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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/joshua/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/joshua/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will save us from death.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />that you will save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And <i>that</i> ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and spare my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all who belong to them, and save our lives from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and preserve my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters alive, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, along with everyone who belongs to them, and let us all live.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />that you won't let your people kill my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and their families. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />that you'll protect my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and their households, and that you'll save us from death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Promise me that you will save my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families! Don't let us be killed!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Spare my father, my mother, and my brothers and sisters, along with everyone who belongs with them so we won't be killed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And preserve alive my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all which is to them, and take away our souls from death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That you will save my father and mother, my brethren end sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />that you will save my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all that is theirs, and that you may rescue our souls from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />that you will allow my father and mother, brothers and sisters, and my whole family to live, and that you will deliver us from death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />that you will spare my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that belongs to us, and deliver our lives from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Save me and my father and my mother and my brother and my sister and all that is ours, and save our lives from death!"<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=326" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/2.htm">The Promise to Rahab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: wə·ha·ḥă·yi·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">that you will spare the lives</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of my father</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·mî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">mother,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’a·ḥay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">my brothers</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ʾa·ḥō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">sisters,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who belong</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: wə·hiṣ·ṣal·tem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">and that you will deliver</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šō·ṯê·nū (N-fpc:: 1cp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">us</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mim·mā·weṯ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">from death.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a></span><br />By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-25.htm">James 2:25</a></span><br />In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Exodus 12:23</a></span><br />When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a></span><br />Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/30-15.htm">1 Samuel 30:15</a></span><br />“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-31.htm">Acts 16:31</a></span><br />They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">Genesis 19:12-13</a></span><br />Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, / because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-7.htm">1 Kings 2:7</a></span><br />But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-9.htm">Luke 19:9</a></span><br />Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/2-12.htm">Ruth 2:12</a></span><br />May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/5-8.htm">1 Timothy 5:8</a></span><br />If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-32</a></span><br />Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-14.htm">Romans 11:14</a></span><br />in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">2 Peter 2:7-8</a></span><br />and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20</a></span><br />Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-8.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/joshua/1-18.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-30.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-21.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joshua/2-9.htm">Live</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-9.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-27.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Save</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-2.htm">Sisters</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Spare</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/6-25.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/joshua/6-22.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Death</a> <a href="/joshua/7-7.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/joshua/2-24.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/joshua/5-8.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Live</a> <a href="/joshua/2-18.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/joshua/2-16.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/joshua/6-25.htm">Save</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-16.htm">Sisters</a> <a href="/joshua/10-28.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/joshua/22-22.htm">Spare</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/2-8.htm">The covenant between her and them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/2-23.htm">Their return and description of events</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>that you will spare the lives of my father and mother</b><br>Rahab's plea for her family highlights the importance of familial bonds in ancient Near Eastern culture. The family unit was central to social and economic life, and protection of one's family was a primary concern. This request also reflects the biblical theme of intercession, where one person seeks mercy or favor on behalf of others, similar to Abraham's intercession for Sodom (<a href="/genesis/18-22.htm">Genesis 18:22-33</a>).<p><b>my brothers and sisters</b><br>Rahab's inclusion of her siblings underscores the communal nature of ancient societies, where extended family often lived together or in close proximity. This reflects the broader biblical principle of community and collective responsibility, as seen in the early church's communal living (<a href="/acts/2-44.htm">Acts 2:44-47</a>).<p><b>and all who belong to them</b><br>This phrase indicates Rahab's concern for the extended household, which could include servants and other dependents. In ancient times, households were often large and included non-family members who were part of the household economy. This mirrors the biblical concept of household salvation, as seen in the story of the Philippian jailer (<a href="/acts/16-31.htm">Acts 16:31-34</a>).<p><b>and that you will deliver us from death.”</b><br>Rahab's request for deliverance from death is a direct appeal for salvation, both physical and spiritual. This foreshadows the ultimate deliverance offered through Jesus Christ, who saves from eternal death. Rahab's faith in the God of Israel, despite her background, is commended in <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Hebrews 11:31</a>, illustrating the theme of faith leading to salvation. Her story also prefigures the inclusion of Gentiles in God's redemptive plan, as seen in the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rahab.htm">Rahab</a></b><br>A Canaanite woman living in Jericho, known for her faith and courage. She is a central figure in this chapter, demonstrating her belief in the God of Israel by hiding the spies and negotiating for her family's safety.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_spies.htm">The Spies</a></b><br>Two Israelite men sent by Joshua to scout the land of Jericho. They are the recipients of Rahab's plea for mercy and are instrumental in the eventual conquest of Jericho.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jericho.htm">Jericho</a></b><br>A fortified city in Canaan, significant as the first city conquered by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership. It represents the beginning of the fulfillment of God's promise to give the land to Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rahab's_family.htm">Rahab's Family</a></b><br>Rahab's plea includes her immediate family and all who belong to them, highlighting the communal nature of salvation and protection in biblical accounts.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant_of_protection.htm">The Covenant of Protection</a></b><br>The agreement between Rahab and the spies, which is based on mutual trust and the acknowledgment of God's sovereignty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Rahab's account teaches us that genuine faith is demonstrated through courageous actions. Her willingness to risk her life for the spies shows her trust in God's power and promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_inclusive_grace.htm">God's Inclusive Grace</a></b><br>Rahab, a non-Israelite and a woman of questionable reputation, is included in God's plan of salvation. This illustrates that God's grace extends beyond cultural and social boundaries.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_family.htm">The Importance of Family</a></b><br>Rahab's concern for her family's safety highlights the biblical value placed on family and community. It encourages believers to intercede for their loved ones.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_and_commitment.htm">Covenant and Commitment</a></b><br>The agreement between Rahab and the spies underscores the importance of keeping one's word and the power of covenants in the biblical account.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance_from_death.htm">Deliverance from Death</a></b><br>Rahab's plea for deliverance is a foreshadowing of the ultimate deliverance from sin and death through Jesus Christ, encouraging believers to seek salvation through Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_mary's_perpetual_virginity_doctrine.htm">Is Mary's perpetual virginity a recognized doctrine?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_challenges_the_'elect_lady'_identity.htm">What evidence challenges the identity of the 'elect lady' in 2 John 1:1--whether she is a metaphor for the church or a specific individual?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_abijam's_mother_named_differently.htm">In 1 Kings 15:2, why does Abijam's mother appear as 'Maachah,' while 2 Chronicles 13:2 identifies her differently?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_16_3_say_jerusalem's_ancestry_is_amorite_and_hittite.htm">How can Ezekiel 16:3 claim Jerusalem's ancestry is Amorite and Hittite when historical records emphasize Israel's descent from Abraham?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters.</span>--Whatever Rahab may have been herself, her acknowledgment of all her family is observable. She was in no way separated or degraded from their society. When we remember what Moses describes the Canaanites to have been (in certain passages of the Pentateuch, as <a href="/context/leviticus/18-24.htm" title="Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:">Leviticus 18:24-28</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/20-22.htm" title="You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, where I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out.">Leviticus 20:22-23</a>) and compare this chapter, we may reasonably conclude Rahab to have been morally not inferior to her countrymen as they were then, but rather their superior. We are reminded that the "publicans and harlots "were not the worst members of the "evil and adulterous generation" to whom the Word of God came. They believed John the Baptist, and were among the most constant hearers of the true Joshua (<a href="/matthew/21-32.htm" title="For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and you, when you had seen it, repented not afterward, that you might believe him.">Matthew 21:32</a>; <a href="/luke/15-1.htm" title="Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.">Luke 15:1</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">that you will spare the lives</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥă·yi·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mother,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִמִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(’im·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my brothers</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sisters,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחְיוֹתַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’aḥ·yō·w·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sister -- a sister</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who belong to them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and that you will deliver</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִצַּלְתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṣ·ṣal·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">us</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשֹׁתֵ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šō·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">from death.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמָּֽוֶת׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/2-13.htm">Joshua 2:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/2-13.htm">OT History: Joshua 2:13 And that you will save alive my (Josh. 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