Thematic Bible: Rahab


Thematic Bible



I will mention Rahab (defamatory word for Egypt) (a boaster) (Isaiah 30:7) and Babylon among those who know me. Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm (power).


I will mention Rahab (defamatory word for Egypt) (a boaster) (Isaiah 30:7) and Babylon among those who know me. Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm (power).




The city and everything in it will be destroyed. It belongs to Jehovah. Only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house will live. Because she hid the messengers we sent.


The king of Jericho sent for Rahab, saying: Bring the men that came to you and stayed at your house. They came to spy on all the country. The woman took the two men, and hid them. She said: Men came to me but I did not know where they came from. When it was dark and they shut the gate the men went out. I do not know where they went. Pursue them quickly and you will overtake them. read more.
She hid them on the rooftop of the house. She covered them with stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.

The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, mother, and her brothers and all that she had. They brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel.

Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had. She dwells in Israel even to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.




I will mention Rahab (defamatory word for Egypt) (a boaster) (Isaiah 30:7) and Babylon among those who know me. Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of Jehovah. Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain. You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm (power).

Egypt's help is completely useless. That is why I call her: Rahab, who sits still. (defamatory word for Egypt) (negative connotation)



Rahab the harlot was justified by her works. When she received the messengers she sent them out another way.


The city and everything in it will be destroyed. It belongs to Jehovah. Only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house will live. Because she hid the messengers we sent. You people must stay away from anything devoted to destruction. You should not take things from the city. You will cause trouble for the camp of Israel is you take of the accursed things. All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to Jehovah. They must come into the treasury of Jehovah. read more.
So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, the wall fell down flat. The people went into the city, every man straight ahead. They captured the city. They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. Joshua said to the two men that had spied out the country: Go into the harlot's house, and bring the woman out as you swore to her. The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, mother, and her brothers and all that she had. They brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel. They burned the city and all its contents. They put the silver, gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of the house of Jehovah. Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had. She dwells in Israel even to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.


Salmon and Rahab were the father and mother of Boaz. Boaz and Ruth were the father and mother of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse,