What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him kin
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the