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'Hands' in the Bible

He named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed."

Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallImperfection, Influence OfPunishment, Nature OfWork, And The FallTypes Of ChristComfort, Of FriendsGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilPeople With Apt NamesAgriculture

When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.

Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

Did Abraham not say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!"

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationPlea Of Innocence

"Drink, my lord," she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersHasty ActionPutting Things Down

So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's."

Verse ConceptsVoicesContact With PeopleRecognising Thingscheaters

He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Verse ConceptsHairy PeopleNot Recognising PeoplePeople Who Blessed Others

When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, "Let's not take his life!"

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingIndividuals Saving Others

Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim's head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh's head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornHandsLaying On Of HandsFirstborn SonsHands On HeadsLeft HandsLaying On Hands To HealBlessings For The Right Hand

But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthArmsGod, Power OfGod, The RockGod, Titles And Names OfRefugeShepherds, As Kings And LeadersChrist, The ShepherdSoftnessMighty One

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