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12 Bible verses about Rahab KJV
Rahab hid two spies in Jericho, hung a scarlet cord from her window, and ends up in Hebrews 11 and in Christ's genealogy. These verses cover the account and what James and Hebrews both made of her.
Each verse is quoted in full from the King James Version — tap a reference to read it in context, see cross references, and study the original words.
Joshua 2:1 · KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Joshua 2:4 · KJV
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
Joshua 2:9 · KJV
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Joshua 2:11 · KJV
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Joshua 2:12-13 · KJV
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token: And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Joshua 2:18 · KJV
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
Joshua 2:21 · KJV
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Joshua 6:17 · KJV
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua 6:25 · KJV
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Hebrews 11:31 · KJV
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
James 2:25 · KJV
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Matthew 1:5 · KJV
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
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