Quotes about Hierarchy
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
— Genesis 44:19
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
— Genesis 48:18
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
— 2 Samuel 8:16
Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,
— 1 Chronicles 2:14
Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
— 1 Chronicles 12:9
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
— 1 Chronicles 12:11
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
— 1 Chronicles 18:15
Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.
— 1 Chronicles 23:11
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
— 1 Chronicles 24:9
the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
— 1 Chronicles 24:13
the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
— 1 Chronicles 24:18
the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
— 1 Chronicles 25:28