7 Bible Verses about Eight People

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Genesis 22:23

Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.

1 Samuel 16:10-11

And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these. Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

1 Chronicles 24:4

And there were more chiefs among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar; and this is how they were grouped: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, all heads of families; and of the sons of Ithamar, heads of families, there were eight.

1 Peter 3:20

Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:

Jeremiah 41:15

But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, got away from Johanan, with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

Micah 5:5

And this will be our peace: when the Assyrian comes into our country and his feet are in our land, then we will put up against him seven keepers of the flocks and eight chiefs among men.

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