- Vested in the heads of families Ge 18:19
- EXERCISED IN
- Training, &c their servants for war Ge 14:14
- Vindicating their wrongs Ge 14:12,15,16
- Forming treaties and alliances Ge 14:13; 21:22-32; 26:28-33
- Acting as priests Ge 8:20; 12:7,8; 35:1-7; Job 1:5
- Acting as judges Ge 38:24
- Arbitrarily disinheriting and putting away servants and children Ge 21:14; 1Ch 5:1
- Blessing and cursing their children Ge 9:25,26; 27:28,29; 49:1-33
- The authority of heads of families for, acknowledged Ge 23:6
The New Topical Text Book
Patriarchal Government
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.