Thematic Bible: Banks of


Thematic Bible



These were they who went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks. And they put all those of the valleys to flight, toward the east and toward the west. Verse ConceptseastMonth 1Peoples Who Fled

and as those who bore the ark had come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for Jordan overflows all its banks, all the time of harvest); Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the ass. Verse ConceptsCowsPlanting SeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground


But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of papyrus for him, and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch, and put the child in it. And she laid it in the reeds by the river's edge. Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveCoatsBoatsBitumen and tarLove, And The WorldMineralsPapyrusPlantsUnable To Do Other ThingsRivers

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along by the riverside. And when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her slave-girl to bring it. Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentRiver BanksPeople Sending People

His eyes are as doves' eyes on the rivers of waters, washed with milk, sitting on a setting.

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the home of the strong. But I will suddenly make him run away from her. And who is a chosen one I may appoint over it? For who is like Me? And who will summon Me? And who is that shepherd who will stand before Me? Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

When I returned, then behold, on the edge of the torrent were very many trees, from here and from there. Verse ConceptsMetaphorical TreesTwo Sidedrelaxing