Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Israel
He a home-born
Bible References
Israel
Exodus 4:22
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
He a home-born
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;