Nepotism
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Of Joseph
Gen 47:11, 12
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis 47:1112 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Genesis 47:12 -
Of Saul
1 Sam 14:50
50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
1 Samuel 14:50 -
Of David
2 Sam 8:16; 19:13
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
2 Samuel 8:1613 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
2 Samuel 19:13 -
Of Nehemiah
Neh 7:2
2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
Nehemiah 7:2
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
