23 occurrences

'Father in law' in the Bible

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

Verse ConceptsSheep ShearingTelling Of Movements

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, I am with child. And she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose these are, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfAppearances Of God In OtDesertsMoses, Significance OfShepherds, As OccupationsAngels, Ot AppearancesFathers In LawsIsrael In The WildernessWest SidesPasturing The FlockThose Who Kept Stock

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsReturning to their landLiving OnBrothers in lawgirlfriends

Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

Verse ConceptsLeaving Parents For Spouse

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsCamp, Of IsraelIsrael In The WildernessMeeting People

And he said to Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, have come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

Verse ConceptsMeeting PeopleTelling Of Movements

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingGreetingsKissingKissesSpoken Greetings

And Moses told his father-in-law all that LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how LORD delivered them.

Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodSuffering, HardshipHard TasksTelling Of GodWhy God Did Things

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God. And Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsBurnt offeringSacrifice, In OtEating Before God

And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou do to the people? Why do thou sit by thyself, and all the people stand about thee from morning to evening?

Verse ConceptsActing AloneFrom Morning Till EveningWhat Do You Do?

And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou do is not good.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsDoing The Right Thing

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

Verse ConceptsObeying PeopleTrust In Relationshipsinvesting

And Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.

Verse ConceptsReturning to their landDispensations

And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which LORD said, I will give it to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good, for LORD has spoken good concerni

Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtSaints, As PilgrimsFathers In LawsGod Doing GoodBrothers in law

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days. So they ate and drank, and lodged there.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysFathers In Laws

And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Delayed

And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, I pray you tarry all night. Behold, the day grows to an end,

Verse ConceptsNightMan's Action Tomorrow

And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth, fo

Verse ConceptsPregnancyDaughters In LawOther Wives

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

Verse ConceptsPeople With Apt NamesTragedy

and led him away first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfFathers In LawsRivers

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Father-In-Law (29 instances)

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πατήρ 
Pater 
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