Patriarchs - Abraham Vocab.

blessing

• approval that allows or helps you to do something

• a free pass

• a law from the government

• a rule from a family member

dispute

• hard to accomplish

• unparalleled

• a disagreement or argument

descendant

• someone who is older than you

• someone who is related to a person or group of people who lived in the past

• someone who is taller than you

• someone who is the first person in their family

withheld

• give to someone

• hold in your hand

• to hold (something) back, to refuse to provide (something)

foreshadow

• the shadow of something in the sun

• to give a suggestion of something that has not yet happened

• something that happened yesterday

patriarch

• the leader of a family, usually male

• all people in a family

• another word for dynasty