'Father' in the Bible
And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.
Tell all the congregation of Israel, ‘On the tenth [day] of this month they are to take a lamb or young goat for themselves, according to [the size of] the household of which he is the father, a lamb or young goat for each household.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God and I'll praise him, the God of my father and I'll exalt him.
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
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Related Words
- Father's (291 instances in 12 translations)
- Father-figure (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Father-in-law (29 instances in 10 translations)
- Fathered (222 instances in 6 translations)
- Fatherhood (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Fathering (11 instances in 3 translations)
- Fatherland (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Fatherless (45 instances in 12 translations)
- Fatherly (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Fathers (584 instances in 13 translations)
- Forefather (47 instances in 7 translations)
- Forefathers (101 instances in 12 translations)
- Foster-father (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Grandfather (8 instances in 5 translations)
- Grandfather's (4 instances in 3 translations)
- Grandfathers (2 instances in 4 translations)
- Great-grandfather (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Nursing-father (2 instances in 2 translations)
- Nursing-fathers (1 instance in 1 translation)
Bible Theasaurus
- Beget (22 instances)
- Begetter (1 instance)
- Don (1 instance)
- Father (1255 instances)
- Fatherhood (1 instance)
- Forefather (47 instances)
- Founder (7 instances)
- Generate (1 instance)
- Mother (376 instances)
- Parent (5 instances)
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- Absent Fathers
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- Fatherless, Examples Of
- Fathers
- Fathers And Daughters
- Fathers And Sons
- Fathers Birthday
- Fathers In Laws
- Fathers Love
- Fathers Loving Care
- Fathers Responsibilities
- Fathers Teaching
- Fathers, Examples Of
- Fathers, Responsibilities Of
- Fathers, Sin Of The
- God Of The Fathers
- God, Fatherhood Of
- Interaction Of Father And Son
- Jesus Christ, Relation To Father
- Jesus Returning To The Father
- Love Between Father And Son
- Oneness With The Father