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Objects

bow

Weapon for archery; in Genesis 49 hostile archers attack Joseph but their bows are broken by the Mighty One of Jacob.

Category

Objects

First mention

Genesis 27:3

Tags

3

Genesis 27, 48, 49WeaponHunting

Scripture references

  • Genesis 27:3

    Now take your weapons, your quiver and bow; go out into the country and hunt me some game.

  • Genesis 48:22

    And I give you a Shechem more than your brothers, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.

  • Genesis 49:23

    Archers in their hostility drew their bows and attacked him.

  • Genesis 49:24

    But their bows were broken by a mighty One, the sinews of their arms were snapped by the power of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the Name of the Stone of Israel,