Jacob (deceiver, heel), son of Isaac and Rebekah, bought the birthright from his brother Esau with a red stew. See Genesis 25:29-34.

Lot was Abraham's nephew who lived in Sodom. With the city's destruction, Lot and his family fled, and from them descended the Moabites and Ammonites. See Genesis 11:31, 13:5-13, and 19.

Noah was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The entire family was saved from the great flood in an ark. See Genesis 6:8-18.

John the Baptist, son of Elizabeth and Zechariah, was a prophet and forerunner of Jesus. He preached repentance for the forgiveness of sins and baptism in water. See Luke 1.

Jezebel was Ahab's wife. Evil, she promoted the worship of Baal, killed prophets, and pursued Elijah. She killed Naboth to give his vineyard to her husband (1 Kings 21). See 1 Kings 18:4-19:18.

Saul was the first anointed king of Israel. The story of Saul is narrated in 1 Samuel 9:1 - 31:13, 2 Samuel 1, and 1 Chronicles 10.

Ruth was a foreigner from Moab who, after her husband's death, cared for her mother-in-law Naomi. God restored her family. Ruth married Boaz, and they were the great-grandparents of David. See Ruth 4.

Isaiah (Salvation of the Lord) was a notable prophet in Judah for 47 years, known as the "evangelist prophet." The book of Isaiah is mentioned more than 20 times in the New Testament.

The woman with the issue of blood had been suffering for 12 years with a hemorrhage. She touched Jesus' cloak and was healed. See Mark 5:24-29.

Mary Magdalene was the first to witness the resurrection of Jesus. The Lord then instructed her to go to the other disciples and tell them He was alive. See John 20:14-18.