{"query": "The Elder Brother", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_d346f6fb05a9", "title": "A parable — Grace to others", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "An elder brother stayed in the field while the younger spent the inheritance and returned. The father killed the calf for the younger and threw a feast. The elder stood outside, refusing to enter. The"}, {"id": "card_n_6ad984990288", "title": "Easton: Shem", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah’s sons. The words “brother of Japheth the elder” in Gen. 10:21 are more correctly rendered"}, {"id": "card_n_841d3d10610b", "title": "The Elder Brother", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Faithful in the field but resents the feast; will not go in; the father comes out to entreat him; cannot say my brother, says this thy son.\n\nFailure mode: Service without sonship; bitterness at unearn"}, {"id": "card_n_ef77668566cf", "title": "Easton: Nahor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, t"}, {"id": "card_n_b42234543200", "title": "Easton: Ephraim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Double fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being"}, {"id": "card_n_b016a668dd2e", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §281: CHR.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "CHR. Who could have thought that this path should have led us out of the way? HOPE. I was afraid on it at the very first, and therefore gave you that gentle caution. I would have spoken plainer, but t"}, {"id": "card_n_3518360ca86c", "title": "Easton: James", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder brother of John the apostle. He was one of the twelve. He was by trade a fisherman, in partnership with Peter (Matt. 20:20; 27:56). With John and Peter he "}, {"id": "card_n_da1bdffc042b", "title": "Easton: Abihu", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of Him; i.e., “worshipper of God”, the second of the sons of Aaron (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2; 26:60; 1 Chr. 6:3). Along with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest’s office (Ex. 28:1). W"}, {"id": "card_c_d952f34307ba", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §392: Christian's conflict at the hour of death Then said the other, Be of good cheer, my bro... references Brother", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Brother (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_146eb6567951", "title": "Easton: Elder", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name frequently used in the Old Testament as denoting a person clothed with authority, and entitled to respect and reverence (Gen. 50:7). It also denoted a political office (Num. 22:7). The “elders "}, {"id": "card_c_5ef0f2b1f40a", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §292: Well, on Saturday, about midnight, they began to pray, and continued in prayer till alm... references Brother", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Brother (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_31c4df0ae514", "title": "Easton: Levirate Law", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From Latin levir, “a husband’s brother,” the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as t"}, {"id": "card_n_2ed77e01aab1", "title": "Sermon on the Mount §som_04_anger_and_reconciliation: \"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;'...", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "\"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.' But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother"}, {"id": "card_n_9ca93b6e7db6", "title": "Easton: Adonijah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "My Lord is Jehovah. (1.) The fourth son of David (2 Sam. 3:4). After the death of his elder brothers, Amnon and Absalom, he became heir-apparent to the throne. But Solomon, a younger brother, was pref"}, {"id": "card_n_f8ee3ddca873", "title": "Easton: Gallio", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The elder brother of Seneca the philosopher, who was tutor and for some time minister of the emperor Nero. He was “deputy”, i.e., proconsul, as in Revised Version, of Achaia, under the emperor Claudiu"}, {"id": "card_n_f47042634e52", "title": "Easton: Manasseh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1"}, {"id": "card_n_279f6d431aa7", "title": "1 Clement IV", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "times._ For thus it is written: “And it came to pass after certain days, that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice unto God; and Abel also brought of the firstlings of his sheep, and of"}, {"id": "card_n_020761375870", "title": "Easton: Elhanan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom God has graciously bestowed. (1.) A warrior of the time of David famed for his exploits. In the Authorized Version (2 Sam. 21:19) it is recorded that “Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehem"}, {"id": "card_n_41c5287a97b2", "title": "A parable — Argue brother", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Two brothers built a wall together. One laid the stones to the left, the other to the right, and each thought the other was crooked. They never asked the third brother — the one who could see both sid"}, {"id": "card_n_d1a91f3a0612", "title": "Easton: Peter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Originally called Simon (=Simeon, i.e., “hearing”), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the son of Jona (Matt. 16:17). His mother is nowhere named in Scripture. He had a younger bro"}]}