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What was rahab famous for?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Rahab is a biblical figure. Her story is found in the Old Testmament of the standard Christian Bible, Joshua 2.

During the time that the Children of Israel were conquering Jericho, Rahab, a prostitute, took two spies into her house. She courageously hid and protected them from her king allowing them to escape back to Joshua to make a report of the land and defenses. She did this because she believed in the power of God. She wanted to save her family from death and destruction and thus put herself at great risk.


Because of what she did for the two spies and God's people--the children of Israel--Rahab was important enough to be one of only four women mentioned in the New Testament ancestry of Jesus in Matthew 1.

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9y ago

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