Hobab in the Bible

Meaning: favored; beloved

Exact Match

The descendants of Hobab [the] Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the descendants of Judah from the city of palms [into] the wilderness of Judah, which [is] in [the] Negev [near] Arad. And they went and settled with the people.

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsBrothers in law

Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

Verse ConceptsBrothersTentsFathers In LawsOaksBrothers in law

Thematic Bible



Then Moses told Reuel's son Hobab, Moses' relative by marriage from Midian, "We are traveling to the place about which the LORD said "I will give it to you.' So come with us and we'll be good to you, because the LORD has spoken good things about Israel."

Meanwhile, Heber the Kenite had been separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Moses' father-in-law Hobab. He had pitched his tents far away, near the Elon-bezaanannim.


But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."


But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."


But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."


References

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