A Look at Rahab’s Traits

Rahab was no pampered idler, for on her roof were stalks of flax being dried in the sun. Fibers of flax would be used to make linen. There was also a stock of crimson thread in Rahab’s house. (Joshua 2:6, 18) So she may have engaged in producing linen and possibly knew the art of dyeing. Yes, Rahab was an industrious woman. Above all, she had come to have a reverential fear of Jehovah.​—Compare Proverbs 31:13, 19, 21, 22, 30.

Outward appearances can deceive us, but God “sees what the heart is.” (1 Samuel 16:7) Hence, righthearted prostitutes who repent of their harlotry can receive Jehovah God’s forgiveness. (Compare Matthew 21:23, 31, 32.) Rahab herself turned from sin to a righteous course having divine approval.