Adoption

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Genesis 15:3 OT

  Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”

• Genesis 48:5 OT

  Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

• Genesis 48:14 OT

  Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

• Genesis 48:16 OT

  the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

• Genesis 48:22 OT

  Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

• Exodus 2:5-10 OT

  Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it. She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had…

• Acts 7:21 NT

  When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.

• Hebrews 11:24 NT

  By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

• Esther 2:7 OT

  He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

• Exodus 4:22 OT

  You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

• Exodus 4:23 OT

  and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”

• Numbers 6:27 OT

  “So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”

• Deuteronomy 14:1 OT

  You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

• Deuteronomy 26:18 OT

  Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.

• Deuteronomy 27:9 OT

  Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of Yahweh your God.

• Deuteronomy 28:10 OT

  All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by Yahweh’s name, and they will be afraid of you.

• Deuteronomy 32:5 OT

  They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.

• Deuteronomy 32:6 OT

  Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.

• 2 Samuel 7:14 OT

  I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

• 1 Chronicles 22:10 OT

  He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

• 1 Chronicles 28:6 OT

  He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

• 2 Chronicles 7:14 OT

  if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

• Proverbs 14:26 OT

  In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

• Isaiah 8:18 OT

  Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.