26 occurrences

'Servants' in the Bible

And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained servants, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

Verse ConceptsSkillViolenceWarfare, Strategies InAbraham, Testing And VictoryBodyguardsThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveBorn In One's HouseOvercoming Adversitytraining

And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is to the left of Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdefeatDuring One Night

And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.

Verse ConceptsMorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.

Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfOwning LivestockThose Who EnviedPossessing Sheeppossessions

And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.

Verse ConceptsExcavationStopping WellsTimes Of People

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Verse ConceptsExcavation

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him and what can I do now for thee, my son?

Verse ConceptsServing PeopleProviding Wine

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesGapsIn Front

And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

Verse ConceptsBuying Foodvulnerability

We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.

Verse ConceptsSpyingvulnerability

And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve BeingsPassing Awayvulnerability

And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!

Verse ConceptsFar Be It!

With whomsoever of thy servants it is found, let him die; and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Verse ConceptsApproval To Kill

And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutAcquitting The Just

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular Questions

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set mine eye on him.

Verse ConceptsSeeing People

And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Verse ConceptsNot With People

it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted To DeathGreyNowhere To Be Found

then ye shall say, Thy servants are men that have been occupied with cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsThose Who Kept Stock

And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for the sheep that thy servants have, for the famine is grievous in the land of Canaan; and now, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Verse ConceptsSojourningNo FoodLiving In The Land

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

Verse ConceptsThe DeaddoctorsArts And Crafts, Types ofPreparation For BurialDrugs

Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Verse ConceptsAsking for forgivenessAskingForgive One AnotherWronging Other PeopleGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgivingdisobedience

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