Nepotism

A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Nepotism’. 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.

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Nave's Topical Bible

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

Genesis 47:11 OT

Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis 47:12 OT

Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.
1 Samuel 14:50 OT

The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
2 Samuel 8:16 OT

Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
2 Samuel 19:13 OT

Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’ ”
Nehemiah 7:2 OT

I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.