2 verses 18 - 19

In both the Old and New Testaments, the original Hebrew and Greek words for "spirit" mean "wind" or "breath". The original words are "ruach" and "pneuma". Spirit in the Bible is an unseen power that does things in the same way that wind is unseen, but it makes things move.

The Bible uses the idea of an unseen power in several ways:.

God's Spirit is the unseen power that sustains all life:

A suggested interpretation of Jacob's blessings on his sons in Genesis 49 v 3 to 27.

In Exodus 3 v 14, Moses is told that God's name is I AM. The original Hebrew word is eyeh. The word expresses the idea of being and not just existing, but an active, dynamic being. It suggests that God is one who makes things happen.

In Exodus 3 v 17 to 21, God then tells Moses what he is about to do. Note the repetition of the phrase I will:

We read in Matthew 17 v 24 of Jesus' disciples being questioned about making payments. Different translations of the Bible use different words to describe the payment:

the didrachma - World English Bible

the two-drachma tax or the half shekel tax - English Standard Version

the temple tax - New King James Version

the two-drachma temple tax - New International Version

On the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) the Holy Spirit enabled the apostles to speak in foriegn languages:

Acts 2 verse 4

There are many references to Psalm 22 in the Gospels.

Direct quotes:

There are many references to Isaiah 53 in the New Testament.

Quotes: