Thematic Bible: Privileges of


Thematic Bible



They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualPlenty Through GodAbundancehomecoming

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Highest himself shall establish her. Verse ConceptsWhat Heaven Will Be Likezion

Who are Israelites; to whom pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofAdoptionGod Bestowing GloryGod's Promise To AbrahamGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsHow To Worship GodThe Law Given To IsraelPromisesisraelcovenantsonship

Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellence of dignity, and the excellence of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch.

Now the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birth-right was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birth-right. Verse ConceptsConcubinesBirthrightsFirstborn Sons

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies: thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Verse ConceptsBowingCommendationSalutationsOvercoming EnemiesShowing Forth His Praiseserenity

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfServing PeopleSalutationsBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother he hath commanded me to be there: and now if I have found favor in thy eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not to the king's table. Verse ConceptsBrothersethics, personalTown

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him: and he sold his birth-right to Jacob. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanYielding To Temptation

And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right. Verse ConceptsBirthrights

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfPeople BlessingThose Who Deceived

And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. Verse ConceptsTasteRequesting FoodSavourinessBefore DeathLoving Other ThingsPeople Blessing

If a man shall have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not prefer the son of the beloved first-born, before the son of the hated, which is indeed the first-born:

If brethren shall dwell together, and one of them shall die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him for a wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. And it shall be, that the first-born which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not become extinct in Israel.

And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram; because he was the first-born. Verse ConceptsFirstbornGoldInheritance, MaterialBirthrights

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his. Verse ConceptsHeirsDouble Portions

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands by design; for Manasseh was the first-born.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.