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Name: Hagar Place of Origin: Egypt Child’s Father: Abraham Son: Ishmael Grandson: Kedar Hagar was Abraham’s Egyptian concubine that overcame her status as a servant to become the mother to of the largest nations to ever exist. When Sarah did not get pregnant, as fast as she thought she should, after receiving a promise from…
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Name: Jochebed Father: Levi Brother: Kohath Spouse: Amram (also Jochebed’s nephew) Children: Miriam, Aaron, and Moses More Info In the following verse we learn quite a bit about Jochebed and her family: “And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life…
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Name: Tamar Place of Origin: Canaan (Genesis 38:1-6) Husband: Er (Genesis 38:6) Children’s Father: Judah (Genesis 38:15-18) Children: Pharez and Zerah (Genesis 38:29-30) More Info Tamar first appears in the Bible after Judah moves to Canaan and takes the Canaanite Shuah’s daughter as a wife for himself (Genesis 38:2). Shuah’s daughter bears Judah three half…
Name: Asenath Place of Origin: Egypt Parents: Potipherah, Priest of On (Genesis 41:50) Husband: Joseph (Genesis 41:45) Children: Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 46:20) More Info Asenath was the daughter of Potipherah, Priest of On, whom was given to Joseph by Pharaoh, after Joseph interpreted his dream concerning the seven years of famine and the seven…
