
Hebrews
Who is on this listScripture calls the person a Hebrew or places the person in the Hebrew people by stated descent.
People whom Scripture identifies as Hebrews, not the cast of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
Scripture first calls Abram a Hebrew in Genesis 14:13. The name continues in Egyptian speech about Joseph and the midwives, in Philistine speech about Israel, in Jonah’s self-identification, and in Paul’s description of his ancestry.
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Abraham
Patriarch who is the father of the nation of Israel and an exemplar of faith

Jonah
Prophet who was swallowed by a great fish after fleeing God's command to preach to Nineveh

Joseph, Son of Jacob
Patriarch who was sold into slavery and rose to become the second most powerful man in Egypt

Moses
Prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments

Puah, the Hebrew Midwife
Midwife who defied Pharaoh's order to kill Hebrew infants

Shiphrah
Midwife who defied Pharaoh's order to kill Hebrew male infants
