13 occurrences

'Flight' in the Bible

No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainAgriculture, Effects Of FallRest, PhysicalWanderersTilling The SoilFarmingwandering

You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainFugitivesThe HomelessWanderersDriven From God's PresenceGod HidingBeing Hidden From GodHidden From God

Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.

Verse ConceptsBitumen and tarMineralsEscaping To MountainsPeople Falling From A HeightPeoples Who FledSurvivors Of The Nations

And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdefeatDuring One Night

And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.

Verse ConceptsCarnageMeeting People

And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveDepression, SymptomsLove, And The WorldFear, Of DeathNot Seeing PeopleSoliloquyFear Of DeathOthers MourningDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Motherdistance

And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

Verse ConceptsOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesAppearances Of God In OtCommemorationSpeech, DivineWorship, Places OfBuilding AltarsGod AppearingBethel The House Of GodLiving In The Land

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesBuilding AltarsGod AppearingAltars

Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelOvercoming

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