A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Naaman's song
- Name us a King
- Naming the animals
- Nativity, The
- Near Damascus
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Nebuchadnezzar's dream
- Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom-come
- Needle's Eye, The
- New heaven and earth
- New Magdalene, The
- New Sinai, The
- Night, The
- Noah and the waters
- Noah's raven
- O taste and see
- O thou of little faith
- Oh! weep for these
- On a feast
- On another's sorrow
- On Jordan's banks
- On Lazarus raised from death
- On St. John the Baptist
- On the morning of Christ's nativity
- On the two great floods
- On Zacchaeus
- One crucixion is recorded-only
- One flesh
- One Foot in Eden
- Outside Eden
- Oxen, The
- Paradise Lost
- Paradise Regained
- Patience, hard thing
- Patriarch, The
- Pearl, The
- Pearl, The
- Pearl, The
- Pentecost
- Pharaoh's daughter
- Pilate remembers
- Pilate's wife's dream
- Pilgrim's Progress
- Pillar of the cloud, The
- Power and the Glory, The
- Praise for the fountain opened
- Prisoner of grace
- Prodigal Son, The
- Prodigal, The
- Psalm 23
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: Patriarch, The
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Jacob dreamed that he wrestled with a man(who he later recognised as God in the form of a man). After being defeated, he insisted that he was blessed by this man. The man renamed Jacob IsraelIn the Old Testament the son of Isaac and Rebekah and twin brother of Esau. He wrestled with God and was often devious.
The Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe.
The giving of divine favour by God which can be in material or spiritual terms; declaration of God's favour; the act of giving thanks to God.
The Old Testament frequently refers to Israel as the Promised Land allocated to God's children. Prophecies refer to it as his chosen nation and the one out of which the Messiah would come.
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