24 occurrences

'Father in law' in the Bible

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going 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 to whom these belong am I with child; and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, whose are this signet, and this lace, and this staff.

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

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 brethren who are in Egypt, that I may see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsReturning to their landLiving OnBrothers in lawgirlfriends

And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people; that Jehovah 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 back,

Verse ConceptsLeaving Parents For Spouse

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

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsCamp, Of IsraelIsrael In The WildernessMeeting People

And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am 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 after their welfare, and went into the tent.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingGreetingsKissingKissesSpoken Greetings

And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake; all the trouble that had befallen them on the way, and how Jehovah had 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 in the presence of God.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsBurnt offeringSacrifice, In OtEating Before God

And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by 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 enquire of God.

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

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsDoing The Right Thing

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

Verse ConceptsObeying PeopleTrust In Relationshipsinvesting

And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his 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 Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.

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

And the descendants of the Ken'ite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad; and they went and settled with the people.

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsBrothers in law

Now Heber the Ken'ite had separated from the Ken'ites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Za-anan'nim, which is near Kedesh.

Verse ConceptsBrothersTentsFathers In LawsOaksBrothers in law

And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysFathers In Laws

And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law urged him, till he lodged there again.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Delayed

And when the man and his concubine and his servant rose up to depart, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Behold, now the day has waned toward evening; pray tarry all night. Behold, the day draws to its close; lodge here and let your heart be merry; and tomorrow you shall arise early in the morning for your journey, and go home."

Verse ConceptsNightMan's Action Tomorrow

And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyDaughters In LawOther Wives

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is 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

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Father-In-Law (29 instances)

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πατήρ 
Pater 
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