Inheritance
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Inheritance’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 1–24 of 36 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him. Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” Onan knew that the…
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This is the thing which Yahweh commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best, only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father. So shall no inheritance of the…
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If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s…
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Ruth 3:1-8 OT
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he will be winnowing barley tonight on the threshing floor.…
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Ruth 4:7-17 OT
Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel. So…
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Genesis 15:3 OT
Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
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Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.” The thing was very…
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Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
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Genesis 25:5 OT
Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
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Genesis 25:6 OT
but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.
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Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
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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.”
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. You shall…
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If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated, then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit…
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1 Kings 21:3 OT
Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
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Their father gave them great gifts of silver, of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.
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Job 42:15 OT
In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
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A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
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An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.
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I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Jeremiah said, “Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’ ” “So Hanamel my uncle’s son…
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“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance. It shall belong to his sons. It is their possession by inheritance. But if he gives of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall…
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Luke 15:12 NT
The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.