8 occurrences

'Hands' in the Bible

But Lot kept lingering in the city, so the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters (because of the LORD's compassion for him!), brought them out of the city, and left them outside.

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

Didn't he say to me, "She's my sister'? And she also said, "He's my brother.' I did this with pure intentions and clean hands."

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationPlea Of Innocence

So Jacob approached his father, who felt him and said, "It's Jacob's voice, but Esau's hands."

Verse ConceptsVoicesContact With PeopleRecognising Thingscheaters

He didn't recognize Jacob, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau, so Isaac blessed him.

Verse ConceptsHairy PeopleNot Recognising PeoplePeople Who Blessed Others

If the God of my father the God of Abraham, the God whom Isaac feared had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty handed. But God saw my misery and how hard I've worked with my own hands and he rebuked you last night."

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

Come on! Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites! That way, we won't have laid our hands on him. After all, he's our brother, our own flesh."

Verse ConceptsCommerceSame Bone And Flesh

Pharaoh also told Joseph, "I'm still Pharaoh, but without your permission nobody in all of the land of Egypt will so much as lift up their hands or take a step!"

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeAuthority Delegated To People

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