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
You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
He a home-born
Genesis 15:3
Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;