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\BibleBook{Genesis}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of God making the world and everything there is and of his choosing the descendants of Abraham to be his people. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Genesis }

\BibleSectionHeading{God made the earth and the sky }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God made the earth and the sky }
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\chapterNumber{1}Long|strong="H0753", long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" God|strong="H8064" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H1254" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H1254" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" create|strong="H1254" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" shapeless and|strong="H6440" completely|strong="H3617" desolate|strong="H8074"/chaotic. Darkness|strong="H2822" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H6440" deep|strong="H8415" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776". And|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" hovering|strong="H7363" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1961" want|strong="H4270" light|strong="H0216" to|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215"!” And|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" shone|strong="H7160". 
\verseNumber{4}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H2896" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H2896" the|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216". Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216" to|strong="H7200" shine|strong="H0215" in|strong="H7200" some|strong="H4480" places|strong="H1116", and|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" there|strong="H7200" was|strong="H2896" still|strong="H3588" darkness|strong="H2822". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" light|strong="H0216" the|strong="H3117" name|strong="H7121" ‘day’, and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" darkness|strong="H2822" the|strong="H3117" name|strong="H7121" ‘night’. After|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" evening|strong="H6153" which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" whole|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" first|strong="H3117" day’. 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H8432" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4325" there|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" empty|strong="H7387" space|strong="H3117" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H1995" dome|strong="H0092" to|strong="H1961" separate|strong="H0914" the|strong="H8432" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4325" is|strong="H1961" above|strong="H4605" it|strong="H8432" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8432" earth|strong="H0776" that|strong="H4325" is|strong="H1961" below|strong="H8478" it|strong="H8432"!” 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" happened|strong="H1961". God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" space|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" ‘sky’. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H8145" evening|strong="H6153", which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H8145" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" second|strong="H8145" day’. 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H3651", “I|strong="H3651" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3651" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" together|strong="H6960", and|strong="H8064" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H3004" to|strong="H1961" appear|strong="H7200" and|strong="H8064" rise|strong="H4325" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325".” And|strong="H8064" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{10}God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H3004" the|strong="H7200" name|strong="H7121" ‘earth’, and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3588" came|strong="H4325" together|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7200" name|strong="H7121" ‘oceans’. God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H4325" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H4325" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" oceans|strong="H2342". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H3651", “I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H6529" plants|strong="H6212", including|strong="H5704" plants|strong="H6212" that|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H6529" seeds|strong="H2233" and|strong="H6086" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H6529" fruit|strong="H6529". Each|strong="H0376" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" tree|strong="H6086" will|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H6213" its|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" fruit|strong="H6529".” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" plants|strong="H6212" grew|strong="H1431" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" earth|strong="H0776"; each|strong="H0376" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" plant|strong="H6212" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3318" produce|strong="H6529" its|strong="H6213" own|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H2233" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" evening|strong="H6153" which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" morning|strong="H1242". God|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" third|strong="H7992" day’. 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" a|strong="H1961" sun|strong="H8121", a|strong="H1961" moon|strong="H3394", and|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" sky|strong="H8064". The|strong="H3117" sun|strong="H8121" will|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" daytime|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H3117" stars|strong="H3556" will|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" nighttime. By|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" changes|strong="H2487" in|strong="H8141" their|strong="H1961" appearance|strong="H4758" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" indicate the|strong="H3117" various|strong="H2921" seasons|strong="H4150" (OR|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" times|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" special|strong="H6381" celebrations|strong="H4885"), and|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H1961" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" years|strong="H8141" begin|strong="H2490". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" also|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" lights|strong="H3974" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" shine|strong="H0215" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064".” And|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{16}God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" like|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" lights|strong="H3974". The|strong="H6213" bigger|strong="H1419" one|strong="H6996", the|strong="H6213" sun|strong="H8121", shines|strong="H2224" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" smaller|strong="H6996" one|strong="H6996", the|strong="H6213" moon|strong="H3394", shines|strong="H2224" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" night|strong="H3915". He|strong="H3117" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{17}God|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H5921" shine|strong="H0215" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{18}to|strong="H3117" rule|strong="H4910" the|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" separate|strong="H0914" the|strong="H7200" light|strong="H0216" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" daytime|strong="H3119" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" darkness|strong="H2822" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" nighttime. God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H3117" these|strong="H3117" things|strong="H2896" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" evening|strong="H6153" which|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" fourth|strong="H7243" day’. 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H0227" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H5315" many|strong="H7227" creatures|strong="H2416" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" oceans|strong="H2342", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5921" also|strong="H8064" want|strong="H5315" birds|strong="H5775" to|strong="H5921" fly|strong="H5774" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H8064".” 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" created|strong="H1254" huge|strong="H1995" sea|strong="H8577" creatures|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1419" every|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4325" creature|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3588" moves|strong="H7430" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H1419" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4325" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oceans|strong="H2342". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H5315" created|strong="H1254" many|strong="H7200" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4325" birds|strong="H5775". God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H5315" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H5315" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{22}God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H1288". He|strong="H7235" said|strong="H0559", “Produce|strong="H6529" offspring|strong="H2233" and|strong="H6509" become|strong="H6509" very|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235". I|strong="H1288" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H1288" creatures|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H1288" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" live|strong="H4390" in|strong="H3220" all|strong="H1288" the|strong="H1288" oceans|strong="H2342", and|strong="H6509" birds|strong="H5775" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H4325" become|strong="H6509" very|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235".” And|strong="H6509" that|strong="H4325" is|strong="H4325" what|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H0312" evening|strong="H6153" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H0312" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3117" fifth|strong="H2549" day’. 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H3651", “I|strong="H3651" want|strong="H5315" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3318" creatures|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3318" appear|strong="H7200" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3318" earth|strong="H0776". There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3318" ◄livestock|strong="H4735"/domestic animals|strong="H2416"►, creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H5315" scurry across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3318" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3318" large|strong="H1419" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416".” And|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{25}God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H7200" ◄livestock|strong="H4735"/domestic animals|strong="H2416"► and|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" scurry across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" creatures|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H6213" God|strong="H8064" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H5921" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8064" make|strong="H6213" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H1823" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H8064" like|strong="H1823" us|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ◄livestock|strong="H4735"/domestic animals|strong="H0929"►, and|strong="H8064" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430" created|strong="H1254" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421" that|strong="H2145" were|strong="H0834" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H2145" in|strong="H2145" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". He|strong="H5347" made|strong="H1254" them|strong="H1254" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H2145" like|strong="H3644" himself|strong="H5315". He|strong="H5347" created|strong="H1254" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H2145" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H2145" some|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H2145" female|strong="H5347". 
\verseNumber{28}God|strong="H8064" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", “Produce|strong="H6529" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121", who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" live|strong="H2416" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H7287" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1710" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{29}God|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" humans, “Listen|strong="H3605"! I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" plants|strong="H6212" that|strong="H3605" produce|strong="H6529" seeds|strong="H2233", all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6086" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" seeds|strong="H2233" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{30}I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" green|strong="H3418" plants|strong="H6212" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", to|strong="H1961" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" breathes|strong="H6315", for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398".” And|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{31}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H2896" with|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213". Truly|strong="H6213", it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896". Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" another|strong="H7200" evening|strong="H6153", that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" followed|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3117" another|strong="H7200" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7200" period|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" ‘the|strong="H3605" sixth|strong="H8345" day’. 
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\chapterNumber{2}That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" God|strong="H8064" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3605" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{2}By|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H4399" finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H3117" creating|strong="H1254" everything|strong="H3605", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" anymore|strong="H5750" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" each|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" set|strong="H6942" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" apart|strong="H6942" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" special|strong="H6381" days|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" anymore|strong="H5750", after|strong="H3117" finishing|strong="H3635" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H3117" creating|strong="H1254" everything|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{4}That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H6213" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731" }
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God|strong="H3068", whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{5}At|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" plants|strong="H6212" growing|strong="H6779", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4305" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704". Furthermore|strong="H1571", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" till|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704" for|strong="H3588" planting|strong="H4302" crops|strong="H8393". 
\verseNumber{6}Instead|strong="H8478", mist|strong="H6051" rose|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H6440" watered|strong="H8248" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" took|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" soil|strong="H6083" and|strong="H3068" formed|strong="H3335" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H5315". He|strong="H3068" breathed|strong="H5397" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" man’s|strong="H5315" nostrils|strong="H0639" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" breath|strong="H5397" that|strong="H5315" gives|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" man|strong="H5315" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" person|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" park/garden|strong="H1588" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7760" place|strong="H7760" named|strong="H7760" Eden|strong="H5731", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" created|strong="H3335". 
\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" there|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H2896" of|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" beautiful|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H4758" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" produced|strong="H6213" fruit|strong="H3978" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H3978". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588" a|strong="H4480" tree|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="H3978"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ate|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H8432"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" there|strong="H4480" another|strong="H7451" tree|strong="H6086" whose|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3978" would|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H8432" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H1847" what|strong="H2896" actions|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7451" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" actions|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}A|strong="H1961" river|strong="H5104" flowed|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Eden|strong="H5731" to|strong="H3318" provide|strong="H6213" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" park/garden|strong="H1588". Outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H7218" Eden|strong="H5731", the|strong="H3318" river|strong="H5104" divided|strong="H6504" into|strong="H3318" four|strong="H0702" rivers|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Pishon|strong="H6376". That|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" flows|strong="H5437" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8034" Havilah|strong="H2341", where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H1931" gold|strong="H2091" ◄is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" pure|strong="H2896"/has|strong="H2091" no|strong="H3808" impurities|strong="H2932" in|strong="H8033" it|strong="H1931"►. There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8033"\+w* sweet-smelling \+w gum|strong="H5219"\+w* \+w called|strong="H8033"\+w*} bdellium|strong="H0916", and|strong="H2091" valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068" called|strong="H8033" onyx|strong="H7718". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Gihon|strong="H1521". That|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" flows|strong="H5437" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8034" Cain|strong="H7014". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H1980" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1980" third|strong="H7992" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Tigris|strong="H2313". It|strong="H1931" flows|strong="H1980" east|strong="H6926" of|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w*} Asshur|strong="H0804". The|strong="H1980" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1980" fourth|strong="H7243" river|strong="H5104" is|strong="H1931" Euphrates|strong="H6578". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3240" him|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731" park/garden|strong="H1588" to|strong="H3068" till|strong="H5647"/cultivate|strong="H5647" it|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{16-17}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" actions|strong="H5949" are|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3967" what|strong="H4100" actions|strong="H5949" are|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H0834" tree|strong="H6086", on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3068" relationship with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413" will|strong="H3068" end|strong="H7093". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" permit|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" alone|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" suitable|strong="H5048" partner|strong="H2505" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" soil|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" formed|strong="H3335" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3068" birds|strong="H5775", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" names|strong="H8034" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7704" them|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H7121" names|strong="H8034" to|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8034" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H8064" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8064" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416", but|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8034" these|strong="H7121" creatures|strong="H2416" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H4672" partner|strong="H2505" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H8034" suitable|strong="H5048" for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" a|strong="H3947" deep|strong="H8639" sleep|strong="H3462". While|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5307" was|strong="H3068" sleeping|strong="H3463", Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" one|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" man’s|strong="H0376" ribs|strong="H6763". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" immediately|strong="H6965" closed|strong="H5462" the|strong="H5921" opening|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" body|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3947" made|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" rib|strong="H6763" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3947" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H1320", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1320" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Wow}! This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1320" truly|strong="H3588" ◄someone|strong="H0376" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H7121"/what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1320" looking|strong="H2370" for|strong="H3588"!► She|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1320" truly|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" bones|strong="H6106" and|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" flesh|strong="H1320". So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1320" call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1320" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7121", a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H1320".” 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*,} so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" why|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1320" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" marry|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3651" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H5921" parents|strong="H0001". The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1961" join|strong="H2266" very|strong="H3651" closely|strong="H1692" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" person|strong="H1320". 
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\verseNumber{25}Although|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H8147" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" were|strong="H1961" naked|strong="H6174", they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H0954" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3808". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Those first people sinned by disobeying God }

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\chapterNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175" was|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3808" cunning|strong="H2803" than|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ability|strong="H3581"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H0802"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H3605", “Did|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" park/garden’?” 
\verseNumber{2-3}The|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*}, ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588" or|strong="H0176" touch|strong="H5060" it|strong="H5414". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H0398" fruit|strong="H6529" from|strong="H4480" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086".’” 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H4191" snake|strong="H5175" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" woman|strong="H0802", “No|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" certainly|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3808" 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" fruit|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" tree|strong="H6086", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7451"\+w*. \+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H3045" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H3117" opened|strong="H6491" [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5869"\+w*}, just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" your|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w footsteps|strong="H1870"\+w*/\+w walking|strong="H1980"\+w*} in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" garden|strong="H1588", and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6963" naked|strong="H5903", so|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6963" afraid|strong="H3372" and|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" hid|strong="H2244" myself|strong="H2244".” 
\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H4310" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4480" naked|strong="H5903" [RHQ]? It|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H6086" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" fruit|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w tree|strong="H6086"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588", ‘Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H1115" eat|strong="H0398" its|strong="H3588" fruit|strong="H6086".’” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" this|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" with|strong="H6086" me|strong="H5414". She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" fruit|strong="H6086" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1931" tree|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5414" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H0802", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H2063"?” The|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H4100" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" fruit|strong="H6529" because|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" snake|strong="H5175" deceived|strong="H5377" me|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" snake|strong="H5175", “Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063", of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045"/punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" alone|strong="H6213". As|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w snakes|strong="H5175"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H7704" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" bellies, and|strong="H3068" so|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" dirt|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H7218" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2233" cause|strong="H2600" you|strong="H2233" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H7218" act|strong="H6213" in|strong="H2233" a|strong="H7896" hostile|strong="H7489" way|strong="H1870" toward|strong="H7218" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", and|strong="H7218" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H2233" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H7896" brood|strong="H8635" and|strong="H7218" her|strong="H7896" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H7218" act|strong="H6213" hostilely toward|strong="H7218" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". You|strong="H2233" will|strong="H2233" strike|strong="H5221" at|strong="H7218" the|strong="H1931" heel|strong="H6119" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w descendant|strong="H2233"\+w*} of|strong="H7218" hers, but|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H2233" strike|strong="H5221" your|strong="H7896" head|strong="H7218".” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205", “You|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" great|strong="H7235" pain|strong="H6093" when|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3205" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" children|strong="H1121"; you|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1121" suffer|strong="H5414" great|strong="H7235" pain|strong="H6093" as|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" [DOU]. You|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1121" greatly|strong="H7235" desire|strong="H8669" your|strong="H7235" husband|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w affection|strong="H2836"\+w* \+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3205"\+w*}, but|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605", “You|strong="H3588" heeded|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H2416" said|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tree|strong="H6086"\+w*} concerning|strong="H6680" which|strong="H6086" I|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" saying|strong="H6963", ‘Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H3588".’ So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" make|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588" difficult|strong="H6381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" what|strong="H6963" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" work|strong="H4399" hard|strong="H7186" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3117" produce|strong="H6529" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w man|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w whose|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} Adam|strong="H0121", named|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H2416" Eve|strong="H2332", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘living’}, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ancestor of|strong="H8034" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" people|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2005"! Those|strong="H4480" two|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" us|strong="H3045" because|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258", it|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" be|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" if|strong="H2005" they|strong="H3068" reach|strong="H1961" out|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3068" pick|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* enables \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3045"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731". Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" Adam|strong="H0121" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776", but|strong="H3947" now|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8033" forced|strong="H4522" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" till|strong="H5647" that|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H1644" them|strong="H1644", on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H8104" east|strong="H6924" side|strong="H6924" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H8104" garden|strong="H1588" he|strong="H2416" placed|strong="H7931" ◄cherubim|strong="H3742"/creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H6086" wings|strong="H3671"► and|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w holding|strong="H2388"\+w*} a|strong="H2015" flaming|strong="H3858" sword|strong="H2719" which|strong="H6086" flashed|strong="H1980" back|strong="H2015" and|strong="H6086" forth|strong="H1644". He|strong="H2416" did|strong="H8104" that|strong="H2416" in|strong="H7931" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H8104" block|strong="H4383" the|strong="H8104" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" garden|strong="H1588", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H2416" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1870" go|strong="H2719" back|strong="H2015" to|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H2416" enables people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w its|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="H6086"\+w*} to|strong="H8104" live|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forever|strong="H5769"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God punished Adam and Eve’s oldest son Cain for killing his younger brother Abel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God punished Adam and Eve’s oldest son Cain for killing his younger brother Abel }
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\chapterNumber{4}Adam|strong="H0121" ◄had|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901"/slept|strong="H7901"► with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" Eve|strong="H2332", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Cain|strong="H7014", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘produce’}, because|strong="H3068", she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “By|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3068" produced|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205".” Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6256" later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Abel|strong="H1893". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w boys|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H7462"\+w*}, Abel|strong="H1893" ◄tended/took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3205"► sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H6629" Cain|strong="H7014" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" farmer|strong="H0127". 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Cain|strong="H7014" harvested|strong="H1219" some|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" grown|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" gift|strong="H4503" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" Abel|strong="H1893" took|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" flock|strong="H6629" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" lambs|strong="H6629" that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068", as|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3068" gift|strong="H4503", gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fatty parts|strong="H3411", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w best|strong="H2459"\+w* \+w parts|strong="H3411"\+w*}. Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H8159" with|strong="H3068" Abel|strong="H1893" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503", 
\verseNumber{5}but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H8159" with|strong="H6440" Cain|strong="H7014" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H4503". So|strong="H3808" Cain|strong="H7014" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" looked|strong="H8159" dejected|strong="H2196". 
\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Cain|strong="H7014", “◄You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" be|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734"!/Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" angry|strong="H2734"?► [RHQ] ◄You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6440" scowl like|strong="H5307" that|strong="H3068"!/Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" scowl like|strong="H5307" that|strong="H3068"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4910" done|strong="H3190" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3808" right|strong="H4910" (OR|strong="H3808", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2403" right|strong="H4910") [RHQ], I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" accept|strong="H7521" your|strong="H3190" offering|strong="H2403". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3190" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2403" right|strong="H4910", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w desire|strong="H8669"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wild|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w*} [PRS] crouches|strong="H1794" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3808" doorway|strong="H6607", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w spring|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w victim|strong="H4672"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w desire|strong="H8669"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3808"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H3808" control|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" ◄control|strong="H4910"/not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085"► it|strong="H3190".” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117", Cain|strong="H7014" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" Abel|strong="H1893", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H6965" for|strong="H7704" a|strong="H1961" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" fields|strong="H7704".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w went|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*}. And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" countryside|strong="H7704", suddenly|strong="H6597" Cain|strong="H7014" attacked|strong="H6965" Abel|strong="H1893" and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Cain|strong="H7014"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Cain|strong="H7014", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} where|strong="H3808" Abel|strong="H1893", your|strong="H3068" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251", is|strong="H3068"?” 
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Cain|strong="H7014" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045". ◄My|strong="H8104" job|strong="H8104" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" guard|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"!/Am|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3045" supposed to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H4100" [RHQ]! So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H6213" younger|strong="H6810" brother’s|strong="H0251" voice|strong="H6963" is|strong="H4100" crying|strong="H6817" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6963" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6213" ground|strong="H0776", demanding that|strong="H4480" his|strong="H6213" death|strong="H1818" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H6963" avenged|strong="H5358". 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3947" have|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776" has|strong="H3027" soaked|strong="H7301" up|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" blood|strong="H1818". So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3027" expel|strong="H1644" you|strong="H3947" from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H6258" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3027" curse|strong="H7045" your|strong="H3947" efforts|strong="H3021" to|strong="H3027" produce|strong="H6529" crops|strong="H8393". 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" till|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1961" plant|strong="H5414" crops|strong="H8393", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" produce|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" few|strong="H4592" [HYP] crops|strong="H8393". And|strong="H3254" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" continually|strong="H5128" wander|strong="H5128" around|strong="H5128" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" any|strong="H5414" place|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" permanently|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{13}Cain|strong="H7014" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5375" are|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" more|strong="H1419" then|strong="H5375" I|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" endure|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3117" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" expel|strong="H1644" me|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* cultivating}, and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H4672" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" ◄into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440"/and|strong="H3117" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440"►. Furthermore|strong="H1571", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" continually|strong="H3605" wandering|strong="H5110" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" with|strong="H5921" no|strong="H4672" place|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3117" permanently|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3117" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6440".” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H5221" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5221", “No|strong="H1115", that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" happen|strong="H4672". I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" mark|strong="H7760" on|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" warn|strong="H2094" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w severely|strong="H5953"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3651"\+w*} he|strong="H3651" kills|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3605". I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H5221" that|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" seven|strong="H7659" times|strong="H7659" as|strong="H3651" severely|strong="H5953" as|strong="H3651" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H3068" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3605".” Then|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" mark|strong="H7760" on|strong="H7760" Cain’s forehead|strong="H4696". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3318" Cain|strong="H7014" left|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" called|strong="H7121" Nod|strong="H5113", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘wandering’}, which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" east|strong="H6926" of|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731". 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Cain|strong="H7014" }
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\verseNumber{17}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", Cain|strong="H7014" ◄had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901"/slept|strong="H7901"► with|strong="H3045" his|strong="H7121" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2029"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Enoch|strong="H2585". Then|strong="H1961" Cain|strong="H7014" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3205" city|strong="H5892" ‘Enoch’, the|strong="H3205" same|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3045" his|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{18}Enoch|strong="H2585" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H7121" Irad|strong="H5897". When|strong="H3588" Irad|strong="H5897" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H7121" Mehujael|strong="H4232". Mehujael|strong="H4232" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H7121" Methuselah|strong="H4968". Methuselah|strong="H4968" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2585"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Lamech|strong="H3929". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3588" Lamech|strong="H3929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8147"\+w*} married|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802". The|strong="H3947" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" one|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Adah|strong="H5711" and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H8145" was|strong="H8034" Zillah|strong="H6741". 
\verseNumber{20}Adah|strong="H5711" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w son|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jabal|strong="H2989". 
\verseNumber{21}Later|strong="H1961", Jabal|strong="H2989" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" tents|strong="H0168" because|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" traveled|strong="H5265" from|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H8610" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H8034" livestock|strong="H4735". His|strong="H3605" younger|strong="H6810" brother’s|strong="H0251" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jubal|strong="H3106". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H1961"/played|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄lyre|strong="H3658"/stringed|strong="H4482" instrument|strong="H5035"► and|strong="H3658" a|strong="H1961" flute|strong="H5748". 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lamech’s \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Zillah|strong="H6741" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423". Later|strong="H0310" Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" ◄blacksmith|strong="H2796"/one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" tools|strong="H0240" from|strong="H1571" bronze|strong="H5178" and|strong="H5178" iron|strong="H1270"►. Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" younger|strong="H6810" sister|strong="H0269" whose|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Naamah|strong="H5279". 
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\verseNumber{23}One|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" Lamech|strong="H3929" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", “Adah|strong="H5711" and|strong="H6963" Zillah|strong="H6741", listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H6963". A|strong="H3588" young|strong="H3206" man|strong="H3206" struck|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6963" and|strong="H6963" wounded|strong="H2491" me|strong="H6963", so|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" avenge|strong="H5358" and|strong="H7657" punish|strong="H6485" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" Cain|strong="H7014" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H7651" as|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" punished|strong="H5358" Cain|strong="H7014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w killing|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}. So|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tries|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3588"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H3588" 77 times|strong="H7651" as|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H5358"\+w* \+w Cain|strong="H7014"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Adam|strong="H0121" and|strong="H7657" Eve|strong="H2332" had|strong="H3588" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121", Seth|strong="H8352" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Adam|strong="H0121" and|strong="H7657" Eve|strong="H2332" had|strong="H3588" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121", Seth|strong="H8352" }
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\verseNumber{25}Adam|strong="H0121" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3205" ◄have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901"/sleep|strong="H8142"► with|strong="H3045" [EUP] his|strong="H7121" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" Seth|strong="H8352", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘given’}, because|strong="H3588", she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" given|strong="H3205" me|strong="H7121" another|strong="H5750" child|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3205" take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Abel|strong="H1893", since|strong="H3588" Cain|strong="H7014" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3068" Seth|strong="H8352" grew|strong="H1121" up|strong="H3205", he|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Enosh|strong="H0583". About|strong="H8034" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" people|strong="H1121" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1571"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Adam }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The descendants of Adam }
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\chapterNumber{5}Here|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Adam|strong="H0121". When|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" created|strong="H1254" humans, he|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3117" like|strong="H1823" him|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3117" created|strong="H1254" one|strong="H8034" man|strong="H2145" and|strong="H3117" one|strong="H8034" woman|strong="H5347". He|strong="H3117" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" created|strong="H1254" them|strong="H7121", he|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" ‘human|strong="H0120" beings’. 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H2421" Adam|strong="H0121" was|strong="H8034" 130 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" who|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3205"\+w*} be|strong="H8034" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1823" him|strong="H3205". That|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" he|strong="H8141" named|strong="H7121" Seth|strong="H8352". 
\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H1961" Seth|strong="H8352" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205", Adam|strong="H0121" lived|strong="H1961" 800 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3967" during|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1121" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H3117" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{5}Adam|strong="H0121" lived|strong="H2425" 930 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H2421" Seth|strong="H8352" was|strong="H8141" 105 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Enosh|strong="H0583". 
\verseNumber{7}After|strong="H8141" Enosh|strong="H0583" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Seth|strong="H8352" lived|strong="H2421" 807 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{8}Seth|strong="H8352" lived|strong="H1961" 912 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H2421" Enosh|strong="H0583" was|strong="H8141" 90 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Kenan|strong="H7018". 
\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H8141" Kenan|strong="H7018" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Enosh|strong="H0583" lived|strong="H2421" 815 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{11}Enosh|strong="H0583" lived|strong="H1961" 905 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H2421" Kenan|strong="H7018" was|strong="H8141" 70 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Mahalalel|strong="H4111". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H8141" Mahalalel|strong="H4111" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Kenan|strong="H7018" lived|strong="H2421" 840 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{14}Kenan|strong="H7018" lived|strong="H1961" 910 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H2421" Mahalalel|strong="H4111" was|strong="H8141" 65 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Jared|strong="H3382". 
\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H8141" Jared|strong="H3382" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Mahalalel|strong="H4111" lived|strong="H2421" 830 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{17}Mahalalel|strong="H4111" lived|strong="H1961" 895 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H2421" Jared|strong="H3382" was|strong="H8141" 162 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Enoch|strong="H2585". 
\verseNumber{19}Jared|strong="H3382" lived|strong="H2421" 800 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Enoch|strong="H2585" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{20}Jared|strong="H3382" lived|strong="H1961" 962 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H2421" Enoch|strong="H2585" was|strong="H8141" 65 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Methuselah|strong="H4968". 
\verseNumber{22}Enoch|strong="H2585" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" close|strong="H5980" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1980" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H1121" 300 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H1980" Methuselah|strong="H4968" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{23}Enoch|strong="H2585" lived|strong="H1961" 365 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" close|strong="H5980" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1980" one|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" disappeared|strong="H0369", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H2421" Methuselah|strong="H4968" was|strong="H8141" 187 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Lamech|strong="H3929". 
\verseNumber{26}Methuselah|strong="H4968" lived|strong="H2421" 782 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Lamech|strong="H3929" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{27}Methuselah|strong="H4968" lived|strong="H1961" 969 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H2421" Lamech|strong="H3929" was|strong="H1121" 182 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{29}whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3068" named|strong="H7121" Noah|strong="H5146", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘relief’}, because|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", “He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7121" us|strong="H3027" relief|strong="H7309" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" hard|strong="H7186" work|strong="H4639" we|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" produce|strong="H6529" food|strong="H3899" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" cursed|strong="H0779".” 
\verseNumber{30}Lamech|strong="H3929" lived|strong="H2421" 595 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{31}Lamech|strong="H3929" lived|strong="H1961" 777 years|strong="H8141" altogether|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1961" Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" 500 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H2568" named|strong="H7121" Shem|strong="H8035". Later|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H2568" named|strong="H7121" Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H3967" later|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H2568" named|strong="H7121" Japheth|strong="H3315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{People became very evil and did many evil things }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{People became very evil and did many evil things }
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\chapterNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" people|strong="H2490" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" numerous|strong="H7231" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6440" many|strong="H7231" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{2}some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" ◄belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121"/believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H1121"► God|strong="H0430" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3588" ◄belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121"/believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H1121"► God|strong="H0430" were|strong="H1121" very|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896". So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" whichever|strong="H0834" ones|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1121" become|strong="H7200" their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* } my|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H1961" people|strong="H1320" alive|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H5769" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H3068" breath|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" remain|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" people|strong="H1320" forever|strong="H5769"). They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" eventually|strong="H0310". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" 120 years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191" (OR|strong="H3808", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H1571" 120 more|strong="H3808" years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191").” 
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\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w giants|strong="H5303"\+w* \+w called|strong="H8034"\+w*} Nephils who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3205" earth|strong="H0776" at|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H1961". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* Nephil} men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H1121" ◄belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"/believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3117"► God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3117" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H1961" ◄belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"/believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3117"► God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121". The|strong="H3205" Nephils were|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" heroic fighters|strong="H3901", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" became|strong="H3205" famous|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" very|strong="H7227" wicked|strong="H7451", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H3820" about|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" continually|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" sorry|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H5704" destroy|strong="H4229" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H4229" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3588" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" birds|strong="H5775". None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H8064", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" regret|strong="H5162" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Noah|strong="H5146" pleased|strong="H3190" God|strong="H3068", so|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5704" spare|strong="H2550" him|strong="H6440" }

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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068" Noah|strong="H5146". 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H1961" is|strong="H6662" why|strong="H4100": Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H6662" who|strong="H6662" always|strong="H3605" acted|strong="H6213" in|strong="H1980" a|strong="H1961" righteous|strong="H6662" way|strong="H1980". No|strong="H1980" one|strong="H6662" who|strong="H6662" lived|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" time|strong="H1755" could|strong="H3201" criticize|strong="H7279" him|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H3605". Noah|strong="H5146" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" close|strong="H5980" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1980" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{10}Noah|strong="H5146" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121": Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315". 
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H6440" that|strong="H2555" time|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="H2555" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" on|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776" was|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7563", and|strong="H6440" everywhere|strong="H3605" on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", people|strong="H5971" [MTY] were|strong="H4390" acting|strong="H7843" cruelly|strong="H7188" and|strong="H6440" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H6440" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1320" dismayed|strong="H2865" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" people|strong="H1320" [MTY] were|strong="H2009", because|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" (OR|strong="H7200", all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H1320" creatures|strong="H1320") had|strong="H3588" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" behave|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" an|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" Noah|strong="H5146", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H6440" destroy|strong="H7843" everyone|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" people|strong="H1320" are|strong="H6440" acting|strong="H7843" violently|strong="H3966" toward|strong="H6440" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". So|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H2005" about|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6440" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1004" boat|strong="H0590" from|strong="H6086" cypress|strong="H1265" wood|strong="H6086". Make|strong="H6213" rooms|strong="H7064" inside|strong="H1004" it|strong="H6213". Cover|strong="H3722" the|strong="H6213" outside|strong="H2351" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" inside|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" tar|strong="H2564" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* ◄waterproof/\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3724"\+w* \+w get|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w sink|strong="H2883"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*}►. 
\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6213" size|strong="H4060" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213": It|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H2088" be|strong="H7970" ◄150 yards|strong="H5439"/135 meters► long|strong="H0753", ◄25 yards|strong="H5439"/22.5 meters► wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H3967" ◄15 yards|strong="H5439"/13.5 meters► high|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{16}Make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" roof|strong="H1406" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" boat|strong="H0590". Leave|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" space|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3615" about|strong="H6213" ◄18 in|strong="H6213"./.5 meter► between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6213" sides|strong="H6654" and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" roof|strong="H1406" to|strong="H6213" let|strong="H7760" air|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6213" light|strong="H7760" enter|strong="H0935" (OR|strong="H6213", the|strong="H6213" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3615" the|strong="H6213" roof|strong="H1406" should|strong="H6213" be|strong="H4605" 18 inches|strong="H0753" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6213" sides|strong="H6654"). Build|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H6213" three|strong="H7992" decks|strong="H3547" inside|strong="H4605", and|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" door|strong="H6607" in|strong="H6213" one|strong="H7992" side|strong="H6654". 
\verseNumber{17}Listen|strong="H3605" carefully|strong="H3605"! I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H3999" to|strong="H5921" occur|strong="H8064" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H8064" destroy|strong="H7843" every|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416" beneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". Everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" die|strong="H1478". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1121" make|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H6965"(sg): You|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H0802", your|strong="H6965" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6965" wives|strong="H0802" will|strong="H1121" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6965" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H8147" I|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" save|strong="H2421" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416". So|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", a|strong="H1961" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" a|strong="H1961" female|strong="H5347", into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H1320" you|strong="H3605", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" species also|strong="H1571" may|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{20}Two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" creature|strong="H2421" will|strong="H5775" come|strong="H2421" to|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w putting|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w* } you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5775" keep|strong="H2421" them|strong="H8147" alive|strong="H2421". They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5775" include|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4480" each|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" bird|strong="H5775" and|strong="H8147" each|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H8147" each|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" creature|strong="H2421" that|strong="H3605" scurries across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3947" also|strong="H1571" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3978" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3947" animals|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" need|strong="H4270", and|strong="H3947" store|strong="H4543" it|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H3651" Noah|strong="H5146" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God sent a flood to cover the earth }

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\chapterNumber{7}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Noah|strong="H5146", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" out|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1004" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3588" living|strong="H3605", you|strong="H3588" alone|strong="H0905" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6662". So|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" go|strong="H3068" into|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{2}Take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H8147" you|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077". Take|strong="H3947" seven|strong="H7651" males|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" seven|strong="H7651" females|strong="H6629". Also|strong="H1931" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" a|strong="H3947" female|strong="H8147" from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\verseNumber{3}Also|strong="H1571" take|strong="H3947" seven|strong="H7651" pairs|strong="H6776" of|strong="H6440" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H6440" bird|strong="H5775" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" to|strong="H5921" keep|strong="H2421" them|strong="H5921" alive|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{4}Do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H6440" now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H6213" rain|strong="H4305" to|strong="H5921" fall|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3117" rain|strong="H4305" constantly|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" nights|strong="H3915". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3117" destroy|strong="H4229" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Noah|strong="H5146" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" 600 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H3999" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{7}Before|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6440" rain|strong="H4325", Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" into|strong="H4325" the|strong="H6440" boat|strong="H0590" to|strong="H6440" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" flood|strong="H3999" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{8}Pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" animals|strong="H0929", those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" accept|strong="H7521" for|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H5775" those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" not|strong="H4480" accept|strong="H7521" for|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H2077", and|strong="H5775" pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H5775" pairs|strong="H2889" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4480" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" move|strong="H5472" close|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", 
\verseNumber{9}males|strong="H2145" and|strong="H8147" females|strong="H6629", came|strong="H8147" to|strong="H6680" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H8147" then|strong="H6680" went|strong="H8147" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6680" boat|strong="H0590", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H6680" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6680" Noah|strong="H5146" that|strong="H6680" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{10}Seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", it|strong="H5921" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4325" and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3117" Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H3117" 600 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", ◄on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" 17th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*/\+w late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* October}►, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" under|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" burst|strong="H1234" forth|strong="H1234", and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H3117" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" rain|strong="H4306" so|strong="H2088" hard|strong="H7186" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" though|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3117" dam|strong="H0517" [MET|strong="H6298"] in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" burst|strong="H1234" open|strong="H6605". 
\verseNumber{12}Rain|strong="H1653" fell|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" constantly|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" nights|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{13}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3117" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" rain|strong="H4306", Noah|strong="H5146" went|strong="H1121" into|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3117" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121", Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3117" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H2416" already|strong="H3528" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" and|strong="H5775" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H5775" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5921" bird|strong="H6833" and|strong="H5775" every|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" wings|strong="H3671". 
\verseNumber{15}Pairs|strong="H8147" of|strong="H7307" all|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416" came|strong="H7307" to|strong="H7307" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H8147" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" male|strong="H2145" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" female|strong="H5347" of|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3605" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Noah|strong="H5146", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590", God|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H6607". 
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\verseNumber{17}It|strong="H5921" rained|strong="H4305" for|strong="H5921" 40 days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" nights|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H3999" increased|strong="H7235". It|strong="H5921" flooded|strong="H7857" until|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" lifted|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" boat|strong="H0590" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" rose|strong="H1396" higher|strong="H1364" and|strong="H3212" higher|strong="H1364", the|strong="H6440" boat|strong="H0590" floated|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" rose|strong="H1396" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" until|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H3680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{20}Even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3680" highest|strong="H8064" mountains|strong="H2022" were|strong="H4325" covered|strong="H3680" by|strong="H4325" more|strong="H1396" than|strong="H1396" ◄20 feet|strong="H7272"/6 meters► of|strong="H2022" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{21}As|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903", every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creature|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" died|strong="H1478". That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H1320" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H1320" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1320" other|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1320" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H2724", ◄everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" breathed|strong="H5397"/every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" thing|strong="H2416"► died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H8064" destroyed|strong="H4229" every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H3351" creature|strong="H5315": People|strong="H5971" and|strong="H8064" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H8064" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H8064" birds|strong="H5775". Only|strong="H5704" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H8064" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8064" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" remained|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H4325" remained|strong="H3427" like|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earthfor 150 days|strong="H3117". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God caused the water to recede and then told Noah to leave the boat }

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\chapterNumber{8}But|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" ◄did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5674" forget|strong="H7911"/thought|strong="H2142"► about|strong="H5921" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" livestock|strong="H4735" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4325" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". So|strong="H5674" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H5674" a|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="H5921" blow|strong="H8628" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" caused|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" recede. 
\verseNumber{2}God|strong="H8064" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H4480" was|strong="H8064" under|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" earth|strong="H8064" to|strong="H4480" stop|strong="H3607" bursting|strong="H1518" forth|strong="H3318", and|strong="H8064" he|strong="H4480" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H4480" floodgates|strong="H0699" of|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H4480" close|strong="H4480" so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" it|strong="H8064" stopped|strong="H5534" raining. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" gradually receded|strong="H7725". 150 days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H4325" began|strong="H2490", 
\verseNumber{4}◄on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" 17th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*/\+w late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w March|strong="H1980"\+w*}►, the|strong="H5921" boat|strong="H0590" came|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H7651" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ararat|strong="H0780" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" recede until|strong="H5704", on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7218" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H7200" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, the|strong="H7200" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" other|strong="H0312" mountains|strong="H2022" became|strong="H1961" visible|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{6}40 days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H7093", Noah|strong="H5146" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H6213" window|strong="H2474" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" boat|strong="H0590", and|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" raven|strong="H6158". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" raven|strong="H6158" flew|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" was|strong="H4325" completely|strong="H5704" gone|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Noah|strong="H5146" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7200" dove|strong="H3123" to|strong="H7971" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7971" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" had|strong="H4325" all|strong="H7200" receded|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" dove|strong="H3123" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" perch, so|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5921" flew|strong="H5774" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Noah|strong="H8392" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" was|strong="H3027" still|strong="H7725" water|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". So|strong="H3947" Noah|strong="H8392" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" dove|strong="H3123" back|strong="H7725" inside|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". 
\verseNumber{10}Noah|strong="H8392" waited|strong="H2342" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H3254" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H4480" dove|strong="H3123" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" boat|strong="H0590" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H5921" dove|strong="H3123" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153" and|strong="H3045", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{surprisingly}, in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" beak|strong="H6310" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H4325" a|strong="H3588" leaf|strong="H5929" from|strong="H5921" an|strong="H3588" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H2132" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" dove|strong="H3123" had|strong="H3588" just|strong="H6310" plucked|strong="H2965". Then|strong="H2009" Noah|strong="H5146" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" had|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" receded|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{12}Noah|strong="H5146" waited|strong="H3176" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H3254" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7725" dove|strong="H3123" out|strong="H7971" again|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3808" this|strong="H7725" time|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7725" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{13}Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" 601 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". By|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" water|strong="H4325" had|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" drained|strong="H4680" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". Noah|strong="H5146" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" covering|strong="H4372" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" ark|strong="H8392", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1961" drying. 
\verseNumber{14}By|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" 27th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" next|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3117" ground|strong="H0776" was|strong="H3117" completely|strong="H3001" dry|strong="H3001". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Noah|strong="H5146", 
\verseNumber{16}“Leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" boat|strong="H0590", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3318" your|strong="H4480" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3318" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{17}Bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" can|strong="H1320" spread|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" very|strong="H7235" numerous|strong="H7235".” 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3318" Noah|strong="H5146" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" boat|strong="H0590", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3318" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3318" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3318" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4480" creature|strong="H2416", including|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" scurry across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", every|strong="H3605" creature|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" moves|strong="H7430" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590". They|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" in|strong="H5921" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" species. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" promised|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" destroy|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H4940" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3318" flood|strong="H3999" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H0430" promised|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" destroy|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H4940" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3318" flood|strong="H3999" }
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3947" Noah|strong="H5146" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" ◄stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196"/place|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5930" sacrifices|strong="H5930"► to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H5146" acceptable|strong="H7522" as|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H3947" whole|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" smelled|strong="H7306" the|strong="H3605" pleasant|strong="H2532" odor, he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H3254" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3820", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" devastate|strong="H7703" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sinful|strong="H2400" things|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213". Even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3820" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3820" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" again|strong="H5750", as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" time|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{22}As|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" exists|strong="H1961", each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" seasons|strong="H3915" for|strong="H3117" planting|strong="H2233" seeds|strong="H2233" and|strong="H3117" seasons|strong="H3915" for|strong="H3117" harvesting|strong="H7105" crops|strong="H7019". Each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" times|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3915" is|strong="H3117" cold|strong="H7120" and|strong="H3117" times|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3915" is|strong="H3117" hot|strong="H2527", summer|strong="H7019" and|strong="H3117" winter|strong="H2779" (OR|strong="H3808", rainy|strong="H1653" season|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" dry|strong="H3004" season|strong="H3117"). Each|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" daytime|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3117" nighttime.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God made an agreement with Noah }

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\chapterNumber{9}Then|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1288" sons|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1121", “I|strong="H1121" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H1288" to|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" live|strong="H4390" all|strong="H1288" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1288" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" scurry arosss the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H8064" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1709", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" [DOU] of|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" under|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" control|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{3}Just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" previously|strong="H8543" said|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414" could|strong="H3201" eat|strong="H0398" green|strong="H3418" plants|strong="H6212" for|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899", now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H0398" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3605" moves|strong="H7430". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w causes|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w creatures|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H5315"\+w*}, therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5315" still|strong="H5750" has|strong="H5315" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H1320" it|strong="H3808" after|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H0929" is|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w drained|strong="H4680"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3808"\+w*, \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w may|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5315" insist that|strong="H3605" murderers|strong="H2026" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213". Animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" kill|strong="H2026" people|strong="H5315" must|strong="H5315" also|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213". The|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" murders|strong="H7523" someone|strong="H5315" else|strong="H3027" must|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213" is|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1818" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1818" like|strong="H8210" myself|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w ways|strong="H1870"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" murders|strong="H7523" another|strong="H1818" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="H1961" must|strong="H1818" be|strong="H1818" executed|strong="H6213" by|strong="H6213" others|strong="H0312", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w like|strong="H8210"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H7235" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H6509", I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6509" to|strong="H7235" produce|strong="H6529" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121", in|strong="H7235" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H6509" their|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233" may|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7235" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5146" sons|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{9}“Listen|strong="H2005" carefully|strong="H6213". I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" now|strong="H2005" making|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6965" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1285" to|strong="H6965" you|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" with|strong="H1285" your|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H2233", 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5315" with|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605"—including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775", the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416"—every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creature|strong="H5315" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" boat|strong="H0590" with|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H7843" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H3772" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605": I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" destroy|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H1320" creatures|strong="H1320" by|strong="H6965" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999", or|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" by|strong="H6965" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999".” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H5414" guarantee|strong="H6148" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5315" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5769" to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", a|strong="H5414" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5315" keep|strong="H8104" forever|strong="H5769": 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*} I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" rainbow|strong="H7198" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sky|strong="H8064". It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" remind|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1285" my|strong="H5414" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1285" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H1961" rain|strong="H4306" to|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clouds|strong="H6051", and|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" rainbow|strong="H7198" appears|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{15}it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" remind|strong="H2142" me|strong="H5315" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1285" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416", my|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H3999" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creatures|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{16}Whenever|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H5315" a|strong="H1961" rainbow|strong="H7198" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5769" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" creature|strong="H5315" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H5315" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", a|strong="H1961" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6965" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Noah|strong="H5146", “The|strong="H3605" rainbow|strong="H7198" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1320" the|strong="H3605" sign|strong="H0226" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H1320" that|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146" who|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" boat|strong="H0590" were|strong="H1961" Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315". Ham|strong="H2526" later|strong="H1961" became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" father|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{19}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" are|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146". 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" Noah|strong="H5146" got|strong="H6965" drunk|strong="H8354" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" Noah|strong="H5146" got|strong="H6965" drunk|strong="H8354" }
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\verseNumber{20}Noah|strong="H5146" was|strong="H5146" a|strong="H5193" farmer|strong="H0127". He|strong="H5146" planted|strong="H5193" grapevines. 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w later|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w produced|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*}. One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" drank|strong="H8354" too|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8432" wine|strong="H3196", he|strong="H4480" became|strong="H7937" drunk|strong="H8354", and|strong="H8354" he|strong="H4480" lay|strong="H1540" naked|strong="H6174" in|strong="H8432" his|strong="H1540" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{22}Ham|strong="H2526", the|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H2351" Canaan|strong="H3667", saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" lying|strong="H8267" naked|strong="H6174" in|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H0168". So|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" went|strong="H8147" outside|strong="H2351" and|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" what|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" had|strong="H2526" seen|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3947" Shem|strong="H8035" and|strong="H3212" Japheth|strong="H3315" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" cloth|strong="H8071" and|strong="H3212" placed|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" across|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" backs|strong="H6203", and|strong="H3212" walked|strong="H3212" backwards into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" tent|strong="H0168". They|strong="H3808" covered|strong="H3680" their|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H0001" naked|strong="H6174" body|strong="H1320" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cloth|strong="H8071". Their|strong="H3947" faces|strong="H6440" were|strong="H8147" turned|strong="H7760" away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001", so|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6440" naked|strong="H6174". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H6213" Noah|strong="H5146" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w* sober \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, he|strong="H6213" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H6213" how|strong="H3045" wrongfully|strong="H8267" Ham|strong="H2526", his|strong="H3045" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121", had|strong="H3045" behaved|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" cursing|strong="H7045" Ham’s youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121", Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". They|strong="H3667" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" uncles. 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" enlarge|strong="H7337" the|strong="H3068" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3068" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Japheth|strong="H3315", and|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Shem|strong="H8035" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H5650" I|strong="H5650" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H5650" Canaan’s|strong="H3667" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" Japheth’s|strong="H3315" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Noah|strong="H5146" lived|strong="H2421" 350 more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2421" flood|strong="H3999". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" 950 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Noah’s sons }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The descendants of Noah’s sons }
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\chapterNumber{10}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H3205"► a|strong="H3205" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah’s|strong="H5146" sons|strong="H1121", Shem|strong="H8035", Ham|strong="H2526", and|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315". They|strong="H3205" had|strong="H3205" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3205" flood|strong="H3999". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315" were|strong="H1121" Gomer|strong="H1586", Magog|strong="H4031", Madai|strong="H4074", Javan|strong="H3120", Tubal|strong="H8422", Meshech|strong="H4902", and|strong="H1121" Tiras|strong="H8494". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gomer|strong="H1586" were|strong="H1121" Askenaz, Riphath|strong="H7384", and|strong="H1121" Togarmah|strong="H8425". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Javan|strong="H3120" were|strong="H1121" Elishah|strong="H0473", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Kittim|strong="H3794", and|strong="H1121" Dodanim|strong="H1721". 
\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="H1992" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1471" their|strong="H1471" families|strong="H4940" who|strong="H1471" were|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H1471" Javan|strong="H3120" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6504" islands|strong="H0339" and|strong="H1471" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6504" land|strong="H4940" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1471" the|strong="H6504" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220". Their|strong="H1471" descendants|strong="H4940" became|strong="H3205" tribes|strong="H4940", each|strong="H1471" with|strong="H6504" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H1471" clans|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1471" territory|strong="H1366". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ham|strong="H2526" were|strong="H1121" Cush|strong="H3568", Egypt|strong="H4714", Put|strong="H6316", and|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Cush|strong="H3568" were|strong="H1121" Seba|strong="H5434", Havilah|strong="H2341", Sabtah|strong="H5454", Raamah|strong="H7484", and|strong="H1121" Sabteca|strong="H5455". The|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Raamah|strong="H7484" were|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7614" and|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719". 
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\verseNumber{8}Another|strong="H1368" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3205" Cush’s descendants|strong="H2233" was|strong="H1961" Nimrod|strong="H5248". Nimrod|strong="H5248" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" first|strong="H2490" person|strong="H5315" on|strong="H1961" earth|strong="H0776" who|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" mighty|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" (OR|strong="H3068", caused|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961") a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" hunter|strong="H6718". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1931" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" hunter|strong="H6718", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068"/has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961"► a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H6440" hunter|strong="H6718" like|strong="H1961" Nimrod|strong="H5248".” 
\verseNumber{10}Nimrod|strong="H5248" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H1961" Babylonia|strong="H0894". The|strong="H1961" first|strong="H7225" cities|strong="H5892" over|strong="H4467" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" were|strong="H1961" Babel|strong="H0894", Erech|strong="H0751", Accad|strong="H0390", and|strong="H4467" Calneh|strong="H3641". 
\verseNumber{11}From|strong="H4480" there|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H5892" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Nineveh|strong="H5210", Rehoboth-Ir|strong="H7344", Calah|strong="H3625", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H1419" Resen|strong="H7449". Resen|strong="H7449" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H5892" large|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892" between|strong="H7449" Nineveh|strong="H5210" and|strong="H1419" Calah|strong="H3625". 
\verseNumber{13}Ham’s son|strong="H3205", Egypt|strong="H4714", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" Lud|strong="H3866", Anam|strong="H6047", Lehab|strong="H3853" and|strong="H4714" Naphtuh|strong="H5320", 
\verseNumber{14}Pathrus|strong="H6625", Casluh|strong="H3695" and|strong="H8033" Caphtor|strong="H3732" people-groups. The|strong="H3318" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H6430" descended|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Casluh|strong="H3695". 
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\verseNumber{15}Ham’s youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1060", Canaan|strong="H3667", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Sidon|strong="H6721", who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H1060" his|strong="H3205" eldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060", and|strong="H3205" Heth|strong="H2845", his|strong="H3205" younger|strong="H6810" son|strong="H1060". 
\verseNumber{16}Canaan|strong="H3667" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H2983" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2983" Jebus|strong="H2982", Amor, Girgash, 
\verseNumber{17}Hiv, Ark|strong="H0727", Sin|strong="H2403", 
\verseNumber{18}Arved, Zemar and|strong="H3669" Hamath|strong="H2574" people-groups. Later|strong="H0310" the|strong="H6327" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Canaan|strong="H3669" dispersed|strong="H6327" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4940" large|strong="H1419" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{19}Their|strong="H1961" land|strong="H1366" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5704" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" north|strong="H6828" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H5467" then|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" east|strong="H6921" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H5467" then|strong="H1961" farther|strong="H6581" east|strong="H6921" to|strong="H5704" Sodom|strong="H5467", Gomorrah|strong="H6017", Admah|strong="H0126", and|strong="H5467" Zeboiim|strong="H6636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}, and|strong="H5467" even|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Lasha|strong="H3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}Those|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ham|strong="H2526". They|strong="H1471" became|strong="H3205" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1471" had|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940", their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" languages|strong="H3956", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{21}Shem|strong="H8035", the|strong="H3605" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Japheth|strong="H3315", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Eber|strong="H5677", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ancestor of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eber|strong="H5677". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035" were|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", Asshur|strong="H0804", Arphaxad|strong="H0775", Lud|strong="H3865", and|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758" were|strong="H1121" Uz|strong="H5780", Hul|strong="H2343", Gether|strong="H1666", and|strong="H1121" Mash|strong="H4851". 
\verseNumber{24}Arphaxad|strong="H0775" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Shelah|strong="H7974". Shelah|strong="H7974" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Eber|strong="H5677". 
\verseNumber{25}Eber|strong="H5677" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3588" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8147" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Peleg|strong="H6389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘division’}, because|strong="H3588" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427", people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" [MTY] the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" became|strong="H3205" divided|strong="H6385" and|strong="H1121" scattered|strong="H6327" everywhere|strong="H3605". Peleg’s younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H8034" Joktan|strong="H3355". 
\verseNumber{26}Joktan|strong="H3355" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H3205" Almodad|strong="H0486", Sheleph|strong="H8026", Hazarmaveth|strong="H2700", Jerah|strong="H3392", 
\verseNumber{27}Hadoram|strong="H1913", Uzal|strong="H0187", Diklah|strong="H1853", 
\verseNumber{28}Obal|strong="H5745", Abimael|strong="H0039", Sheba|strong="H7614", 
\verseNumber{29}Ophir|strong="H0211", Havilah|strong="H2341", and|strong="H1121" Jobab|strong="H3103". All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Joktan|strong="H3355". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H1961" areas|strong="H0776" in|strong="H4186" which|strong="H2022" they|strong="H4186" lived|strong="H4186" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1961" Mesha|strong="H4852" westward|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" Sephar|strong="H5611", which|strong="H2022" is|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4186" the|strong="H1961" ◄hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022"/area|strong="H2022" that|strong="H2022" has|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H2022" hills|strong="H2022"►. 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035". They|strong="H1471" became|strong="H3205" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1471" had|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" clans|strong="H4940", their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" languages|strong="H3956", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1471" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{32}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1121" groups|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Noah|strong="H5146". Each|strong="H1471" group|strong="H7235" had|strong="H1121" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" ◄genealogy|strong="H3187"/record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H1121" people’s|strong="H5971" ancestors|strong="H0001"► and|strong="H1121" each|strong="H1471" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1121" separate|strong="H6504" ethnic group|strong="H7235". Those|strong="H1121" ethnic groups|strong="H1121" formed|strong="H3335" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H1121" flood|strong="H3999" and|strong="H1121" spread|strong="H6504" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H1121" earth|strong="H0776". 

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\chapterNumber{11}At|strong="H1961" first|strong="H7223", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H1697" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" spoke|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1697" language|strong="H8193" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{2}As|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" moved|strong="H5265" further|strong="H5750" east|strong="H6924", they|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" plain|strong="H1237" in|strong="H3427" Babylonia|strong="H0894" region|strong="H2256" and|strong="H8033" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", “◄Hey|strong="H1945"/Come|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961"►, let’s|strong="H1980" form|strong="H1961" bricks|strong="H3843" and|strong="H7453" bake|strong="H0644" them|strong="H8313" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H3835" them|strong="H8313" hard|strong="H7186", for|strong="H1961" building|strong="H1129"!” So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" used|strong="H1961" bricks|strong="H3843" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H2563" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H7453" used|strong="H1961" tar|strong="H2564" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H2563" ◄mortar|strong="H2563"/a|strong="H1961" mixture|strong="H4842" of|strong="H2563" cement, sand|strong="H2344" and|strong="H7453" lime|strong="H7875"► to|strong="H1961" hold|strong="H2388" them|strong="H8313" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Hey|strong="H1945", let’s|strong="H1980" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H5921" ourselves|strong="H1129"! We|strong="H6213" also|strong="H8034" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="H5921" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" high|strong="H7218" tower|strong="H4026" that|strong="H3605" reaches|strong="H5927" up|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064"! In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5892" become|strong="H6213" famous|strong="H8034"! If|strong="H6435" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H8034" scattered|strong="H6327" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3381" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" tower|strong="H4026". Then|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" tower|strong="H4026" that|strong="H7200" those|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{puny} men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" building|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1992" one|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" that|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H8193" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" language|strong="H8193". If|strong="H2005" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3068" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" now|strong="H6258", then|strong="H6258" ◄there|strong="H1992" is|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992"/they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213"► [LIT|strong="H0215"]! 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3808", okay/now|strong="H8085", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" cause|strong="H2600" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" different|strong="H8133" languages|strong="H3961", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3381" understand|strong="H8085" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stopped|strong="H2308" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" disperse|strong="H6327" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" Babel|strong="H0894" which|strong="H3068" means|strong="H3651" ‘confusion’, because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" confused|strong="H1101" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] spoke|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w different|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w languages|strong="H3961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w could|strong="H8193"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w*}, not|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" language|strong="H8193". From|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" disperse|strong="H6327" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 

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\verseNumber{10}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" bigger|strong="H1419" list|strong="H4557"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3205" more|strong="H3205"► of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035": Two|strong="H3967" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3205" flood|strong="H3999", when|strong="H1121" Shem|strong="H8035" was|strong="H1121" 100 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Arpachshad|strong="H0775". 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H8141" Arpachshad|strong="H0775" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Shem|strong="H8035" lived|strong="H2421" 500 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" had|strong="H3205" more|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H2421" Arphachshad was|strong="H8141" 35 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Shelah|strong="H7974". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H8141" Shelah|strong="H7974" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Arpachshad|strong="H0775" lived|strong="H2421" 403 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" more|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H2421" Shelah|strong="H7974" was|strong="H8141" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Eber|strong="H5677". 
\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H8141" Eber|strong="H5677" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Shelah|strong="H7974" lived|strong="H2421" 403 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H2421" Eber|strong="H5677" was|strong="H8141" 34 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Peleg|strong="H6389". 
\verseNumber{17}After|strong="H8141" Peleg|strong="H6389" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Eber|strong="H5677" lived|strong="H2421" 430 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H2421" Peleg|strong="H6389" was|strong="H8141" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Reu|strong="H7466". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H8141" Reu|strong="H7466" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Peleg|strong="H6389" lived|strong="H2421" 209 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H2421" Reu|strong="H7466" was|strong="H8141" 32 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Serug|strong="H8286". 
\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H8141" Serug|strong="H8286" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Reu|strong="H7466" lived|strong="H2421" 207 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H2421" Serug|strong="H8286" was|strong="H8141" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Nahor|strong="H5152". 
\verseNumber{23}After|strong="H8141" Nahor|strong="H5152" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Serug|strong="H8286" lived|strong="H2421" 200 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H2421" Nahor|strong="H5152" was|strong="H8141" 29 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H8141" Terah|strong="H8646". 
\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H8141" Terah|strong="H8646" was|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205", Nahor|strong="H5152" lived|strong="H2421" 119 more|strong="H3205" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3967" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H2421" Terah|strong="H8646" was|strong="H8141" 70 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", his|strong="H2421" son|strong="H3205" Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H8141" born|strong="H3205". Later|strong="H0310", two|strong="H2421" other|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H3205", Nahor|strong="H5152" and|strong="H8141" Haran|strong="H2039" were|strong="H3205" born|strong="H3205". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Terah’s descendants|strong="H2233" }

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\verseNumber{27}◄This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369"/I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H3205"► a|strong="H3205" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3205" Terah|strong="H8646": Terah’s sons|strong="H3205" were|strong="H3205" Abram|strong="H0087", Nahor|strong="H5152", and|strong="H3205" Haran|strong="H2039". Haran’s son|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" named|strong="H7121" Lot|strong="H3876". 
\verseNumber{28}Haran|strong="H2039" died|strong="H4191" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" Ur|strong="H0218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Chaldea|strong="H3778" land|strong="H6440", where|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H6440" born|strong="H4138". 
\verseNumber{29}Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H1323" Nahor|strong="H5152" both|strong="H8147" married|strong="H3947". Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Sarai|strong="H8297", and|strong="H1323" Nahor’s|strong="H5152" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Milcah|strong="H4435". Milcah|strong="H4435" and|strong="H1323" her|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" sister|strong="H0269" Iscah|strong="H3252" were|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Haran|strong="H2039". 
\verseNumber{30}Sarai|strong="H8297" was|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" bear|strong="H5375" any|strong="H1961" children|strong="H2056". 
\verseNumber{31}Terah|strong="H8646" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3318" Ur|strong="H0218" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776". So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" grandson|strong="H1121" Lot|strong="H3876", the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haran|strong="H2771", and|strong="H1121" Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai|strong="H8297" with|strong="H3427" him|strong="H3947". But|strong="H3947" instead|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" Canaan|strong="H3667", they|strong="H8033" stopped|strong="H5975" at|strong="H3427" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1961" Terah|strong="H8646" was|strong="H1961" 205 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" Haran|strong="H2771". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh told Abram to go to Canaan and promised to bless him }

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\chapterNumber{12}Then|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Abram|strong="H0087", “Leave|strong="H5800" this|strong="H7200" country|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1004" you|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3212" living|strong="H2416". Leave|strong="H5800" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" clan|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004". Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H1288" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471". I|strong="H1288" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1419" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ◄famous|strong="H8034"/highly|strong="H1431" esteemed|strong="H2803"►. What|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1288" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293" to|strong="H1961" others|strong="H1288". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄bless|strong="H1288"/ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3605"► you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" ◄curse|strong="H7043"/ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3605" punish|strong="H6485"► those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605". And|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4940" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605", groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4940" people|strong="H4940" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3605" receive|strong="H3947" blessings|strong="H1288" (OR|strong="H0176", people|strong="H4940" will|strong="H3605" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3605" bless|strong="H1288" others|strong="H1288" as|strong="H3605" much|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" blessed|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3605").” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H0087" left|strong="H3318" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3068" 75 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H3068" along|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H1696", Sarai|strong="H8297", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" nephew|strong="H1121", Lot|strong="H3876". 
\verseNumber{5}Abram|strong="H0087" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" along|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" and|strong="H1121" slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1121" accumulated|strong="H7408"/acquired|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6213" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3318" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H4725" Canaan|strong="H3669" they|strong="H5704" traveled|strong="H5674" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H4725" camped|strong="H2583" by|strong="H5674" a|strong="H5674" huge|strong="H1995" tree|strong="H6086" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5704" tree|strong="H6086" of|strong="H4725" Moreh|strong="H4176". The|strong="H5704" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group were|strong="H3669" still|strong="H5704" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H4725" that|strong="H3669" land|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233".” Then|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H3068" Shechem|strong="H7927", Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4940" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" hills|strong="H2022" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H2022" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" set|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129" their|strong="H3068" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3068" Ai|strong="H5857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" further|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" east|strong="H6924". There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" another|strong="H0312" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1129" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" left|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1980" started|strong="H2490" traveling|strong="H1980" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" Negev|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H1980" Sarai|strong="H8297" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1980" while|strong="H5704" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H1980" Sarai|strong="H8297" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1980" while|strong="H5704" }
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\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" ◄a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458"/very|strong="H3966" little|strong="H4592" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3381" eat|strong="H0398"► in|strong="H1481" Canaan|strong="H3667", so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3381" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H3381" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H1481" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{11}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" enter|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714", Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3045" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai|strong="H8297", “Listen|strong="H2009", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4714" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3045" beautiful|strong="H3303" woman|strong="H4758". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4713" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" is|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802"!’ and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H4616" I|strong="H5315" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3190" to|strong="H4616" tell|strong="H4994" them|strong="H3190" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3190" are|strong="H5315" my|strong="H3190" sister|strong="H0269", so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5315" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3190" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3190" that|strong="H5315", they|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" ◄spare|strong="H2421" my|strong="H3190" life|strong="H5315"/not|strong="H5315" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H4994"►.” 
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\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4714" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4714", the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1931" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4714" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1961" indeed|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3947", they|strong="H3947" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" how|strong="H4100" beautiful|strong="H3303" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1004". And|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" treated|strong="H3190" Abram|strong="H0087" kindly|strong="H3820" because|strong="H5668" of|strong="H5650" Sarai|strong="H8297", and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H1241" gave|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087" many|strong="H7227" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5650" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H5650" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H5650" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" Sarai|strong="H8297", Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" inflicted|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" terrible|strong="H3372" diseases|strong="H5061". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" realized|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" happening, he|strong="H1931" summoned|strong="H7121" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H6213" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H7121", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5046"? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" your|strong="H6213" wife|strong="H0802"? 
\verseNumber{19}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3947" lie|strong="H7901", saying|strong="H0559" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3947" sister|strong="H0269", with|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H2009" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6258" my|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802"? You|strong="H3947" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3212" have|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931"! So|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802", leave|strong="H5800" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212"!” 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" told|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269"/servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abram and Lot separated }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Abram and Lot separated }
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\chapterNumber{13}So|strong="H5927" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H4714" Sarai|strong="H8297" left|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4714" they|strong="H1931" took|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399", and|strong="H4714" Lot|strong="H3876" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" Negev|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3966" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H3513". He|strong="H3701" owned|strong="H3426" a|strong="H4735" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4735" livestock|strong="H4735", silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H8033" continued|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5704" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5704" place|strong="H4725" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Negev|strong="H5045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Desert|strong="H6160"\+w*} toward|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" place|strong="H4725" between|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H3212" Ai|strong="H5857" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8462" set|strong="H4550" up|strong="H5704" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" Abram|strong="H0087" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{5}Lot|strong="H3876", who|strong="H1980" was|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" Abram|strong="H0087", also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H1961" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H6629" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1980" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H1980" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1980" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3162" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" area|strong="H1508". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H7227" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3201" provide|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H3427" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3162" their|strong="H5375" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{7}Furthermore|strong="H1571", the|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669" and|strong="H3427" Perizzi were|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3669" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" really|strong="H2088" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3427" Abram’s|strong="H0087" animals|strong="H1961" started|strong="H1961" quarreling|strong="H1777" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3427" Lot’s|strong="H3876" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Lot|strong="H3876", “Since|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5980" relatives|strong="H0251", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H4994" two|strong="H8147" to|strong="H1961" quarrel|strong="H7378", or|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" quarrel|strong="H7378" with|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3588" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5921" both|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" us|strong="H4994". So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H4994" should|strong="H3225" separate|strong="H6504". You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3225" choose|strong="H0977" whatever|strong="H3605" part|strong="H6504" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H3808" [RHQ]. If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" over|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3605", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H5921". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" here|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H8041" over|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3605".” 
\verseNumber{10}Lot|strong="H3876" looked|strong="H7200" around|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" Zoar|strong="H6820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H3603" near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}. It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" park/garden|strong="H1588" in|strong="H3068" Eden|strong="H5731", and|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". [That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3068" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5869" on|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" plain|strong="H3603".] 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H5921" Lot|strong="H3876" chose|strong="H0977" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" plain|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3603" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5265" his|strong="H3605" uncle|strong="H1730", Abram|strong="H0087", and|strong="H5265" moved|strong="H5265" east|strong="H6924". 
\verseNumber{12}Abram|strong="H0087" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" Canaan|strong="H3667" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H5892" Lot|strong="H3876" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" plain|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" he|strong="H5704" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3427" tents|strong="H0168" near|strong="H5704" Sodom|strong="H5467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3068" were|strong="H7451" extremely|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7451". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abram|strong="H0087" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275" }

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\verseNumber{14}After|strong="H4480" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H3068" Lot|strong="H3876" separated|strong="H6504", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087", “Look|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5439" at|strong="H3068" this|strong="H7200" whole|strong="H3605" area|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H5869". Look|strong="H7200" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H3068" south|strong="H5045", look|strong="H7200" east|strong="H6924" and|strong="H3068" west|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5769" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H7760" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1571" particles of|strong="H2233" dust|strong="H6083"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w easier|strong="H7043"\+w*} to|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4487" the|strong="H7760" particles of|strong="H2233" dust|strong="H6083" than|strong="H1571" it|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" to|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4487" your|strong="H7760" descendants|strong="H2233" [HYP]. 
\verseNumber{17}Walk|strong="H1980" through|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1980" every|strong="H5414" direction|strong="H3027", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1980" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3427" Abram|strong="H0087" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} took|strong="H3947" down|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275" and|strong="H3068" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" huge|strong="H1995" trees|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* }of|strong="H3068" Mamre|strong="H4471". He|strong="H8033" placed|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1129" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w make|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abram rescued Lot }

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\chapterNumber{14}In|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" east|strong="H6921", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w*/\+w allies|strong="H2266"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Amraphel|strong="H0569" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia|strong="H0894", King|strong="H4428" Arioch|strong="H0746" of|strong="H4428" Ellasar|strong="H0495", King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" of|strong="H4428" Elam|strong="H5867", and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Tidal|strong="H8413" of|strong="H4428" Goiim|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" area|strong="H1508" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" west|strong="H3220", there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H4428" five|strong="H2568" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428". They|strong="H1931" were|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Bera|strong="H1298" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", King|strong="H4428" Birsha|strong="H1306" of|strong="H4428" Gomorrah|strong="H6017", King|strong="H4428" Shinab|strong="H8134" of|strong="H4428" Admah|strong="H0126", King|strong="H4428" Shemeber|strong="H8038" of|strong="H4428" Zeboiim|strong="H6636", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Bela|strong="H1106", the|strong="H6213" city|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" Zoar|strong="H6820". 
\verseNumber{3}Those|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H2266" in|strong="H3220" Siddim|strong="H7708" Valley|strong="H6010", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}, to|strong="H3220" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635". King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H3220" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w demanded|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tribute|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H8141" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" them|strong="H8147". But|strong="H5647" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" thirteenth|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" they|strong="H8141" rebelled|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w tribute|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5221" next|strong="H4283" year|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" allies|strong="H2266" took|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" and|strong="H4428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Repha people-group in|strong="H8141" Ashteroth-Karnaim|strong="H6255" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Zuz people-group in|strong="H8141" Ham|strong="H1990", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5221" Emi people-group in|strong="H8141" Shaveh-Kiriathaim|strong="H7741". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H2752" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Hor|strong="H2023" people-group in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" El-Paran|strong="H0364" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Mishpat \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H1571" called|strong="H7121" Kadesh|strong="H6946". They|strong="H1931" conquered|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" belonging to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hazazon-Tamar|strong="H2688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", Gomorrah|strong="H6017", Admah|strong="H0126", Zeboiim|strong="H6636" and|strong="H4428" Bela|strong="H1106" marched|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3318" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Siddim|strong="H7708" Valley|strong="H6010". That|strong="H1931" valley|strong="H6010" is|strong="H1931" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Salt|strong="H4417"/Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1471" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H1471" the|strong="H1471" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Elam|strong="H5867", Tidal|strong="H8413" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Goiim|strong="H1471", Amraphel|strong="H0569" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Shinar|strong="H8152", and|strong="H4428" Arioch|strong="H0746" the|strong="H1471" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ellasar|strong="H0495". The|strong="H1471" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1471" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H1471" the|strong="H1471" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" five|strong="H2568" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H8033" Siddim|strong="H7708" Valley|strong="H6010" was|strong="H4428" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H4428" tar|strong="H2564" pits|strong="H5127". So|strong="H8033" when|strong="H5307" the|strong="H8033" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H4428" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H4428" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" men|strong="H0376" fell|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H8033" tar|strong="H2564" pits|strong="H5127". The|strong="H8033" others|strong="H0312" escaped|strong="H5127" and|strong="H4428" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" hills|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*} fled|strong="H5127", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*} seized|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3212" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3212" Gomorrah|strong="H6017", including|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1121" captured|strong="H3947" Abram’s|strong="H0087" nephew|strong="H1121" Lot|strong="H3876" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" possessions|strong="H7399", since|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Sodom|strong="H5467" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{13}Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H7931" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5046" big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086" near|strong="H7126" Mamre|strong="H4471", who|strong="H1931" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" Amor people-group. Abram|strong="H0087" had|strong="H1167" made|strong="H5046" an|strong="H1129" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" Mamre|strong="H4471" and|strong="H1285" his|strong="H5046" two|strong="H8147" brothers|strong="H0251", Eshcol|strong="H0812" and|strong="H1285" Aner|strong="H6063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w war|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}One|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H2593" who|strong="H3211" escaped|strong="H4422" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" battle|strong="H4421" told|strong="H8085" Abram|strong="H0087" what|strong="H8085" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3967" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" nephew|strong="H1121" Lot|strong="H1486" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7617" and|strong="H3967" taken|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617". So|strong="H3588" Abram|strong="H0087" summoned|strong="H8085" 318 men|strong="H2593" who|strong="H3211" were|strong="H7291" his|strong="H8085" servants|strong="H5650", men|strong="H2593" who|strong="H3211" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1004" Abram|strong="H0087" since|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7291" born|strong="H3211". They|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5704" went|strong="H1835" together|strong="H8085" and|strong="H3967" pursued|strong="H7291" their|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" north|strong="H6828" as|strong="H5704" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915", Abram|strong="H2505" divided|strong="H2505" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5650" into|strong="H5921" several|strong="H2669" groups|strong="H7218", and|strong="H5650" they|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H5921" various|strong="H2921" directions|strong="H7253" and|strong="H5650" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Hobah|strong="H2327", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" north|strong="H8040" of|strong="H5650" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}Abram’s|strong="H0087" men|strong="H5971" recovered|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" goods|strong="H7399" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" taken|strong="H3947". They|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1571" rescued|strong="H5337" Lot|strong="H3876" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" and|strong="H7725" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7725" others|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H1571" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Melchizedek|strong="H4442" blessed|strong="H1288" Abram|strong="H7725" }

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\verseNumber{17}As|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1931" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" after|strong="H3318" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376" had|strong="H4428" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" alongside|strong="H5980" him|strong="H5221", the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" went|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5221" in|strong="H4428" Shaveh|strong="H7740" Valley|strong="H6010", which|strong="H1931" people|strong="H1931" call|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" King’s|strong="H4428" Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Salem|strong="H8004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Melchizedek|strong="H4442", was|strong="H1931" also|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3318" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H1931" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" Supreme God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3318" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H0087". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H5945" he|strong="H7069" blessed|strong="H1288" Abram|strong="H0087", saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H7069" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="H1288" Supreme God|strong="H8064", the|strong="H1288" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" created|strong="H7069" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" earth|strong="H8064", to|strong="H8064" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" Supreme God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3027" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" [MTY] your|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862", so|strong="H5414" we|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1288"/thank|strong="H3034" him|strong="H5414".” Then|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Melchizedek|strong="H4042" a|strong="H5414" tenth|strong="H4643" part|strong="H4643" of|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5414" captured|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087", “You|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" keep|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" goods|strong="H7399" you|strong="H5414" recovered|strong="H7725". Just|strong="H3512" let|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" my|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" rescued|strong="H5337".” 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", “I|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" [MTY] to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" Supreme God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H7311" who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H7069" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H8064", 
\verseNumber{23}that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" even|strong="H5704" one|strong="H3605" thread|strong="H2339" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3947" thong|strong="H8288" of|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3947" sandal|strong="H5275" from|strong="H3947" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3605". As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3947" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5414" Abram|strong="H0087" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H6238" rich|strong="H6238".’ 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3947" only|strong="H7535" thing|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" accept|strong="H3947" is|strong="H5288" the|strong="H3947" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H5288" my|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5288" have|strong="H5288" eaten|strong="H0398". But|strong="H7535" Aner|strong="H6063", Eshcol|strong="H0812", and|strong="H1980" Mamre|strong="H4471" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1980" fought|strong="H3898" alongside|strong="H5980" me|strong="H3947", so|strong="H1980" let|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1992" have|strong="H5288" a|strong="H3947" share|strong="H2506" of|strong="H2506" the|strong="H3947" goods|strong="H7399" we|strong="H1980" brought|strong="H3947" back|strong="H1980".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w Sodom|strong="H5467"\+w* \+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh made a solemn promise to Abram }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh made a solemn promise to Abram }
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\chapterNumber{15}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", Abram|strong="H0087" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" vision|strong="H4236" in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7235" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" ◄anything|strong="H1697"/your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341"►. I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3372" [MTY], and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7235" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H3966" reward|strong="H7939".” 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H1931" Abram|strong="H0087" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3069", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" truly|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" no|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" inherit|strong="H5157" all|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" possessions|strong="H7399" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" Eliezer|strong="H0461" from|strong="H1980" Damascus|strong="H1834"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Abram|strong="H0087" added|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121", so|strong="H5414" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H2009" this|strong="H5414": A|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5414" household|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1121" inherit|strong="H3423" all|strong="H5414" I|strong="H2005" own|strong="H1961"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"! He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" inherit|strong="H3423" it|strong="H1931". Instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" inherit|strong="H3423" everything|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" own|strong="H4578".” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H0087" outside|strong="H2351" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H8064" said|strong="H3318", “Look|strong="H5027" up|strong="H3318" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" sky|strong="H8064"! Can|strong="H3201" you|strong="H4994" count|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3541" stars|strong="H3556"? No|strong="H1961", you|strong="H4994" cannot|strong="H3201" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H3318" because|strong="H2233" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H8064" so|strong="H3541" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H2233" them|strong="H3318", and|strong="H8064" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3541" stars|strong="H3556".” 
\verseNumber{6}Abram|strong="H0087" believed|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". And|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6666". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5414", “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2063" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3318" Ur|strong="H0218" in|strong="H3068" Chaldea|strong="H3778" land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3318" possess|strong="H3423".” 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" Abram|strong="H0087" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3069", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H4100" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3045"?” 
\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947", “Bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" three-year-old|strong="H7969" heifer|strong="H5697" and|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" three-year-old|strong="H7969" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" dove|strong="H3123" and|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" pigeon|strong="H1469".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" Abram|strong="H0087" brought|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3947" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3947" cut|strong="H1334" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" in|strong="H8432" half|strong="H1335". He|strong="H3605" arranged|strong="H6186" the|strong="H3605" halves of|strong="H8432" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605", side|strong="H6285" by|strong="H5414" side|strong="H6285". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H1334" the|strong="H3605" pigeon|strong="H3123" and|strong="H3947" dove|strong="H3123" in|strong="H8432" half|strong="H1335". 
\verseNumber{11}Birds|strong="H5861" that|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" dead|strong="H6297" flesh|strong="H1320" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" carcasses|strong="H6297", but|strong="H5921" Abram|strong="H0087" shooed them|strong="H5921" away|strong="H5380". 
\verseNumber{12}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H1961" going|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307", Abram|strong="H0087" fell|strong="H5307" sound|strong="H8639" asleep|strong="H3463", and|strong="H1419" suddenly|strong="H2009" everything|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" became|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822" and|strong="H1419" frightening. 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087", “I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3045" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" foreigners|strong="H1616" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5647" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" owners|strong="H1167" of|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". The|strong="H3588" owners|strong="H1167" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" mistreat|strong="H6031" them|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" 400 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H1571" then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1471" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3318" that|strong="H1471" country|strong="H2022" that|strong="H1471" made|strong="H5647" them|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" slaves|strong="H5647", and|strong="H1419" then|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3318" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1471" leave|strong="H3318" that|strong="H1471" country|strong="H2022", taking|strong="H3947" many|strong="H1419" possessions|strong="H7399" with|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" for|strong="H2896" you|strong="H2896", you|strong="H2896" will|strong="H2896" die|strong="H4191" [EUP] peacefully|strong="H7965" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H2896" are|strong="H2896" very|strong="H2896" old|strong="H7872". 
\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H3588" your|strong="H7725" descendants|strong="H2233" have|strong="H5771" been|strong="H3808" slaves|strong="H5650" for|strong="H3588" 400 years|strong="H8141", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" here|strong="H2008", and|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5771" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group. Tose people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2398" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H5704" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" now|strong="H2008".” 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5674" sun|strong="H8121" had|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" and|strong="H5674" it|strong="H1961" had|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H5939", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w unexpectedly|strong="H6597"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" blazing|strong="H3345" torch|strong="H3940" and|strong="H5674" a|strong="H1961" clay|strong="H2635" pot|strong="H5518" containing|strong="H8033" burning|strong="H3940" coals|strong="H1513" from|strong="H1961" which|strong="H0834" smoke|strong="H6227" was|strong="H1961" rising|strong="H4217" appeared|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5674" went|strong="H5674" between|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" halves of|strong="H8121" the|strong="H5674" animals|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087". Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414", “I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" between|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" eastern|strong="H6931" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H3068" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" huge|strong="H1995" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{19}That|strong="H7017" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Ken, the|strong="H3605" Keniz, the|strong="H3605" Kidmon, 
\verseNumber{20}the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845", the|strong="H3605" Periz, the|strong="H3605" Repha, 
\verseNumber{21}the|strong="H2983" Amor, the|strong="H2983" Canaan|strong="H3669", the|strong="H2983" Girgash, and|strong="H2983" the|strong="H2983" Tebus people-groups live|strong="H3427".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Sarai gave Abram a slave woman to be another wife, and that woman gave birth to Ishmael }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Sarai gave Abram a slave woman to be another wife, and that woman gave birth to Ishmael }
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\chapterNumber{16}Up|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" that|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6256", Abram’s|strong="H0087" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai|strong="H8297" had|strong="H3205" not|strong="H3808" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" any|strong="H3808" children|strong="H3205" for|strong="H8034" Abram|strong="H0087". But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198" from|strong="H8034" Egypt|strong="H4713", whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hagar|strong="H1904". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Sarai|strong="H8297" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" allowed|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030". So|strong="H4480" ◄sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H3068"/have|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068"► [EUP] my|strong="H8085" slave|strong="H8198" Hagar|strong="H1904". Perhaps|strong="H0194" she|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H3205" children|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H2009" can|strong="H4994" consider|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H4480".” Abram|strong="H0087" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6963" Sarai|strong="H8297" said|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3947" Abram|strong="H0087" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3427"/had|strong="H5414" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3427"► Hagar|strong="H1904", his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" Sarai’s|strong="H8297" slave|strong="H8198" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4713". This|strong="H5414" happened|strong="H1961" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H7093" they|strong="H8141" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. Sarai|strong="H8297" gave|strong="H5414" Hagar|strong="H1904" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" secondary wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3588" ◄slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5869"/had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5869"► [EUP] Hagar|strong="H1904" and|strong="H5869" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H7200" pregnant|strong="H2029". When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1404" pregnant|strong="H2029", she|strong="H3588" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7200" despise|strong="H7043" her|strong="H7200" mistress|strong="H1404" Sarai|strong="H1404". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5414" Sarai|strong="H8297" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abram|strong="H0087", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fault|strong="H3972"! I|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H8198" into|strong="H8199" your|strong="H3068" arms|strong="H2436", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" sleep|strong="H7200" with|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5414" [EUP]. Now|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" realizes|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" pregnant|strong="H2029", and|strong="H3068" she|strong="H3588" despises|strong="H0959" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Sarai|strong="H8297", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}! She|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3027" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H8198", so|strong="H6213" act|strong="H6213" towards her|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" consider|strong="H2009" best|strong="H2896".” Then|strong="H2009" Sarai|strong="H8297" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6213" mistreat|strong="H6031" her|strong="H6213", so|strong="H6213" she|strong="H6440" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" Sarai|strong="H8297". 
\verseNumber{7}An|strong="H4672" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" her|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3068" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" near|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" spring|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" Shur|strong="H7793". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H1904", “Hagar|strong="H1904", slave|strong="H8198" of|strong="H6440" Sarai|strong="H8297", where|strong="H2088" have|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" come|strong="H3212" from|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3212" where|strong="H2088" are|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" going|strong="H3212"?” She|strong="H6440" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H2088" run|strong="H3212" away|strong="H3212" from|strong="H6440" Sarai|strong="H8297", my|strong="H6440" mistress|strong="H1404".” 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" mistress|strong="H1404" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" under|strong="H8478" her|strong="H7725" authority|strong="H3027" [MTY]”. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7235", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H5375" so|strong="H3808" many|strong="H7230" descendants|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H3068"!” 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H8085" angel|strong="H4397" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3588"\+w*!} You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" pregnant|strong="H2030". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121". You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Ishmael|strong="H3458", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hears|strong="H8085"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588" crying|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" feel|strong="H4184" so|strong="H7121" miserable|strong="H5999". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" uncontrollable as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wild|strong="H6501" donkey|strong="H6501" [MET|strong="H6298"]. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" oppose|strong="H7853" everyone|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3027" everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" oppose|strong="H7853" him|strong="H6440" [MTY]. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H7931" far|strong="H5921" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" [SYN].” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" Hagar|strong="H1904" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068", so|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" herself|strong="H5315", “◄It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H3068" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="H1696" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" back|strong="H7725" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200"!/Have|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" really|strong="H2088" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" back|strong="H7725" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200"?►” [RHQ] So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" me’. 
\verseNumber{14}That|strong="H3651" is|strong="H2009" why|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" call|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3651" there|strong="H2009" ‘Beer-Lahai-Roi’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w*, ‘\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w who|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w sees|strong="H2009"\+w* us’!} It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H2009" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H2009", between|strong="H5921" Kadesh|strong="H6946" and|strong="H7121" Bered|strong="H1260". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H7121" Hagar|strong="H1904" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H7121" Abram|strong="H0087", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" gave|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" her|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" Ishmael|strong="H3458". 
\verseNumber{16}Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H1121" eighty-six|strong="H8084" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" Hagar|strong="H1904" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Abram’s|strong="H0087" son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh changed Abram’s name to Abraham and made an agreement with him }

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\chapterNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H3068" 99 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H7706". I|strong="H7200" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H1980" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H1961" way|strong="H1980" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" regard|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" that|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" criticized|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" which|strong="H1285" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" promise|strong="H1285" to|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233".” [MTY] 
\verseNumber{3}Abram|strong="H0087" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H6440" with|strong="H1696" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{4}“Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H1471" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H1961": People|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1995" many|strong="H1995" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" be|strong="H1961" Abram|strong="H0087". Instead|strong="H3588", your|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w many|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*,’} because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H8034" many|strong="H1995" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" descend|strong="H3381" from|strong="H1471" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" have|strong="H1471" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H3318", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" great|strong="H3966" nations|strong="H1471"/people-groups, and|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1471" become|strong="H3318" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6965" this|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H1961" and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" everlasting|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6965" effect|strong="H6965" for|strong="H1961" many|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755". This|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" is|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H2233" your|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5769" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" through|strong="H3605" which|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" everlasting|strong="H5769" possession|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H5769" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H4033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" as|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H7284" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135" as|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H7284" }
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H8104" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H8104" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2233"\+w*} the|strong="H8104" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H1755" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H8104", and|strong="H1285" your|strong="H8104" descendants|strong="H2233" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571" obey|strong="H8104" it|strong="H8104", for|strong="H2233" all|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755". 
\verseNumber{10}This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H3605", between|strong="H0996" myself|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1285" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1285" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233": Every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H2145" circumcised|strong="H4135". 
\verseNumber{11}◄Cutting|strong="H2799" the|strong="H1961" foreskins|strong="H6190" of|strong="H1285"/Circumcising|strong="H4135"► them|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sign|strong="H0226" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w accepted|strong="H7521"\+w*} the|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H1961" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1285" you|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{12}Every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" child|strong="H1121" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" circumcised|strong="H4135" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="H3117" old|strong="H1121", in|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" generations|strong="H1755". That|strong="H3605" includes baby|strong="H1121" boys|strong="H3206" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3211" from|strong="H1121" slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H3808" bought|strong="H4736", and|strong="H1121" baby|strong="H1121" boys|strong="H3206" of|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3117" among|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}It|strong="H1961" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" matter|strong="H1697" whether|strong="H0518" their|strong="H1961" parents|strong="H0001" are|strong="H1004" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" household|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3701" slaves|strong="H5650" that|strong="H1320" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" bought|strong="H4736"; they|strong="H1285" must|strong="H4191" all|strong="H5769" be|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135". Your|strong="H1961" bodies|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1004" mark|strong="H0226" to|strong="H1961" show|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w accepted|strong="H7521"\+w*} this|strong="H1004" everlasting|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H1004" am|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H5315" expel|strong="H1644" from|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3808" community|strong="H5712" any|strong="H5315" male|strong="H2145" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" circumcised|strong="H4135", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w being|strong="H5315"\+w* circumised} that|strong="H5971" person|strong="H5315" has|strong="H5315" disobeyed|strong="H6963" my|strong="H6565" agreement|strong="H1285".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133" Sarai’s|strong="H8297" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5315" Sarah|strong="H8283" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133" Sarai’s|strong="H8297" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5315" Sarah|strong="H8283" }
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\verseNumber{15}God|strong="H3808" also|strong="H8034" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" Abraham|strong="H0085", “As|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" Sarai|strong="H8297", your|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" Sarai|strong="H8297" any|strong="H3588" longer|strong="H3808". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w changed|strong="H8133"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w also|strong="H8034"\+w*}. Her|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3808" now|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" Sarah|strong="H8283". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" her|strong="H5414" so|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" that|strong="H5971" she|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" ancestor of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471". Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" people-groups will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" her|strong="H5414".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{17}Abraham|strong="H0085" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H3820" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. But|strong="H5921" then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" laughed|strong="H6711" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3820", “Can|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3820" a|strong="H3205" 100 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" become|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121"? And|strong="H3967" since|strong="H3588" Sarah|strong="H8283" is|strong="H3820" 90 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H1121" she|strong="H3967" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" child|strong="H1121"?” 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0227" Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3863", “Perhaps|strong="H0194" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" let|strong="H7971" Ishmael|strong="H3458" receive|strong="H3947" your|strong="H6440" blessing|strong="H1293" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w inherit|strong="H5157"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w possess|strong="H3423"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H6965" God|strong="H0430" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H6965"\+w*!} Your|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H1121" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3205". You|strong="H3205" must|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Isaac|strong="H3327". I|strong="H6965" will|strong="H1121" establish|strong="H6965" my|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" him|strong="H3205", one|strong="H1121" which|strong="H1285" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" an|strong="H6965" everlasting|strong="H5769" agreement|strong="H1285" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3205" Ishmael|strong="H3458", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1471" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H8085" for|strong="H3205" him|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H5414" also|strong="H3458" will|strong="H1471" have|strong="H1471" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233". Among|strong="H5387" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" rulers|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3205" twelve|strong="H8147" nations|strong="H1471". And|strong="H1419" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} [MTY] to|strong="H5414" also|strong="H3458" become|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3205" Isaac|strong="H3327", the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H2088" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" at|strong="H6965" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H4150" next|strong="H4283" year|strong="H8141", is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3205" one|strong="H2088" with|strong="H1285" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H2088" establish|strong="H6965" my|strong="H6965" agreement|strong="H1285".” 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H3615" God|strong="H0430" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Abraham|strong="H0085", God|strong="H0430" disappeared|strong="H0369" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{23}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H6106" day|strong="H3117", Abraham|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" slaves|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H4736", and|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135" them|strong="H3947". He|strong="H3117" cut|strong="H4135" off|strong="H4135" their|strong="H3605" foreskins|strong="H6190", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{24}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H1121" 99 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" ◄he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135"/someone|strong="H0376" circumcised|strong="H4135" him|strong="H1121"►, 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" was|strong="H1121" thirteen|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" circumcised|strong="H4135" him|strong="H6240". 
\verseNumber{26}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" very|strong="H6106" day|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121", Ishmael|strong="H3458" were|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3211" there|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H3605" bought|strong="H4736" from|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H1121", were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" circumcised|strong="H4135". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh appeared to them and promised again that they would have a son }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh appeared to them and promised again that they would have a son }
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\chapterNumber{18}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" year|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" hot|strong="H2527", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085" again|strong="H7725" near|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H7200" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Mamre|strong="H4471", while|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{2}Abraham|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" [MTY] and|strong="H5869" was|strong="H5324" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" standing|strong="H5324" near|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Actually|strong="H7901"\+w*, \+w one|strong="H5324"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5324"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}. When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5921" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" face|strong="H5869" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" respect|strong="H7200", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H5869" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994", stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H4672" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" little|strong="H4592" while|strong="H5921" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
\verseNumber{4}Allow|strong="H4994" my|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H4325" bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H6086" wash|strong="H7364" your|strong="H3947" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H6086" rest|strong="H8172" under|strong="H8478" this|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{5}Since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H5674" here|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921", allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" [SYN] so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" feel|strong="H4184" refreshed|strong="H5314" before|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800".” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H1696", “All|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3651", do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" Abraham|strong="H0085" quickly|strong="H4116" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Sarah|strong="H8283", “Quick|strong="H4116", get|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5429" our|strong="H6213" best|strong="H2459" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H5429" bread|strong="H5692"!” 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H6213" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" selected|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" calf|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" meat|strong="H1320" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" tender|strong="H7390" and|strong="H1121" tasty|strong="H2536". He|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} quickly|strong="H4116" kill|strong="H2026" it|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" cook|strong="H2876" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" was|strong="H1931" cooked|strong="H2102", Abraham|strong="H3947" brought|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" curds|strong="H2529" and|strong="H1121" milk|strong="H2461" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H5414" been|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" visitors|strong="H1992". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H5975" near|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414", under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086", while|strong="H1931" they|strong="H5921" ate|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414", “Where|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" Sarah|strong="H8283", your|strong="H8283" wife|strong="H0802"?” He|strong="H8283" replied|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2009" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H2009" tent|strong="H0168".” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H8085" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" group|strong="H7235" said|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" ◄about|strong="H8085" this|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256"/in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" springtime► next|strong="H2416" year|strong="H6256", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H8085" amazement, your|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H2416" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7725" infant|strong="H3243" son|strong="H1121".” It|strong="H1931" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1931" listening|strong="H8085" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" tent|strong="H0168", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H8085" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" speaking|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{11}Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3117" Sarah|strong="H8283" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2205", and|strong="H3117" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5704" past|strong="H2308" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" bear|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H1961" Sarah|strong="H8283" laughed|strong="H6711" to|strong="H1961" herself|strong="H7130", thinking|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1961" body|strong="H7130" is|strong="H1961" worn|strong="H1086" out|strong="H1086", and|strong="H2204" my|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2204". So|strong="H1961" how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" pleasure|strong="H5730" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w having|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w child|strong="H3206"\+w*}?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Sarah|strong="H8283" laugh|strong="H6711"? Why|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3068" she|strong="H4100" thinking|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H2204" too|strong="H4480" old|strong="H2204", so|strong="H2088" how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2088" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" child|strong="H3205"?’ 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! ◄Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H1697" too|strong="H1697" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725"?/There|strong="H7725" is|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H1697" too|strong="H1697" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725"!► [RHQ] I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" about|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" time|strong="H6256" next|strong="H2416" year|strong="H6256" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" springtime, and|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" infant|strong="H3243" son|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3588" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372", so|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" lied|strong="H3584" and|strong="H3372" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" laugh|strong="H6711".” But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" deny|strong="H3584" it|strong="H3588"! You|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" laugh|strong="H6711".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham|strong="H0085" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3372" intercede|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3372" Sodom|strong="H5467" }

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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H1980" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980", they|strong="H8033" looked|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" valley|strong="H6010" toward|strong="H5921" Sodom|strong="H5467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H6440" walking|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" say|strong="H0559" “goodbye” to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H6213", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3068" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" prevent|strong="H6923" Abraham|strong="H0085" from|strong="H3068" knowing|strong="H3045" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3068" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{18}Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" powerful|strong="H6099" nation|strong="H1471". And|strong="H1419" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3605" [MTY] all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" blessed|strong="H1288" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H1288" do|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H3045" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3045" his|strong="H8104" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" families|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1696" obey|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H1121" fair|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" Abraham|strong="H0085" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3966" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H7227" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" [MTY] Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3068" Gomorrah|strong="H6017". Their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" are|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H7227". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" now|strong="H4994", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" heard|strong="H7200" are|strong="H6213" true|strong="H0571" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571".” 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H3212" toward|strong="H6440" Sodom|strong="H5467". But|strong="H6437" Yahweh|strong="H3068" remained|strong="H5975", standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085". 
\verseNumber{23}Abraham|strong="H0085" came|strong="H5066" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5066" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H5066" said|strong="H0559", “Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H5973" really|strong="H2088" destroy|strong="H5595" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H7563" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" wicked|strong="H7563" ones|strong="H6662"? 
\verseNumber{24}What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3426" if|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H3426" only|strong="H0389" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5375" city|strong="H5892"? Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H5375" all|strong="H5375", and|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" spare|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" place|strong="H4725"/city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H4616" the|strong="H5375" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5375" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6662" are|strong="H3426" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5375" city|strong="H5892"? 
\verseNumber{25}It|strong="H6213" would|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" right|strong="H4941" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H1697", to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" wicked|strong="H7563" ones|strong="H6662", and|strong="H4941" treat|strong="H6213" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H4941" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3605" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", because|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7563" the|strong="H3605" judge|strong="H8199" of|strong="H1697" everyone|strong="H3605" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", will|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regarding|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Sodom|strong="H5467"\+w*}!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{26}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H4672" find|strong="H4672" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Sodom|strong="H5467", I|strong="H4672" will|strong="H3068" spare|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725"/city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5668".” 
\verseNumber{27}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H2009" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H4994" bold|strong="H0982" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="H1696" and|strong="H6030" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696", God|strong="H0430", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1696" worthless|strong="H1100" as|strong="H1696" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H6030" ashes|strong="H6083" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5892" only|strong="H3605" 45 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808"? Will|strong="H6662" you|strong="H3605" destroy|strong="H7843" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" because|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5892" only|strong="H3605" 45 and|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" 50 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H8033" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5892" 45 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{29}Abraham|strong="H3254" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w*}, saying|strong="H1696", “What|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" 40 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213", for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" 40.” 
\verseNumber{30}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696", “God|strong="H3808", please|strong="H4994" don’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" now|strong="H4994". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" again|strong="H1696". What|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" 30 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808"?” He|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H6213" 30 there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{31}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H2009" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" bold|strong="H0982" and|strong="H6242" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" this|strong="H1696", God|strong="H3808". But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4994" if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" only|strong="H0389" 20 righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033"?” He|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H7843" whole|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", for|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7843" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" 20.” 
\verseNumber{32}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696", “God|strong="H3808", don’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" now|strong="H4994". Just|strong="H1696" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" one|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6471" more|strong="H6471". What|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H4994" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5668" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8033" only|strong="H0389" ten|strong="H6235" righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033"?” Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H7843" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7843" sake|strong="H5668" of|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" ten|strong="H6235".” 
\verseNumber{33}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H1696" no|strong="H1696" more|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085", he|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3615", and|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Angels warned Lot that Sodom would be destroyed because of the people’s wickedness }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Angels warned Lot that Sodom would be destroyed because of the people’s wickedness }
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\chapterNumber{19}That|strong="H7200" evening|strong="H6153", the|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" angels|strong="H4397" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Sodom|strong="H5467". Lot|strong="H3876" was|strong="H3876" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" gateway|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H8179". When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", he|strong="H8147" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H4397" greet|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7200", and|strong="H6965" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" with|strong="H3427" his|strong="H7200" face|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5493", “Gentlemen, please|strong="H4994" stay|strong="H3885" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" tonight|strong="H3915". You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" wash|strong="H7364" your|strong="H3588" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H1980" tomorrow|strong="H4279" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" continue|strong="H3885" your|strong="H3588" journey|strong="H1870".” But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" just|strong="H3512" sleep|strong="H3885" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" square|strong="H7339".” 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Lot|strong="H1486" kept|strong="H6213" insisting strongly|strong="H3966" that|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" sleep|strong="H8142" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" entered|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" prepared|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" meal|strong="H7058" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" baked|strong="H0644" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H4682" without|strong="H1004" yeast|strong="H7603", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6213" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398", before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" bed|strong="H7901", the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5288" of|strong="H1004" Sodom|strong="H5467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" old|strong="H2205" ones|strong="H2945", surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3915" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Lot|strong="H3876", saying|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" men|strong="H7121" who|strong="H3045" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3045" house|strong="H1004" this|strong="H7121" evening|strong="H3915"? Bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318", so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7121"!” [EUP] 
\verseNumber{6}Lot|strong="H3876" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3318" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3318" door|strong="H6607" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H3318", so|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3318" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" inside|strong="H8432". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4994" them|strong="H4994", “My|strong="H7489" friends|strong="H7453", don’t|strong="H0408" do|strong="H7489" such|strong="H2088" an|strong="H1129" evil|strong="H7489" thing|strong="H4994"! 
\verseNumber{8}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" who|strong="H2896" have|strong="H5869" never|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213" any|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2896". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" now|strong="H4994", and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H2896" pleases|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" these|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" guests|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3876" of|strong="H1817" our|strong="H8199" way|strong="H1870"! You|strong="H7489" are|strong="H1992" a|strong="H7665" foreigner|strong="H5237"; so|strong="H5066" you|strong="H7489" have|strong="H6258" no|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="H5066" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H7489" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1992" right|strong="H3225"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="H0408"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3876"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1817"\+w* \+w our|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w*}, we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H8199" do|strong="H7489" worse|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5066" you|strong="H7489" than|strong="H4480" we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H8199" do|strong="H7489" to|strong="H5066" them|strong="H1992"!” Then|strong="H6258" they|strong="H1992" lunged towards Lot|strong="H3876", and|strong="H5066" tried|strong="H6884" forcefully to|strong="H5066" break|strong="H7665" down|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" door|strong="H1817". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7971" two|strong="H1004" angels|strong="H4397" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H7971" door|strong="H1817" carefully|strong="H6213", reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H7971" pulled|strong="H5265" Lot|strong="H3876" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3027" quickly|strong="H4116" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H7971" door|strong="H1817". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5221" they|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1419" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5221" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" house|strong="H1004", young|strong="H6996" and|strong="H1419" old|strong="H1419", to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H3811" blind|strong="H5787", so|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H5704" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H5221" door|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H4480" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Lot|strong="H3876", “Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" is|strong="H4310" with|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605" here|strong="H6311"? If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" sons-in-law|strong="H2860" or|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" or|strong="H1121" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" related|strong="H2860" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3605", take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{13}because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". Yahweh|strong="H3068" considers|strong="H7919" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7971" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" Lot|strong="H3876" went|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6965" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3947" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" pledged|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" marry|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3947", “Hurry|strong="H4116"! Get|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H3588"!” But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" future|strong="H0319" sons-in-law|strong="H2860" thought|strong="H5869" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" joking|strong="H7832". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H3644" it|strong="H5927" was|strong="H5892" about|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5927" dawn|strong="H7837" the|strong="H3947" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H7837", the|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" angels|strong="H4397" urged|strong="H6484" Lot|strong="H3876", saying|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5927" quickly|strong="H4116"! Take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" who|strong="H4397" are|strong="H5892" here|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3947" and|strong="H6965" leave|strong="H5927"! If|strong="H6435" you|strong="H3947" don’t|strong="H0408", you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H5595" when|strong="H3644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H5595"\+w*/\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w destroys|strong="H7843"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892"!” 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3318" Lot|strong="H4102" hesitated|strong="H4102", the|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" grasped|strong="H0270" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife’s|strong="H0802" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". They|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" safely|strong="H0983". The|strong="H5921" angels|strong="H4397" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" acting|strong="H4603" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1961" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H3318", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H5315"\+w*}, run|strong="H4422" away|strong="H5595" quickly|strong="H4116"! Don’t|strong="H0408" look|strong="H5027" back|strong="H5027"! And|strong="H2022" don’t|strong="H0408" stop|strong="H5975" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H3603"! Flee|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022"! If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" don’t|strong="H0408", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H5595"!” 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" Lot|strong="H3876" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4994" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4994" angels|strong="H4397", “No|strong="H3808", sir|strong="H0113", don’t|strong="H0408" make|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994" do|strong="H4994" that|strong="H0834"! 
\verseNumber{19}Please|strong="H4994", listen|strong="H2009". You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" been|strong="H3808" very|strong="H6213" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H5869" spared|strong="H2421" my|strong="H6213" life|strong="H5315". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H2009" cannot|strong="H3808" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6213" mountain|strong="H2022". If|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5315", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5650" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" disaster|strong="H7451" [PRS]. 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H8033" me|strong="H4994". There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3808" town|strong="H5892" nearby|strong="H7138". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H8033" that|strong="H1931" small|strong="H4705" town|strong="H5892". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H2009" there|strong="H8033" now|strong="H4994". It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3808" small|strong="H4705" town|strong="H5892", but|strong="H3808" our|strong="H8033" lives|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" saved|strong="H2421" if|strong="H2009" we|strong="H5315" go|strong="H2009" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" angels|strong="H4397" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Lot|strong="H1486", “I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1571" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1571" requested|strong="H1697" [MTY]. I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H1115" destroy|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" little|strong="H4592" town|strong="H5892" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1697" speaking|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" hurry|strong="H4116"! Run|strong="H4422" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033".” People|strong="H3808" later|strong="H0310" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892" Zoar|strong="H6820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘small’,} because|strong="H3588" Lot|strong="H1486" said|strong="H1697" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" small|strong="H6996". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H5892" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" cities|strong="H5892" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H5892" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" cities|strong="H5892" }
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\verseNumber{23}As|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H8121" rising|strong="H3318", Lot|strong="H3876" and|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H7151" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H8121" now|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" Zoar|strong="H6820". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w*} sulfur|strong="H1614" to|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H4305" on|strong="H5921" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H3068" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" like|strong="H5921" rain|strong="H4305". 
\verseNumber{25}In|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" way|strong="H2015", he|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2015" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" destroyed|strong="H2015" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H3603", including|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" plants|strong="H6780"/vegetation|strong="H6212". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H1961" Lot’s|strong="H3876" wife|strong="H0802" stopped|strong="H5975" and|strong="H5027" looked|strong="H5027" back|strong="H5027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w see|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* happening}, so|strong="H1961" she|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H5027" her|strong="H1961" body|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pillar|strong="H5333" of|strong="H5333" salt|strong="H4417". 
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\verseNumber{27}That|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242", Abraham|strong="H0085" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H3605" looked|strong="H7200" down|strong="H8259" toward|strong="H5921" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H6440" Gomorrah|strong="H6017", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H3603", smoke|strong="H7008" was|strong="H3605" rising|strong="H5927", like|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" smoke|strong="H7008" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7200" huge|strong="H1995" furnace|strong="H3536". 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H7971", when|strong="H1961" God|strong="H7971" destroyed|strong="H7843" those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" valley|strong="H3603", he|strong="H7971" remembered|strong="H2142" what|strong="H2142" he|strong="H7971" had|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" rescued|strong="H5337" Lot|strong="H3876" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8432" disaster|strong="H7451" that|strong="H5892" occurred|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8432" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" Lot|strong="H3876" had|strong="H1961" lived|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Lot’s|strong="H3876" daughters|strong="H1323" tricked|strong="H5377" him|strong="H7971" into|strong="H2015" making|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7971" pregnant|strong="H2030" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Lot’s|strong="H3876" daughters|strong="H1323" tricked|strong="H5377" him|strong="H7971" into|strong="H2015" making|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7971" pregnant|strong="H2030" }
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\verseNumber{30}Lot|strong="H3876" was|strong="H1931" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H5927" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Zoar|strong="H6820", so|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" left|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" and|strong="H2022" moved|strong="H4131" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H2022" they|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" cave|strong="H4631". 
\verseNumber{31}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" ◄the|strong="H3605" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323"/her|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269"►, “Our|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H1870" old|strong="H2204", and|strong="H1870" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1870" no|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1870" area|strong="H1508" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3605" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", as|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" do|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{32}Let’s|strong="H1980" make|strong="H8248" our|strong="H5973" father|strong="H0001" drink|strong="H8248" wine|strong="H3196" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H2233" gets|strong="H8610" drunk|strong="H8248". Then|strong="H0227" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H2233" have|strong="H2233" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w knowing|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3212"\+w*}. In|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3196" way|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w us|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*} and|strong="H3212" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H2233" bear|strong="H3212" children|strong="H2233".” 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" night|strong="H3915" they|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H6965" their|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H6965" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8248". And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3045" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323" went|strong="H6965" in|strong="H7901" and|strong="H6965" lay|strong="H7901" in|strong="H7901" bed|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3045", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" so|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8248" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3045" him|strong="H1931" or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", his|strong="H1961" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" ◄his|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323"/her|strong="H1571" sister|strong="H0269"►, “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H8248". Last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915" I|strong="H2005" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" our|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001". Let’s|strong="H1980" cause|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8248" again|strong="H1961" tonight|strong="H3915"! This|strong="H1571" time|strong="H2233" you|strong="H5973" can|strong="H2233" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3915" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". If|strong="H2005" he|strong="H2005" has|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973", you|strong="H5973" can|strong="H2233" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030", and|strong="H3915" that|strong="H1961" way|strong="H1870" you|strong="H5973" can|strong="H2233" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" child|strong="H2233", too|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{35}So|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" night|strong="H3915", they|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H6965" their|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H6965" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8248" with|strong="H5973" wine|strong="H3196" again|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3045" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323" went|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". But|strong="H3808" again|strong="H6965", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" so|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8248" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7901" she|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H3651" Lot|strong="H3876" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1323" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2029". 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3205" older|strong="H1419" one|strong="H1931" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Moab|strong="H4124". He|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group. 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H3205" younger|strong="H6810" one|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Ben-Ammi|strong="H1151". He|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Abraham deceived King Abimelech about Sarah }
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\chapterNumber{20}Abraham|strong="H0085" left|strong="H5265" Mamre|strong="H4471" and|strong="H8033" moved|strong="H5265" southwest to|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" Negev|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160" and|strong="H8033" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H8033" place|strong="H3427" named|strong="H7121" Gerar|strong="H1642", between|strong="H3427" Kadesh|strong="H6946" and|strong="H8033" Shur|strong="H7793". 
\verseNumber{2}While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033", he|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H7971" sister|strong="H0269", not|strong="H3947" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Abimelech|strong="H0040" of|strong="H4428" Gerar|strong="H1642" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" Sarah|strong="H8283", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H2009" God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4191" Abimelech|strong="H0040" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" dream|strong="H2472" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H3915" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921"! You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H2472" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" you|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" is|strong="H1931" another|strong="H0312" man’s|strong="H1167" wife|strong="H1166".” 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" Abimelech|strong="H0040" had|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1471" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H1571" her|strong="H1571", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H3808", since|strong="H1571" the|strong="H7126" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1471" my|strong="H7126" nation|strong="H1471" and|strong="H1471" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" innocent|strong="H6662"; will|strong="H1471" you|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H2026"? 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213", ‘She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H6213" sister|strong="H0269",’ and|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559", ‘He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H6213" brother|strong="H0251".’ I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" with|strong="H6213" pure|strong="H2889" motives|strong="H3824" and|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" [SYN] have|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7451" yet|strong="H1571".” 
\verseNumber{6}God|strong="H5414" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" another|strong="H1571" dream|strong="H2472", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" motives|strong="H3824" were|strong="H5414" pure|strong="H2889". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" why|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" prevented|strong="H6923" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5921" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H6213" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258", return|strong="H7725" this|strong="H1931" man’s|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" ◄a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030"/a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" receives|strong="H3947" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725"►. He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" ◄remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421"/not|strong="H3045" die|strong="H4191"►. But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3045" return|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1931" also|strong="H5030" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{8}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Abimelech|strong="H0040" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5650" happened|strong="H1697". When|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" [MTY], his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7121"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Abimelech|strong="H0040" then|strong="H6213" summoned|strong="H7121" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="H1419" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H7121", “You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" [RHQ]! Did|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" wrong|strong="H2398" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588", with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" causing|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" [MTY] my|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5921" committing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" sin|strong="H2398" [RHQ]? You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1419" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" that|strong="H3588" ◄should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213"/you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"►!” 
\verseNumber{10}Abimelech|strong="H0040" asked|strong="H4100" Abraham|strong="H0085", “What|strong="H4100" was|strong="H1697" your|strong="H7200" reason|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"?” 
\verseNumber{11}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H1697", ‘They|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" respect|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" respect|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" respect|strong="H5921" relationships with|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w she|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bride|strong="H3618"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921".’ 
\verseNumber{12}Besides|strong="H1571", she|strong="H1931" really|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H1961" sister|strong="H0269", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", although|strong="H3808" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" my|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517". She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" another|strong="H1571" woman|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1323" I|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947" her|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{13}Later|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" to|strong="H1961" move|strong="H5472" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" household|strong="H1004", I|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3605", ‘This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H8582" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" love|strong="H2617" me|strong="H5978": Everywhere|strong="H3605" we|strong="H6213" go|strong="H1961", say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5978", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251".”’” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3947" Abimelech|strong="H0040" brought|strong="H7725" some|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7725" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H7725" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7725" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7725" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" Abraham|strong="H3947". And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H5414" returned|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H5869" Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", “Look|strong="H2009"! All|strong="H3427" my|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" is|strong="H2896" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440". Live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" whatever|strong="H2896" place|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440" like|strong="H2896"!” 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3701" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Sarah|strong="H8283", “Look|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009", I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" 1,000 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5869" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251". This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5414" insure that|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bring|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w matter|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3701"\+w*} say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5869" done|strong="H5414" something|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H7451". [EUP, IDM]” 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0227" Abraham|strong="H0085" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3205" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6419" God|strong="H0430" healed|strong="H7495" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6419" his|strong="H3205" slave|strong="H5650" girls|strong="H3207" so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3205" could|strong="H3201" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030". 
\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H5921" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" Abimelech|strong="H0040" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Sarah gave birth to Isaac }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Sarah gave birth to Isaac }
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\chapterNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1696" Sarah|strong="H8283", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Sarah|strong="H8283" exactly|strong="H0834" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121", at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" time|strong="H4150" God|strong="H0430" promised|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1696" would|strong="H8283" happen|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{3}Abraham|strong="H0085" gave|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" ‘Isaac’ (which|strong="H0834" means|strong="H3027" ‘he|strong="H7121" laughs’) to|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" Sarah|strong="H8283" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{4}Abraham|strong="H0085" circumcised|strong="H4135" his|strong="H6680" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" when|strong="H3117" his|strong="H6680" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3117" eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="H3117" old|strong="H1121", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{5}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3327" 100 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3327" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H3327" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H8085" Sarah|strong="H8283" said|strong="H8085", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Although|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}, God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3605" now|strong="H8085" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" laugh|strong="H6711", and|strong="H8085" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" will|strong="H8085" laugh|strong="H6711" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1121" said|strong="H4448", “No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4310" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H4448" to|strong="H3205" Abraham|strong="H0085" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" Sarah|strong="H8283" would|strong="H4310" nurse|strong="H3243" a|strong="H3588" child|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" Abraham|strong="H0085" is|strong="H4310" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham|strong="H0085" sent|strong="H7971" Hagar|strong="H1904" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" away|strong="H5493" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Abraham|strong="H0085" sent|strong="H7971" Hagar|strong="H1904" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" away|strong="H5493" }
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6213" baby|strong="H1121" grew|strong="H1431" and|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" weaned|strong="H1580" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w years|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w old|strong="H3117"\+w*}. On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Abraham|strong="H0085" prepared|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H4960" to|strong="H6213" celebrate|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*/\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w feast|strong="H2282"\+w*►} Sarah|strong="H8283" noticed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Hagar’s son|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" was|strong="H1121" ◄making|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H1121"/playing|strong="H5059" with|strong="H7200"► Isaac|strong="H3327". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" woman|strong="H1644" from|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3423" son|strong="H1121"! I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" slave|strong="H5650" woman|strong="H1644" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" alone|strong="H0905" (OR|strong="H3808", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H3588" heir|strong="H3423" along|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973") my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H7489" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" matter|strong="H1697", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1697" concerned|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Do|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5869" distressed|strong="H7489" about|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H2233", Ishmael|strong="H3458", and|strong="H6963" about|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" maidservant|strong="H0519", Hagar|strong="H1904". Do|strong="H7489" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Sarah|strong="H8283" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H7489". Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" is|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" considered|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" ancestor of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" also|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7760" maidservant|strong="H0519" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471" [MTY], because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" your|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" got|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5414" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242". He|strong="H5414" got|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" ready|strong="H3559", put|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" container|strong="H3627", and|strong="H7971" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Hagar|strong="H1904". He|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w bag|strong="H3599"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" shoulder|strong="H7926" and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7971". 
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They|strong="H5921" wandered|strong="H8582" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H5921" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H4480" they|strong="H7880" had|strong="H4325" drunk|strong="H8354" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3615" the|strong="H4480" container|strong="H3627", she|strong="H1931" put|strong="H3615" her|strong="H7993" son|strong="H1121" under|strong="H8478" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H4480" bushes|strong="H7880" there|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H5375" she|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" sat|strong="H3427" nearby|strong="H7138", about|strong="H5048" ◄as|strong="H3588" far|strong="H7368" as|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H7200" shoot|strong="H3384" an|strong="H5375" arrow|strong="H2671"/100 meters away|strong="H5375"►, because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H4194" endure|strong="H5375" seeing|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4194"!” As|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" sat|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427", she|strong="H3588" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" cry|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loudly|strong="H6963"\+w*} [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w boy|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w crying|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w*.} And|strong="H8064" God|strong="H8064" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" boy|strong="H5288" crying|strong="H7121". So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H6963" his|strong="H7121" angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="H8085" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" to|strong="H8085" Hagar|strong="H1904", saying|strong="H6963", “Hagar|strong="H1904", are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H8085" something|strong="H1697"? Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H8064" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H8064" has|strong="H4100" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" boy|strong="H5288" crying|strong="H7121" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{18}Help|strong="H2388" your|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" hold|strong="H2388" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H7760", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H2600" his|strong="H5375" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H3027" become|strong="H5375" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471".” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" showed|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" well|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" water|strong="H4325". So|strong="H7200" she|strong="H8248" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" well|strong="H5869" and|strong="H3212" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H7200" container|strong="H3627" with|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3212" gave|strong="H8248" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" a|strong="H7200" drink|strong="H8248". 
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\verseNumber{20}God|strong="H0430" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H1961" boy|strong="H5288" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4057" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431". He|strong="H4057" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H5288" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" ◄archer|strong="H7235"/man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3427" hunts|strong="H6679" with|strong="H3427" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H5288" arrows|strong="H2671"►. 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H4057" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Paran|strong="H6290" Desert|strong="H4057". While|strong="H3427" e was|strong="H4714" there|strong="H3427", Hagar|strong="H1904" got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H4714" him|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{22}At|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6213" Phicol|strong="H6369", the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" clear|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" helps|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" ◄solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650"/swear|strong="H7650"► to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" here|strong="H2008", as|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2617" listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" ◄not|strong="H6213" deceive|strong="H5377"/act|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H6664" to|strong="H6213"► me|strong="H5978" and|strong="H2617" my|strong="H6213" children|strong="H5209" and|strong="H2617" my|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H5220", in|strong="H6213" return|strong="H7725" for|strong="H6213" my|strong="H6213" being|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213". Be|strong="H6258" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5978" and|strong="H2617" to|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" here|strong="H2008" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" country|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" living|strong="H1481".” 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H7650" Abraham|strong="H0085" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H7650" do|strong="H7650" that|strong="H0834". 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H5650"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" complained|strong="H3198" to|strong="H5921" Abimelech|strong="H0040" about|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5650" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" wells|strong="H0875" that|strong="H4325" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" servants|strong="H5650" had|strong="H4325" seized|strong="H1497". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3045". You|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" previously|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" until|strong="H1115" today|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" brought|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1285" them|strong="H5414" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" ◄treaty|strong="H1285"/peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285"►. 
\verseNumber{28}Abraham|strong="H0085" separated|strong="H6504" seven|strong="H7651" female|strong="H5347" lambs|strong="H3535" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H5324" flock|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{29}Abimelech|strong="H0040" asked|strong="H4100" Abraham|strong="H0085", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" these|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" female|strong="H5347" lambs|strong="H3535" that|strong="H5324" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4100" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H5324" your|strong="H4100" flock|strong="H6629"?” 
\verseNumber{30}Abraham|strong="H3947" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" accept|strong="H3947" these|strong="H2063" female|strong="H5347" lambs|strong="H3535" from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3947" [SYN], so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄public|strong="H1121" witness|strong="H5713"/proof|strong="H5707"► that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063" well|strong="H3190" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H3947" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" dug|strong="H2658" it|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H3651" Abimelech|strong="H0040" accepted|strong="H7521" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H8033" as|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" Beersheba|strong="H0884", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w Friendship|strong="H5475"\+w* \+w Agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* Well’,} because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" made|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H7284". 
\verseNumber{32}After|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1285" made|strong="H3772" the|strong="H7725" agreement|strong="H1285" at|strong="H7725" Beersheba|strong="H0884", Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H7725" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", Phicol|strong="H6369", left|strong="H7725", and|strong="H6965" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H7725" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group. 
\verseNumber{33}Abraham|strong="H5193" planted|strong="H5193" a|strong="H7121" ◄tamarisk|strong="H0815" tree|strong="H6086"/kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" called|strong="H7121" esel► there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" worshiped|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" eternal|strong="H5769" God|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{34}Abraham|strong="H0085" lived|strong="H1481" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh told Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice }

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\chapterNumber{22}Several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H1961", God|strong="H0430" tested|strong="H5254" Abraham|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*} whether|strong="H0518" Abraham|strong="H0085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w trusted|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H1697"\+w*}. He|strong="H2009" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="H1697" Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2009".” 
\verseNumber{2}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0157" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H5921", is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H3173" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w here|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}. But|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" together|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" Moriah|strong="H4179" region|strong="H2256". Offer|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H5930" like|strong="H2022" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930", on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" hill|strong="H2022" that|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1121" show|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3947" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", put|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H4725" his|strong="H3947" donkey|strong="H2543", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5288" along|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327". He|strong="H8147" also|strong="H1121" chopped|strong="H1438" some|strong="H4725" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3212" kindle|strong="H3341" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" for|strong="H6086" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5930" started|strong="H6965" traveling|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" place|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H3947" about|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{4}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H5375" travels|strong="H5674", Abraham|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" distance|strong="H7350" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{5}Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7725" servants|strong="H5288", “You|strong="H5704" two|strong="H3427" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3541" donkey|strong="H2543" while|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3541" boy|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" over|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5288" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430" there|strong="H3427", and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H7725" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5288" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704".” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3212" kindle|strong="H3341" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930" and|strong="H1121" placed|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327", for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" carry|strong="H3947". Abraham|strong="H3947" carried|strong="H3212" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pan|strong="H3709"\+w* \+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w coals|strong="H1513"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w*} fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" knife|strong="H3979", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" walked|strong="H3212" along|strong="H5921" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" Isaac|strong="H3327" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3327" father|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085", saying|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121"!” Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121", I’m here|strong="H2009"!” Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2009", we|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1121" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w coals|strong="H1513"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w light|strong="H0216"\+w*} a|strong="H1121" fire|strong="H0784", but|strong="H2009" where|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" the|strong="H2009" lamb|strong="H7716" for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H2009" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930"?” 
\verseNumber{8}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121", God|strong="H0430" himself|strong="H5315" will|strong="H1121" provide|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" lamb|strong="H7716" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930".” So|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7200" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3327" told|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921". There|strong="H8033", Abraham|strong="H0085" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H7760" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" arranged|strong="H6186" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4605" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7760". Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H8033" tied|strong="H0631" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" knife|strong="H3979" and|strong="H1121" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H7819" his|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H2009" an|strong="H4480" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7121" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", “Abraham|strong="H0085"! Abraham|strong="H0085"!” Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2009"!” 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H3972" the|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3972" to|strong="H7971" injure|strong="H7463" him|strong="H7971", because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" respect|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3808". I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" sacrifice|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3045" son|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3173" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H2009" Abraham|strong="H3947" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" ram|strong="H0352" was|strong="H1121" nearby|strong="H7138", whose|strong="H1121" horns|strong="H7161" had|strong="H5869" been|strong="H5927" caught|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3212" a|strong="H3947" ◄thicket|strong="H5442"/clump of|strong="H1121" bushes|strong="H7880"►. So|strong="H3947" Abraham|strong="H3947" went|strong="H3212" over|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H7200" ram|strong="H0352" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7200"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" sacrificed|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" altar|strong="H4196" as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930", instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}Abraham|strong="H0085" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" provide’. And|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" present|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1931" say|strong="H0559", “On|strong="H3117" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" mountain|strong="H2022", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" provide|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" Abraham|strong="H0085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" a|strong="H7121" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3173" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697", ‘I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" swear|strong="H7650", with|strong="H3068" myself|strong="H0589" as|strong="H1697" my|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707", 
\verseNumber{17}that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H1288" as|strong="H3588" numerous|strong="H7235" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5921" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H8179" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220". And|strong="H8064" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H8064" defeat|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341" and|strong="H8064" capture|strong="H3920" their|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H8179" [SYN].’ 
\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963", so|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3605" means|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" blessed|strong="H1288".” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H6965" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H6965" Isaac|strong="H3327" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H7725" servants|strong="H5288" were|strong="H5288" waiting|strong="H8104", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3162" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H7725" Beersheba|strong="H0884", and|strong="H6965" Abraham|strong="H0085" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{20}After|strong="H1961" these|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1961", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abraham|strong="H0085", “Your|strong="H1961" brother|strong="H0251" Nahor’s|strong="H5152" wife|strong="H0802", Milcah|strong="H4435", has|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121". She|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H7055" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1060" Uz|strong="H5780". The|strong="H7055" next|strong="H4283" was|strong="H1060" Buz|strong="H0938". After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1060" Kemuel|strong="H7055", the|strong="H7055" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1060" Aram|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H0310" Kemuel|strong="H7055" was|strong="H3068" Kesad, then|strong="H0227" Hazo|strong="H2375", then|strong="H0227" Pildash|strong="H6394", then|strong="H0227" Jidlaph|strong="H3044", then|strong="H0227" Bethuel|strong="H1328", 
\verseNumber{23}who|strong="H3205" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Rebekah|strong="H7259", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w Isaac’s|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Milcah|strong="H4435", wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3205" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" brother|strong="H0251", Nahor|strong="H5152". 
\verseNumber{24}Nahor|strong="H5152" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" ◄concubine|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" as|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802"►, whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Beumah. She|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H3205": Tebah|strong="H2875", Gaham|strong="H1514", Tahash|strong="H8477", and|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601". 

\BibleSectionHeading{After Sarah died, Abraham bought a burial place for her }

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\chapterNumber{23}When|strong="H1961" Sarah|strong="H8283" was|strong="H1961" 127 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", 
\verseNumber{2}she|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191" at|strong="H4191" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" called|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275", in|strong="H4191" rhe Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". After|strong="H0310" Abraham|strong="H0085" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H4191" her|strong="H1058", 
\verseNumber{3}he|strong="H5921" left|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" body|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845", saying|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{4}“I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" foreigner|strong="H1616" [DOU] living|strong="H2416" among|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w own|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4191"\+w*}. Sell|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H6440" here|strong="H4191" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1616" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H5414" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H6030", 
\verseNumber{6}“Sir|strong="H0113", you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6913" a|strong="H8085" powerful|strong="H2392" prince|strong="H5387" among|strong="H8432" us|strong="H8085". Choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4480" our|strong="H8085" finest|strong="H2459" tombs|strong="H6913" and|strong="H8085" bury|strong="H6912" your|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H4191"\+w*} in|strong="H4191" it|strong="H8432". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4480" us|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" sell|strong="H4376" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4191" a|strong="H8085" tomb|strong="H6913" for|strong="H4191" your|strong="H8085" relatives’ bodies|strong="H6297".” 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6965" Abraham|strong="H0085" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H6437"\+w*} in|strong="H1121" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" owned|strong="H3426" the|strong="H6965" land|strong="H0776", the|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6440", “If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H6440" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" willing|strong="H0014" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H5315" here|strong="H3426", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H6293" Ephron|strong="H6085", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zohar|strong="H6714" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{9}to|strong="H5414" sell|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5414" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508", which|strong="H7704" is|strong="H3701" at|strong="H4631" the|strong="H5414" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4392" his|strong="H5414" field|strong="H7704". Ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" sell|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5414" full|strong="H4392" price|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5414" wants|strong="H2656", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" burial|strong="H6913" ground|strong="H7704" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{10}Ephron|strong="H6085" was|strong="H5892" sitting|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179" where|strong="H0834" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845" had|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H6960". He|strong="H3605" heard|strong="H6030" what|strong="H4100" Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8432". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w make|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w customary|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* real discussion \+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w*}, Ephron|strong="H6085" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", sir|strong="H0113", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H4191" it|strong="H5414", without|strong="H3808" charge|strong="H5414", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" here|strong="H4191" as|strong="H5971" witnesses|strong="H5707".” 
\verseNumber{12}Abraham|strong="H0085" again|strong="H6440" bowed|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Ephron|strong="H6085", as|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" others|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" listening|strong="H8085", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H4480"\+w*}, listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414". If|strong="H3863" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" willing|strong="H0014", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704". You|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" price|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414". If|strong="H3863" you|strong="H5414" accept|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414", the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704" will|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" mine|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{14}Ephron|strong="H6085" answered|strong="H6030" Abraham|strong="H0085", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6030" him|strong="H6030", 
\verseNumber{15}“Sir|strong="H0113", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191". The|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H1931" worth|strong="H1929" 400 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H8255" silver|strong="H3701". But|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" price|strong="H3701" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H8085" important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H4100" and|strong="H3967" me|strong="H4191". Give|strong="H8085" me|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" bury|strong="H6912" your|strong="H8085" wife’s|strong="H0802" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{16}Abraham|strong="H0085" agreed|strong="H8085" with|strong="H1696" Ephron|strong="H6085" about|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" price|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" weighed|strong="H8254" for|strong="H1121" Ephron|strong="H6085" the|strong="H8085" 400 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" he|strong="H1696" had|strong="H1121" suggested|strong="H5414", as|strong="H1121" everyone|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" listening|strong="H8085", using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8085" standard|strong="H5674" weights|strong="H0068" for|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" used|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} by|strong="H5674" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" sold|strong="H4376" things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6965" Ephron’s|strong="H6085" field|strong="H7704" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1366", near|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5439" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" boundaries|strong="H1367" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704", became|strong="H3205" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" possession|strong="H0272". 
\verseNumber{18}It|strong="H5869" became|strong="H3205" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" property|strong="H4736" as|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845" were|strong="H1121" listening|strong="H8085" there|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931", Abraham|strong="H0085" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6440" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah’s|strong="H8283" body|strong="H1320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6965" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H1121" it|strong="H6965" were|strong="H1121" officially|strong="H6664" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" by|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" used|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6965" burial|strong="H6913" ground|strong="H7704". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham sent a servant to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Abraham sent a servant to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac }
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\chapterNumber{24}Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204" man|strong="H3605". Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Abraham|strong="H0085" in|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" Abraham|strong="H0085" owned|strong="H3426", “Put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" between|strong="H0996" my|strong="H3605" thighs|strong="H3409" to|strong="H3027" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5650" do|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H7760" tell|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{3}Knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w created|strong="H1254"\+w*} the|strong="H3947" heavens|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" earth|strong="H8064" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669". 
\verseNumber{4}Instead|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H4138" and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" from|strong="H1121" among|strong="H8432" them|strong="H3947".” 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5650" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7725", “If|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5650" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3318" woman|strong="H0802" among|strong="H3808" your|strong="H7725" relatives|strong="H1121", what|strong="H2063" if|strong="H1121" she|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776"? Shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5650" take|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" back|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" country|strong="H2022" you|strong="H7725" came|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w can|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{6}Abraham|strong="H0085" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", “No|strong="H6435"! Be|strong="H1121" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" don’t|strong="H8104" take|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033"! 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H1931" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H6440" heavens|strong="H8064", brought|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5414" here|strong="H8033". He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" where|strong="H8033" my|strong="H5414" relatives|strong="H4138" lived|strong="H3427". He|strong="H1931" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3947" solemn|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H1696", ‘I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233".’ He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" an|strong="H5414" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7971" there|strong="H8033" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H1696" for|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H7535" if|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H0802" you|strong="H7725" find|strong="H4672" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H7725", you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H1121" free|strong="H5352" to|strong="H7725" disregard|strong="H5956" the|strong="H7725" promise|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H1121" making|strong="H6213". The|strong="H7725" only|strong="H7535" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H1121" you|strong="H7725" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033"!” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" between|strong="H5921" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" thighs|strong="H3409" and|strong="H3027" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" solemn|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" matter|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H5921" Isaac|strong="H3327" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H5921" Isaac|strong="H3327" }
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" took|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" master’s|strong="H0113" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H6965" loaded|strong="H5375" them|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3212" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" goods|strong="H2898" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" gave|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" take|strong="H3947" along|strong="H3027". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3605" left|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Aram-Naharaim|strong="H0763", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* ◄\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\+w*/\+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*►}. He|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3212" Nahor|strong="H5152" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H3318" was|strong="H5892" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H1288" afternoon|strong="H5186", at|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1288" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H6256" the|strong="H1288" women|strong="H0802" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1288" well|strong="H3190" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325", when|strong="H6256" he|strong="H6256" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033". He|strong="H6256" made|strong="H1288" the|strong="H1288" camels|strong="H1581" kneel|strong="H1288" down|strong="H1288" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1288" well|strong="H3190", which|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H1288" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" prayed|strong="H4994", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Abraham|strong="H0085" worships|strong="H7812", enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743" today|strong="H3117"! Act|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", Abraham|strong="H0085"! 
\verseNumber{13}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5921". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5324" near|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3318" well|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1323" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" are|strong="H5869" coming|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" asking|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588" this|strong="H6213": ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" girl|strong="H5291", “Please|strong="H4994" lower|strong="H5186" your|strong="H5186" jar|strong="H3537" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248".” If|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" says|strong="H8354", “Drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480", and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" draw|strong="H7579" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1571"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5186" camels|strong="H1581", too|strong="H1571",” I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2617" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H5291" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5186" servant|strong="H5650", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3045" master|strong="H0113".’” 
\verseNumber{15}Before|strong="H2962" he|strong="H1931" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{amazingly}, Rebekah|strong="H7259" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2009", carrying|strong="H5375" a|strong="H1961" jar|strong="H3537" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" shoulder|strong="H7926". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Milcah|strong="H4435", the|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H1696" of|strong="H1121" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" Nahor|strong="H5152". 
\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3966" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H2896" and|strong="H5869" still|strong="H4758" a|strong="H5927" virgin|strong="H1330". She|strong="H3808" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3045" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3045" well|strong="H2896", filled|strong="H4390" her|strong="H4390" jar|strong="H3537" with|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4390", and|strong="H5869" then|strong="H3045" came|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{17}Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" immediately|strong="H6965" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H4325" meet|strong="H7125" her|strong="H7125", and|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7323" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5650" your|strong="H4994" jar|strong="H3537".” 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H8248" replied|strong="H0559", “Drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H3027", sir|strong="H0113"!” She|strong="H8248" lowered|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" jar|strong="H3537" from|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" shoulder|strong="H3802" to|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H8248" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H5704" she|strong="H8248" had|strong="H1581" finished|strong="H3615" giving|strong="H8248" him|strong="H8248" a|strong="H5704" drink|strong="H8354", she|strong="H8248" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5704" camels|strong="H1581", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1571" had|strong="H1581" enough|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" drink|strong="H8354".” 
\verseNumber{20}She|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" emptied|strong="H6168" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H7579" in|strong="H5750" her|strong="H3605" jar|strong="H3537" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" trough|strong="H8268" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w water|strong="H7579"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w*}, and|strong="H4116" then|strong="H3605" ran|strong="H7323" back|strong="H5750" to|strong="H7323" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H4116" kept|strong="H8104" getting|strong="H7075" water|strong="H7579" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" just|strong="H3512" watched|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3045", without|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" if|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3068" trip|strong="H1760" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" successful|strong="H6743" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{22}Finally|strong="H5704", after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581" finished|strong="H3615" drinking|strong="H8354", the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" took|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" gold|strong="H2091" nose|strong="H0639" ring|strong="H5141" that|strong="H3027" weighed|strong="H4948" ◄two|strong="H8147" ounces/6 grams►, and|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" large|strong="H1419" gold|strong="H2091" bracelets|strong="H6781" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" arms|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" Rebekah|strong="H7259" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w put|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3426" he|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" whose|strong="H4310" daughter|strong="H1323" you|strong="H5046" are|strong="H3426". Also|strong="H1571", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994", is|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" room|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H4994" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5046" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1004" sleep|strong="H3885" there|strong="H3426" tonight|strong="H3915"?” 
\verseNumber{24}She|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father’s|strong="H0001" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328". He|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahor|strong="H5152" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802" Milcah|strong="H4435". 
\verseNumber{25}Yes|strong="H1571", we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1571" room|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" you|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3885" can|strong="H4310" sleep|strong="H3885" tonight|strong="H1571", and|strong="H4725" we|strong="H0587" also|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" plenty|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4725" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H4725" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5973" feed|strong="H4554" the|strong="H1571" camels|strong="H1581".” 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" bowed|strong="H7812" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" thank|strong="H3034" you|strong="H5973", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Abraham|strong="H0085" worships|strong="H7812". You|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113". You|strong="H5973" led|strong="H5148" me|strong="H1288" on|strong="H1870" this|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" straight|strong="H3474"/directly|strong="H5227" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" relatives|strong="H0251"!” 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H1697" girl|strong="H5291" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" told|strong="H5046" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" her|strong="H5046" mother’s|strong="H0517" household|strong="H1004" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{29}Rebekah|strong="H7259" had|strong="H5869" a|strong="H7323" brother|strong="H0251" whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Laban|strong="H3837". Laban|strong="H3837" went|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5869" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650", who|strong="H7323" was|strong="H8034" still|strong="H5750" by|strong="H8034" the|strong="H2351" well|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" bracelets|strong="H6781" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8085" sister’s|strong="H0269" arms|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" nose|strong="H0639" ring|strong="H5141" and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" Rebekah|strong="H7259" tell|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" had|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921". So|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3027" went|strong="H1697" out|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3027" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581", close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" man|strong="H0376", “You|strong="H1288" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", come|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H1288"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" standing|strong="H5975" out|strong="H2351" here|strong="H4725"?/You|strong="H1288" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" keep|strong="H8104" standing|strong="H5975" out|strong="H2351" here|strong="H4725"!► [RHQ] I|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H6437" a|strong="H5975" room|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1288" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5975" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" camels|strong="H1581" to|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H5975".” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" went|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" Laban’s|strong="H3837" servants|strong="H5650" unloaded|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5414" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H1004" brought|strong="H5414" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H1004" grain|strong="H1715" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H1004" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="H3808" set|strong="H7760" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H1696" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" him|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440" ◄what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5704" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6440"/why|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1697" come|strong="H0935"►.” So|strong="H3808" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H6440"!” 
\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H5650" the|strong="H5650" servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" blessed|strong="H1288" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H1431". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7227" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241", a|strong="H5414" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701", male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" female|strong="H8198" servants|strong="H5650", camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3068" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{36}My|strong="H5414" master’s|strong="H0113" wife|strong="H0802", Sarah|strong="H8283", bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5414" when|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3605" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" owns|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{37}My|strong="H3947" master|strong="H3427" made|strong="H7650" me|strong="H3947" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Do|strong="H7650" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669". 
\verseNumber{38}Instead|strong="H3808", go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H4940", to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" from|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121".’ 
\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H7592" my|strong="H3808" master|strong="H0113", ‘What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" you|strong="H3808" show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H3808"?’ 
\verseNumber{40}He|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" [MTY], will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743", with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3947" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" clan|strong="H4940", from|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H4940". 
\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" clan|strong="H4940" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" freed|strong="H8199" from|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" cursed|strong="H0779" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4940" not|strong="H3808" obeying|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5414".’ 
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\verseNumber{42}“hen|strong="H2581" I|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1980" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H5869", I|strong="H3117" prayed|strong="H4994", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5869" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", Abraham|strong="H0085" worships|strong="H7812", if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" willing|strong="H0014", please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" this|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" mine|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3426" successful|strong="H6743". 
\verseNumber{43}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5324" beside|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" well|strong="H5869". A|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802" may|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3318" draw|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325". I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5921", “Please|strong="H4994", give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8248" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5921" jar|strong="H3537".” 
\verseNumber{44}If|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" says|strong="H8354" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1571", “Certainly|strong="H1571", drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480"! And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" draw|strong="H7579" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H7579" for|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" camels|strong="H1581",” that|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3198" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121"!’ 
\verseNumber{45}Before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H2009" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{amazingly}, Rebekah|strong="H7259" approached|strong="H3381" with|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921" water|strong="H8248" jar|strong="H3537" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" shoulder|strong="H7926". She|strong="H8248" went|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H5869" and|strong="H5869" got|strong="H3318" some|strong="H2009" water|strong="H8248". I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", ‘Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8248"!’ 
\verseNumber{46}She|strong="H8248" quickly|strong="H4116" lowered|strong="H3381" her|strong="H5921" jar|strong="H3537" and|strong="H3381" said|strong="H0559", ‘Drink|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480"! And|strong="H3381" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" draw|strong="H7579" water|strong="H8248" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1571"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581", too|strong="H1571".’ So|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5921" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H8248", and|strong="H3381" she|strong="H8248" also|strong="H1571" got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{47}Then|strong="H7760" I|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921", ‘Whose|strong="H4310" daughter|strong="H1323" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5921"?’ She|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahor|strong="H5152" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802", Milcah|strong="H4435".’ I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w ring|strong="H5141"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w bracelets|strong="H6781"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H5141" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" nose|strong="H0639" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" bracelets|strong="H6781" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H3947" I|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" thanked|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Abraham|strong="H3947" worships|strong="H7812", the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" led|strong="H5148" me|strong="H3947" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3947" right|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{49}Now|strong="H6258", if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3426" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H6437" faithful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3426" asking|strong="H7592". If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213", tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" that|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213", so|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" may|strong="H6213" know|strong="H5046" what|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{50}Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H3068" Bethuel|strong="H1328" answered|strong="H6030", “It|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" clear|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1697". So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H1697" two|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H1697" more|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{51}Rebekah|strong="H7259" is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440". Take|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212", and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H1696" for|strong="H6440" your|strong="H3068" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121", just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" indicated.” 
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\verseNumber{52}When|strong="H1961" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" heard|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697", he|strong="H3068" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" ground|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thank|strong="H3034"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{53}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" jewelry|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3701" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3701" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" Rebekah|strong="H7259". And|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{54}Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" a|strong="H7971" meal|strong="H7058" together|strong="H5973". The|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650" also|strong="H8354" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H3885" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3885". The|strong="H7971" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242", the|strong="H7971" servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" now|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" master|strong="H0113".” 
\verseNumber{55}But|strong="H3117" her|strong="H3212" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3117" her|strong="H3212" mother|strong="H0517" replied|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3117" girl|strong="H5291" remain|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" us|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3427" about|strong="H3117" ten|strong="H6218" days|strong="H3117". After|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" may|strong="H3117" take|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{56}But|strong="H1870" he|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6743" my|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870" successful|strong="H6743", so|strong="H7971" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1870" detain|strong="H6113" me|strong="H7971". Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3212" her|strong="H7971" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" now|strong="H3212"!” 
\verseNumber{57}They|strong="H6310" said|strong="H7121", “Let’s|strong="H1980" call|strong="H7121" Rebekah|strong="H7259" and|strong="H6310" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7121" what|strong="H6310" she|strong="H7121" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H7121" do|strong="H6213".” [MTY] 
\verseNumber{58}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" Rebekah|strong="H7259" and|strong="H3212" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7121", “Will|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5973" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" now|strong="H2088"?” She|strong="H7121" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H2088" go|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{59}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" allowed|strong="H5414" Rebekah|strong="H7259", a|strong="H7971" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H5650" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5650" her|strong="H7971" when|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" young|strong="H7971", Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H5650" come|strong="H7971" with|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971". to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{60}Before|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8179" all|strong="H1288" left|strong="H1961", they|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" Rebekah|strong="H7259", and|strong="H8179" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H8130", “Our|strong="H1288" sister|strong="H0269", we|strong="H0587" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H8179" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1288" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" millions|strong="H7233" of|strong="H8179" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H8179" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3423" to|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3423" defeat|strong="H5221" [MET|strong="H6298"] all|strong="H1288" those|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8179" hate|strong="H8130" them|strong="H3423".” 
\verseNumber{61}Then|strong="H6965" Rebekah|strong="H7259" and|strong="H6965" her|strong="H3947" maid|strong="H5291" servants|strong="H5650" got|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5921" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" servant|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{62}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Negev|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3327" gone|strong="H1980" there|strong="H3427" from|strong="H3427" Beer-Lahai-Roi|strong="H0883". 
\verseNumber{63}One|strong="H7200" evening|strong="H6153" he|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" field|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" meditate|strong="H7742" as|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" walked|strong="H1980". He|strong="H3318" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" some|strong="H2009" camels|strong="H1581" coming|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{64}Rebekah|strong="H7259" also|strong="H5869" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" Isaac|strong="H3327". She|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" camel|strong="H1581", 
\verseNumber{65}and|strong="H1980" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H1931" approaching|strong="H0935"?” The|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H5650" replied|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" Isaac|strong="H3327", my|strong="H3947" master|strong="H0113", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w*}.” So|strong="H1980" she|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" veil|strong="H6809" and|strong="H1980" covered|strong="H3680" her|strong="H3947" face|strong="H6440", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3947" custom|strong="H4941" for|strong="H5650" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H5650" married|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{66}The|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5608" Isaac|strong="H3327" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3327" happened|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{67}Then|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" took|strong="H3947" Rebekah|strong="H7259" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H0168" that|strong="H1961" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517", Sarah|strong="H8283", and|strong="H3327" she|strong="H3327" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802". And|strong="H3327" he|strong="H8283" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H3947". So|strong="H3947" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1961" comforted|strong="H5162" about|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3947" mother’s|strong="H0517" death|strong="H4194". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abraham died and was buried near Sarah }

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\chapterNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w after|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Sarah|strong="H8283"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, Abraham|strong="H3947" married|strong="H3947" another|strong="H3254" woman|strong="H8034", whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Keturah|strong="H6989". 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="H1931" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H3205": Zimran|strong="H2175", Jokshan|strong="H3370", Medan|strong="H4091", Midian|strong="H4080", Ishbak|strong="H3435", and|strong="H4080" Shuah|strong="H7744". 
\verseNumber{3}Jokshan|strong="H3370" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Sheba|strong="H7614" and|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719". The|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dedan|strong="H1719" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" Asshur|strong="H0804" people-group, the|strong="H3205" Letush people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Leum people-group. 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" were|strong="H1121" Ephah|strong="H5891", Epher|strong="H6081", Hanoch|strong="H2585", Abida|strong="H0028", and|strong="H1121" Eldaah|strong="H0420". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Keturah|strong="H6989". 
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\verseNumber{5}Abraham|strong="H0085" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191", Isaac|strong="H3327" would|strong="H3605" inherit|strong="H5157" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" owned|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H5750" while|strong="H5750" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H3327" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416", he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" ◄concubines|strong="H6370"/slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" taken|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H5750" his|strong="H5414" secondary wives|strong="H0802"►, and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H5414" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924", to|strong="H7971" keep|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5414" far|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327". 
\verseNumber{7}Abraham|strong="H0085" lived|strong="H2416" until|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" 175 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H5971" died|strong="H4191" at|strong="H4191" a|strong="H5971" very|strong="H2896" old|strong="H2205" age|strong="H7872", joining|strong="H1695" his|strong="H1478" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" died|strong="H4191" previously|strong="H8543" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{9}His|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6440" body|strong="H1320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" at|strong="H5921" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508", near|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085" had|strong="H3327" previously|strong="H6440" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H6440" Ephron|strong="H6085", one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845". 
\verseNumber{10}Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8283" body|strong="H1320" there|strong="H8033", where|strong="H8033" Abraham|strong="H0085" previously|strong="H8543" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8283" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283". 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085" died|strong="H4194", God|strong="H0430" blessed|strong="H1288" his|strong="H1288" son|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327". And|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5973" Beer-Lahai-Roi|strong="H0883". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H1288" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H1288" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" }
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\verseNumber{12}◄These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121"► the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" son|strong="H1121", Ishmael|strong="H3458", to|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" Sarah’s|strong="H8283" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198", Hagar|strong="H1904" from|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4713", had|strong="H3205" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{13}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034", in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3458" order|strong="H8435" in|strong="H1121" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H1121": Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Nebaioth|strong="H5032". After|strong="H8034" him|strong="H8034" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H1121" Kedar|strong="H6938", Adbeel|strong="H0110", Mibsam|strong="H4017", 
\verseNumber{14}Mishma|strong="H4927", Dumah|strong="H1746", Massa|strong="H4854", 
\verseNumber{15}Hadar|strong="H1924", Tema|strong="H8485", Jetur|strong="H3195", Naphish|strong="H5305", and|strong="H5305" Kedemah|strong="H6929". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3458" twelve|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3458" leaders|strong="H5387"/chiefs|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" people-groups that|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" names|strong="H8034". They|strong="H1992" each|strong="H8147" had|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961" settlement|strong="H4186" and|strong="H1121" campsite. 
\verseNumber{17}Ishmael|strong="H3458" lived|strong="H2416" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8141" 137 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H4191" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191", [EUP] joining|strong="H1695" his|strong="H3458" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" previously|strong="H8543" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}His|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" ◄settled|strong="H7931"/went|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H7931"► in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" between|strong="H5704" Shur|strong="H7793" and|strong="H4714" Havilah|strong="H2341", near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5921" person|strong="H6440" travels|strong="H5674" toward|strong="H5921" Asshur|strong="H0804". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" camps|strong="H4264" were|strong="H4714" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5704" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" (OR|strong="H5704", they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" frequently attacked|strong="H5307" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605"). 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" birth|strong="H5307" of|strong="H6440" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H4714" Jacob|strong="H3290" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" birth|strong="H5307" of|strong="H6440" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H4714" Jacob|strong="H3290" }
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\verseNumber{19}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" an|strong="H3205" account|strong="H8435" of|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3327" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3205" about|strong="H5439"► Abraham’s|strong="H0085" son|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327". Abraham|strong="H0085" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1961" 40 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8141" married|strong="H3947" Rebekah|strong="H7259", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328". Bethuel|strong="H1328" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H6307" from|strong="H1121" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Laban|strong="H3837", who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" Aram|strong="H6307" people-group. 
\verseNumber{21}Almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3068" married|strong="H3947", Rebekah|strong="H7259" still|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121". So|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" concerning|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6279" his|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H6279". His|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029". 
\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3068" carrying|strong="H5375" twins|strong="H8380" in|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7130" womb|strong="H7358", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" kept|strong="H8104" jostling each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088". So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651", “Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* happening \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1875"\+w*}?” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H3651" asked|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" about|strong="H5439" it|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H8147", “The|strong="H5647" older|strong="H7227" one|strong="H6810" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" twins|strong="H8380" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" younger|strong="H6810" one|strong="H6810". The|strong="H5647" twins|strong="H8380" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" nations|strong="H1471". And|strong="H3068" those|strong="H6810" two|strong="H8147" people-groups will|strong="H3068" separate|strong="H6504" from|strong="H1471" each|strong="H1471" other|strong="H8147".” [CHI] 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3117" Rebekah|strong="H7259" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205", it|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" true|strong="H0571"! Twin boys|strong="H3206" were|strong="H3117" born|strong="H3205"! 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H3605" born|strong="H3318" was|strong="H8034" red|strong="H5488", and|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" had|strong="H8181" hair|strong="H8181" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3318" it|strong="H7121", like|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7121" garment|strong="H0899" made|strong="H7121" of|strong="H8034" hair|strong="H8181". So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3605" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Esau|strong="H6215", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H6215"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘hairy'}. 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7121" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H8034" born|strong="H3205", grasping Esau’s|strong="H6215" heel|strong="H6119". So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H6215"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘heel’}. Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H8034" 60 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3205" twins|strong="H8380" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esau|strong="H6215" sold|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7121" rights|strong="H1779" as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3205" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Esau|strong="H6215" sold|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7121" rights|strong="H1779" as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3205" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" boys|strong="H5288" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", Esau|strong="H6215" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" skilled|strong="H2450" hunter|strong="H6718". He|strong="H3290" spent|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3427" time|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3045" fields|strong="H7704". Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" quiet|strong="H8252" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3427" stayed|strong="H3427" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" campsite. 
\verseNumber{28}Isaac|strong="H3327" liked|strong="H7521" Esau|strong="H6215" more|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" enjoyed|strong="H7521" the|strong="H3588" taste|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3588" meat|strong="H1320" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" Esau|strong="H6215" killed|strong="H2026". But|strong="H3588" Rebekah|strong="H7259" liked|strong="H7521" Jacob|strong="H3290" more|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" while|strong="H1931" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1931" cooking|strong="H5518" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138", Esau|strong="H6215" came|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" field|strong="H7704", very|strong="H3966" hungry|strong="H7457". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3588" red|strong="H5488" stew|strong="H5138" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" right|strong="H3651" now|strong="H4994", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" hungry|strong="H7457"!” [That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" Esau’s|strong="H6215" other|strong="H2088" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Edom|strong="H0112", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w red|strong="H5488"\+w*}’.] 
\verseNumber{31}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3290" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" sell|strong="H4376" me|strong="H3117" ◄your|strong="H4376" birthright|strong="H1062"/the|strong="H3117" privileges you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" firstborn|strong="H1062" son|strong="H1121"►.” 
\verseNumber{32}Esau|strong="H6215" replied|strong="H0559", “Well|strong="H3190", I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w so|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="H7457"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w now|strong="H2009"\+w*}, ◄my|strong="H4191" birthright|strong="H1062" will|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" benefit|strong="H1576" me|strong="H4191"./What|strong="H4100" good|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" my|strong="H4191" birthright|strong="H1062" be|strong="H4191" to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H4191"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{33}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “◄Swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3117"/Solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650"► me|strong="H4376" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" giving|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4376" the|strong="H3117" privileges that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3290" have|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" firstborn|strong="H1062" sont!” So|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" Esau|strong="H6215" did|strong="H3117". He|strong="H3117" sold|strong="H4376" his|strong="H3290" birthright|strong="H1062" to|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H6965" Jacob|strong="H3290" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Esau|strong="H6215" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H6965" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138" made|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3899" lentils|strong="H5742"/beans|strong="H6321". Esau|strong="H6215" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drank|strong="H8354", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H5414" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H5414". By|strong="H6965" doing|strong="H8354" that|strong="H5414", Esau|strong="H6215" showed|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" ◄was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5414" interested in|strong="H3212"/did|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5414" value|strong="H6186"► the|strong="H5414" privileges that|strong="H5414" would|strong="H3290" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3899" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" fiirstborn son|strong="H1121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaac deceived King Abimelech }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Isaac deceived King Abimelech }
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\chapterNumber{26}Some|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" severe|strong="H3515" ◄famine|strong="H7458"/scarcity|strong="H4544" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H3899"► there|strong="H1961". That|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" famine|strong="H7458" that|strong="H3117" occurred|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416". So|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w southeast|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*, \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" Abimelech|strong="H0040", the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3117"\+w*: \+w Isaac|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w going|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{2}but|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7200" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714"! Live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H7931" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381"! 
\verseNumber{3}Stay|strong="H1481" in|strong="H5414" thTs land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6965" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" lands|strong="H4054", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1471" as|strong="H5414" numerous|strong="H7235" as|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H4054", and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" cause|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1471" a|strong="H5414" blessing|strong="H1288" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H2233" [MTY] all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H8085" because|strong="H6118" your|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963". He|strong="H6118" obeyed|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" told|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963" to|strong="H8104" do|strong="H8104", everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" declared|strong="H8085" and|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" gave|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6963".” 
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So|strong="H8085" Isaac|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\+w* \+w if|strong="H6118"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6118"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w permit|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w live|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Gerar|strong="H1642"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*. \+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*, “Okay,”} 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Isaac|strong="H3327"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H2896" in|strong="H5921" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" who|strong="H1931" Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H1931", Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269".” He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802".” He|strong="H1931" thought|strong="H0559", “Rebekah|strong="H7259" is|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896", so|strong="H6435" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" want|strong="H4270" her|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sister|strong="H0269"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* negotiate \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bride|strong="H3618"\+w* \+w price|strong="H4242"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*; \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*, \+w no|strong="H6435"\+w* negotiation \+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3372"\+w* possible}. They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" just|strong="H3512" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Abimelech|strong="H0040", the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group, looked|strong="H7200" down|strong="H8259" from|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" window|strong="H2474" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" Isaac|strong="H3327" caressing|strong="H6711" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6435" Abimelech|strong="H0040" summoned|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3327" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7121", “Now|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" really|strong="H2088" your|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802"! So|strong="H6435" why|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3327" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559", ‘She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H5921" sister’?” Isaac|strong="H3327" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4191" here|strong="H2009" might|strong="H6435" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{10}Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H0559", “◄You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"!/Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"?► [RHQ] One|strong="H6213" of|strong="H5971" our|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" might|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" ◄had|strong="H5971" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"/slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H6213"► [EUP] your|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5921" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5971" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5971" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2403"!” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2088" Abimelech|strong="H0040" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H2088" harm|strong="H7463"/molest this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H4191" or|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802"! Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H2088" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" surely|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" argued with|strong="H5971" Isaac|strong="H3327" about|strong="H5971" wells|strong="H0875" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" argued with|strong="H5971" Isaac|strong="H3327" about|strong="H5971" wells|strong="H0875" }
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\verseNumber{12}Isaac|strong="H3327" planted|strong="H2232" grain|strong="H1715" in|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H1931" harvested|strong="H1219" a|strong="H4672" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419" crop|strong="H8393", because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{13}Isaac|strong="H3327" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" acquire|strong="H7069" more|strong="H3966" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3966" possessions|strong="H7399", until|strong="H5704" finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" wealthy|strong="H1431". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1241" had|strong="H1961" large|strong="H7227" herds|strong="H1241" of|strong="H6629" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H6629" many|strong="H7227" slaves|strong="H5650". Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6629" that|strong="H1961", the|strong="H1961" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971" envied|strong="H7065" him|strong="H7065". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5650" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wells|strong="H0875" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" had|strong="H6430" dug|strong="H2658" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" filled|strong="H4390" up|strong="H5640" with|strong="H4390" dirt|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3588" Abimelech|strong="H0040" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Isaac|strong="H3327", “You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" more|strong="H4480" numerous|strong="H6105" than|strong="H4480" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5973", so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" our|strong="H4480" area|strong="H1508".” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3427" Isaac|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*} moved|strong="H4131" from|strong="H3212" there|strong="H8033". They|strong="H8033" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3212" their|strong="H8033" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" Gerar|strong="H1642" Valley|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}There|strong="H3117" were|strong="H6430" several|strong="H2669" wells|strong="H0875" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3117" had|strong="H6430" been|strong="H4194" dug|strong="H2658" when|strong="H3117" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" was|strong="H8034" living|strong="H2416", but|strong="H7725" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H4194" had|strong="H6430" filled|strong="H4390" them|strong="H7725" up|strong="H5640" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w*} after|strong="H3117" Abraham|strong="H0085" died|strong="H4194". Now|strong="H3117" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7121" servants|strong="H5650" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H7725" dirt|strong="H6083", and|strong="H7725" Isaac|strong="H3327" gave|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7725" wells|strong="H0875" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H8034" names|strong="H8034" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7121" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H6430" given|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{19}Isaac’s|strong="H3327" servants|strong="H5650" dug|strong="H2658" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" valley|strong="H5158" and|strong="H5650" discovered|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" well|strong="H3190" of|strong="H5650" fresh|strong="H2416" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" other|strong="H7121" men|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3588" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8034" Gerar|strong="H1642" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*} who|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4325" their|strong="H3588" animals|strong="H0929" argued/quarreled|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4325" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H4325" said|strong="H7121", “The|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H8034" this|strong="H3588" well|strong="H5973" is|strong="H8034" ours|strong="H6440"!” So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H3327" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" well|strong="H5973" Esek|strong="H6230", which|strong="H4325" means|strong="H3027" ‘dispute’, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" disputed about|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3588" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1571" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" servants|strong="H5650" dug|strong="H2658" another|strong="H1571" well|strong="H1571", but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H5921" quarreled|strong="H7378" about|strong="H5921" who|strong="H7121" owned|strong="H3426" that|strong="H7121" one|strong="H8034" also|strong="H1571". So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Sitnah|strong="H7856", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w opposition|strong="H8569"\+w*}’. 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H3588" moved|strong="H6275" on|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3068" dug|strong="H2658" another|strong="H3808" well|strong="H3190", but|strong="H3588" this|strong="H6258" time|strong="H6258" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" quarreled|strong="H7378" about|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3068" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H7121". So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Rehoboth|strong="H7344", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w uninhabited|strong="H0369"\+w* place’}, saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5921" an|strong="H8033" uninhabited|strong="H0369" place|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H8034" in|strong="H5921", a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" wanted|strong="H2654" by|strong="H5921" other|strong="H7121" people|strong="H3808", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7121" very|strong="H6258" prosperous|strong="H6743" here|strong="H8033".” 
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\verseNumber{23}From|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" Isaac|strong="H5927" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Beersheba|strong="H0884". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7223" night|strong="H3915" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3605". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3372" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Abraham|strong="H0085", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H7235" increase|strong="H7235" the|strong="H7200" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H7121" Isaac|strong="H3327" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offered|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} set|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" dig|strong="H3738" a|strong="H1129" well|strong="H3190". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaac|strong="H3327" made|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" peace|strong="H7965" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Abimelech|strong="H0040" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Isaac|strong="H3327" made|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" peace|strong="H7965" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Abimelech|strong="H0040" }
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\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H8269"\+w* digging \+w the|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, King|strong="H4428" Abimelech|strong="H0040" came|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Isaac|strong="H3327" from|strong="H1980" Gerar|strong="H1642", along|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" Ahuzzath|strong="H0276", his|strong="H1980" advisor, and|strong="H1980" Phicol|strong="H6369", the|strong="H1980" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H1980" army|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{27}Isaac|strong="H3327" asked|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “You|strong="H7971" ◄acted|strong="H6213" in|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" hostile|strong="H7489" way|strong="H7971" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H7971"/treated|strong="H3190" me|strong="H7971" like|strong="H3644" an|strong="H7971" enemy|strong="H8130"► before|strong="H6440", and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971". So|strong="H7971" why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H8130" you|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" now|strong="H7971"?” 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7200" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" you|strong="H3588". So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", ‘We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" between|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588", 
\verseNumber{29}stating that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7451" us|strong="H6213", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" molest [EUP] you|strong="H7971".’ We|strong="H6213" always|strong="H7535" treated|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7971" well|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" peacefully|strong="H7965". And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" blessing|strong="H1288" you|strong="H7971".” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H6213" Isaac|strong="H3327" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6213" drank|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{31}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H7971" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H7965" all|strong="H3212" ◄swore|strong="H7650"/solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650"► each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" that|strong="H1242" they|strong="H7965" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H7650" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H7965" had|strong="H3327" promised|strong="H7650". Then|strong="H7971" Isaac|strong="H3327" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" home|strong="H3212" peacefully|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{32}That|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" digging. They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3117" found|strong="H4672" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wel!!” 
\verseNumber{33}Isaac|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3651" Shibah|strong="H7656", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘oath’}. To|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" present|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892" there|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w Friendship|strong="H5475"\+w* \+w Agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* Well’}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802" }
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215" was|strong="H1961" 40 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H8141" married|strong="H3947" Judith|strong="H3067", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Beeri|strong="H0882", and|strong="H1121" Basemath|strong="H1315", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Elon|strong="H0356". Both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" women|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Isaac’s|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w clan|strong="H4940"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}Esau’s|strong="H6215" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802" made|strong="H1961" life|strong="H5315" miserable|strong="H5999" for|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3327" Rebekah|strong="H7259". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob received a blessing from Isaac by trickery }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob received a blessing from Isaac by trickery }
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\chapterNumber{27}When|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" was|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H1961" almost|strong="H4592" blind|strong="H3543". One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" summoned|strong="H7121" Esau|strong="H6215", his|strong="H7121" firstborn|strong="H1121"/older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H3045", “My|strong="H3045" son|strong="H1121"?” Esau|strong="H6215" replied|strong="H0559", “Here|strong="H2009" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H2204"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H3318", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994". I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6258" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H7704" I|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3318" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H7704" die|strong="H4191". So|strong="H3318" now|strong="H6258" take|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7704" quiver|strong="H8522" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H3627" arrows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7704" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5375" countryside|strong="H7704", and|strong="H7704" hunt|strong="H6679" for|strong="H3627" a|strong="H5375" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H0929" for|strong="H3627" me|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{4}Kill|strong="H4191" one|strong="H6213" and|strong="H6213" prepare|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H5315" tasty|strong="H2536" meat|strong="H4303" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H2962" like|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5315" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5315" after|strong="H5315" I|strong="H2962" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6213", I|strong="H2962" can|strong="H6213" give|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" blessing|strong="H1288" before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H2962" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{5}Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H3327" listening|strong="H8085" as|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121", Esau|strong="H6215". So|strong="H1696" when|strong="H8085" Esau|strong="H6215" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="H8085" tent|strong="H0168" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" countryside|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1696" hunt|strong="H6679" for|strong="H1121" a|strong="H8085" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H0929" in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H2026" it|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3212" it|strong="H1696" back|strong="H3212", 
\verseNumber{6}Rebekah|strong="H7259" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121", Jacob|strong="H3290", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". I|strong="H2009" heard|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" father|strong="H1121" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H8085" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215", saying|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{7}‘Go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" some|strong="H4480" wild|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311", and|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" meat|strong="H4303" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" tasty|strong="H2536" way|strong="H6440", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6440" may|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H6440" die|strong="H4194" I|strong="H6440" can|strong="H6213" give|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3068" blessing|strong="H1288" while|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085".’ 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121", do|strong="H6680" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{9}Go|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" flock|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" nice|strong="H2896" young|strong="H1423" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3212" bring|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H4303"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H4994". Then|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H6629" prepare|strong="H6213" some|strong="H8033" tasty|strong="H2536" food|strong="H4303" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001", the|strong="H3947" way|strong="H3212" he|strong="H8033" likes it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4194" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001", in|strong="H6440" order|strong="H5668" that|strong="H5668" he|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4194" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" then|strong="H0227", before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" dies|strong="H4194", he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" give|strong="H5414" his|strong="H6440" blessing|strong="H1288" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w your|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3290" his|strong="H3290" mother|strong="H0517" Rebekah|strong="H7259", “But|strong="H3290" my|strong="H3290" brother|strong="H0251" Esau’s|strong="H6215" skin|strong="H5785" has|strong="H3290" hair|strong="H8181" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3290" my|strong="H3290" skin|strong="H5785" is|strong="H6215" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H2005"! My|strong="H3290" skin|strong="H5785" is|strong="H6215" smooth|strong="H2509"! 
\verseNumber{12}What|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" touches|strong="H5060" me|strong="H5921"? He|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5869" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" tricking him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H5869" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" ◄I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" cursed|strong="H0779"/he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5869" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H5869" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"► me|strong="H5921", not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293"!” 
\verseNumber{13}His|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1121" that|strong="H8085" happens|strong="H1961", let|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" curse|strong="H7045" be|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". You|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921". Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" goats|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H2026" two|strong="H3947" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3212" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517". Then|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H4303"\+w*} his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" prepared|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" tasty|strong="H2536" food|strong="H4303", just|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" way|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" liked|strong="H7521". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" Rebekah|strong="H7259" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" clothes|strong="H3847" that|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3847" her|strong="H3947" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" put|strong="H3847" them|strong="H3947" on|strong="H3847" her|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3027" put|strong="H3847" the|strong="H5921" skins|strong="H5785" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H1423" goats|strong="H5795" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" smooth|strong="H2513" part|strong="H2513" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H6677". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5414" she|strong="H4303" handed|strong="H3027" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" tasty|strong="H2536" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H5414" she|strong="H4303" had|strong="H3290" prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{18}Jacob|strong="H3290" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H2009" father|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121"!” Isaac|strong="H3327" replied|strong="H0559", “I’m here|strong="H2009"; which|strong="H4310" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8104" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4310"?” 
\verseNumber{19}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H1288" father|strong="H0001", “I|strong="H5315" am|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215", your|strong="H6213" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060". I|strong="H5315" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". Sit|strong="H3427" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" meat|strong="H1320" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" then|strong="H6965" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Isaac|strong="H3327" asked|strong="H4100" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", how|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2026" an|strong="H4672" animal|strong="H0929" so|strong="H2088" quickly|strong="H4116"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H7812", enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" successful|strong="H6743".” 
\verseNumber{21}Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Come|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H4994", my|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" can|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5066" you|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1121" determine|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1121" really|strong="H2088" my|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215".” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H5066" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3290" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027". Isaac|strong="H3327". Isaac|strong="H3327" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3027" voice|strong="H6963" sounds|strong="H6963" like|strong="H3644" Jacob|strong="H3290", but|strong="H3290" your|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" feel|strong="H4959" hairy|strong="H8181", like|strong="H3644" the|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3027" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215".” 
\verseNumber{23}Isaac|strong="H3327" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" recognize|strong="H5234" Jacob|strong="H3290", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w blind|strong="H5787"\+w*} and|strong="H3027" because|strong="H3588" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" hairy|strong="H8163", like|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215". So|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" prepared|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" first|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" asked|strong="H7592", “Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H2088" really|strong="H2088" my|strong="H6215" son|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961".” 
\verseNumber{25}Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8354" son|strong="H1121", bring|strong="H5066" me|strong="H5315" some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" meat|strong="H1320" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H1121" cooked|strong="H2102", so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5315" may|strong="H5315" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H4616" give|strong="H5066" you|strong="H1288" my|strong="H8354" blessing|strong="H1288".” So|strong="H4616" Jacob|strong="H3290" brought|strong="H5066" him|strong="H1288" some|strong="H5315", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5315" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5315". Jacob|strong="H3290" also|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5066" him|strong="H1288" some|strong="H5315" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5315" drank|strong="H8354" it|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5401", “My|strong="H5401" son|strong="H1121", come|strong="H5066" here|strong="H5066" and|strong="H1121" kiss|strong="H5401" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H5066" Jacob|strong="H3290" came|strong="H5066" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" cheek|strong="H3895". Isaac|strong="H3327" smelled|strong="H7306" the|strong="H7200" clothes|strong="H0899" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3068" wearing|strong="H2296". They|strong="H3068" smelled|strong="H7306" like|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" clothes|strong="H0899". So|strong="H5066" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", 
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“Truly|strong="H3588", the|strong="H7200" smell|strong="H7381" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" smell|strong="H7381" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7200" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288". 
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\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H8064" send|strong="H5414" down|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" dew|strong="H2919" from|strong="H8064" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H8064" cause|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" abundant|strong="H7230" crops|strong="H8393", 
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good|strong="H2896" harvests|strong="H7114" of|strong="H7230" grain|strong="H1715", and|strong="H8064" grapes|strong="H8492" for|strong="H8064" wine|strong="H8492". 
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\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H1288" and|strong="H1121" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1288". 
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I|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H1288" will|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H1288" brothers|strong="H1121", 
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and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H1288" mother’s|strong="H0517" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H5971" also|strong="H1121" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1288". 
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I|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5971" curse|strong="H1288"/punish|strong="H6485" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" ◄curse|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288"/ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1121" do|strong="H5647" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1121" you|strong="H1288"►, 
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and|strong="H1121" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288".” 
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\verseNumber{30}After|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327" finished|strong="H3615" blessing|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290", Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1961" just|strong="H3512" leaving|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H2315" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" his|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215", returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H3318" hunting|strong="H6718". 
\verseNumber{31}Esau|strong="H6215" cooked|strong="H2102" some|strong="H5315" tasty|strong="H2536" meat|strong="H4303" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1288" father|strong="H1121". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1288" father|strong="H1121", “My|strong="H6965" father|strong="H1121", please|strong="H4994" sit|strong="H3427" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" meat|strong="H4303" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H5315" have|strong="H1121" cooked|strong="H2102", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" then|strong="H6965" give|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5315" your|strong="H6213" blessing|strong="H1288"!” 
\verseNumber{32}His|strong="H3327" father|strong="H1121", Isaac|strong="H3327", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H1121", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4310"?” He|strong="H4310" answered|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215", your|strong="H6215" firstborn|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H1961" Isaac|strong="H3327", realizing that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H4310" who|strong="H4310" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" earlier|strong="H7223", trembled|strong="H2729" very|strong="H3966" violently|strong="H3966". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Then|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1288" some|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" from|strong="H5704" an|strong="H1961" animal|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" hunted|strong="H6679" and|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1419" I|strong="H5704" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605"? He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" here|strong="H5704" just|strong="H3605" before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961". I|strong="H5704" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1419" I|strong="H5704" cannot|strong="H3808" ◄take|strong="H1961" back|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3605" blessing|strong="H1288"/declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" will|strong="H4310" not|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H1931"►.” 
\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H8085" Esau|strong="H6215" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001", he|strong="H5704" cried|strong="H6817" loudly|strong="H1419". He|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" disappointed|strong="H0954". He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001", “My|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001", bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H1288", too|strong="H1571"!” 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251" came|strong="H0935" deceitfully|strong="H4820" and|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1293"!” 
\verseNumber{36}Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H7121", “It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H2009" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7121" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H2088" Jacob|strong="H3290", which|strong="H2088" means|strong="H3027" ‘cheat|strong="H5791",’ because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H7121" two|strong="H3947" times|strong="H6471". The|strong="H3588" first|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" rights|strong="H1779" frrom being|strong="H8034" his|strong="H7121" firstborn|strong="H1062" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H3290" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1293"!” Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592", “Do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H6258" any|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1293" left|strong="H7604" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7121"?” 
\verseNumber{37}Isaac|strong="H3327" answered|strong="H6030" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6213" Esau|strong="H6215", “I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H1121" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" will|strong="H5650" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H1121" will|strong="H5650" serve|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1121" grapes|strong="H8492" for|strong="H6213" wine|strong="H8492". So|strong="H6213", my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121", ◄what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2005" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414"?/There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4100" nothing|strong="H3605" more|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414"!►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{38}Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001", “My|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001", do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H1571" only|strong="H1571" one|strong="H1931" blessing|strong="H1293"? My|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001", bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H6963", too|strong="H1571"!” Then|strong="H5375" Esau|strong="H6215" cried|strong="H1058" very|strong="H1571" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{39}His|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" answered|strong="H6030" and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", 
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“The|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H4186" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H4186" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fertile|strong="H3759" soil|strong="H0127" and|strong="H6030" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dew|strong="H2919" that|strong="H1961" God|strong="H8064" sends|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{40}You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rob|strong="H1497"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2719"\+w*} kill|strong="H2719" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} live|strong="H2421", 
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and|strong="H2719" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" brother’s|strong="H0251" slave|strong="H5647". 
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But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H1961" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" ◄free|strong="H2670" yourself|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921"/no|strong="H5647" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" under|strong="H5921"► his|strong="H5921" control|strong="H3027".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5921" Esau|strong="H6215" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob|strong="H3290" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5921" Esau|strong="H6215" }
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\verseNumber{41}So|strong="H7126", because|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3290" given|strong="H5414" a|strong="H7126" blessing|strong="H1293" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", Esau|strong="H6215" hated|strong="H7852" his|strong="H5921" youngerbrother. Esau|strong="H6215" thought|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3820", “After|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" dies|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" finish|strong="H3615" mourning|strong="H0060" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3820" kill|strong="H2026" Jacob|strong="H3290"!” 
\verseNumber{42}But|strong="H2009" Rebekah|strong="H7259" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H1697" her|strong="H7971" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", Esau|strong="H6215", was|strong="H1697" thinking|strong="H0559". So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7971" younger|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121", Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7121", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". Your|strong="H7971" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", Esau|strong="H6215", is|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w comforting|strong="H5150"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w by|strong="H7121"\+w*} planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H7971", to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H7971" revenge|strong="H5360" because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7971" deceiving|strong="H8267" your|strong="H7971" father|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{43}So|strong="H6965" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121", listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6965". Escape|strong="H6965" quickly|strong="H4116" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837", in|strong="H8085" Haran|strong="H2771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{44}Stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3117" while|strong="H5704", until|strong="H5704" your|strong="H7725" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" angry|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{45}When|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" forgets|strong="H7911" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7971", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H7971", to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" there|strong="H8033". If|strong="H0518" Esau|strong="H6215" kills|strong="H5221" you|strong="H7971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w others|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} then|strong="H3947" both|strong="H8147" my|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" would|strong="H6213" die|strong="H4191" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H4480" time|strong="H3117"!” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{46}Rebekah|strong="H7259" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" Isaac|strong="H3327", “These|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w*} women|strong="H1323" whom|strong="H6440" Esau|strong="H6215" has|strong="H4100" married|strong="H3947", who|strong="H2416" are|strong="H4100" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1323" Heth|strong="H2845", are|strong="H4100" making|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3947" life|strong="H2416" miserable|strong="H5999". I|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" prefer|strong="H7489" to|strong="H6440" die|strong="H4191" than|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1323" Heth|strong="H2845" in|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaac gave instructions to Jacob }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Isaac gave instructions to Jacob }
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\chapterNumber{28}Then|strong="H3947" Isaac|strong="H3327" summoned|strong="H7121" Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H3290" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3947" blessing|strong="H1288". He|strong="H3808" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H7121", “Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3947" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group. 
\verseNumber{2}Instead|strong="H3947", go|strong="H3212" right|strong="H3225" away|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* northwest \+w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\+w*}, to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3947" mother’s|strong="H0517" father|strong="H0001" Bethuel|strong="H1328". Ask|strong="H7592" one|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3947" mother’s|strong="H0517" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837" to|strong="H3212" marry|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706" will|strong="H1961" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288", and|strong="H5971" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H1288" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233", in|strong="H5971" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" people-groups. 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H5414" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H2233" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" by|strong="H5414" enabling you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" possess|strong="H3423"/seize|strong="H3423" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5414" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H2233" now|strong="H5414" living|strong="H2416" as|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" foreigner|strong="H5237", the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H2233" his|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H7971" Isaac|strong="H3327" sent|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H3290" to|strong="H3212" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307", to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3212" Rebekah’s|strong="H7259" brother|strong="H0251" Laban|strong="H3837", the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bethuel|strong="H1328", who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7971" Aram|strong="H6307" people-group. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" daughter|strong="H1323" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" Ishmael’s|strong="H3458" daughter|strong="H1323" }
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\verseNumber{6}Esau|strong="H6215" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" had|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H3947" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" Isaac|strong="H3327", he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group,” 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="H3212" that|strong="H8085" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3290" obeyed|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3212" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H3212" had|strong="H3290" gone|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". 
\verseNumber{8}Esau|strong="H6215" also|strong="H5869" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" did|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" approve|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1323" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group. 
\verseNumber{9}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121", Esau|strong="H6215" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3947" uncle|strong="H1730" Ishmael|strong="H3458", and|strong="H1121" married|strong="H3947" Mahalath|strong="H4258", the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458". Mahalath|strong="H4258" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Nabaioth and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H3947". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" dream|strong="H2472" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" dream|strong="H2472" }
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\verseNumber{10}Meanwhile|strong="H3318", Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H3318" Beersheba|strong="H0884" and|strong="H3212" started|strong="H3318" walking|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3318" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" Haran|strong="H2771". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3947" certain|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725", he|strong="H1931" stopped|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" sun|strong="H8121" had|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H1980" down|strong="H7901". He|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3588" stones|strong="H0068" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H4763" to|strong="H8033" use|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" pillow|strong="H3523". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" and|strong="H8033" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{12}While|strong="H2009" he|strong="H4397" was|strong="H7218" sleeping|strong="H3463", he|strong="H4397" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H5927" dream|strong="H2492", in|strong="H5927" which|strong="H4397" he|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w*} see|strong="H2009" a|strong="H5927" stairway|strong="H4609". The|strong="H5927" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5927" stairway|strong="H4609" was|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" earth|strong="H5927" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5927" top|strong="H7218" was|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" sky|strong="H8064". Jacob|strong="H3290" also|strong="H8064" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H4397" God’s|strong="H0430" angels|strong="H4397" were|strong="H8064" going|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H8064" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5927" stairway|strong="H4609". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} see|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5324" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" stairway|strong="H4609", saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812", and|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" Isaac|strong="H3327" worships|strong="H7812". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{14}Your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" particles of|strong="H2233" dirt|strong="H6083" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H6083", and|strong="H3220" their|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419". It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" extend|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3220" all|strong="H3605" directions|strong="H7253", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" and|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045". And|strong="H3220" people|strong="H4940" of|strong="H2233" all|strong="H3605" people-groups on|strong="H1961" earth|strong="H6083" will|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H1961" blessings|strong="H1288" because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H7725" protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, when|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3068" sleeping|strong="H3463", he|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H3045", “Surely|strong="H3426" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H3068" until|strong="H3068" now|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3045" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" aware|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3045"!” 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1004" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H8064" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" is|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" awesome|strong="H3372"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" God|strong="H8064" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H8064" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" entrance|strong="H8179" to|strong="H1004" heaven|strong="H8064"!” 
\verseNumber{18}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" Jacob|strong="H3290" got|strong="H3947" up|strong="H7760" and|strong="H7218" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H8081" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3290" put|strong="H7760" under|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" end|strong="H7093" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7760" that|strong="H8081" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H7760" was|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3947" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H7760". He|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H3332" some|strong="H4480" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w dedicate|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Bethel|strong="H1008", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* God’.} Previously|strong="H7223" its|strong="H5892" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Luz|strong="H3870". 
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\verseNumber{20}Jacob|strong="H3290" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H5414", if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1980" protect|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5414" while|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H1980" this|strong="H2088" journey|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" enough|strong="H1767" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H3899" and|strong="H1980" clothes|strong="H3847" to|strong="H1980" wear|strong="H3847", 
\verseNumber{21}in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" can|strong="H1004" later|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{22}This|strong="H2063" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" mark|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H1004" worship|strong="H7812" you|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" tenth|strong="H6237" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob met Laban’s daughter Rachel at Haran }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob met Laban’s daughter Rachel at Haran }
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\chapterNumber{29}Jacob|strong="H3290" continued|strong="H5674" on|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5375" road|strong="H1870" [MTY], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7272" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" well|strong="H3190" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1419" three|strong="H7969" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H7704" sheep|strong="H6629" were|strong="H6629" lying|strong="H7257" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190". It|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190" from|strong="H4480" which|strong="H1931" shepherds|strong="H7462" habitually got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H7200" sheep|strong="H6629". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" covering|strong="H4372" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" were|strong="H6629" gathered|strong="H6960" there|strong="H8033", the|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462" would|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" together|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" roll|strong="H1556" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190" and|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629". When|strong="H7725" they|strong="H8033" finished|strong="H3615" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", they|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3605" put|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w On|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3290" shepherds|strong="H7462" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H3290" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", “Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0859" from|strong="H3290"?” They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3290" Haran|strong="H2771".” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H1121", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" Laban|strong="H3837", the|strong="H3045" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahor|strong="H5152"?” They|strong="H3045" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H0587" know|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045".” 
\verseNumber{6}Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414", “Is|strong="H2009" Laban|strong="H3837" well|strong="H7965"?” They|strong="H7965" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", he|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" well|strong="H7965". Look|strong="H2009"! Here|strong="H2009" comes|strong="H5973" his|strong="H7354" daughter|strong="H1323" Rachel|strong="H7354" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" sheep|strong="H6629"!” 
\verseNumber{7}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “Hey|strong="H1945"! The|strong="H3117" sun|strong="H8121" is|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" high|strong="H1419" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" sky|strong="H8064". It|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" flocks|strong="H6629" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H3808" gathered|strong="H6960" for|strong="H3117" nighttime. Give|strong="H8248" the|strong="H3117" sheep|strong="H6629" some|strong="H3117" water|strong="H8248" and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3212" them|strong="H8248" back|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3212" ◄graze|strong="H7462"/eat|strong="H7462" grass|strong="H2682"► in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" pastures|strong="H7462"!” 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H5704" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" that|strong="H3605" until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" are|strong="H6310" gathered|strong="H6960" here|strong="H5704" and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" is|strong="H3605" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" well|strong="H3190". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" give|strong="H8248" water|strong="H8248" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
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\verseNumber{9}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7462", Rachel|strong="H7354" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H1931" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" her|strong="H1931" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H7200" Rachel|strong="H7354", the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Laban|strong="H3837", who|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" mother’s|strong="H0517" brother|strong="H0251", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w excited|strong="H7264"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3290" over|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6629" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*} rolled|strong="H1556" away|strong="H1556" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" that|strong="H7200" covered|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H6629" he|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" water|strong="H8248" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" uncle’s|strong="H1730" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5375" Jacob|strong="H3290" kissed|strong="H5401" Rachel|strong="H7354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}, and|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3290" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w so|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w happy|strong="H0835"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H5046" Rachel|strong="H7354" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" father’s|strong="H0001" relatives|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" aunt|strong="H1733" Rebekah|strong="H7259". So|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" father|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1697" Laban|strong="H3837" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" Jacob|strong="H3290", his|strong="H3605" sister’s|strong="H0269" son|strong="H1121", was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3605" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H1961" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3605" embraced|strong="H2263" him|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cheek|strong="H3895"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H5973", “Truly|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H5973" family|strong="H4940"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" married|strong="H3427" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H3117" Rachel|strong="H7354" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob|strong="H3290" married|strong="H3427" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H3117" Rachel|strong="H7354" }
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After|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H1320" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3117" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="H3427" Laban|strong="H3837" for|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320", 
\verseNumber{15}Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" “◄You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5046" for|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H2600" just|strong="H3512" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" a|strong="H3588" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H5647" mine|strong="H5046"!/Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5046" for|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H2600" just|strong="H3512" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" a|strong="H3588" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H5647" mine|strong="H5046"?► [RHQ] Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5046" pay|strong="H2600" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{16}Well|strong="H3190", Laban|strong="H3837" had|strong="H7354" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323". The|strong="H8034" older|strong="H1419" one|strong="H6996" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Leah|strong="H3812", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H8034" younger|strong="H6996" one|strong="H6996" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Rachel|strong="H7354". 
\verseNumber{17}Leah|strong="H3812" had|strong="H1961" pretty|strong="H3304" eyes|strong="H5869", but|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" attractive|strong="H3303" figure|strong="H8389" and|strong="H5869" was|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{18}Jacob|strong="H3290" ◄was|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H5647"/wanted|strong="H2654" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227" to|strong="H1323" be|strong="H8141" married|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1323"► Rachel|strong="H7354", and|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8141" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H8141" will|strong="H3290" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H8141" you|strong="H5647" for|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". That|strong="H8141" will|strong="H3290" be|strong="H8141" my|strong="H3290" payment|strong="H0868" for|strong="H8141" your|strong="H5647" letting|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" marry|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5647" younger|strong="H6996" daughter|strong="H1323", Rachel|strong="H7354".” 
\verseNumber{19}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2896" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" than|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" man|strong="H2896"!” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H7651" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" Rachel|strong="H7354", but|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5647" it|strong="H1961" seemed|strong="H5869" like|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" days|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H3290" so|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227". 
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\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H3837", “Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H3051" marry|strong="H3947" Rachel|strong="H7354" now|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" agreed|strong="H8085" upon|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3051" to|strong="H3117" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H4390", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3117" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H4390". [EUP]” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H6213" Laban|strong="H3837" gathered|strong="H6213" together|strong="H3162" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" area|strong="H4725" and|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" evening|strong="H6153", instead|strong="H3947" of|strong="H1323" taking|strong="H3947" Rachel|strong="H7354" to|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290", Laban|strong="H3837" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" older|strong="H1419" daughter|strong="H1323", Leah|strong="H3812", to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3947". But|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" dark|strong="H2822", he|strong="H6153" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H1323" not|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354", and|strong="H1323" he|strong="H6153" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{24}(Laban|strong="H3837" had|strong="H5414" already|strong="H3528" given|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198" girl|strong="H1323" Zilpah|strong="H2153" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Leah|strong="H3812" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198"/servant|strong="H8198".) 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H2009" that|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" Leah|strong="H3812" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6213"! So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3812" to|strong="H1961" Laban|strong="H3837" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1242"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6213"\+w*} very|strong="H6213" angrily|strong="H2195", “◄What|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1931" disgusting|strong="H8441"!/What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H1931" this|strong="H2063" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6213"?► [RHQ] I|strong="H2009" worked|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H6213" Rachel|strong="H7354", did|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2009" not|strong="H3808"? So|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" deceive|strong="H5377" me|strong="H6213"?” 
\verseNumber{26}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" land|strong="H4725", it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" our|strong="H5414" custom|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H6213" younger|strong="H6810" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" married|strong="H3947" before|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6213" let|strong="H5414" someone|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" firstborn|strong="H1067" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{27}After|strong="H8141" we|strong="H0587" finish|strong="H3615" this|strong="H2063" week|strong="H7620" of|strong="H8141" celebration|strong="H8057", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1571" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" younger|strong="H6810" one|strong="H2063" also|strong="H1571". But|strong="H1571" in|strong="H8141" return|strong="H7725", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H1571" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5414" Rachel|strong="H7354" by|strong="H8141" working|strong="H5647" for|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5414" another|strong="H5750" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141".” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" Jacob|strong="H3290" did|strong="H6213". After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5414" week|strong="H7620" of|strong="H1323" celebration|strong="H8057" was|strong="H3290" ended|strong="H4390", Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323", Rachel|strong="H7354", to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{29}Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198" girl|strong="H1323", Bilhah|strong="H1090", to|strong="H5414" Rachel|strong="H7354" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" maid|strong="H8198"/servant|strong="H8198". 
\verseNumber{30}Jacob|strong="H7651" had|strong="H7354" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" Rachel|strong="H7354" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8141" loved|strong="H0157" Rachel|strong="H7354" more|strong="H5750" than|strong="H5973" he|strong="H8141" loved|strong="H0157" Leah|strong="H3812". And|strong="H8141" Jacob|strong="H7651" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H8141" Laban|strong="H7651" for|strong="H8141" another|strong="H5750" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Leah|strong="H3812" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5973" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Leah|strong="H3812" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5973" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121" }
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157" Leah|strong="H3812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*}, he|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" pregnant|strong="H2030". But|strong="H3588" Rachel|strong="H7354" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" pregnant|strong="H2030". 
\verseNumber{32}Leah|strong="H3812" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" Reuben|strong="H7205", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w Look|strong="H7200"\+w*, \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}!’ She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" miserable|strong="H5999", and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3205" me|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121". Now|strong="H6258", surely|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3588" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H3205".” 
\verseNumber{33}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H8085" husband|strong="H0376" doesn’t|strong="H3808" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5414", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121", too|strong="H1571".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" Simeon|strong="H8095", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w someone|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* hears’}. 
\verseNumber{34}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5921" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Now|strong="H6258", finally|strong="H5704", my|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H1121" hold|strong="H2388" me|strong="H5921" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H3205".” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Levi|strong="H3878", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w hold|strong="H2388"\+w* close’}. 
\verseNumber{35}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “◄This|strong="H3651" time|strong="H6471"/Now|strong="H6471"► I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" Judah|strong="H3063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘praise’}. After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068", she|strong="H7121" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" give|strong="H3034" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" children|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob had more sons and a daughter }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob had more sons and a daughter }
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\chapterNumber{30}Rachel|strong="H7354" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" becoming|strong="H5000" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1121" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" any|strong="H7200" children|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290". So|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" jealous|strong="H7065" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H7200" older|strong="H1419" sister|strong="H0269", Leah|strong="H3812", because|strong="H3588" Leah|strong="H3812" had|strong="H3205" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" four|strong="H0702" sons|strong="H1121". She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H3051" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H4191" children|strong="H1121". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* }die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{2}Jacob|strong="H3290" became|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H4480" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “◄I|strong="H8478" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H4513" God|strong="H0430"!/Am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H8478" God|strong="H0430"?► [RHQ] He|strong="H4480" is|strong="H3290" the|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3290" prevented|strong="H4513" you|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" becoming|strong="H5000" pregnant|strong="H2030"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H2009" she|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2009", here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1571" my|strong="H5921" female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650", Bilhah|strong="H1090". ◄Sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H5921"/Have|strong="H1571" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5921"► [EUP] her|strong="H5921", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" she|strong="H5921" may|strong="H1571" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1129" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4480" way|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" though|strong="H1571" ◄I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1571" children|strong="H3205"/her|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205" are|strong="H1571" mine|strong="H4480"►.” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198", Bilhah|strong="H1090", to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" another|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3290" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{6}Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H1571" ◄vindicated|strong="H1777" me|strong="H5414"/judged|strong="H1777" my|strong="H8085" case|strong="H3651" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1571" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1571" right|strong="H3651"►. He|strong="H3651" has|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" heard|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" requests|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" Dan|strong="H1835", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘\+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* judged’}. 
\verseNumber{7}Later|strong="H0310", Rachel’s|strong="H7354" slave|strong="H8198" Bilhah|strong="H1090" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1571" Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1571" had|strong="H7354" a|strong="H7121" great|strong="H1419" struggle|strong="H5327" to|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1571" children|strong="H1121" like|strong="H5973" my|strong="H7121" older|strong="H1419" sister|strong="H0269", but|strong="H1571" truly|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7121" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Naphtali|strong="H5321", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘struggle’}. 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" Leah|strong="H3812" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5414" becoming|strong="H5000" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H7200" giving|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" more|strong="H3588" children|strong="H3205", she|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5414" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198", Zilpah|strong="H2153", and|strong="H7200" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Jacob|strong="H3290" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" another|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}Zilpah|strong="H2153" soon|strong="H3205" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{11}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H8034" am|strong="H1961" truly|strong="H3588" fortunate|strong="H1409"!” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Gad|strong="H1410", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘fortunate’}. 
\verseNumber{12}Later|strong="H0310" Leah’s|strong="H3812" slave|strong="H8198", Zilpah|strong="H2153", gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{13}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “Now|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835", and|strong="H1323" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1323" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" happy|strong="H0835".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Asher|strong="H0836", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w happy|strong="H0835"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3212" harvest|strong="H7105" wheat|strong="H2406", Reuben|strong="H7205" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H4672" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" saw|strong="H7200" some|strong="H3117" ◄mandrakes|strong="H1736"/plants|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3117" women|strong="H0802" eat|strong="H0398" to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030"►. He|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3212" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517" Leah|strong="H3812". But|strong="H3117" Rachel|strong="H7354" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Leah|strong="H3812", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" plants|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1571" Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3947", “No|strong="H3947"! ◄It|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1121" bad|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" stole|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" husband|strong="H0376"!/Is|strong="H1571" it|strong="H3651" not|strong="H1571" bad|strong="H7451" enough|strong="H4592" that|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" stole|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" husband|strong="H0376"?► [RHQ] Now|strong="H1571" ◄are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrake plants|strong="H6212"?/You|strong="H3947" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrake plants|strong="H6212" also|strong="H1571", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w can|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*}!►” [RHQ] So|strong="H3651" Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H3651", “All|strong="H7901" right|strong="H3651", Jacob|strong="H3290" can|strong="H3947" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3947" tonight|strong="H3915", if|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3947" give|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrake plants|strong="H6212".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w Leah|strong="H3812"\+w* ◄\+w agreed|strong="H8085"\+w*/\+w gave|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4592"\+w*►}. 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" wheat|strong="H2406" fields|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153", Leah|strong="H3812" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5973". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318", “You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4480" tonight|strong="H3915", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H3318" Rachel|strong="H7354" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3318" son’s|strong="H1121" mandrakes|strong="H1736" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w become|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w pregnant|strong="H2030"\+w*}, to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H7999" her|strong="H3290" for|strong="H3588" allowing us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588".” So|strong="H4480" Jacob|strong="H3290" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{17}God|strong="H0430" answered|strong="H8085" Leah’s|strong="H3812" prayers|strong="H8605", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" fifth|strong="H2549" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3205" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{18}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H8198" rewarded|strong="H7939" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H7121" giving|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" slave|strong="H8198" to|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H8034" another|strong="H0312" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" Issachar|strong="H3485", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘reward’}. 
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\verseNumber{19}Leah|strong="H3812" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" sixth|strong="H8345" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{20}Leah|strong="H3812" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" given|strong="H3205" me|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" precious|strong="H2896" gift|strong="H2065". ◄This|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6471"/Now|strong="H6471"► my|strong="H3588" husband|strong="H0376" will|strong="H1121" honor|strong="H8034"/respect|strong="H6437" me|strong="H7121", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" six|strong="H8337" sons|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H3205".” So|strong="H7121" she|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Zebulon, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w accepted|strong="H7521"\+w* gift’}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H7121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" daughter|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1323" named|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" Dinah|strong="H1783". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" thought|strong="H2142" about|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" Rachel|strong="H7354" wanted|strong="H2654". He|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6605" prayers|strong="H8605" and|strong="H8085" enabled|strong="H5414" her|strong="H6605" to|strong="H8085" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030". 
\verseNumber{23}She|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3205" caused|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{24}She|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Joseph|strong="H3130", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w may|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w give|strong="H3254"\+w* another’ } and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", ‘ want|strong="H4270" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3254" me|strong="H7121" another|strong="H3254" son|strong="H1121".’ 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" tricked|strong="H5377" Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" wealthy|strong="H1431" }

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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H1961" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3212" Joseph|strong="H3130", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Laban|strong="H3837", “Now|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" quit|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H7971" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{26}You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" let|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3045" my|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3212" my|strong="H5414" children|strong="H3206", and|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3068" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H4672", “If|strong="H1288" you|strong="H1288" are|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994", stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H4672", because|strong="H1558" I|strong="H4672" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" by|strong="H3068" performing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H4672" magic ritual|strong="H3925" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" me|strong="H4994" because|strong="H1558" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{28}Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{29}Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1961" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" livestock|strong="H4735" have|strong="H1961" increased|strong="H7235" greatly|strong="H3966" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4735" them|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{30}You|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" animals|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" here|strong="H6258". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7230", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" increase|strong="H6555" greatly|strong="H7230" in|strong="H3068" number|strong="H7230" wherever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" start|strong="H1870" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" needs|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" family|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{31}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H3808" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" pay|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" anything|strong="H1697". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1697" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5414" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7725" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{32}Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5674" and|strong="H3117" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" flocks|strong="H6629" today|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" remove|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" speckled|strong="H5348" sheep|strong="H6629", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" spotted|strong="H2921" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" dark-colored|strong="H2345" lamb|strong="H7716", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" speckled|strong="H5348", and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" spotted|strong="H2921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w myself|strong="H0589"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939". 
\verseNumber{33}In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" way|strong="H6440", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3117" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" whether|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3605" honest|strong="H3653" regarding|strong="H5921" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" paid|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440". If|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" are|strong="H3117" neither|strong="H3808" speckled|strong="H5348" or|strong="H3117" spotted|strong="H2921", or|strong="H3117" if|strong="H3588" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H3775" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3588" dark-colored|strong="H2345", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1931" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3117" stolen|strong="H1589" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Laban|strong="H3837" agreed|strong="H3863" and|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", “Okay, we|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" Laban|strong="H5493" removed|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H8495" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H5414" black|strong="H2345" and|strong="H1121" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H3117" them|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" spotted|strong="H2921", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5795" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" speckled|strong="H5348" or|strong="H3117" spotted|strong="H2921", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" partly|strong="H4481" white|strong="H3836", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" dark-colored|strong="H2345" lambs|strong="H3775". He|strong="H1931" separated|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H5493" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H7760" these|strong="H7760" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3117" walked|strong="H1980" a|strong="H7760" distance|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" far|strong="H5704" from|strong="H3117" Jacob|strong="H3290". Jacob|strong="H3290" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3117" take|strong="H7760" care|strong="H7760" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" rest|strong="H3498" of|strong="H3117" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flocks|strong="H6629". 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" cut|strong="H3772" some|strong="H4480" branches|strong="H4731" of|strong="H5921" ◄poplar|strong="H3839", almond|strong="H3869", and|strong="H3290" plane|strong="H6196" trees|strong="H6196"/three|strong="H7969" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6196" that|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3290" white|strong="H3836" wood|strong="H6086"►. He|strong="H5921" peeled|strong="H6478" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="H5921" bark|strong="H5024" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" branches|strong="H4731", so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bark|strong="H5024" had|strong="H3290" been|strong="H1961" peeled|strong="H6478" off|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" branches|strong="H4731" were|strong="H3290" light|strong="H0216" in|strong="H5921" color|strong="H1935". 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H8354" placed|strong="H3322" the|strong="H8354" peeled|strong="H6478" branches|strong="H4731" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H8354" troughs|strong="H8268" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" put|strong="H3322" the|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8354" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8354" branches|strong="H4731" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H4325" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H5227" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8354" flocks|strong="H6629" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" also|strong="H3205" mated|strong="H3179" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" branches|strong="H4731", and|strong="H6629" eventually|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3205" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6629" were|strong="H3205" speckled|strong="H5348", or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6629" were|strong="H3205" spotted|strong="H2921", or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H3205" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6629" had|strong="H3205" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H6629" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H3205" them|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{40}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Jacob|strong="H3290" separated|strong="H6504" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" flock|strong="H6629" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795" in|strong="H5921" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flock|strong="H6629". And|strong="H6629" when|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" mated|strong="H2552", he|strong="H3605" made|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" look|strong="H7896" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" Laban|strong="H3837" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" black|strong="H2345" and|strong="H6629" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" dark-colored|strong="H2345" animals|strong="H0929". He|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" would|strong="H3290" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H6629" striped|strong="H6124" or|strong="H3808" dark-colored|strong="H2345". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605", he|strong="H3605" made|strong="H5414" bigger|strong="H1419" flocks|strong="H6629" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6629" he|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" separate|strong="H6504" from|strong="H6440" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flocks|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{41}In|strong="H6629" addition|strong="H5921", whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stronger|strong="H7194" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" were|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6629" to|strong="H1961" mate|strong="H3179", Jacob|strong="H3290" put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5869" those|strong="H3605" peeled|strong="H4178" branches|strong="H4731" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3605" troughs|strong="H7298" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5869" them|strong="H7760", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3290" mate|strong="H3179" in|strong="H6629" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H4731". 
\verseNumber{42}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808" animals|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6629" to|strong="H1961" mate|strong="H7468", he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" branches|strong="H7070" in|strong="H6629" their|strong="H7760" troughs|strong="H8268". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7760" weak|strong="H3808" ones|strong="H2945" became|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H6629" Laban’s|strong="H3837" flock|strong="H6629", and|strong="H6629" the|strong="H7760" strong|strong="H2388" ones|strong="H2945" became|strong="H1961" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H6629" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" flock|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{43}As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", Jacob|strong="H3290" became|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" rich|strong="H6223". He|strong="H0834" owned|strong="H3426" many|strong="H7227" large|strong="H7227" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H5650" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5650" goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H5650" many|strong="H7227" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" many|strong="H7227" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H5650" donkeys|strong="H2543". 

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\chapterNumber{31}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H1697" Jacob|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3605" Laban’s|strong="H3837" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" complaining|strong="H7879" and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H1697", “Jacob|strong="H3290" has|strong="H1697" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2088" rich|strong="H3519" by|strong="H3605" taking|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" [HYP] that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H6440" Jacob|strong="H3290" noticed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Laban|strong="H3837" was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H7200" acting|strong="H4603" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3290" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H4138", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7725" there|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H3290" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H7971" Leah|strong="H3812", telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7121" pastures|strong="H4999" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H7121" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H7704" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H7971" goats|strong="H5795" were|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" does|strong="H6440" not|strong="H1961" act|strong="H1961" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H7200" previously|strong="H8543". But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H6440" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812", has|strong="H1961" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3588" two|strong="H8147" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" worked|strong="H5647" very|strong="H3045" hard|strong="H7186" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", 
\verseNumber{7}but|strong="H3808" many|strong="H3808" times|strong="H4489" [HYP] he|strong="H5414" has|strong="H7489" cheated|strong="H8524" me|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5414" decreasing my|strong="H5414" wages|strong="H4909". But|strong="H3808" God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H7489" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" harm|strong="H7489" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H3605" speckled|strong="H5348" animals|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3205" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939",’ then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" young|strong="H3205" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" speckled|strong="H5348". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" changed|strong="H8133" and|strong="H6629" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H6629" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" wages|strong="H7939",’ then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" young|strong="H3205" ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" striped|strong="H6124". 
\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870", God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H5414" taken|strong="H5337" away|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735" that|strong="H5414" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4735" has|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{10}“ne time|strong="H6256", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" mating|strong="H3179", I|strong="H2009" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dream|strong="H2472". In|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w looked|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" some|strong="H6256" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" male|strong="H6260" goats|strong="H6260" that|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" mating|strong="H3179" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" female|strong="H5347" goats|strong="H6260" had|strong="H1961" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H5869" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", some|strong="H6256" were|strong="H1961" speckled|strong="H5348", and|strong="H5869" some|strong="H6256" were|strong="H1961" spotted|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{11}An|strong="H1129" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3290" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H2472" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4397" me|strong="H2472" in|strong="H2472" the|strong="H2009" dream|strong="H2472", ‘Jacob|strong="H3290"!’ I|strong="H2009" replied|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2009"!’ 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H4994", ‘Look|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H6260" goats|strong="H6260" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5869" mating|strong="H5927" have|strong="H5869" black|strong="H7838" and|strong="H5869" white|strong="H3836" stripes|strong="H4347" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", or|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5869" speckled|strong="H5348" or|strong="H7200" spotted|strong="H7200". This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3605" happening because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Laban|strong="H3837" has|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H1008" who|strong="H0834" appeared|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" at|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008", where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H7725" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3318" stone|strong="H0068" to|strong="H7725" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" place|strong="H8033" was|strong="H2063" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H7725" poured|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H5087" a|strong="H3318" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258" leave|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" immediately|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H7725" were|strong="H3318" born|strong="H4138".’” 
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\verseNumber{14}Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H6030" Leah|strong="H3812" replied|strong="H6030", “Our|strong="H5750" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H5750" give|strong="H6030" us|strong="H6030" anything|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750" when|strong="H5750" he|strong="H1004" dies|strong="H4191" [RHQ]. 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3588" treats|strong="H3190" us|strong="H3588" as|strong="H2803" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1571" foreigners|strong="H5237" [RHQ]! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w working|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w all|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w payment|strong="H0868"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H2803" as|strong="H2803" a|strong="H3588" price|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" inherit|strong="H5157" any|strong="H1571" of|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" as|strong="H2803" a|strong="H3588" price|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" spent|strong="H3885" it|strong="H3588" all|strong="H1571"! 
\verseNumber{16}Surely|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" wealth|strong="H6239" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" took|strong="H5337" away|strong="H5337" from|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" told|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6965" Jacob|strong="H3290" put|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" wives|strong="H0802" on|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3605". Besides|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735", he|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" along|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3327" acquired|strong="H7408" while|strong="H5704" living|strong="H3605" in|strong="H7408" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307". And|strong="H3327" they|strong="H3605" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3605" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327", in|strong="H7408" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{19}Before|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" left|strong="H1980", while|strong="H5704" Laban|strong="H3837" was|strong="H6629" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H1494" sheep|strong="H6629", Rachel|strong="H7354" stole|strong="H1589" the|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} idols|strong="H8655" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w father’s|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Jacob|strong="H3290" deceived|strong="H1589" Laban|strong="H3837", who|strong="H1931" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Aram|strong="H0758" people-group, by|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3588" telling|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3290" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5800". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H6965" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" fled|strong="H1272" with|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H5104" River|strong="H5104", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" traveling|strong="H1980" south|strong="H5045" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" hilly Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256". 

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\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H1272", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Laban|strong="H3837" that|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5046" family|strong="H4940" had|strong="H3588" left|strong="H1272". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3117" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" pursue|strong="H7291" Jacob|strong="H7651". They|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H1980" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" Laban|strong="H3837" in|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" dream|strong="H2472" at|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3915" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973", “When|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290", be|strong="H7451" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H7451" you|strong="H5704" do|strong="H8104" not|strong="H6435" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5704" all|strong="H5704" [HYP] to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" in|strong="H1696" an|strong="H8104" angry|strong="H2734" manner|strong="H4941"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H8628" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", by|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8628" time|strong="H6256" Laban|strong="H3837" caught|strong="H5381" up|strong="H8628" with|strong="H8628" Jacob|strong="H3290", Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3290" household|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3290" set|strong="H3290" up|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3290" tents|strong="H0168" in|strong="H3290" the|strong="H8628" hilly Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256". So|strong="H3651" Laban|strong="H3837" and|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3290" relatives|strong="H0251" set|strong="H3290" up|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3290" tents|strong="H0168" there|strong="H2022", too|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H6213" Laban|strong="H3837" went|strong="H3290" to|strong="H6213" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H2719" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1323" you|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213"? You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1323" deceived|strong="H1589" me|strong="H6213" by|strong="H1589" carrying|strong="H5090" away|strong="H7617" my|strong="H6213" daughters|strong="H1323" as|strong="H6213" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3290" captured|strong="H7617" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" war|strong="H2719" [MTY]! 
\verseNumber{27}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" deceive|strong="H1589" me|strong="H7971"? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" were|strong="H7892" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H7971" leave|strong="H5800", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" could|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3808" rejoiced|strong="H8057" and|strong="H7971" sung|strong="H7891" while|strong="H5704" people|strong="H3808" played|strong="H2181" music|strong="H7892" on|strong="H7971" tambourines|strong="H8596" and|strong="H7971" harps|strong="H3658" before|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" ‘goodbye’ to|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971"? 
\verseNumber{28}◄You|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" let|strong="H6258" me|strong="H6213" kiss|strong="H5401" my|strong="H6213" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H6213" daughters|strong="H1323" goodbye before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" left|strong="H5203"!/Why|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5203" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" kiss|strong="H5401" my|strong="H6213" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" goodbye before|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" left|strong="H5203"?► [RHQ] What|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1121" foolish|strong="H5528"! 
\verseNumber{29}My|strong="H8104" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3426" the|strong="H6213" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" harm|strong="H7451" you|strong="H5704", but|strong="H1696" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" worships|strong="H7812" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" dream|strong="H2472", ‘Be|strong="H3426" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H6213" at|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5704" to|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734" way|strong="H5704".’ 
\verseNumber{30}Now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H6258" left|strong="H1980" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" long|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" home|strong="H1004". But|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" steal|strong="H1589" my|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} idols|strong="H1544"?” 
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\verseNumber{31}Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1323" Laban|strong="H3837", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3290" not|strong="H6435" tell|strong="H6030" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1323" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1323" leave|strong="H5800", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3290" afraid|strong="H3372". I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3290" forcefully take|strong="H1497" your|strong="H3588" daughters|strong="H1323" away|strong="H1497" from|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" anyone|strong="H3588" here|strong="H4672" who|strong="H4672" has|strong="H4100" your|strong="H3947" wooden|strong="H6086" idols|strong="H1544", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" execute|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" person|strong="H3045". While|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H0251" are|strong="H4100" watching|strong="H8245", search|strong="H2713" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3045" see|strong="H5234" if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H4672" is|strong="H4100" anything|strong="H4100" that|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" here|strong="H4672" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5978". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" anything|strong="H4100", you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588"!” When|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H3588" stolen|strong="H1589" the|strong="H3588" wooden|strong="H6086" idols|strong="H1544". 
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\verseNumber{33}Laban|strong="H3837" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3318" then|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" Leah’s|strong="H3812" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3318" then|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" tents|strong="H0168" of|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H8147" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3318" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" idols|strong="H1544", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8147" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H3318". After|strong="H3318" he|strong="H8147" left|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3290" tents|strong="H0168", he|strong="H8147" entered|strong="H3318" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3808" Rachel|strong="H7354" had|strong="H7354" previously|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H8655" and|strong="H3427" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" saddle|strong="H3733" of|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3947" camel|strong="H1581", and|strong="H3427" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3605" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" saddle|strong="H3733". So|strong="H3947" when|strong="H3427" Laban|strong="H3837" searched|strong="H4959" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" inside|strong="H8432" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" tent|strong="H0168", he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{35}Rachel|strong="H7354" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" her|strong="H4672" father|strong="H0001", “Do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", sir|strong="H0113", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" having|strong="H3808" my|strong="H6965" monthly|strong="H2320" menstrual|strong="H5079" period|strong="H3117". [EUP]” So|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3588" Laban|strong="H3837" searched|strong="H2664" some|strong="H4480" more|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} idols|strong="H8655". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H6030" Jacob|strong="H3290" became|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H3588" rebuked|strong="H7378" Laban|strong="H3837", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" crime|strong="H2154" did|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" commit|strong="H6213"? For|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H6213" have|strong="H2403" you|strong="H3588" pursued|strong="H1814" me|strong="H6030"? 
\verseNumber{37}Now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4672" searched|strong="H4959" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H3627", and|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" find|strong="H4672" from|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H7760" possessions|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588"? Put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" here|strong="H3541" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251", so|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" decide|strong="H3198" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4100" right|strong="H3225", you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H1004" me|strong="H7760"! 
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\verseNumber{38}I|strong="H2088" was|strong="H8141" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" for|strong="H3808" 20 years|strong="H8141". In|strong="H8141" all|strong="H5973" that|strong="H8141" time|strong="H8141", your|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6242" goats|strong="H5795" have|strong="H3808" ◄not|strong="H3808" miscarried|strong="H7921"/always|strong="H3605" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5973" animals|strong="H0929" safely|strong="H0983"►. I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6242"\+w*} eaten|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3808" rams|strong="H0352" from|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3808" flocks|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H1245" animals|strong="H0929" was|strong="H3117" attacked|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3117" mauled/killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3117" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2966", I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H2398" it|strong="H3915" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3117" replaced|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191" animal|strong="H2966" with|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" living|strong="H2416" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1245" own|strong="H3027" animals|strong="H0929". Whenever|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H1245" animals|strong="H0929" was|strong="H3117" stolen|strong="H1589", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915", you|strong="H3117" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" replace|strong="H2498" it|strong="H3915" with|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1245" own|strong="H3027" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{40}I|strong="H3117" suffered|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" heat|strong="H2721" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" cold|strong="H7135" at|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915". I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" often|strong="H1767" not|strong="H1961" even|strong="H5869" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142" [PRS]! 
\verseNumber{41}I|strong="H2088" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H2088" household|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" 20 years|strong="H8141". I|strong="H2088" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5647" for|strong="H1004" 14 years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H7069" your|strong="H2088" two|strong="H8147" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H6242" for|strong="H1004" six|strong="H8337" more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H7069" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H2088" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6242" goats|strong="H5795". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H8141" time|strong="H8147", you|strong="H5647" changed|strong="H2498" and|strong="H6242" reduced|strong="H7739" my|strong="H2498" wages|strong="H4909" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H4489" [HYP]. 
\verseNumber{42}If|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1961" whom|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H7971" before|strong="H7200" whom|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" trembled|strong="H2729" in|strong="H7200" fear|strong="H6343", had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3198" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H7971", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" ◄with|strong="H3198" nothing|strong="H7387" in|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" hands|strong="H3709"/owning|strong="H2220" nothing|strong="H7387"►! But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" suffering|strong="H6040" and|strong="H7971" how|strong="H3588" hard|strong="H7186" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639", so|strong="H7971" last|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" was|strong="H1961" wrong|strong="H7451".” 

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\verseNumber{43}Laban|strong="H3837" replied|strong="H6030", “These|strong="H6213" two|strong="H6213" women|strong="H1323" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" grandchildren|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929". Everything|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" see|strong="H7200" here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1931" mine|strong="H7200" [HYP]! But|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" or|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H6213" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{44}I|strong="H6258" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3212" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3212" keep|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961", so|strong="H1961" hey|strong="H1945", we|strong="H6258" should|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H1285", you|strong="H3772" and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H6258", and|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" remind|strong="H5046" us|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285".” 
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\verseNumber{45}So|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3290" set|strong="H7311" it|strong="H3947" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3947" end|strong="H7093". 
\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" relatives|strong="H0251", “You|strong="H5921" also|strong="H6213" gather|strong="H3950" some|strong="H8033" stones|strong="H0068".” So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H8033" gathered|strong="H3950" some|strong="H8033" rocks|strong="H5553" and|strong="H8033" put|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" heap|strong="H1530", and|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H8033" food|strong="H3899" there|strong="H8033" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heap|strong="H1530". 
\verseNumber{47}Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" heap|strong="H1530" the|strong="H7121" Aramaic|strong="H0762" name|strong="H7121" Jegar-Sahadutha|strong="H3026", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘rock-pile \+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w remind|strong="H5046"\+w* us’,} but|strong="H3290" Jacob|strong="H3290" gave|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" rock-pile the|strong="H7121" Hebrew|strong="H5680" name|strong="H7121" Galeed|strong="H1567", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{48}Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", “This|strong="H2088" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H3117" rocks|strong="H5553" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" remember|strong="H2142" our|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H7284".” That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Galeed|strong="H1567". 
\verseNumber{49}They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘watchtower’,} because|strong="H3588" Laban|strong="H3837" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H6822" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5641" while|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" separated|strong="H6504" from|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7453"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{50}If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" mistreat|strong="H6031" my|strong="H7200" daughters|strong="H1323", or|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" take|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" women|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3947" wives|strong="H0802", even|strong="H5921" if|strong="H7200" no|strong="H3947" one|strong="H7200" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7200" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", don’t|strong="H0408" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" sees|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1323" doing|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{51}Laban|strong="H3837" also|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2088" Jacob|strong="H3290", “You|strong="H3384" see|strong="H2009" this|strong="H2088" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H1530" and|strong="H3290" this|strong="H2088" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H4676" rocks|strong="H5553" that|strong="H2088" we|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1530" set|strong="H3384" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H2088" be|strong="H3290" between|strong="H0996" us|strong="H3384". 
\verseNumber{52}Both|strong="H8147" this|strong="H2088" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H4676" rocks|strong="H5553" and|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H1530" will|strong="H3808" remind|strong="H5046" us|strong="H7451", that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5674" past|strong="H5674" these|strong="H2088" rocks|strong="H5553" to|strong="H5674" harm|strong="H7451" you|strong="H3808", and|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5674" past|strong="H5674" these|strong="H2088" rocks|strong="H5553" to|strong="H5674" harm|strong="H7451" me|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{53}We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3290" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="H8199" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w grandfather|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3327"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} Nahor|strong="H5152" worshiped|strong="H7812" to|strong="H7650" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] either|strong="H3290" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H6343" us|strong="H8199", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w*}.” 
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So|strong="H7650" Jacob|strong="H3290" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H7650" do|strong="H7650" what|strong="H6343" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H8199" their|strong="H3290" peace|strong="H7965" agreement|strong="H7284". And|strong="H3290" he|strong="H7650" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H8199" one|strong="H0259" before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" trembled|strong="H2729", to|strong="H7650" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7650" what|strong="H6343" they|strong="H1992" promised|strong="H7650". 
\verseNumber{54}He|strong="H7121" offered|strong="H2076" a|strong="H7121" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H7121" God|strong="H0430" there|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3899" the|strong="H7121" hilly area|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3899" he|strong="H7121" invited|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" relatives|strong="H0251" to|strong="H7121" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" him|strong="H7121". After|strong="H7121" they|strong="H7121" had|strong="H3290" eaten|strong="H0398", they|strong="H7121" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H2022" that|strong="H7121" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{55}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" Laban|strong="H3837" kissed|strong="H5401" his|strong="H3605" grandchildren|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{goodbye} and|strong="H3967" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} left|strong="H7604" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 

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\chapterNumber{32}As|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7725" family|strong="H4940" continued|strong="H5674" traveling|strong="H1980", some|strong="H4725" angels|strong="H4397", whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7725", met|strong="H6298" him|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1980" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H3290" them|strong="H1870", he|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H1870" is|strong="H1870" God’s|strong="H0430" army|strong="H2428" camp|strong="H4264"!” So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1980" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H4397" place|strong="H4725" Mahanaim|strong="H4266", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w two|strong="H1980"\+w* camps’}. 
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\verseNumber{3}Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H5046" some|strong="H4725" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7200" men|strong="H8034" to|strong="H7121" go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8034" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H8034" Seir|strong="H8165", the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8034" Edom|strong="H0112" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971", “This|strong="H6440" is|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Esau|strong="H6215": 'I, Jacob|strong="H3290", want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H6440" my|strong="H7971" master|strong="H0113". I|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" with|strong="H6440" our|strong="H6440" uncle|strong="H1730" Laban|strong="H3837", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H6440" until|strong="H7704" now|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5704" now|strong="H6258" own|strong="H5973" many|strong="H5704" cattle|strong="H4735", donkeys|strong="H2543", sheep|strong="H6629", goats|strong="H5795", and|strong="H5650" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" female|strong="H5347" slaves|strong="H5650". Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5704" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6680", sir|strong="H0113", hoping|strong="H6960" that|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6680" will|strong="H5650" ◄be|strong="H5650" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973"/treat|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5973" kindly|strong="H3820"► when|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" arrive|strong="H0935".’ “ 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H5650" went|strong="H4672" and|strong="H7971" gave|strong="H7971" that|strong="H5869" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Esau|strong="H6215". When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H7971", they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H4672" went|strong="H4672" to|strong="H7971" your|strong="H7971" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215". Now|strong="H1961" he|strong="H7971" is|strong="H5650" coming|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" 400 men|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5869" coming|strong="H5650" with|strong="H5869" him|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3290" very|strong="H1980" afraid|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3967" worried|strong="H1672". So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1980" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1571" who|strong="H4397" were|strong="H3290" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7725" into|strong="H1980" two|strong="H1980" groups|strong="H7218". He|strong="H1980" also|strong="H1571" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H7725" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795", the|strong="H7725" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H7725" camels|strong="H1581", into|strong="H1980" two|strong="H1980" groups|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H8147" was|strong="H3290" thinking|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3290" men|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H6629", perhaps|strong="H0194" one|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3372" groups|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1241" left|strong="H7604" and|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1241" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5971" escape|strong="H4422".” 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" prayed|strong="H6419", “O|strong="H3069" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H0834" my|strong="H1961" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4264" my|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" worships|strong="H7812", you|strong="H5221" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5221", ‘Go|strong="H1961" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H4264" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" relatives|strong="H0251", and|strong="H4264" I|strong="H6215" will|strong="H1961" ◄cause|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961"/do|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1961"► you|strong="H5221".’ 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" worthy|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7725" kind|strong="H4327" and|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" ways|strong="H1870", your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". I|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" this|strong="H7725" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3068" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3068" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w way|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Haran|strong="H2771"\+w*}, but|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3327" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" so|strong="H7725" wealthy|strong="H1431" that|strong="H3068" there|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" large|strong="H1419" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3068" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1961" [MTY] my|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* } brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5650" attack|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3605" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H6435" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" certainly|strong="H3588" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" prosper|strong="H6743", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3588" numerous|strong="H7227" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H1121" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220", which|strong="H6215" are|strong="H1121" so|strong="H6435" many|strong="H7227" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6435" one|strong="H1121" can|strong="H1121" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}Jacob|strong="H5608" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H7230" that|strong="H3808" night|strong="H3915". The|strong="H7760" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H3808" selected|strong="H0977" some|strong="H4480" animals|strong="H0929" to|strong="H3220" give|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3220" his|strong="H7760" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1931" selected|strong="H3947" 200 female|strong="H5347" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3027" 20 male|strong="H2145" goats|strong="H5795", 200 female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H4480" and|strong="H3027" 20 male|strong="H2145" sheep|strong="H4480", 
\verseNumber{15}30 female|strong="H5795" camels|strong="H1581" and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" offspring|strong="H2233", 40 cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" bulls|strong="H6499", 20 female|strong="H5795" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3967" 10 male|strong="H8495" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6242" divided|strong="H0914" them|strong="H1121" into|strong="H0413" small|strong="H6996" herds|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" each|strong="H0376" herd|strong="H1241" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H1121" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650". He|strong="H6242" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650", “Go|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" me|strong="H1121", one|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" at|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H1121" keep|strong="H8104" some|strong="H4480" space|strong="H3117" between|strong="H0996" each|strong="H0376" herd|strong="H1241".” 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" was|strong="H3027" going|strong="H5674" with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H6440" group|strong="H7235", “When|strong="H5674" my|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215" meets|strong="H6293" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" asks|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5414", ‘To|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" going|strong="H5674", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" whom|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3027" these|strong="H7760" animals|strong="H0929" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" belong|strong="H1961"?’ 
\verseNumber{18}tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440", ‘They|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" Jacob|strong="H3290". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4310" sent|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H4976", sir|strong="H0113". And|strong="H3212" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" coming|strong="H0935" behind|strong="H0310" us|strong="H6440".’” 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H7971" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1931" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H5650" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H7971" second|strong="H8145" and|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" groups|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" herdsmen|strong="H7462". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “When|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" meet|strong="H7122" Esau|strong="H6215", I|strong="H2009" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H7971" first|strong="H7223" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1697" sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" ‘Jacob|strong="H3290", who|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1696" serve|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6680", is|strong="H2088" coming|strong="H1980" behind|strong="H1980" us|strong="H4672".’” Jacob|strong="H3290" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" thinking|strong="H0559", “Perhaps|strong="H0194" these|strong="H2088" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1980" sending|strong="H7971" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" me|strong="H1696" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H1697" him|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1696" ◄act|strong="H1980" peacefully|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H1980"/stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1980"► me|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1980" later|strong="H7992", when|strong="H1696" I|strong="H1697" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H4672", perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1697" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5650" taking|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4503" [PRS] went|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" himself|strong="H6440" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" camp|strong="H4264" that|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" wrestled|strong="H0079" with|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }

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\verseNumber{22}Some|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6440" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915", Jacob|strong="H3885" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6440" took|strong="H5674" his|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", his|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H5347" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" eleven|strong="H0259" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" daughter|strong="H1323", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H5674" them|strong="H5921" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" ford|strong="H5674" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Jabbok|strong="H2999" River|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{23}After|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H8198" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931", he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H5674" other|strong="H8147" slaves|strong="H8198", carrying|strong="H5375" all|strong="H5674" his|strong="H3947" possessions|strong="H7399", across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3947" river|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3068" left|strong="H5674" there|strong="H5158" alone|strong="H0905". But|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H5674" came|strong="H5674" and|strong="H3947" wrestled|strong="H0079" with|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" until|strong="H5704" dawn|strong="H7837". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" man|strong="H0376" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3290" not|strong="H5927" winning against|strong="H5973" Jacob|strong="H3290", he|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5221" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" hip|strong="H5384" and|strong="H5927" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5704" thigh|strong="H3409" bone|strong="H6106" to|strong="H5704" pull|strong="H2040" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5704" hip|strong="H5384" socket|strong="H3709". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3808" me|strong="H7200" go|strong="H3201", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" soon|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" daylight|strong="H8121".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* wrestling \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H7200", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3201"!” 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971", “What|strong="H5927" is|strong="H7837" your|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034"?” He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Jacob|strong="H7971".” 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H8034" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H4100" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3290" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H8034" Jacob|strong="H3290". Your|strong="H4100" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3290" be|strong="H8034" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w he|strong="H3290"\+w* struggles \+w with|strong="H8034"\+w* God’,} because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H8034" struggled|strong="H5327" with|strong="H8034" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3290" with|strong="H8034" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3290" you|strong="H4100" have|strong="H8034" won|strong="H1589".” 
\verseNumber{29}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034"!” The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3201" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5973" what|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3290" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H8034"?/You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5973" what|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3290" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H8034"!►” [RHQ] But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" Jacob|strong="H3290" there|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H2088" Jacob|strong="H3290" named|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1288" place|strong="H8033" Peniel|strong="H6439", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* face’,} saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H2088" looked|strong="H7200" directly|strong="H5227" at|strong="H8033" God|strong="H0430", but|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H8033" of|strong="H8034" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H8034" rising|strong="H4217" as|strong="H5315" Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H7604" Peniel|strong="H6439", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" limping|strong="H6760" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6440" what|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7121" hip|strong="H5384". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H5921" muscle on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hip|strong="H3409" joint|strong="H6504" had|strong="H8121" been|strong="H5674" injured|strong="H8295". So|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" present|strong="H7126" time|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290", the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1931" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5674" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" muscle/tendon that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" socket|strong="H3709" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hips|strong="H3409" of|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob and Esau met peacefully }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob and Esau met peacefully }
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\chapterNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w joined|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* } Jacob|strong="H3290" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3967" saw|strong="H7200" Esau|strong="H6215" coming|strong="H2009", and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H5869" 400 men|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3206"\+w* \+w worried|strong="H1672"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*}, so|strong="H5375" he|strong="H8147" separated|strong="H2673" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3206". He|strong="H8147" put|strong="H8147" Leah’s|strong="H3812" children|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" Leah|strong="H3812", Rachel’s|strong="H7354" children|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" Rachel|strong="H7354", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H8198" slaves’ children|strong="H3206" with|strong="H5973" their|strong="H5375" mothers|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3130" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H8198" and|strong="H7223" their|strong="H7760" children|strong="H3206" in|strong="H7760" front|strong="H7223". He|strong="H3130" put|strong="H7760" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H7223" her|strong="H7760" children|strong="H3206" next|strong="H4283". He|strong="H3130" put|strong="H7760" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H7223" Joseph|strong="H3130" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7760" rear|strong="H3411". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" went|strong="H5674" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" all|strong="H5704", and|strong="H6440" as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" approach|strong="H5066" his|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", he|strong="H1931" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H1931" with|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H5921" Esau|strong="H6215" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5921" Jacob|strong="H3290". He|strong="H5921" hugged|strong="H5307" him|strong="H5921", put|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" neck|strong="H6677", and|strong="H7323" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cheek|strong="H3895". And|strong="H7323" they|strong="H5921" both|strong="H5921" cried|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5375" Esau|strong="H4310" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" children|strong="H3206". He|strong="H4310" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5869" these|strong="H0428" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H5869" children|strong="H3206" that|strong="H7200" God|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" graciously|strong="H2603"/kindly|strong="H3820" given|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5650" me|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H5066" the|strong="H7812" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H8198" and|strong="H5066" their|strong="H7812" children|strong="H3206" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H5066" bowed|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3206" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3206" Esau|strong="H6215". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1571" Leah|strong="H3812" and|strong="H5066" her|strong="H1571" children|strong="H3206" came|strong="H5066" and|strong="H5066" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812". Finally|strong="H5066" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H5066" Rachel|strong="H7354" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H5066" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812". 
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\verseNumber{8}Esau|strong="H4310" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2088" saw|strong="H7200"?” Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3605", sir|strong="H0113", so|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4310" feel|strong="H5869" good|strong="H5869" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H4672".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" Esau|strong="H6215" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", I|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H7227" animals|strong="H1961"! Keep|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1961" yourself|strong="H0859" the|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3426" you|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961"!” 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H3651", “No|strong="H4672", please|strong="H4994", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" feel|strong="H5869" good|strong="H5869" toward|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", accept|strong="H7521" these|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4503" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5869" greeted|strong="H7592" me|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3651" kindly|strong="H6440". Seeing|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3947" smiling face|strong="H6440" assures me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}. It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3027" like|strong="H3651" seeing|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027"! 
\verseNumber{11}Please|strong="H4994" accept|strong="H3947" these|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" brought|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" acted|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H3947" I|strong="H3588" still|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929"!” Jacob|strong="H3290" kept|strong="H6484" on|strong="H3605" urging|strong="H6680" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" accept|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3947" finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" accepted|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5265" Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H0559", “Let’s|strong="H1980" continue|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H5265" together|strong="H3162", and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H3212" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5048" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{13}Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w intention|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Esau|strong="H6215"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045", sir|strong="H0113", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H3206" are|strong="H3117" weak|strong="H7390", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3117" cows|strong="H1241" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" ◄sucking|strong="H2461" their|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" milk|strong="H2461"/nursing|strong="H5763" their|strong="H3605" young|strong="H1241"►. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" walk|strong="H1980" fast|strong="H6685" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" distance|strong="H7350" in|strong="H5921" just|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H6440" go|strong="H5674" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5650" lead|strong="H5095" the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" slowly, but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5650" walk|strong="H5674" as|strong="H5704" fast|strong="H6685" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H3206" and|strong="H5650" animals|strong="H0929" can|strong="H5650" walk|strong="H5674". I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5650" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H5704" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" in|strong="H6440" Seir|strong="H8165", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{15}Esau|strong="H6215" said|strong="H0559", “Then|strong="H2088" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H5971" leave|strong="H4480" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5973"\+w*}.” But|strong="H5971" Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H5971"?/There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H4480" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5971" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H5971"!► [RHQ] The|strong="H4480" only|strong="H0389" thing|strong="H2088" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H2088" want|strong="H4270" is|strong="H2088" for|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5971" act|strong="H4994" friendly|strong="H7965" toward|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H7725" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Esau|strong="H6215" left|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Seir|strong="H8165". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Seir|strong="H8165"\+w*}, Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Succoth|strong="H5523". There|strong="H8034" he|strong="H6213" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" shelters|strong="H5521" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7121" livestock|strong="H4735". That|strong="H3651" is|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" Succoth|strong="H5523", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3651"\+w* ‘shelters’}. 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*,} Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H5892" his|strong="H6440" family|strong="H4940" left|strong="H7604" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" they|strong="H6440" traveled|strong="H5265" safely|strong="H8003" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". There|strong="H6440" they|strong="H6440" set|strong="H3290" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" a|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" near|strong="H6440" Shechem|strong="H7927" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{19}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" area|strong="H1508" was|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Hamor|strong="H2544". Hamor|strong="H2544" had|strong="H3027" several|strong="H2669" sons|strong="H1121". Jacob|strong="H8033" paid|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hamor|strong="H2544" 100 pieces|strong="H7192" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H7192" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" piece|strong="H2513" of|strong="H1121" ground|strong="H7704" on|strong="H3027" which|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5186" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H7121" stone|strong="H0068" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3478" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" El-Elohe Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}.’ 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hamor’s son Shechem raped Jacob’s daughter Dinah }

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\chapterNumber{34}One|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" Dinah|strong="H1783", the|strong="H7200" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7200" Leah|strong="H3812", went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" visit|strong="H7200" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" women|strong="H1323" in|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{2}Shechem|strong="H7927", one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hamor|strong="H2544", the|strong="H7200" ruler|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H7200" area|strong="H1508" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7200" Hiv people-group, saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3947". He|strong="H1121" wanted|strong="H2654" her|strong="H3947". So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1121" grabbed|strong="H2388" her|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H6031" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H7901" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H5921" [SYN] was|strong="H3820" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H5921" attracted|strong="H1692" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3290" fell|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3290" he|strong="H5921" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3947" Shechem|strong="H7927" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" Hamor|strong="H2544", “Please|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2063" girl|strong="H3207" for|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947". I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Jacob|strong="H3290" very|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" daughter|strong="H1323" Dinah|strong="H1783" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954"/defiled|strong="H2930". But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" fields|strong="H7704" with|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" livestock|strong="H4735", so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H2790" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3318" meantime, Shechem’s|strong="H7927" father|strong="H0001" Hamor|strong="H2544" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{7}While|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" still|strong="H7901" talking|strong="H1696", Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4480" what|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" shocked|strong="H8074" and|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085", “Shechem|strong="H5039" has|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" very|strong="H3966" disgraceful|strong="H5039" among|strong="H4480" us|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121", something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1696" Hamor|strong="H2544" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", “My|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" really|strong="H2088" likes this|strong="H5414" girl|strong="H1323". Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}Let’s|strong="H1980" make|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H7284": You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1323" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" live|strong="H3427" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" our|strong="H1961" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" wish|strong="H2896". You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" buy|strong="H7069" and|strong="H6440" sell|strong="H4376" things|strong="H1961" (OR|strong="H3427", travel|strong="H1980" around|strong="H6440") and|strong="H6440" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" find|strong="H4672" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5414" Shechem|strong="H7927" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" Dinah’s|strong="H1783" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H5869" brothers|strong="H0251", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" feel|strong="H5869" good|strong="H5869" toward|strong="H0413" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" do|strong="H5869" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" asking|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5869", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5869" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{12}Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H5921" gifts|strong="H4976" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" and|strong="H3966" what|strong="H5921" bride|strong="H3618" price|strong="H4242" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270", and|strong="H3966" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H7235" for|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5414" just|strong="H3512" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" girl|strong="H5291" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Dinah’s|strong="H1783" brothers|strong="H0251" got|strong="H6965" revenge|strong="H5360" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Dinah’s|strong="H1783" brothers|strong="H0251" got|strong="H6965" revenge|strong="H5360" }
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H6030" because|strong="H3588" Shechem|strong="H7927" had|strong="H3290" done|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1696" shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3290" sister|strong="H0269" Dinah|strong="H1783", the|strong="H1696" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" deceived|strong="H7411" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H2930" father|strong="H1121" Hamor|strong="H2544" 
\verseNumber{14}by|strong="H5414" saying|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3201" them|strong="H5414", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" sister|strong="H0269" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" circumcised|strong="H4135", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6213" shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{15}We|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2063": You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644" us|strong="H1961" by|strong="H1961" circumcising|strong="H4135" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1323" our|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5971". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" people-group. 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" being|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" our|strong="H3947" sister|strong="H0269" and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" our|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{18}What|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Hamor|strong="H2544" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7927" son|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{19}Shechem|strong="H7927" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H6213" much|strong="H1697" in|strong="H1004" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H1004" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" daughter|strong="H1323", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3588" suggested|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{20}Shechem|strong="H7927" went|strong="H5892" with|strong="H1696" Hamor|strong="H2544" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1696" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5892" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" city|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H7218", saying|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{21}“These|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" friendly|strong="H8003" toward|strong="H6440" us|strong="H5414". We|strong="H2009" should|strong="H1323" let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H3027" travel|strong="H1980" around|strong="H3027" (OR|strong="H3027", buy|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3027" sell|strong="H5414" things|strong="H1992") and|strong="H3027" if|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1992" find|strong="H3947" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H4270", they|strong="H1992" can|strong="H3947" buy|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414". There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3027" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1323" land|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009". Our|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H1992" can|strong="H3947" marry|strong="H3947" their|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H1992" can|strong="H3947" marry|strong="H3947" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H1961" these|strong="H1992" men|strong="H2145" will|strong="H1961" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" people-group with|strong="H3427" us|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" are|strong="H1992" circumcised|strong="H4135", as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605", just|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803"! Their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" ours|strong="H6440" [RHQ]! So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3427" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" suggest, and|strong="H3427" then|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{24}Shechem|strong="H7927" was|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" respected|strong="H7230" person|strong="H5315" in|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" household|strong="H1004", so|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3605" at|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H8085" Hamor|strong="H2544" and|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" suggested|strong="H5414". So|strong="H3318" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" circumcised|strong="H4135". 
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\verseNumber{25}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" sore|strong="H3510" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1961" circumcised|strong="H4135", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121", Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" Dinah’s|strong="H1783" brothers|strong="H1121", took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" and|strong="H1121" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" without|strong="H2145" anyone|strong="H3605" opposing them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H6310" even|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H2026" Hamor|strong="H2544" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6310" took|strong="H3947" Dinah|strong="H1783" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Shechem’s|strong="H7927" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H3290" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H2491" bodies|strong="H6297" were|strong="H1121". They|strong="H5921" ◄looted|strong="H0962"/took|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921"► the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5892" had|strong="H3290" been|strong="H2930" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" people’s|strong="H5971" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H5892" goats|strong="H5795", their|strong="H3947" cattle|strong="H1241", their|strong="H3947" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H5892" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H5892" they|strong="H3947" wanted|strong="H2654" from|strong="H3947" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" from|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3947" countryside|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3605" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" valuable|strong="H3368", even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802". They|strong="H3605" seized|strong="H7617" and|strong="H1004" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H5221" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878", “You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1004" caused|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5221" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1004" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! Now|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" Perizzi people-group and|strong="H1004" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" who|strong="H3427" lives|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H1004" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1004" ◄hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5921"/say|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" stinks►! I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1004" many|strong="H4557" men|strong="H4962" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", so|strong="H3427" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H4557" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" destroy|strong="H8045" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H4557" our|strong="H5921" household|strong="H1004"!” 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H6213" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Should|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" Shechem|strong="H7927" to|strong="H6213" treat|strong="H6213" our|strong="H6213" sister|strong="H0269" like|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" prostitute|strong="H2181"?/We|strong="H6213" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H6213" just|strong="H6213" let|strong="H7971" Shechem|strong="H7927" treat|strong="H6213" our|strong="H6213" sister|strong="H0269" like|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" prostitute|strong="H2181"!►” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob and his family returned to Bethel }

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\chapterNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} God|strong="H1008" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H6965" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". Build|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5927" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6440", God|strong="H1008", who|strong="H3427" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5927" you|strong="H6440" when|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" were|strong="H3290" fleeing|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215".” 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5493" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3290" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", “Get|strong="H8432" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" you|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763". Also|strong="H1571", bathe|strong="H7364" yourselves|strong="H8432" and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5493" on|strong="H1004" clean|strong="H2891" clothes|strong="H8071". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6030" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1980" Bethel|strong="H1008". There|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" God|strong="H1008". He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H6213" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5978" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887" and|strong="H1980" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H5978" wherever|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1980".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Jacob|strong="H3290" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" brought|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" earrings|strong="H5141". Jacob|strong="H3290" buried|strong="H2934" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3290" near|strong="H5973" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H5800" there|strong="H1961", God|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H4940" [PRS], so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5892" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pursue|strong="H7291" and|strong="H1121" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" Luz|strong="H3870", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" called|strong="H7121" Bethel|strong="H1008", in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" El-Bethel|strong="H0416", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="H1008"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Bethel|strong="H1008"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H4725" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H1008" revealed|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H1540" to|strong="H6440" Jacob|strong="H8033" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4725" fleeing|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7121" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Esau|strong="H6215". 
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\verseNumber{8}Deborah|strong="H1683", who|strong="H7121" had|strong="H1008" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H8034" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259" when|strong="H3588" Rebekah|strong="H7259" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H7121" small|strong="H6996" girl|strong="H5291", was|strong="H8034" now|strong="H7121" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121". She|strong="H7121" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1008" was|strong="H8034" buried|strong="H6912" under|strong="H8478" an|strong="H7121" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H8034" Bethel|strong="H1008". So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H8478" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" place|strong="H8478" Allon-Bacuth|strong="H0439", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w means|strong="H4191"\+w* ‘\+w oak|strong="H0424"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* weeping’}. 
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" family|strong="H4940" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7200" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763", while|strong="H5750" they|strong="H7200" were|strong="H3290" still|strong="H5750" at|strong="H7200" Bethel|strong="H1008", God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H7200" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{10}God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121" again|strong="H5750", “Your|strong="H3588" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290". It|strong="H7121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478".” So|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H8034" then|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" ‘Israel’. 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706". Produce|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121". Your|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H3318" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w grandfather|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*} Isaac|strong="H3327", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233".” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1696" there|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1696" Jacob|strong="H3290", he|strong="H5921" left|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}Jacob|strong="H3290" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" a|strong="H1696" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3290" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H3332" some|strong="H4725" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H8081" some|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" dedicate|strong="H6942" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{15}Jacob|strong="H3290" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" place|strong="H4725" Bethel|strong="H1008", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w God|strong="H1008"\+w*}’, because|strong="H8033" God|strong="H1008" had|strong="H3290" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121" there|strong="H8033". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rachel|strong="H7354" died|strong="H4191" as|strong="H1696" Benjamin|strong="H1144" was|strong="H8034" born|strong="H3205" }

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\verseNumber{16}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1008" his|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" left|strong="H5265" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1008" traveled|strong="H5265" south|strong="H5045" toward|strong="H0413" Ephrath|strong="H0672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3205" were|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" some|strong="H3530" distance|strong="H3530" from|strong="H5265" Ephrath|strong="H0672", Rachel|strong="H7354" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" severe|strong="H7185" childbirth|strong="H3205" pains|strong="H6735". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3205" pain|strong="H4341" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" most|strong="H6944" severe|strong="H7185", the|strong="H3588" ◄midwife|strong="H3205"/woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1121" helped|strong="H5826" her|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205"► said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Rachel|strong="H7354", “Do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" another|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" dying|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" her|strong="H7121" last|strong="H3588" breath|strong="H5315" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “Name|strong="H8034" him|strong="H7121" Benoni,” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H4191"\+w* ‘\+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w sorrow|strong="H3015"\+w*}’, but|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7121" father|strong="H0001" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H4191"\+w* ‘\+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w right|strong="H3225"\+w* \+w hand|strong="H3027"\+w*}’. 
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\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H0310" Rachel|strong="H7354" died|strong="H4191", she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" buried|strong="H6912" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4191" Ephrath|strong="H0672", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{20}Jacob|strong="H3290" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" a|strong="H3117" large|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" over|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" grave|strong="H6900", and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5704" there|strong="H3117", showing|strong="H6213" where|strong="H5921" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" grave|strong="H6900" is|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{21}Jacob|strong="H3290", whose|strong="H0834" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", continued|strong="H5674" traveling|strong="H5265" with|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5186" family|strong="H4940", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5186" set|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5186" tents|strong="H0168" on|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5186" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5186" watchtower|strong="H4026" at|strong="H3478" Eder|strong="H4029" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" living|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H8085" area|strong="H1508", Jacob’s|strong="H3290" son|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H7901" Bilhah|strong="H1090", one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8085" father’s|strong="H0001" ◄concubines|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H8147" slaves|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" secondary wife|strong="H0802"►. Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" Jacob|strong="H3290" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1931" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 
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◄I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" give|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3212"/Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1931"► a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" twelve|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Leah|strong="H3812" were|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3063" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121", then|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095", Levi|strong="H3878", Judah|strong="H3063", Issachar|strong="H3485" and|strong="H1121" Zebulon. 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rachel|strong="H7354" were|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rachel’s|strong="H7354" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198" Bilhah|strong="H1090" were|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" and|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Leah’s|strong="H3812" female|strong="H8198" slave|strong="H8198" Zilpah|strong="H2153" were|strong="H1121" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836". All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", except|strong="H3588" Benjamin|strong="H1144", were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" while|strong="H3290" he|strong="H1410" was|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1121" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaac|strong="H3327" died|strong="H4191" }

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\verseNumber{27}Jacob|strong="H3290" had|strong="H3290" returned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H8033" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" at|strong="H8033" Mamre|strong="H4471", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153", and|strong="H8033" which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H3327" named|strong="H7121" Hebron|strong="H2275". Isaac’s|strong="H3327" father|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" had|strong="H3290" also|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1481" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{28}Isaac|strong="H3327" lived|strong="H1961" until|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" 180 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191", joining|strong="H1695" his|strong="H3327" ancestors|strong="H0001" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3290" died|strong="H4191" previously|strong="H8543". His|strong="H3327" sons|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" and|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3327" body|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The descendants of Esau }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The descendants of Esau }
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\chapterNumber{36}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1931"/I|strong="H6215" will|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1931" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H8435" the|strong="H1931" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8435" Esau|strong="H6215", whose|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0312" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Edom|strong="H0112". 
\verseNumber{2}Esau|strong="H6215" married|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256": Adah|strong="H5711", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Elon|strong="H0356" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group; Oholibamah|strong="H0173", who|strong="H6215" was|strong="H6215" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Anah|strong="H6034" and|strong="H1323" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Zibeon|strong="H6649" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" Hiv people-group; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1323" Basemath|strong="H1315", who|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3458" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Ishmael|strong="H3458" and|strong="H1323" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1323" Nebaioth|strong="H5032". 
\verseNumber{4}Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Eliphaz|strong="H0464". Basemath|strong="H1315" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Reuel|strong="H7467". 
\verseNumber{5}Oholibamah|strong="H0173" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Jeush|strong="H3274", Jalam|strong="H3281", and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{6-7}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Esau|strong="H6215" had|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7227" possessions|strong="H7399". The|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" needed|strong="H1767" more|strong="H3254" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735". The|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" living|strong="H2416" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" big|strong="H0931" enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="H3588" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" too|strong="H4480" much|strong="H7227" livestock|strong="H4735". So|strong="H3651" Esau|strong="H6215", whose|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0312" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112", had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", his|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" obtained|strong="H5375" in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H0413" an|strong="H1129" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Seir|strong="H8165" hilly area|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{9}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H6215"/I|strong="H6215" will|strong="H2022" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H2022"► another|strong="H0312" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" male|strong="H2145" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Esau|strong="H6215". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H6215" the|strong="H2022" ancestor of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group who|strong="H6215" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H2022" the|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165" area|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{10}Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464", and|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Basemath|strong="H1315" gave|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1121" Reuel|strong="H7467". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" were|strong="H1961" Teman|strong="H8487", Omar|strong="H0201", Zepho|strong="H6825", Gatam|strong="H1609", and|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073". 
\verseNumber{12}Esau’s|strong="H6215" son|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" also|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄concubine|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H5347" slave|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1121" took|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" secondary wife|strong="H0802"►. Her|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Timna|strong="H8555". She|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" Amalek|strong="H6002". Those|strong="H1121" six|strong="H8337" men|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711". 
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\verseNumber{13}Reuel’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Nahath|strong="H5184", Zerah|strong="H2226", Shammah|strong="H8048", and|strong="H1121" Mizzah|strong="H4199". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Basemath|strong="H1315". 
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\verseNumber{14}Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Oholibamah|strong="H0173", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Anah|strong="H6034" and|strong="H1121" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zibeon|strong="H6649", gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121": Jeush|strong="H3274", Jalam|strong="H3281", and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141". 
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\verseNumber{15}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1121" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" people-groups who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215". His|strong="H6215" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" ancestor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Teman|strong="H8487" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Omar|strong="H0201" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Zepho|strong="H6825" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073" people-group, 
\verseNumber{16}the|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141" people-group, the|strong="H1121" Gatam|strong="H1609" people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-group. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliphaz|strong="H0464" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Adah|strong="H5711". They|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" son|strong="H1121" Reuel|strong="H7467" were|strong="H1121" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Nahath|strong="H5184", Zerah|strong="H2226", Shammah|strong="H8048", and|strong="H1121" Mizzah|strong="H4199" people-groups. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Basemath|strong="H1315". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" Edom|strong="H0112". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau’s|strong="H6215" wife|strong="H0802" Oholibamah|strong="H0173", whose|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1121" Anah|strong="H6034", were|strong="H1121" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Jeush|strong="H3266", Jalam|strong="H3281", and|strong="H1121" Korah|strong="H7141" people-groups. 
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\verseNumber{19}That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H1121" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" people-groups who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{20}◄This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121"/I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3427"► a|strong="H3427" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165", who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" Hor|strong="H2023" people-group, who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3427" first|strong="H1121" people-group who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256": Lotan|strong="H3877", Shobal|strong="H7732", Zibeon|strong="H6649", Anah|strong="H6034", 
\verseNumber{21}Dishon|strong="H1787", Ezer|strong="H5829", and|strong="H1121" Dishan|strong="H1789". Those|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" men|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" people-groups. Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" people-groups had|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" same|strong="H1931" name|strong="H8034" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" ancestor. 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lotan|strong="H3877" were|strong="H1961" Hori|strong="H2753" and|strong="H1121" Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H1121" Lotan’s|strong="H3877" sister|strong="H0269" was|strong="H1961" Timna|strong="H8555". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shobal|strong="H7732" were|strong="H1121" Alvan|strong="H5935", Manahath|strong="H4506", Ebal|strong="H5858", Shepho|strong="H8195", and|strong="H1121" Onam|strong="H0208". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H4672" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zibeon|strong="H6649" were|strong="H1121" Aiah|strong="H0345" and|strong="H1121" Anah|strong="H6034". This|strong="H1931" Anah|strong="H6034" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H4672" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" discovered|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" hot|strong="H3222" springs|strong="H3222" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" desert|strong="H4057" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4672" father|strong="H1121" Zibeon’s donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{25}Anah|strong="H6034" had|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" children|strong="H1121"—a|strong="H1323" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Dishon|strong="H1787" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1323" daughter|strong="H1323" named|strong="H7121" Oholibamah|strong="H0173". 
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\verseNumber{26}Dishon’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Hemdan|strong="H2533", Eshban|strong="H0790", Ithran|strong="H3506", and|strong="H1121" Keran. 
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\verseNumber{27}Ezer’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Bilhan|strong="H1092", Zaavan|strong="H2190", and|strong="H1121" Akan|strong="H6130". 
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\verseNumber{28}Dishan’s sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" Uz|strong="H5780" and|strong="H1121" Aran|strong="H0765". 
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\verseNumber{29-30}The|strong="H3605" people-groups who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Hor|strong="H2023" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Seir|strong="H8165"/Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256". The|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people-groups are|strong="H3117" Lotan|strong="H3877", Shobal|strong="H7732", Zibeon|strong="H6649", Anah|strong="H6034", Dishon|strong="H1787", Ezer|strong="H5829", and|strong="H3967" Dishan|strong="H1789". 
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\verseNumber{31}These|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3478" Edom|strong="H0112" before|strong="H6440" any|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{32}Beor’s son|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" first|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4427" Edom|strong="H0112". The|strong="H8034" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H4427" lived|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Dinhabah|strong="H1838". 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106" died|strong="H4191", Zerah’s son|strong="H1121" Jobab|strong="H3103"/became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bozrah|strong="H1224" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H3588" Jobab|strong="H3103" died|strong="H4191", Husham|strong="H2367" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H2367" from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" region|strong="H2256" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" Teman|strong="H8487" people-group lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{35}When|strong="H1121" Husham|strong="H2367" died|strong="H4191", Bedad’s son|strong="H1121" Hadan became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4427". Husham’s army|strong="H2428" fought|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" Midian|strong="H4080" people-group in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256" and|strong="H1121" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221". The|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H8478" Husham|strong="H2367" lived|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" Avith|strong="H5762". 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" Hadad|strong="H1908" died|strong="H4191", Samlah|strong="H8072" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H8072" from|strong="H8478" Masrekah|strong="H4957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{37}When|strong="H3588" Samlah|strong="H8072" died|strong="H4191", Shaul|strong="H7586" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4427" was|strong="H7586" from|strong="H8478" Rehoboth|strong="H7344" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} river|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{38}When|strong="H1121" Shaul|strong="H7586" died|strong="H4191", Achbor’s son|strong="H1121" Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H1121" Achbor’s son|strong="H1121" Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177" died|strong="H4191", Hadad|strong="H1924" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". The|strong="H8478" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H8478" he|strong="H4427" lived|strong="H3427" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Pau|strong="H6464". His|strong="H8478" wife’s|strong="H0802" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mehetabel|strong="H4105". She|strong="H5892" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8478" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Matred|strong="H4308", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8478" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Me-Zahab. 
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\verseNumber{40-43}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H0369"/I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" Esau|strong="H6215": Timna|strong="H8555", Alvah|strong="H5933", Jetheth|strong="H3509", Oholibamah|strong="H0173", Elah|strong="H0425", Pinon|strong="H6373", Kenaz|strong="H7073", Teman|strong="H8487", Mibzar|strong="H4014", Magdiel|strong="H4025", and|strong="H3967" Iram|strong="H5902". They|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" region|strong="H2256". The|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" each|strong="H0376" people-group lived|strong="H3427" got|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" name|strong="H8034" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people-group. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph had two dreams about himself and his brothers }

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\chapterNumber{37}Jacob|strong="H3290" continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667" regon where|strong="H4033" his|strong="H3290" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3290" lived|strong="H3427" previously|strong="H8543". 
\verseNumber{2}◄This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931"/I|strong="H5288" will|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7651"► what|strong="H7451" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H4940". 
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When|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1961" 17 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" flocks|strong="H6629" of|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H1121" with|strong="H1961" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H1121". They|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="H0001" ◄concubines|strong="H6370"/female|strong="H5347" slaves|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" secondary wives|strong="H0802"►. Joseph|strong="H3130" sometimes|strong="H3426" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H1121" about|strong="H1961" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H1931" his|strong="H1961" brothers|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{3}Jacob|strong="H3290" loved|strong="H0157" Joseph|strong="H3130" more|strong="H3588" than|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" loved|strong="H0157" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" born|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3478" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121". Jacob|strong="H3290" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" a|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3605" pretty|strong="H3304" robe|strong="H3801" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" long|strong="H3605" sleeves. 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H7200" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" him|strong="H7200". They|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" spoke|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H0259" night|strong="H3915" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472". He|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5046" brothers|strong="H0251" about|strong="H3130" the|strong="H5046" dream|strong="H2472". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H2088" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H8085", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2492" I|strong="H2088" had|strong="H2492"! 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" dream|strong="H2472", we|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1571" tying up|strong="H6965" bundles|strong="H6872" of|strong="H7704" wheat|strong="H2406" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" field|strong="H7704". Suddenly|strong="H2009" my|strong="H6965" bundle|strong="H6872" stood|strong="H5324" up|strong="H6965" straight|strong="H3474", and|strong="H6965" surprisingly, your|strong="H6965" bundles|strong="H6872" gathered|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" my|strong="H6965" bundle|strong="H6872" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H6965" it|strong="H8432"!” 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H3254" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H8130" that|strong="H1697" some|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1697" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"? Are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saying|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5750" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427"?” [RHQ] They|strong="H5921" hated|strong="H8130" him|strong="H5921" even|strong="H5750" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H5921" before|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5750" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5921" about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{9}Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="H8121" had|strong="H2492" another|strong="H5750" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750" he|strong="H8121" told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H5608" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" about|strong="H2009" it|strong="H7812". He|strong="H8121" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H2472" this|strong="H2009"! I|strong="H2009" had|strong="H2492" another|strong="H5750" dream|strong="H2472". In|strong="H5750" this|strong="H2009" dream|strong="H2472", the|strong="H7812" sun|strong="H8121" and|strong="H5750" moon|strong="H3394" and|strong="H5750" eleven|strong="H6240" stars|strong="H3556" were|strong="H2009" bowing|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H2472" me|strong="H5608"!” 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H2088" also|strong="H2088" told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H5608" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H5608" it|strong="H2088". His|strong="H5608" father|strong="H0001" rebuked|strong="H1605" him|strong="H2088", saying|strong="H0559" “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" suggesting by|strong="H2472" that|strong="H2088" dream|strong="H2472" [RHQ]? Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" think|strong="H2803" it|strong="H2088" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H2088" your|strong="H2088" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" and|strong="H2088" your|strong="H2088" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" will|strong="H4100" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H2472" the|strong="H7812" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H2088" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5608" you|strong="H4100"?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{11}Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1697" furious|strong="H2534"/angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7065", but|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" just|strong="H1697" kept|strong="H8104" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8104" dream|strong="H2472" meant|strong="H2803". 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" take|strong="H3212" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H6629" their|strong="H7462" father’s|strong="H0001" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3212" goats|strong="H5795" that|strong="H7462" were|strong="H6629" eating|strong="H0398" grass|strong="H2682" near|strong="H7126" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{13}Some|strong="H2009" time|strong="H3478" later|strong="H0310", Jacob|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Your|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H0251" are|strong="H3478" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7462" the|strong="H7971" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3478" goats|strong="H5795" near|strong="H3808" Shechem|strong="H7927" [RHQ]. I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" there|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H2009" them|strong="H7971".” Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay.” 
\verseNumber{14}Jacob|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1697", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7971" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" okay, and|strong="H7971" if|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" flocks|strong="H6629" are|strong="H1697" doing|strong="H6213" okay. Then|strong="H7971" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7971" give|strong="H7725" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7971" report|strong="H1697".” So|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" Joseph|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w*}, the|strong="H7200" valley|strong="H6010" where|strong="H0834" Hebron|strong="H2275" is|strong="H1697" located|strong="H0834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" find|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H0251". 
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When|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H7725" arrived|strong="H0935" near|strong="H7200" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{15}while|strong="H2009" he|strong="H4100" was|strong="H7592" wandering|strong="H8582" around|strong="H5439" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H1245" fields|strong="H7704" looking|strong="H1245"/searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7592" his|strong="H1245" brothers|strong="H0251", a|strong="H4672" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H2009" him|strong="H4672" and|strong="H7704" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H4672", “Whom|strong="H0834" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" looking|strong="H1245"/searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7592"?” 
\verseNumber{16}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5046" am|strong="H1961" looking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251". Can|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5046" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" where|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7462" their|strong="H1245" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H4994" goats|strong="H5795"?” 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H8085" man|strong="H2088" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3130" not|strong="H2088" here|strong="H2088" anymore|strong="H5750". I|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H8085" them|strong="H4672" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Let’s|strong="H1980" take|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8085" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3212" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Dothan|strong="H1886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H3130" taken|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3212" Egypt|strong="H4714" after|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" brothers|strong="H0251" sold|strong="H4376" him|strong="H4672". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H3130" taken|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3212" Egypt|strong="H4714" after|strong="H3588" his|strong="H8085" brothers|strong="H0251" sold|strong="H4376" him|strong="H4672". }
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So|strong="H2088" Joseph|strong="H3130" left|strong="H4672" there|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" north|strong="H6828", and|strong="H3212" found|strong="H4672" his|strong="H8085" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" near|strong="H7126" Dothan|strong="H1886". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7200" they|strong="H2962" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H2962" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350", and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H2962" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H1167" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2472" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*}, “Here|strong="H2009" comes|strong="H0935" that|strong="H2009" dreamer|strong="H1167"!” 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H3212" “Hey|strong="H1945", let’s|strong="H1980" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3212" then|strong="H1961" throw|strong="H7993" his|strong="H7200" body|strong="H1320" into|strong="H3212" one|strong="H2416" of|strong="H2416" the|strong="H7200" pits|strong="H7882"/cisterns|strong="H0877". Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" ferocious/wild|strong="H7451" animal|strong="H2416" attacked|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3212" ate|strong="H0398" him|strong="H7200". And|strong="H3212" then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H1961" ◄find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7993" whether|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" dreams|strong="H2472" come|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571"/make|strong="H7200" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" dreams|strong="H2472" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571"►!” 
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\verseNumber{21}Reuben|strong="H7205" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H0559", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3027" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3027" persuade|strong="H6601" them|strong="H5221" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3027" kill|strong="H5221" [MTY] Joseph|strong="H3027". He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H8085" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{22}Do|strong="H4057" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" shed|strong="H8210" his|strong="H7971" blood|strong="H1818"! We|strong="H7725" can|strong="H3808" throw|strong="H7993" him|strong="H7971" into|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2088" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" desert|strong="H4057", but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" [MTY].” He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4616", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H2088" left|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H7725" rescue|strong="H5337" Joseph|strong="H7725" later|strong="H0310" and|strong="H7971" take|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" arrived|strong="H0935" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1961", they|strong="H5921" seized|strong="H8610" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3130" ripped|strong="H1234" off|strong="H6584" his|strong="H5921" pretty|strong="H3304" robe|strong="H3801" with|strong="H5921" long|strong="H5921" sleeves. 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947" and|strong="H4325" threw|strong="H7993" him|strong="H3947" into|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3947" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953". But|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953" was|strong="H4325" dry|strong="H3004"; there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4325" no|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7993". 
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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5375" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H2009" food|strong="H3899", they|strong="H5375" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1980" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5375" ◄caravan|strong="H0736"/group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w traders|strong="H7402"\+w*}►, descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Ishmael|strong="H3458", coming|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7200" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1508". Their|strong="H5375" camels|strong="H1581" were|strong="H5869" loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H1980" bags|strong="H2754" of|strong="H3427" spices|strong="H5219" and|strong="H1980" nice-smelling resins. They|strong="H5375" were|strong="H5869" going|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H1980" sell|strong="H4376" those|strong="H3427" things|strong="H1697" there|strong="H2009". 
\verseNumber{26}Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251", “If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H2026" our|strong="H3588" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3063" hide|strong="H3680" his|strong="H3588" body|strong="H1320", ◄what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3063" we|strong="H3588" gain|strong="H1215"?/we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3588" gain|strong="H1215" anything|strong="H4100"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H1961", instead|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3027" harming|strong="H7489" him|strong="H3027", let’s|strong="H1980" sell|strong="H4376" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" these|strong="H8085" men|strong="H1320" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3027" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Ishmael|strong="H3458". Don’t|strong="H0408" forget|strong="H7911", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" our|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"!” So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3212" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" traders|strong="H5503" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" Midian|strong="H4080" area|strong="H1508" came|strong="H5927" near|strong="H7126", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" pulled|strong="H4900" him|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953". Then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5674" sold|strong="H4376" him|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" Midian|strong="H4080" for|strong="H4714" 20 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4480" silver|strong="H3701". The|strong="H4480" traders|strong="H5503" then|strong="H5674" took|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H7725" Reuben|strong="H7205" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953", he|strong="H7725" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H3130" not|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2009". He|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3130" so|strong="H7725" grieved|strong="H6087" that|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7725" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H7725" boy|strong="H3206" is|strong="H3206" not|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" pit|strong="H0953"/cistern|strong="H0953"! What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0589" do|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Joseph’s|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H0251"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w dare|strong="H6148"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3947"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w invent|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w story|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. They|strong="H7819" got|strong="H3947" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" robe|strong="H3801". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H7819" killed|strong="H7819" a|strong="H3947" goat|strong="H5795" and|strong="H1818" dipped|strong="H2881" the|strong="H3947" robe|strong="H3801" in|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" goat’s|strong="H5795" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5234" that|strong="H1931" pretty|strong="H3304" robe|strong="H3801" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" father|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H4994" found|strong="H4672" this|strong="H2063" robe|strong="H3801"! Look|strong="H4994" at|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1931". Is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" your|strong="H7971" son’s|strong="H1121" robe|strong="H3801"?” 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3130" recognized|strong="H5234" it|strong="H5234", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", it|strong="H5234" is|strong="H7451" my|strong="H3130" son’s|strong="H1121" robe|strong="H3801"! Some|strong="H4480" ferocious/wild|strong="H7451" animal|strong="H2416" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" attacked|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5234"! I|strong="H1121" am|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" animal|strong="H2416" has|strong="H3130" torn|strong="H2963" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H1121" pieces|strong="H2963"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3117" so|strong="H7760" grieved|strong="H6087" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7760" clothes|strong="H8071". He|strong="H3117" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" ◄sackcloth|strong="H8242"/clothes|strong="H8071" that|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" wear|strong="H3847" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" mourning|strong="H0060" for|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191"►. He|strong="H3117" mourned|strong="H5594"/cried|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{35}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3381" comfort|strong="H5162" him|strong="H3381", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H7999" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H3381" what|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3605", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" still|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1121" mourning|strong="H5162"/crying|strong="H1058" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" die|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H6965" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" father|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3381" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{36}In|strong="H4714" the|strong="H4376" meantime, the|strong="H4376" men|strong="H8269"/traders|strong="H7402" from|strong="H4714" Midian|strong="H4080" took|strong="H2876" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4714" sold|strong="H4376" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4714" Potiphar|strong="H6318", who|strong="H6547" was|strong="H6547" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4376" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H6547" the|strong="H4376" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4376" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H6547" protected|strong="H3467" the|strong="H4376" king|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar tricked Judah into making her pregnant }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar tricked Judah into making her pregnant }
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\chapterNumber{38}At|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Judah|strong="H3063" left|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5186" older|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3063" younger|strong="H6810" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H3063" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3381" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" ws Hiram|strong="H2438", who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" Adullam|strong="H5725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" ◄met|strong="H6298"/became|strong="H7200" acquainted|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3947"► a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3063" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7200" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H7200" from|strong="H3947" Canaan|strong="H3669" named|strong="H8034" Shua|strong="H7770". He|strong="H8033" married|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947". He|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3063" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H0310" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Er|strong="H6147". 
\verseNumber{4}Later|strong="H0310" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Onan|strong="H0209". 
\verseNumber{5}Many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" family|strong="H4940" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H8034" in|strong="H1121" Kezib \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, Judah’s|strong="H3063" wife|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" another|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" Shelah|strong="H7956". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" Judah’s|strong="H3063" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060" Er|strong="H6147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H3947"\+w*}, Judah|strong="H3063" got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3947", a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Tamar|strong="H8559". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1961" Er|strong="H6147" did|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" wicked|strong="H7451", so|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" him|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6965" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6965" Onan|strong="H0209", “Your|strong="H6965" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H2992" died|strong="H4191" without|strong="H3808" having|strong="H0369" any|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6965" marry|strong="H2992" his|strong="H6965" widow|strong="H0490" and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H3063" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H6965" her|strong="H6965". That|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3063" what|strong="H2233" our|strong="H3068" customs|strong="H2708" require|strong="H1875" that|strong="H3063" you|strong="H6965" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3063".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" Onan|strong="H0209" knew|strong="H3045" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588", any|strong="H5414" children|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414". So|strong="H1961" every|strong="H5414" time|strong="H2233" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3045" his|strong="H5414" brother’s|strong="H0251" widow|strong="H0490", he|strong="H3588" spilled|strong="H7843" his|strong="H5414" semen on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" ground|strong="H0776", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" pregnant|strong="H2030" and|strong="H3045" produce|strong="H1961" children|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7489", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1571" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3588" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" Tamar|strong="H8559", “Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3588" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H6435" marry|strong="H3947" anyone|strong="H3588" else|strong="H6435". When|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" Shelah|strong="H7956" grows|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w can|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” But|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w Shelah|strong="H7956"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3618"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3588" then|strong="H1571" Shelah|strong="H7956" would|strong="H3063" die|strong="H4191" too|strong="H1571", just|strong="H1571" as|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3588" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3063" died|strong="H4191". So|strong="H6435" Tamar|strong="H8559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w obeyed|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" her|strong="H3618" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" again|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{12}Several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H3117" later|strong="H0310", Judah’s|strong="H3063" wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Shua|strong="H7770", died|strong="H4191". When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" mourning|strong="H5162" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1931" finished|strong="H3615", Judah|strong="H3063" decided|strong="H5162" to|strong="H4191" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Timnah|strong="H8553", to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" ◄men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H3117" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H5921" sheep|strong="H6629"/sheep|strong="H6629" were|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" sheared► His|strong="H5921" friend|strong="H7453" Hiram|strong="H2438", from|strong="H5921" Adullam|strong="H5725", went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{13}Someone|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Tamar|strong="H8559", “Your|strong="H5046" father-in-law|strong="H2524" is|strong="H2009" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w* \+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6629"\+w*} Timnah|strong="H8553" to|strong="H5927" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5927" shearing|strong="H1494" his|strong="H5046" sheep|strong="H6629".” 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w now|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Shelah|strong="H7956"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w grown|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5414"\+w*} she|strong="H1931" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" her|strong="H5414" widow’s|strong="H0490" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1870" covered|strong="H3680" her|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" veil|strong="H6809", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" would|strong="H5493" not|strong="H3808" ◄recognize|strong="H5234" her|strong="H5414"/know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H1931" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931"►. Then|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5921" Enaim|strong="H5879" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" Timnah|strong="H8553". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H3063" along|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3063" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3588" prostitute|strong="H2181", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3063" covered|strong="H3680" her|strong="H7200" head|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\+w* \+w often|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w*} (OR|strong="H7200", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\+w* \+w often|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H3427"\+w*)}. 
\verseNumber{16}Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H5414" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618". So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", “Hey|strong="H1945", let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588"!” She|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" allowing you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H5414"?” 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H5704" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" from|strong="H4480" my|strong="H5414" flock|strong="H6629" of|strong="H4480" goats|strong="H5795".” She|strong="H5704" asked|strong="H7971", “Will|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" now|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" keep|strong="H8104" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5414" goat|strong="H5795"?” 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"?” She|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" has|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4100" tied|strong="H6616" by|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5414" cord|strong="H6616" around|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" neck|strong="H6677", and|strong="H3027" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" holding|strong="H2388" in|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".” So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H3027" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" she|strong="H4100" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029". 
\verseNumber{19}After|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" left|strong="H5493", she|strong="H5921" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" veil|strong="H6809" and|strong="H6965" put|strong="H3847" her|strong="H5493" widow’s|strong="H0490" clothes|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" again|strong="H6965". 
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\verseNumber{20}Judah|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" friend|strong="H7453" from|strong="H3027" Adullam|strong="H5725", for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802", as|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3063" promised|strong="H1696". But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H7971" friend|strong="H7453" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", “Where|strong="H4725" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" prostitute|strong="H2181" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" at|strong="H5921" Enaim|strong="H5879"?” They|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H1961" has|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181" here|strong="H2088"!” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3063" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" her|strong="H4672". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\+w*}, the|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3063" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4672" that|strong="H2088" town|strong="H7151" said|strong="H0559", ‘There|strong="H1961" has|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181" here|strong="H2088".’” 
\verseNumber{23}Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3947" keep|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2009" gave|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971". If|strong="H2009" we|strong="H6435" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" search|strong="H2713" for|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971", people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3063" ridicule|strong="H4912" us|strong="H6435". I|strong="H2009" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H7971" send|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2088" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H1423" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H7971" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" her|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H3947" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{24}About|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" later|strong="H1961", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Judah|strong="H3063", “Your|strong="H1961" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" Tamar|strong="H8559" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181" and|strong="H3063" now|strong="H1961" she|strong="H2320" is|strong="H1571" pregnant|strong="H2030"!” Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H3318", “Drag|strong="H5498" her|strong="H5046" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" kill|strong="H2026" her|strong="H5046" by|strong="H3318" burning|strong="H8313" her|strong="H5046"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1931" as|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H4294" taking|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4294" the|strong="H7971" city|strong="H1931", she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" ring|strong="H2858" and|strong="H7971" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3318" someone|strong="H4310", and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H7971" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7971", “The|strong="H7971" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" owns|strong="H3426" these|strong="H1931" things|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H7971" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3318" become|strong="H3318" pregnant|strong="H2030".” She|strong="H1931" also|strong="H3318" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H4994" him|strong="H7971", “Look|strong="H4994" at|strong="H3318" this|strong="H1931" ring|strong="H2858", and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" cord|strong="H6616" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" attached|strong="H2266" to|strong="H3318" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H7971" this|strong="H1931" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086". Whose|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" they|strong="H1931"?” 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588", Judah|strong="H3063" recognized|strong="H5234" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" stick|strong="H6086". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651", “She|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" more|strong="H3254" righteous|strong="H6663" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961". I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3045" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" Shelah|strong="H7956" to|strong="H5921" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", as|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3063".” And|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" again|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H6256" her|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6256"\+w*} there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1961" twin boys|strong="H3206" in|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3205" womb|strong="H7358". 
\verseNumber{28}As|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" giving|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205", one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" midwife|strong="H3205" fastened|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" scarlet|strong="H8144" thread|strong="H8144" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" wrist, saying|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223".” 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027" pulled|strong="H5265" his|strong="H7121" hand|strong="H3027" back|strong="H7725" inside|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" womb|strong="H7358", and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7121" brother|strong="H0251" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223". So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “So|strong="H1961" this|strong="H7121" is|strong="H4100" how|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" break|strong="H6555" your|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223"!” So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H7121" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Perez|strong="H6557", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w breaking|strong="H6555"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*}.’ 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7121" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H8034" who|strong="H7121" had|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" scarlet|strong="H8144" thread|strong="H8144" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7121" wrist, came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Zerah|strong="H2226", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w redness|strong="H2448"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w dawn|strong="H7837"\+w*}.’ 

\BibleSectionHeading{In Egypt, Joseph refused to have sex with Potiphar’s wife }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{In Egypt, Joseph refused to have sex with Potiphar’s wife }
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\chapterNumber{39}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", the|strong="H3027" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Ishmael|strong="H3458" took|strong="H3381" Joseph|strong="H3130" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714". There|strong="H8033" Potiphar|strong="H6318" bought|strong="H7069" Joseph|strong="H3130" from|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3027". Potiphar|strong="H6318" was|strong="H3027" an|strong="H8033" Egyptian|strong="H4713" who|strong="H6547" was|strong="H3027" one|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" king’s|strong="H4428" ◄palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323"/guards|strong="H7323" who|strong="H6547" protected|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428"►. 
\verseNumber{2}Because|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" Joseph|strong="H3130", he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190", and|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" Egyptian|strong="H4713" master|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" Joseph|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" enabling him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" successful|strong="H6743" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1004" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414", so|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3426" his|strong="H3605" personal|strong="H8334" servant|strong="H8334". Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3426" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3426" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{5}From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1961" Potiphar|strong="H6485" appointed|strong="H6485" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" owned|strong="H3426", Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Potiphar’s house|strong="H1004" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Potiphar’s crops|strong="H8393" to|strong="H3068" grow|strong="H1288" well|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{6}Potiphar|strong="H6318" allowed|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" owned|strong="H3426". Potiphar|strong="H6318" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1961" decide|strong="H3198" only|strong="H3588" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" he|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" concerned|strong="H3045" about|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3899" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
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Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1961" well-built/muscular and|strong="H3027" handsome|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{7}Because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697", after|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", his|strong="H5375" master’s|strong="H0113" wife|strong="H0802" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" look|strong="H5869" fondly at|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130". So|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5973" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973", “Have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973"!” 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" refused|strong="H3985", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" master’s|strong="H0113" wife|strong="H0802", “Listen|strong="H2005"! My|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" concerned|strong="H3045" about|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" this|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H4100" appointed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3605" owns|strong="H3426". 
\verseNumber{9}No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" household|strong="H1004" has|strong="H3588" more|strong="H4480" authority|strong="H3027" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213". The|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" thing|strong="H3972" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" his|strong="H6213" wife|strong="H0802"! So|strong="H6213" ◄how|strong="H3588" could|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3972" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}?/I|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3972"!► [RHQ] I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H4480" God|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{10}She|strong="H5973" kept|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" asking|strong="H7592" Joseph|strong="H3130" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1961" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7901", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" refused|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3117" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5973" her|strong="H7901". 

\BibleSectionHeading{To|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360", Potiphar’s wife|strong="H1696" lied|strong="H3584", and|strong="H3117" Potiphar|strong="H6318" had|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H1961" prison|strong="H1004" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{To|strong="H1696" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5360", Potiphar’s wife|strong="H1696" lied|strong="H3584", and|strong="H3117" Potiphar|strong="H6318" had|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H1961" prison|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" Joseph|strong="H1004" went|strong="H1004" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H3117" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H2088" household|strong="H1004" servants|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}Potiphar’s wife|strong="H0802" grabbed|strong="H8610" his|strong="H3027" cloak|strong="H8008" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H3318", “Have|strong="H3027" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H3318"!” Joseph|strong="H3027" ran|strong="H5127" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004", but|strong="H5800" his|strong="H3027" cloak|strong="H8008" was|strong="H3027" still|strong="H7901" in|strong="H7901" her|strong="H3318" hand|strong="H3027"! 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" run|strong="H5127" outside|strong="H2351" leaving|strong="H5800" his|strong="H7200" cloak|strong="H8008" in|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7200" hand|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{14}she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7200" household|strong="H1004" servants|strong="H5650". She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7121", “Look|strong="H7200"! This|strong="H7200" Hebrew|strong="H5680" man|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" husband|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1004" us|strong="H7200" is|strong="H6963" ◄insulting/trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" disgraceful|strong="H5039" to|strong="H1004"► us|strong="H7200"! He|strong="H1004" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" room|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1419" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1004" ◄rape|strong="H3533" me|strong="H7200"/make|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" sex|strong="H7901" [EUP] with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7121"►, but|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" screamed|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7121" scream loudly|strong="H6963", he|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5800" his|strong="H7121" loincloth with|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H6963" ran|strong="H5127" outside|strong="H2351"!” 
\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H5704" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5704" loincloth beside|strong="H5704" her|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" her|strong="H5704" husband|strong="H0376", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H0113", came|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1696" she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1696" story|strong="H4605": “That|strong="H1697" Hebrew|strong="H5680" slave|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H1696" brought|strong="H5650" here|strong="H6311" came|strong="H1697" into|strong="H1697" my|strong="H1696" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H5650" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1696" rape|strong="H3533" me|strong="H1696"! 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H7311" screamed|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H6963", he|strong="H7121" ran|strong="H5127" outside|strong="H2351", leaving|strong="H5800" me|strong="H7121" holding|strong="H2388" his|strong="H7121" loincloth!” 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H1961" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H0113" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H6213" story|strong="H4605" that|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H1696" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", saying|strong="H1697" “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" how|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" slave|strong="H5650" treated|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213",” he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{20}Joseph’s|strong="H3130" master|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", the|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" prisoners|strong="H0615" were|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" Joseph|strong="H3130" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3068" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" ◄prison|strong="H1004" warden|strong="H8269"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" charge|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004"► to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" prison|strong="H1004" warden|strong="H8269" put|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" in|strong="H6213" charge|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" in|strong="H6213" charge|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" warden|strong="H8269" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" concerned|strong="H6485" with|strong="H1004" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" well|strong="H3190" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph told two other prisoners the meaning of their dreams }

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\chapterNumber{40}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt’s|strong="H4714" officials|strong="H8269" did|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" displeased|strong="H3415" him|strong="H4428". One|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H7218" ◄drink-server/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559" the|strong="H1697" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H4428" served|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428"►, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" other|strong="H0312" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H7218" ◄baker|strong="H0644"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" baked|strong="H0644" bread|strong="H3899" for|strong="H4714" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428"►. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" became|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8269" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3130" them|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". That|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1004" being|strong="H1004" kept|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H6485" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H4929" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". And|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" appointed|strong="H6485" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H8334", to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1961" needs|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{5}One|strong="H8147" night|strong="H3915" while|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" king’s|strong="H4428" drink-server and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H4428" baker|strong="H0644" were|strong="H4714" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", each|strong="H2492" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472". Each|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H2492" different|strong="H8133" meaning|strong="H0998". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7200" next|strong="H7200" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" came|strong="H3130" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", he|strong="H1242" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" were|strong="H3130" dejected|strong="H2196"/worried|strong="H1672". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H7592" he|strong="H3117" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H6440", “Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" look|strong="H6547" so|strong="H7592" sad|strong="H7451" today|strong="H3117"?” 
\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5608" them|strong="H4994" answered|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H4994" both|strong="H8147" had|strong="H2492" dreams|strong="H2472" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3915", but|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3130" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" us|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3808" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3808" dreams|strong="H2472".” Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3808" them|strong="H4994", “God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3130" the|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" [RHQ] tell|strong="H5608" the|strong="H3808" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H5608" dreams|strong="H2472". So|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" me|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H4994" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" me|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3808" meaning|strong="H0998".” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5608" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H6440" dream|strong="H2472" to|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5608" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H6440" grapevine in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8269" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" vine|strong="H1612" there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H7969" three|strong="H7969" branches|strong="H8299". After|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" branches|strong="H8299" budded|strong="H6524", they|strong="H1931" blossomed|strong="H6524", and|strong="H5927" then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1931" produced|strong="H1310" clusters|strong="H0811" of|strong="H1612" grapes|strong="H6025". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3027" holding|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" cup|strong="H3563", so|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" grapes|strong="H6025" and|strong="H3027" squeezed|strong="H7818" the|strong="H5921" juice|strong="H6071" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cup|strong="H3563". Then|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" cup|strong="H3563" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H5921" juice|strong="H6071".” 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w* \+w meant|strong="H2803"\+w*}. So|strong="H2088" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H2088", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H2088" dream|strong="H2472": The|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" branches|strong="H8299" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" vine|strong="H1612" represent|strong="H7969" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{13}Within|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" release|strong="H7971" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H7725" prison|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3117" before|strong="H5921". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H5375" cups|strong="H4945" of|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3117" before|strong="H5921", when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5375" drink-server. 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" goes|strong="H3318" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{15}People|strong="H3808" took|strong="H7760" me|strong="H7760" away|strong="H1589" forcefully from|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" my|strong="H7760" fellow|strong="H7453" Hebrews|strong="H5680" live|strong="H3427". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}, and|strong="H6213" also|strong="H1571" while|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H3808" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" which|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" deserved|strong="H1576" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H6213" prison|strong="H1004". So|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7760" and|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" about|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7760", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" release|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7760" from|strong="H1571" this|strong="H6213" prison|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" chief|strong="H7218" baker|strong="H0644" heard|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" drink-server was|strong="H3130" very|strong="H2896" favorable|strong="H2896", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H8269" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" dream|strong="H2472". In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3130" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" three|strong="H7969" baskets|strong="H5536" of|strong="H8269" bread|strong="H2751" stacked|strong="H1430" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{17}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" basket|strong="H5536" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7218" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7218" baked|strong="H0644" goods|strong="H4639" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" were|strong="H7218" eating|strong="H0398" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" basket|strong="H5536" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H6547" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218"!” 
\verseNumber{18}God|strong="H0430" again|strong="H6030" told|strong="H5046" Joseph|strong="H3130" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" dream|strong="H2472" meant|strong="H2803", so|strong="H2088" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H6030", “The|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" baskets|strong="H5536" also|strong="H2088" represent|strong="H7969" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}Within|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1320" command|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" be|strong="H5750" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H5750" hung|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5375" tree|strong="H6086", and|strong="H3117" vultures|strong="H5404" will|strong="H1320" come|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398" your|strong="H5921" flesh|strong="H1320".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ◄king’s|strong="H4428" birthday|strong="H3205"/day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" celebrated|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" became|strong="H3205" one|strong="H3605" year|strong="H3117" older|strong="H1419"►. On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" to|strong="H1961" celebrate|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" birthday|strong="H3205". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057", while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H6213" there|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" drink-server and|strong="H3117" chief|strong="H7218" baker|strong="H0644" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" prison|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" previous|strong="H7223" job|strong="H0347" again|strong="H7725", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725" he|strong="H5414" took|strong="H7725" cups|strong="H4945" of|strong="H8269" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3130" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H8269" the|strong="H8518" chief|strong="H8269" baker|strong="H0644" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H0801" being|strong="H1961" hanged|strong="H8518", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H0834" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" would|strong="H0014" happen|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H8518" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8269" the|strong="H8518" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H8518" dreams|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H2142" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H3130" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H3808" forgot|strong="H7911" to|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2142" Joseph|strong="H3130" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H2142" to|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213". 

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\chapterNumber{41}Two|strong="H8147" complete|strong="H3617" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H7093", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dream|strong="H2492". In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2492", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Suddenly|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" river|strong="H2975". They|strong="H5927" started|strong="H2490" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H4480" grass|strong="H2682" that|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" riverbank. 
\verseNumber{3}Soon|strong="H3512" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H8193" cows|strong="H6510", unhealthy-looking and|strong="H5975" thin|strong="H1851", came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fat|strong="H1320" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H4480" were|strong="H2009" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" riverbank. 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H7451" unhealthy thin|strong="H1851" cows|strong="H6510" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H7451" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510". And|strong="H6547" then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H7451" king|strong="H4428" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" sleep|strong="H3462" again|strong="H8145", and|strong="H5927" he|strong="H2009" had|strong="H2492" another|strong="H8145" dream|strong="H2492". This|strong="H5927" time|strong="H8145" he|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H2896" grain|strong="H7641" that|strong="H5927" were|strong="H2009" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H2896" kernels|strong="H2785" of|strong="H2896" grain|strong="H7641" and|strong="H5927" ripe|strong="H2896", and|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5927" growing|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5927" one|strong="H2896" stalk|strong="H7070". 
\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H6779" that|strong="H2009", the|strong="H2009" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H0312" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H7641" grain|strong="H7641" sprouted|strong="H6779" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H2009" (OR|strong="H0176", on|strong="H5921" another|strong="H0312") stalk|strong="H7070". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H2009" thin|strong="H1851" and|strong="H7651" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H6779" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H2009" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6921" wind|strong="H6921". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H2009" thin|strong="H1851" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H4392" grain|strong="H7641" swallowed|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" the|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" ripe|strong="H1310" full|strong="H4392" heads|strong="H7641". Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H2009" king|strong="H4428" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H1104". He|strong="H2009" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H6547" he|strong="H2009" had|strong="H6547" been|strong="H1961" dreaming|strong="H2492". 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" dream|strong="H2472". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" magicians|strong="H2748" and|strong="H7971" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H7121" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H7971" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" dreamed|strong="H2492", but|strong="H1961" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" them|strong="H7971" could|strong="H3201" tell|strong="H5608" him|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" dreams|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" chief|strong="H8269" drink-server said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428", “Now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117"! I|strong="H3117" made|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" mistake|strong="H7686" by|strong="H3117" forgetting|strong="H7911" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}One|strong="H1004" time|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5650" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H1004" two|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" chief|strong="H8269" baker|strong="H0644" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prison|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". 
\verseNumber{11}While|strong="H1931" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033", one|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" each|strong="H2492" of|strong="H2492" us|strong="H5414" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H3915" the|strong="H3915" dreams|strong="H2472" had|strong="H2492" different|strong="H8133" meanings. 
\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H5288" a|strong="H8033" young|strong="H5288" Hebrew|strong="H5680" man|strong="H5288" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H8033" us|strong="H5608". He|strong="H8033" was|strong="H5288" a|strong="H8033" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5650" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5650" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". We|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H5608" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H8033" had|strong="H2876" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5608" us|strong="H5608" what|strong="H4100" our|strong="H5650" dreams|strong="H2472" meant|strong="H2803". He|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5608" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H8269" us|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5650" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H8269" our|strong="H5650" dreams|strong="H2472". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H7725" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" exactly|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H3651" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" meanings that|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H7725": You|strong="H5921" said|strong="H3651" I|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" previous|strong="H7223" job|strong="H0347" again|strong="H7725", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" by|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" hanged|strong="H8518". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H7725"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H7971" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H7121", he|strong="H4480" told|strong="H5046" some|strong="H4480" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" bring|strong="H7121" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H7323" brought|strong="H7323" Joseph|strong="H3130" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" prison|strong="H1004". Joseph|strong="H3130" shaved|strong="H1548" and|strong="H7971" put|strong="H7971" on|strong="H7971" better|strong="H2896" clothes|strong="H8071", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H4480" went|strong="H3130" and|strong="H7971" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H7121" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H2492" two|strong="H8147" dreams|strong="H2472", and|strong="H8085" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5921" mean|strong="H2823". But|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5921" hear|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" tell|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" a|strong="H8085" dream|strong="H2472" he|strong="H5921" has|strong="H3130" had|strong="H2492", you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" person|strong="H5315" what|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472" means|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H6030" Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" the|strong="H6030" king|strong="H4428", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H7965" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6547". It|strong="H7965" is|strong="H3130" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H6547" knows|strong="H3045" the|strong="H6030" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H7965" dreams|strong="H2472", but|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3130" will|strong="H6547" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H6030" to|strong="H6030" tell|strong="H6030" you|strong="H6030" their|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998", and|strong="H6030" they|strong="H7965" will|strong="H6547" mean|strong="H2823" something|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130", “In|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H2005" was|strong="H6547" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bank|strong="H8193" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Nile|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Suddenly|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" river|strong="H2975", and|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5927" started|strong="H2490" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H4480" grass|strong="H2682" that|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" riverbank. 
\verseNumber{19}Soon|strong="H3512" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H3605" cows|strong="H6510", ugly|strong="H7451" and|strong="H4714" thin|strong="H7534" ones|strong="H7451", came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104". I|strong="H2009" never|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" such|strong="H2007" ugly|strong="H7451" cows|strong="H6510" in|strong="H1320" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H7534" thin|strong="H7534" ugly|strong="H7451" cows|strong="H6510" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H7534" seven|strong="H7651" fat|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H7451" came|strong="H6510" up|strong="H5927" first|strong="H7223". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" afterwards|strong="H0310", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" would|strong="H7451" have|strong="H3045" known|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" thin|strong="H1851" cows|strong="H6510" ate|strong="H0398" them|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7451" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3588" ugly|strong="H7451" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7451" before|strong="H3808". Then|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" had|strong="H3068" another|strong="H7200" dream|strong="H2472". I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" seven|strong="H7651" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H4392" grain|strong="H7641". They|strong="H5927" were|strong="H2009" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H4392" kernels|strong="H2785" of|strong="H4392" grain|strong="H7641" and|strong="H7200" ripe|strong="H2896", and|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5927" were|strong="H2009" all|strong="H7200" growing|strong="H5927" on|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2896" stalk|strong="H7070". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* surprise} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" seven|strong="H7651" other|strong="H0312" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H7641" grain|strong="H7641" that|strong="H2009" sprouted|strong="H6779". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H2009" thin|strong="H1851" and|strong="H7651" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H6779" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H2009" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6921" wind|strong="H6921". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5046" thin|strong="H1851" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H2748" grain|strong="H7641" swallowed|strong="H1104" the|strong="H5046" seven|strong="H7651" good|strong="H2896" heads|strong="H7641". I|strong="H5046" told|strong="H5046" these|strong="H5046" dreams|strong="H2472" to|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" magicians|strong="H2748", but|strong="H1104" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H2748" them|strong="H5046" could|strong="H3201" explain|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" what|strong="H2896" they|strong="H1992" meant|strong="H2803".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H6213" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428", “Both|strong="H8147" your|strong="H6213" dreams|strong="H2472" have|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" meaning|strong="H0998". God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1931" revealing|strong="H1540" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" dreams|strong="H2472" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" healthy|strong="H1277" cows|strong="H6510" represent|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". The|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" good|strong="H2896" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H8141" grain|strong="H7641" also|strong="H1931" represent|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". The|strong="H8141" two|strong="H8147" dreams|strong="H2472" both|strong="H8147" have|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8141" same|strong="H1931" meaning|strong="H2007". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H5927" seven|strong="H7651" thin|strong="H7534" ugly|strong="H7451" cows|strong="H6510" that|strong="H8141" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H2007" and|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5927" seven|strong="H7651" worthless|strong="H7386" heads|strong="H7641" of|strong="H8141" grain|strong="H7641" that|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5927" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6921" wind|strong="H6921" each|strong="H0376" represent|strong="H2007" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" ◄of|strong="H8141" famine|strong="H7458"/when|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" scarce|strong="H2637"►. 
\verseNumber{28}It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H7200" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6213", because|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1697" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" about|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{29}There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" which|strong="H3605" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\verseNumber{30}but|strong="H7911" after|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" ◄of|strong="H8141" famine|strong="H7458"/when|strong="H3615" food|strong="H3899" will|strong="H4714" be|strong="H8141" very|strong="H3966" scarce|strong="H2637"►. Then|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4714" forget|strong="H7911" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141" when|strong="H3615" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H7458" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899", because|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4714" come|strong="H3615" afterward|strong="H0310" will|strong="H4714" ruin|strong="H2723" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" how|strong="H3588" plentiful|strong="H7230" food|strong="H3899" was|strong="H1931" previously|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" famine|strong="H7458" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" terrible|strong="H3515". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" two|strong="H6213" dreams|strong="H2472" is|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wants|strong="H2656"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" cause|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" soon|strong="H4116". 
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\verseNumber{33}“ow I|strong="H5921" suggest that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H2450" choose|strong="H0977" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2450" who|strong="H6547" is|strong="H4714" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H4714" can|strong="H7200" make|strong="H7896" good|strong="H2896" decisions|strong="H4941". I|strong="H5921" suggest that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" appoint|strong="H7896" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" direct|strong="H7896" the|strong="H5921" affairs|strong="H1697" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{34}You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H8141" also|strong="H6213" appoint|strong="H6485" supervisors|strong="H6485" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8141" they|strong="H5921" can|strong="H6213" arrange|strong="H6186" to|strong="H5921" collect|strong="H3063" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H8141" is|strong="H4714" harvested|strong="H1219" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" when|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899" is|strong="H4714" plentiful|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{35}They|strong="H8141" should|strong="H8141" collect|strong="H6908" this|strong="H8104" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3027" grain|strong="H1250" during|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" coming|strong="H0935", when|strong="H6547" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H3027" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" food|strong="H3899". You|strong="H3605" should|strong="H8141" supervise|strong="H5329" them|strong="H3027" as|strong="H8478" they|strong="H8141" store|strong="H6651" it|strong="H8104" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{36}This|strong="H1961" grain|strong="H1715" should|strong="H8141" be|strong="H1961" stored|strong="H6845" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8141" it|strong="H1961" can|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3772" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3772" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3772" hunger|strong="H7458".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3772" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H3772" Joseph|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3772" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3772" of|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", to|strong="H1961" handle|strong="H8610" the|strong="H3772" problem|strong="H2008" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3772" famine|strong="H7458" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3772" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H3772" Joseph|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3772" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3772" of|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", to|strong="H1961" handle|strong="H8610" the|strong="H3772" problem|strong="H2008" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3772" famine|strong="H7458" }
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H5869" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" thought|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1697" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" a|strong="H5869" good|strong="H3190" plan|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{38}So|strong="H2088" the|strong="H4672" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5650" them|strong="H4672", “◄Can|strong="H5650" we|strong="H4672" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H4672" other|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" like|strong="H7307" Joseph|strong="H3130", a|strong="H4672" man|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5650" his|strong="H4672" Spirit|strong="H7307"?/It|strong="H4672" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" likely that|strong="H2088" we|strong="H4672" will|strong="H5650" find|strong="H4672" another|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" like|strong="H7307" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088", one|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5650" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5650" his|strong="H4672" Spirit|strong="H7307"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3045" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Because|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3045" revealed|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605", it|strong="H3045" seems|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3644" wise|strong="H2450" as|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H6547" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3045" decide|strong="H3198" wisely|strong="H2451" about|strong="H3045" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H6310" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6310" you|strong="H3605" command|strong="H6310". Only|strong="H7535" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" king|strong="H3678" [MTY] will|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" more|strong="H4480" authority|strong="H5921" than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" now|strong="H5414" putting|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" took|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" finger|strong="H2885" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3130" his|strong="H5414" seal|strong="H2368" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" finger|strong="H2885". He|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" robes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H7760" of|strong="H3027" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" gold|strong="H2091" chain|strong="H7242" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" neck|strong="H6677". 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3605" arranged|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H5921" ride|strong="H7392" around|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4714"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" second-most important|strong="H5704" man|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". When|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" rode|strong="H7392" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818", men|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4714" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414", “Get|strong="H3947" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870"!” So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" do|strong="H3605" anything|strong="H3605" [IDM] if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" permit|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" do|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130" a|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Zaphenath-Paneah|strong="H6847". He|strong="H5414" also|strong="H8034" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Asenath|strong="H0621" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H8034" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". She|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Potiphera|strong="H6319", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" On|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" Joseph|strong="H3130" became|strong="H3318" known|strong="H3318" (OR|strong="H0176", traveled|strong="H5265") through|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1323" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{46}Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H4428" 30 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3605" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". To|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399", he|strong="H3605" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" traveled|strong="H5674" throughout|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{47}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" produced|strong="H6213" abundant|strong="H7227" crops|strong="H8393", so|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8141" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{48}As|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H6908" supervised|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", his|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" collected|strong="H6908" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" produced|strong="H6213" during|strong="H1961" those|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H5892" stored|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". In|strong="H8141" each|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" store|strong="H4543" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H6908" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{49}Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5704" store|strong="H7235" up|strong="H6651" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4557" grain|strong="H1250". It|strong="H3588" looked|strong="H7200" as|strong="H5704" plentiful|strong="H7230" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3588" seashore|strong="H3220". There|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3130" so|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7235" grain|strong="H1250" that|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H2308" keeping|strong="H8104" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4557" how|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7235" grain|strong="H1250" was|strong="H3130" stored|strong="H6651", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3130" more|strong="H7235" grain|strong="H1250" than|strong="H7235" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" measure|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{50}Before|strong="H2962" the|strong="H3205" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" famine|strong="H7458" started|strong="H2490", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" wife|strong="H0802" Asenath|strong="H0621" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{51}Joseph|strong="H3130" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H3605" Manasseh|strong="H4519", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w word|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w forget|strong="H5382"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1004" forget|strong="H5382" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="H3588" named|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" second|strong="H8145" son|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H8034", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w to|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}’, because|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121", “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3588" given|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" children|strong="H1121" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H8034" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" suffered|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{53}Finally|strong="H5704" the|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" which|strong="H0834" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H8141" food|strong="H3899" ended|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{54}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" famine|strong="H7458" started|strong="H2490", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H1961" predicted|strong="H1696". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3899" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H8141" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" lands|strong="H4054", but|strong="H1961" although|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" did|strong="H8141" not|strong="H1961" grow|strong="H6779", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8141" had|strong="H1961" stored|strong="H6845" up|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{55}When|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" [MTY] Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H3130" eaten|strong="H0398" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5971" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3212" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" hungry|strong="H7456", they|strong="H6213" begged|strong="H2603" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899". So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5971" Egypt|strong="H4714", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Joseph|strong="H3130", and|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{56}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022", Joseph|strong="H3130" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" helpers|strong="H5826" to|strong="H1961" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3605" storehouses|strong="H0214". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" sold|strong="H7666" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" storehouses|strong="H0214" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{57}And|strong="H4714" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4714" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776" came|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4714" Joseph|strong="H3130", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H7458" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H2388" everywhere|strong="H3605" [HYP]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain, but didn’t realize they were buying it from their brother }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain, but didn’t realize they were buying it from their brother }
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\chapterNumber{42}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Jacob|strong="H3290" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" was|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H7668" in|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" could|strong="H4100" buy|strong="H7069", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4714" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121", “◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" sit|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3426" looking|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312"?/Do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" just|strong="H3512" sit|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3426" looking|strong="H7200" at|strong="H7200" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312"!► [RHQ] We|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7668"!” 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381", “Someone|strong="H4191" told|strong="H8085" me|strong="H2421" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3426" grain|strong="H7668" for|strong="H3588" sale|strong="H4465" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714". Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H4714" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H3588", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4714" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3381" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" ten|strong="H6235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3381" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H1250". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" Benjamin|strong="H1144", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" others|strong="H0312", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3290" afraid|strong="H3372"/worried|strong="H1672" that|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H3372" might|strong="H6435" happen|strong="H7122" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" like|strong="H3808" what|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H7122" to|strong="H7971" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H1961" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" down|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667" to|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3478" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H7666", and|strong="H1121" others|strong="H0312" from|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" went|strong="H3478" too|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667" also|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H7989" of|strong="H5971" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sold|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" [HYP] to|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H3605". So|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" arrived|strong="H0935", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3130"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" before|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H1696" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" brothers|strong="H0251", he|strong="H1696" recognized|strong="H5234" them|strong="H7200". But|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1696" pretended|strong="H5060" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1696" did|strong="H7200" not|strong="H1696" know|strong="H5234" them|strong="H7200". He|strong="H1696" spoke|strong="H1696" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7200", saying|strong="H1696", “Where|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7200" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7200"?” One|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7200" replied|strong="H1696", “We|strong="H7186" have|strong="H7200" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7200" Canaan|strong="H3667", to|strong="H1696" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7666".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Although|strong="H3808" Joseph|strong="H3130" recognized|strong="H5234" his|strong="H3808" brothers|strong="H0251", they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" recognize|strong="H5234" him|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H7200" then|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" remembered|strong="H2142" what|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3130" had|strong="H2492" dreamed|strong="H2492" about|strong="H3130" them|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141" previously|strong="H8543". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w yet|strong="H2492"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}. He|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", “You|strong="H7200" are|strong="H2472" spies|strong="H7270"! You|strong="H7200" have|strong="H7200" come|strong="H2142" to|strong="H7200" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7270" whether|strong="H7200" we|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3130" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7200" defend|strong="H1598" ourselves|strong="H0587" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{10}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H5414" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", sir|strong="H0113"! We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5650" buy|strong="H7666" grain|strong="H7666". 
\verseNumber{11}We|strong="H5168" are|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121". We|strong="H5168" are|strong="H1121" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H1121", not|strong="H3808" spies|strong="H7270".” 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" come|strong="H0935" just|strong="H3512" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H7200" we|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7200" defend|strong="H1598" ourselves|strong="H0587" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H7200" attacked|strong="H5221"!” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H2009" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H8147" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H1121" true|strong="H0571"! Originally there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H3117" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" brothers|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3117" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121". Our|strong="H5650" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6996"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" has|strong="H5650" died|strong="H4191". [EUP]” 
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\verseNumber{14}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*! \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" just|strong="H1696" as|strong="H1696" I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696". You|strong="H1696" are|strong="H3130" spies|strong="H7270"! 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" how|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6547" determine|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H0559" is|strong="H2088" true|strong="H0571". I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" lives|strong="H2416", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" spies|strong="H7270". And|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6547" not|strong="H2088" leave|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H2088" until|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" comes|strong="H3318" here|strong="H2088"! 
\verseNumber{16}Send|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H7971" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971" here|strong="H6311". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" put|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1697" prison|strong="H1004", in|strong="H1697" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H2416" test|strong="H5254" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" whether|strong="H4480" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" telling|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7971" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571". If|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H6547" goes|strong="H1980" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" here|strong="H6311", then|strong="H3947", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" lives|strong="H2416", it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3808" clear|strong="H5352" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" lying|strong="H1697" and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" spies|strong="H7270".” 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3117" Joseph|strong="H3130" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H4929" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{18}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", Joseph|strong="H3130" went|strong="H3130" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6213" fears|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3117" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" spare|strong="H2421" your|strong="H6213" lives|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" are|strong="H1004" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H0376", let|strong="H3651" one|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3651" brothers|strong="H0251" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H3651" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3651" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3651" can|strong="H1004" take|strong="H3212" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7668" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3651" families|strong="H1004" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3651" hungry|strong="H7457" because|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3651" famine|strong="H7459". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3651" you|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H3651" again|strong="H7725", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H6213" your|strong="H6213" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H3651", and|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" executed|strong="H6213".” So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3651" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H2063", “It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H5315" surely|strong="H8085" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" what|strong="H7200" we|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" that|strong="H7200" ◄we|strong="H8085" are|strong="H6869" being|strong="H5315" punished|strong="H6485"/God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H5315" punishing|strong="H7725" us|strong="H5921"►! We|strong="H8085" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3651" [SYN] was|strong="H5315" very|strong="H3651" distressed|strong="H6887" when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3651" pleaded|strong="H2603" with|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" harm|strong="H5315" him|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" we|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H5315" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H8085" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H5315" why|strong="H5921" we|strong="H8085" are|strong="H6869" having|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" trouble|strong="H6869"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Reuben|strong="H7205" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H8085" them|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H2009" told|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" harm|strong="H2398" the|strong="H8085" boy|strong="H3206" [RHQ], but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H2009" said|strong="H6030"! Now|strong="H2009" we|strong="H8085" are|strong="H1571" being|strong="H1961" ◄paid|strong="H8085" back|strong="H7725"/punished|strong="H6485"► for|strong="H3808" killing|strong="H1818" him|strong="H8085" [MTY]!” 
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\verseNumber{23}While|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3045" Joseph|strong="H3130", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" speaking|strong="H1696" through|strong="H3588" ◄an|strong="H3588" interpreter|strong="H3887"/someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1992" knew|strong="H3045" their|strong="H8085" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" Egyptian|strong="H4713" language|strong="H3956"►, but|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H8085" these|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1992" among|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H1992", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" speaking|strong="H1696" in|strong="H8085" their|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H8085" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" could|strong="H3045" understand|strong="H3045" their|strong="H8085" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3045" understand|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" saying|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*, \+w Joseph|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* admitted \+w that|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*}. He|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1696" keep|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" crying|strong="H1058", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w see|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w crying|strong="H1058"\+w*}, so|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H7725" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1696" cry|strong="H7121". But|strong="H1696" then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H5921" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" Simeon|strong="H8095", and|strong="H7725" while|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5869" watching|strong="H5869", he|strong="H5921" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1696" tie|strong="H6029" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7725" Simeon|strong="H8095" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312" that|strong="H5869" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" go|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{25}Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7725" fill|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5414" men’s|strong="H0120" sacks|strong="H8242" with|strong="H4390" grain|strong="H1250", but|strong="H1870" he|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3651" each|strong="H5414" one|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3130" paid|strong="H5414" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" grain|strong="H1250" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3627" his|strong="H5414" sack|strong="H8242". He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H6720" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H0398" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870". After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3627" for|strong="H6213" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251", 
\verseNumber{26}his|strong="H5375" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" loaded|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" of|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H7668" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3212" left|strong="H8033". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H3212", frightened|strong="H3372" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H8033" paid|strong="H5414" was|strong="H8033" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" sacks|strong="H0572" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H3212", frightened|strong="H3372" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H8033" paid|strong="H5414" was|strong="H8033" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" sacks|strong="H0572" }
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\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H2009" they|strong="H6310" stopped|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5414" sleep|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915", one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H6310" them|strong="H5414" opened|strong="H6605" his|strong="H5414" sack|strong="H8242" to|strong="H5414" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H2009" grain|strong="H1715" for|strong="H3701" his|strong="H5414" donkey|strong="H2543". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" amazed|strong="H8539" to|strong="H5414" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7200" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H7200" sack|strong="H8242". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H6213" exclaimed|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" brothers|strong="H0251", “Someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3820" returned|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" money|strong="H3701"! Here|strong="H2009" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3820" in|strong="H6213" my|strong="H7725" sack|strong="H0572"!” They|strong="H4100" started|strong="H3318" shaking|strong="H5363" with|strong="H6213" fear|strong="H2729", and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H2063", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3820" this|strong="H2063" that|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3820" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725"?” 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3290" they|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5046" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H5046" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", they|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5046". One|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5046" said|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{30}“The|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" governs the|strong="H5414" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1696" Egypt|strong="H4714" talked|strong="H1696" very|strong="H3966" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5414". He|strong="H5414" acted|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H7186" were|strong="H5414" spying|strong="H8446" on|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H1961", ‘We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1961" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H0376"! We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" spies|strong="H7270". 
\verseNumber{32}Originally there|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H3117" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" brothers|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3117" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121". One|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3117" Canaan|strong="H3667".’ 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3588" man|strong="H3045" who|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3588" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3045"\+w*}, so|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3212" us|strong="H3045", ‘This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3651" how|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" know|strong="H3045" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" truly|strong="H3588" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H3947": Leave|strong="H3240" one|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251" here|strong="H2063" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7459" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3947" families|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" starving from|strong="H3947" hunger|strong="H7458" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725", bring|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", in|strong="H5414" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" spies|strong="H7270", but|strong="H3588" instead|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3045" honest|strong="H3653" men|strong="H0376". Then|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" release|strong="H7971" your|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588". And|strong="H3045" then|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" buy|strong="H7069" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5414" this|strong="H3651" country|strong="H2022".’” 
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\verseNumber{35}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" emptying|strong="H7385" their|strong="H1992" sacks|strong="H8242", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" that|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3701" each|strong="H0376" man’s|strong="H0376" sack|strong="H8242" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7200" pouch|strong="H6872" of|strong="H3372" money|strong="H3701"! When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H3701" their|strong="H1992" father|strong="H0001" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" pouches of|strong="H3372" money|strong="H3701", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" frightened|strong="H3372". 
\verseNumber{36}Their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" two|strong="H3947" of|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" children|strong="H7921" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! Joseph|strong="H3130" is|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3290" Simeon|strong="H8095" is|strong="H3605" gone|strong="H1961"! And|strong="H3290" now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" Benjamin|strong="H1144" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" suffering|strong="H6040" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3947" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" happening!” 
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\verseNumber{37}Reuben|strong="H7205" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" father|strong="H1121", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H4191" responsiible for|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w take|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414". Let|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" take|strong="H7725" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5414". If|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H7725" Benjamin|strong="H1144" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414", you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H7725" kill|strong="H4191" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121".” 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H7604" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". His|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H1931" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w Rachel’s|strong="H7354"\+w*} sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" left|strong="H7604"! If|strong="H3588" something|strong="H1697" harms him|strong="H5973" while|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" traveling|strong="H1980", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5973", a|strong="H3588" gray-haired|strong="H7872" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121", to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" sorrow|strong="H3015".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph’s brothers returned to Egypt with Benjamin, to buy more grain }

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\chapterNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H7458" Canaan|strong="H3667" got|strong="H6965" worse|strong="H7489". 
\verseNumber{2}Finally|strong="H5704", when|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" family|strong="H4940" had|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" grain|strong="H7668" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H7725" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4592" more|strong="H7725" grain|strong="H7668" for|strong="H4714" us|strong="H7725"!” 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3808" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", “The|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3063" sold|strong="H4376" us|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" warned|strong="H5749" us|strong="H6440" sternly, ‘I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" [SYN] again|strong="H6440" if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" come|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H6440" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440".’ 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H7971", if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3426" send|strong="H7971" our|strong="H7971" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" with|strong="H3381" us|strong="H7971", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3426" go|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H7971" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7666" for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" him|strong="H6440", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" there|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" us|strong="H6440", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" again|strong="H7971" if|strong="H3588" your|strong="H6440" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588".’” 
\verseNumber{6}Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H4100", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" this|strong="H5046" trouble|strong="H6869" by|strong="H3478" telling|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5046" had|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"?” 
\verseNumber{7}One|strong="H2416" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H5921" man|strong="H3045" asked|strong="H7592" about|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5046" and|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", ‘Is|strong="H3426" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416"? Do|strong="H3426" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" another|strong="H5750" brother|strong="H0251"?’ We|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3381" answer|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5921" questions|strong="H1697". ◄We|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" say|strong="H6310", ‘The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H3426", bring|strong="H3381" your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588"!’/How|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" say|strong="H6310", ‘The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H3426", bring|strong="H3381" your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588"!’►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6965" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7971" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H7971", “Send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" boy|strong="H5288" with|strong="H3212" me|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3063" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" immediately|strong="H6965", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" we|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3063" our|strong="H7971" children|strong="H2945" may|strong="H3478" get|strong="H6965" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3478" hunger|strong="H7458". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3117" myself|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3027" guarantee|strong="H6148" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3027" return|strong="H7725". You|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3808" require|strong="H1245" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" promising|strong="H1696" [IDM]. If|strong="H2398" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H2398" him|strong="H6440" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" safely|strong="H0983", you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" forever|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" ◄I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" blame|strong="H2398"/it|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" fault|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*►}. 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H2088" ◄wasted|strong="H6244" so|strong="H7725" much|strong="H7227" time|strong="H6471"/waited|strong="H3176" so|strong="H7725" long|strong="H0753"►, by|strong="H7725" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H3588" could|strong="H2088" have|strong="H6258" gone|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2088" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" two|strong="H2088" times|strong="H6471"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H6213", “If|strong="H3651" there|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3651" no|strong="H6213" other|strong="H2063" way|strong="H2063", do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063": Put|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3947" sacks|strong="H3627" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3947" best|strong="H2173" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3478" grown|strong="H1431" in|strong="H3478" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" gift|strong="H4503". Take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4592" balm|strong="H6875"/perfume|strong="H7004" and|strong="H3478" honey|strong="H1706" and|strong="H3478" spices|strong="H5219" and|strong="H3478" myrrh|strong="H3910"/ointment|strong="H8081", some|strong="H4592" pistachio|strong="H0992" nuts|strong="H0093", and|strong="H3478" almonds|strong="H8247". 
\verseNumber{12}Take|strong="H3947" twice|strong="H4932" as|strong="H4932" much|strong="H3027" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="H4932" you|strong="H7725" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" previous|strong="H7223" time|strong="H6256", because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7725" must|strong="H3947" return|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1931" someone|strong="H0376" put|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3947" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3947" sacks|strong="H0572". Perhaps|strong="H0194" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3947" mistake|strong="H4870" that|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" put|strong="H7725" in|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3947" sacks|strong="H0572". 
\verseNumber{13}Take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" that|strong="H6965" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" Almighty|strong="H7706" will|strong="H5414" cause|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" man|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" let|strong="H7971" your|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" brother|strong="H0251", as|strong="H6440" well|strong="H3190" as|strong="H6440" Benjamin|strong="H1144", come|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H6311" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414", if|strong="H0518" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H7356" taken|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414", then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3027" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947", and|strong="H6965" twice|strong="H4932" the|strong="H6440" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3027" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H1715" would|strong="H0014" cost|strong="H4242", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H6440" also|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3947" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" saw|strong="H7200" Benjamin|strong="H1144" with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H3588" ◄was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004"/supervised|strong="H5921"► things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", “Take|strong="H7200" these|strong="H1004" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004". Slaughter|strong="H2874" an|strong="H7200" animal|strong="H2874" and|strong="H1004" prepare|strong="H3559" a|strong="H3588" meal|strong="H7058", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921" noon|strong="H6672".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1144"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w seated|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559". And|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" taking|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1697" thinking|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1697" taking|strong="H3947" us|strong="H7725" here|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1697" put|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H8462" time|strong="H8462" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" came|strong="H7725" here|strong="H5921". While|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" eating|strong="H0398", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" have|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3701" seize|strong="H3947" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3701" cause|strong="H1697" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3947" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3701" also|strong="H3588" take|strong="H3947" our|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" made|strong="H3130" a|strong="H3947" feast|strong="H2282" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" still|strong="H7725" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3588" recognize|strong="H5234" him|strong="H5921" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joseph|strong="H3130" made|strong="H3130" a|strong="H3947" feast|strong="H2282" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" still|strong="H7725" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3588" recognize|strong="H5234" him|strong="H5921" }
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5066" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". When|strong="H1696" they|strong="H5921" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{20}one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H8462" them|strong="H3381" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381", “Please|strong="H4994", sir|strong="H0113", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7666". We|strong="H0587" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H6311" previously|strong="H8462" and|strong="H3381" bought|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4480" grain|strong="H7666". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" we|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915" as|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" returning|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", we|strong="H3588" opened|strong="H6605" our|strong="H1961" sacks|strong="H0572". We|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" astonished|strong="H8074" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3027" our|strong="H1961" sacks|strong="H0572" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" exact|strong="H5065" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" paid|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715"! So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H7725" it|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3027" us|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{22}We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3045" also|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H3381" more|strong="H3808" silver|strong="H3701" with|strong="H3381" us|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3381" buy|strong="H7666" more|strong="H3808" grain|strong="H7666". We|strong="H0587" do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H4310" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H3027" our|strong="H7760" sacks|strong="H0572".” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w Relax|strong="H7503"\+w*}! Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H5414" worry|strong="H3372" about|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5414"! I|strong="H5414" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318". Your|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" worships|strong="H7812", must|strong="H4191" have|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" sacks|strong="H0572".” And|strong="H3701" then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318" Simeon|strong="H8095" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" prison|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1004" took|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3130" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5414" wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H4554" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3130" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" Joseph|strong="H3130" at|strong="H8033" noon|strong="H6672". So|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H0376" prepared|strong="H3559" their|strong="H8085" gifts|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" Joseph|strong="H3130" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" arrived|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130" came|strong="H3130" home|strong="H1004", they|strong="H3027" presented|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7812" gifts|strong="H4503" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3130" brought|strong="H3130" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7812" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3130" they|strong="H3027" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7812" ground|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H2416" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7592" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H7965" were|strong="H2205" ◄well|strong="H7965"/in|strong="H5750" good|strong="H2896" health|strong="H7965"►, and|strong="H2205" then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H2416" asked|strong="H7592", “How|strong="H7965" is|strong="H2416" the|strong="H7592" health|strong="H7965" of|strong="H2205" your|strong="H7592" old|strong="H2205" father|strong="H0001", the|strong="H7592" one|strong="H2416" that|strong="H2416" you|strong="H7592" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7592" about|strong="H5439"? Is|strong="H2416" he|strong="H2416" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416"?” 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="H2416" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H7812" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H0001", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w willing|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5750"\+w*} your|strong="H7965" servant|strong="H5650", is|strong="H5650" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H2416" is|strong="H5650" well|strong="H7965".” Then|strong="H5650" again|strong="H5750" they|strong="H7965" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H5650" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5650" him|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1144" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6996"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Benjamin|strong="H1144", his|strong="H5375" own|strong="H5869" mother’s|strong="H0517" other|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121". He|strong="H1144" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7200", “Is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" your|strong="H5375" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2088" whom|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200" about|strong="H5375"?” After|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5375" said|strong="H0559" “Yes|strong="H7200",” he|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", “Young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121", I|strong="H7200" pray|strong="H5375" that|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5869" act|strong="H6213" kindly|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7200".” 
\verseNumber{30}Joseph|strong="H3130" quickly|strong="H4116" left|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" room|strong="H2315". He|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3130" about|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1245" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ◄was|strong="H3130" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1245" emotion about|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3588" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251"/loved|strong="H0157" his|strong="H3588" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" so|strong="H3588" much|strong="H7227"►. He|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3130" into|strong="H3130" his|strong="H3588" private|strong="H7023" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H8033" cried|strong="H1058" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H3318", after|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" washed|strong="H7364" the|strong="H6440" tears|strong="H1832" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7760" face|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3318" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3899" controlling his|strong="H7760" emotions, he|strong="H3318" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H6440", “Serve|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" food|strong="H3899"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3899" Egypt|strong="H4713" considered|strong="H7760" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1931" disgraceful|strong="H5039" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3201" eat|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" Hebrews|strong="H5680", so|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" servants|strong="H5650" served|strong="H7760" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3201" Joseph|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" himself|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3899" served|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3899" Egypt|strong="H4713" who|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" with|strong="H3899" him|strong="H7760" by|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H7760", and|strong="H3899" they|strong="H3588" served|strong="H7760" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3899" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" by|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{33}His|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H3427" astonished|strong="H8539" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1060" their|strong="H6440" seats were|strong="H3427" arranged|strong="H6186" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" ages|strong="H5769", from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" oldest|strong="H1060" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" youngest|strong="H6810"! 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" portions|strong="H4864" of|strong="H3027" food|strong="H3899" were|strong="H3027" served|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" table|strong="H6440", Benjamin’s|strong="H1144" portion|strong="H4864" was|strong="H3027" five|strong="H2568" times|strong="H3027" as|strong="H6440" much|strong="H7235" as|strong="H6440" anyone|strong="H3605" else’s|strong="H0312" portion|strong="H4864"! So|strong="H5375" they|strong="H6440" ate|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3027" drank|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" with|strong="H5973" Joseph|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" became|strong="H7235" very|strong="H7235" cheerful|strong="H3190". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph tricked his brothers by having his cup put in Benjamin’s sack }

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\chapterNumber{44}When|strong="H4390" his|strong="H5375" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H1004" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3201" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004", Joseph|strong="H1004" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5375" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" house|strong="H1004", “Fill|strong="H4390" the|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H4390" as|strong="H1004" much|strong="H6310" grain|strong="H1715" as|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3201" carry|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w donkeys|strong="H2543"\+w*}. And|strong="H3701" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1004" each|strong="H0376" man’s|strong="H0376" sack|strong="H0572" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" paid|strong="H7760" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H1715". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1696" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" silver|strong="H3701" cup|strong="H1375" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" top|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6213" youngest|strong="H6996" brother’s|strong="H0251" sack|strong="H0572", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" paid|strong="H7760" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H7668".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" servant|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H7971" next|strong="H7971" morning|strong="H1242" at|strong="H7971" dawn|strong="H1242" the|strong="H7971" men|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" way|strong="H7971" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H7971" their|strong="H1992" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3130" not|strong="H3808" gone|strong="H3318" far|strong="H7368" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", “Pursue|strong="H7291" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H7451" immediately|strong="H6965". When|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5921" catch|strong="H5381" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992", say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992", ‘We|strong="H5892" did|strong="H4100" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H7451" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"! Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5892" you|strong="H5921" paid|strong="H7999" us|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7999" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H7451" something|strong="H1697" bad|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5921"? 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w stolen|strong="H1589"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w cup|strong="H1931"\+w*} that|strong="H1931" my|strong="H6213" master|strong="H0113" drinks|strong="H8354" from|strong="H6213" [RHQ]! It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6213" cup|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" uses|strong="H5172" to|strong="H6213" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1931" nobody|strong="H3808" knows|strong="H3045"! What|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7489"!’” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H1697" servant|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1697"\+w*} when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" caught|strong="H5381" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5381", he|strong="H1696" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5381" what|strong="H1697" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1696" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6213" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", “Sir|strong="H0113", why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" say|strong="H1696" such|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697"? We|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" your|strong="H6213" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" we|strong="H6213" would|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697"! 
\verseNumber{8}We|strong="H2005" even|strong="H2005" brought|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776" the|strong="H7725" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1004" we|strong="H2005" found|strong="H4672" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" our|strong="H7725" sacks|strong="H0572"! So|strong="H7725" ◄we|strong="H2005" certainly|strong="H7725" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H7725" steal|strong="H1589" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" master’s|strong="H0113" house|strong="H1004"!/Why|strong="H4100" would|strong="H0014" we|strong="H2005" steal|strong="H1589" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" master’s|strong="H0113" house|strong="H1004"?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H4672" discover|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5650" any|strong="H1571" of|strong="H5650" us|strong="H1961" has|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5650" cup|strong="H3563", you|strong="H4672" can|strong="H5650" execute|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4672", and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H5650" us|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1697" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3651" say|strong="H1697". But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" cup|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H1697" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3651" may|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6605" men|strong="H0376" quickly|strong="H4116" lowered|strong="H3381" his|strong="H6605" sack|strong="H0572" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6605" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H6605" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3381" opened|strong="H6605" it|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2490" the|strong="H4672" servant|strong="H5650" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" search|strong="H2664" for|strong="H2490" the|strong="H4672" cup|strong="H1375" in|strong="H4672" each|strong="H0376" sack|strong="H0572". He|strong="H1144" started|strong="H2490" with|strong="H3615" the|strong="H4672" oldest|strong="H1419" brother’s|strong="H0251" sack|strong="H0572" and|strong="H1419" ended|strong="H3615" with|strong="H3615" the|strong="H4672" youngest|strong="H6996" one’s|strong="H8587" sack|strong="H0572". And|strong="H1419" he|strong="H1144" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4672" cup|strong="H1375" in|strong="H4672" Benjamin’s|strong="H1144" sack|strong="H0572" and|strong="H1419" showed|strong="H7200" it|strong="H3615" to|strong="H2490" them|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" tore|strong="H7167" their|strong="H7725" clothes|strong="H8071" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w so|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w dismayed|strong="H2865"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" loaded|strong="H6006" the|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H0572" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", Joseph|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5892" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5892" who|strong="H0834" stole|strong="H1589" his|strong="H7725" cup|strong="H3563" would|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" his|strong="H7725" slave|strong="H5650" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Back|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", Joseph|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5892" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H5892" who|strong="H0834" stole|strong="H1589" his|strong="H7725" cup|strong="H3563" would|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" his|strong="H7725" slave|strong="H5650" }
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H5307" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" entered|strong="H0935" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" house|strong="H1004", Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H8033". The|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" told|strong="H5046" Joseph|strong="H3130" what|strong="H4100" had|strong="H3063" happened|strong="H1961". Then|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251" threw|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" in|strong="H1004" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"? Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H6213" can|strong="H4100" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H6213" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" nobody|strong="H3808" knows|strong="H3045"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{16}Judah|strong="H3063" replied|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H2005" say|strong="H1696"? How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H2005" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3027" we|strong="H2005" ◄are|strong="H3027" innocent|strong="H6663"/did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1696" steal|strong="H1589" the|strong="H3027" cup|strong="H1375"►? God|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3063" ◄paid|strong="H3027" us|strong="H3027" back|strong="H7725"/punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H3027"► for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" sins|strong="H5771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w many|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. So|strong="H1571" now|strong="H1571" we|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5650" become|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3027" slaves|strong="H5650"—both|strong="H1571" we|strong="H2005" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3027" one|strong="H1571" in|strong="H1696" whose|strong="H5650" sack|strong="H0572" the|strong="H3027" cup|strong="H1375" was|strong="H3063" found|strong="H4672".” 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3027" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H6213", I|strong="H5650" could|strong="H3201" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931". Only|strong="H7965" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H6213" whose|strong="H5650" sack|strong="H0572" the|strong="H6213" cup|strong="H1375" was|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5650". The|strong="H6213" rest|strong="H7965" of|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" can|strong="H5650" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5927" your|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001" peacefully|strong="H7965".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Judah|strong="H3063" pleaded|strong="H7378" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" become|strong="H1961" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" slave|strong="H5650" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3027" Benjamin|strong="H1144" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Judah|strong="H3063" pleaded|strong="H7378" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" become|strong="H1961" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" slave|strong="H5650" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3027" Benjamin|strong="H1144" }
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1696" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" say|strong="H1696" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" equal|strong="H8505" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" himself|strong="H5315", so|strong="H5066" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H1697" command|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" executed|strong="H6213"; but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3588" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H7592" asked|strong="H7592" us|strong="H7592", ‘Is|strong="H3426" your|strong="H3426" father|strong="H0001" still|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416", and|strong="H5650" do|strong="H3426" you|strong="H7592" have|strong="H3426" another|strong="H3426" brother|strong="H0251"?’ 
\verseNumber{20}We|strong="H4191" answered|strong="H6030", ‘Our|strong="H3426" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H3426" alive|strong="H2416", but|strong="H3498" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3426" an|strong="H3426" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205". He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3426" young|strong="H3206" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3205" after|strong="H0310" our|strong="H3426" father|strong="H0001" became|strong="H3205" an|strong="H3426" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205". That|strong="H1931" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3426" an|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H2205"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3426" now|strong="H6258" dead|strong="H4191". So|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H3426" the|strong="H4191" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H2205" his|strong="H4191" mother’s|strong="H0517" sons|strong="H3206" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3426" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H2205" his|strong="H4191" father|strong="H0001" loves|strong="H0157" him|strong="H4191" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3498".’ 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" us|strong="H5921", ‘The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" come|strong="H3381" here|strong="H5921", bring|strong="H3381" your|strong="H5921" younger|strong="H6810" brother|strong="H0251" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5921", so|strong="H7760" that|strong="H5650" I|strong="H7760" can|strong="H5650" see|strong="H5869" him|strong="H5921".’ 
\verseNumber{22}We|strong="H3201" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3808", ‘No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3201" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" that|strong="H5288", because|strong="H5800" the|strong="H5800" boy|strong="H5288" cannot|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" his|strong="H5800" father|strong="H0001". If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3808" leaves|strong="H5800" his|strong="H5800" father|strong="H0001", his|strong="H5800" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H4191" sorrow|strong="H3015".’ 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6440" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H6440", ‘If|strong="H7200" your|strong="H6440" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H3381" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3381" you|strong="H6440", I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3381" you|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440" again|strong="H3254"!’ 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H0001", we|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Months|strong="H2320"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} our|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H7725" buy|strong="H7666" some|strong="H4592" more|strong="H7725" grain|strong="H7666"!’ 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" back|strong="H7725" by|strong="H3808" ourselves|strong="H0587". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" only|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" our|strong="H7200" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3426" with|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3426" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3381" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3588" sells|strong="H4376" grain|strong="H1715" if|strong="H3588" our|strong="H7200" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440".’ 
\verseNumber{27}Our|strong="H5650" father|strong="H3205" replied|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3045" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Rachel|strong="H7354"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H3205" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{28}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7200" disappeared|strong="H3318", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5704" said|strong="H3318", “A|strong="H7200" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H0929" has|strong="H3318" surely|strong="H3318" torn|strong="H2963" him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5704" pieces|strong="H2963".” And|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" since|strong="H2008" then|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" an|strong="H3947" old|strong="H7872" gray-haired|strong="H7872" man|strong="H7451". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", too|strong="H1571", and|strong="H6440" something|strong="H1697" harms him|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H7451" cause|strong="H2600" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3947" sorrow|strong="H7451".’ 
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\verseNumber{30}“o|strong="H5315" please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H8085". My|strong="H5650" father|strong="H0001" will|strong="H5650" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H5315" only|strong="H0389" if|strong="H0518" his|strong="H5650" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" remains|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{31}If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" is|strong="H5650" not|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3381" us|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" our|strong="H7200" gray-haired|strong="H7872" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3381" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H7200" sorrow|strong="H3015". 
\verseNumber{32}I|strong="H3588" guaranteed|strong="H6213"/promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" boy|strong="H5288" would|strong="H5288" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H0983". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5973", ‘You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" require|strong="H1875" me|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" promising|strong="H1696". If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H2398" him|strong="H5973" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H5650" say|strong="H0559" forever|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" ◄I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" blame|strong="H2398"/it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" fault|strong="H2398"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w bringing|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{33}“o|strong="H4994", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" remain|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5927" your|strong="H4994" slave|strong="H5650" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3427" my|strong="H5927" youngest|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H5650" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H8478" boy|strong="H5288" return|strong="H8478" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{34}◄I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5927" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" is|strong="H7451" not|strong="H6435" with|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7200"!/How|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5927" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" is|strong="H7451" not|strong="H6435" with|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7200"?► [RHQ] I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5927" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" miserable|strong="H7451"/sad|strong="H7451" my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" would|strong="H5288" become|strong="H7200"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph told his brothers who he was }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joseph told his brothers who he was }
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\chapterNumber{45}Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H3130" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" control|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" feelings|strong="H3629" any|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" cry|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", so|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" loudly|strong="H6963", “All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318"!” After|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318", there|strong="H5975" was|strong="H3130" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" there|strong="H5975" with|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" who|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1004" cried|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" loudly|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4713" who|strong="H6547" were|strong="H5414" outside|strong="H2351" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1004" even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{3}Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3201" his|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130"! Is|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"?” But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251" were|strong="H3130" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" reply|strong="H6030", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3130" frightened|strong="H3372" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6440" what|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H6030". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3130" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4714" his|strong="H4376" brothers|strong="H0251", “Come|strong="H5066" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H4714" me|strong="H4994"!” When|strong="H5066" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H5066" closer|strong="H5066", he|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H4994" brother|strong="H0251" Joseph|strong="H3130"! I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5066" one|strong="H0259" you|strong="H4714" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4714" traders|strong="H7402" who|strong="H4376" brought|strong="H5066" me|strong="H4994" here|strong="H5066" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5869" distressed|strong="H2734", and|strong="H7971" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5869" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H6440" yourselves|strong="H5869" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" sold|strong="H4376" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5869" me|strong="H6440" here|strong="H2008", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H6440" dying|strong="H0006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w famine|strong="H7458"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" here|strong="H2008" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H2088" country|strong="H2022" for|strong="H3588" two|strong="H2088" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H2568" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5750" continue|strong="H5750" for|strong="H3588" five|strong="H2568" more|strong="H5750" years|strong="H8141", so|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5750" plow|strong="H2790" ground|strong="H2758", and|strong="H2568" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5750" be|strong="H5750" no|strong="H3808" crops|strong="H7105" to|strong="H8141" harvest|strong="H7105". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" here|strong="H7760" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", to|strong="H7971" keep|strong="H2421" you|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" starving, and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" make|strong="H7760" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1419" your|strong="H7760" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H6413" survive|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H6258", it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" here|strong="H2008"; it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1004" God|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" here|strong="H2008"! He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H7760" of|strong="H1004" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H4910" of|strong="H1004" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714"! 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H7760" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121" quickly|strong="H4116", and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H7760", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3541" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" says|strong="H3541": “God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H6346" over|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". Come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H7760" immediately|strong="H4116"! 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H3605" can|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". You|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" grandchildren|strong="H1121", your|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961", will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7138" me|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{11}Since|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H5750" five|strong="H2568" more|strong="H5750" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1004" famine|strong="H7458", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" make|strong="H8141" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" food|strong="H1004". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H6435" come|strong="H3423" here|strong="H8033", you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1004" starve|strong="H7329". [EUP]”’ 
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\verseNumber{12}“ook closely|strong="H1692", and|strong="H5869" all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200", including|strong="H6310" my|strong="H7200" brother|strong="H0251" Benjamin|strong="H1144", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2009" really|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588", Joseph|strong="H3130", who|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}Go|strong="H3381" and|strong="H4714" tell|strong="H5046" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H3605" how|strong="H4100" greatly|strong="H3966" I|strong="H4714" am|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3519" here|strong="H2008" in|strong="H7200" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H4714" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" about|strong="H3605" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200". And|strong="H4714" bring|strong="H3381" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H2008" quickly|strong="H4116"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" threw|strong="H5307" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Benjamin’s|strong="H1144" neck|strong="H6677" and|strong="H1144" cried|strong="H1058". And|strong="H1144" Benjamin|strong="H1144" hugged|strong="H5307" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1144" cried|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1696" then|strong="H1696" as|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" kissed|strong="H5401" his|strong="H3605" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cheeks|strong="H3895"\+w*}, he|strong="H3651" cried|strong="H1058". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" invited|strong="H7121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" family|strong="H4940" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" invited|strong="H7121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" family|strong="H4940" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" }
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\verseNumber{16}Someone|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3130" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" told|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" news|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" had|strong="H3130" come|strong="H0935". The|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H8085" officials|strong="H5650" were|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H3190". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H6213" brothers|strong="H0251" this|strong="H2063": ‘Put|strong="H6213" loads|strong="H4853" of|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H1715" on|strong="H3212" your|strong="H6213" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3212" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3947" bring|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5414" families|strong="H1004" back|strong="H3947" here|strong="H6311". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4714" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2459" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4714" have|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2459" food|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H0398".’ 
\verseNumber{19}“lso tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3947" brothers|strong="H0251": ‘Take|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" carts|strong="H5699" from|strong="H3947" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H6213" carry|strong="H5375" your|strong="H3947" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H3947" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4714" get|strong="H3947" them|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4714" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H3947" here|strong="H2063" quickly|strong="H4116". 
\verseNumber{20}Do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" worry|strong="H2347" about|strong="H5921" bringing|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H3627", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2898" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" yours|strong="H4191". Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3627" your|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667".’” 
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\verseNumber{21}Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" suggested|strong="H5414". Joseph|strong="H3130" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" carts|strong="H5699" and|strong="H1121" food|strong="H6720" to|strong="H3478" eat|strong="H6310" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870", as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3478" ordered|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{22}To|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5414" he|strong="H2568" gave|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" clothes|strong="H8071", but|strong="H3605" he|strong="H2568" gave|strong="H5414" 300 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" sets|strong="H2487" of|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" clothes|strong="H8071" to|strong="H5414" Benjamin|strong="H1144"! 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1870" what|strong="H2063" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001": Ten|strong="H6235" male|strong="H2145" donkeys|strong="H2543", loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H4714" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5375" best|strong="H2898" goods|strong="H2898" that|strong="H3899" come|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H7971" ten|strong="H6235" female|strong="H5347" donkeys|strong="H2543" loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H4714" grain|strong="H1250" and|strong="H7971" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H2063" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5375" father’s|strong="H0001" trip|strong="H1760" to|strong="H7971" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H0251" on|strong="H1870" their|strong="H7971" way|strong="H1870", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971" “Do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" quarrel|strong="H7264" along|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7971" way|strong="H1870"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3667" left|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4714" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3290" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H5927" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{26}One|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3820" them|strong="H5046" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046", “Joseph|strong="H3130" is|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"! In|strong="H5750" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3820" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3820" extremely|strong="H3966" astonished|strong="H8074"; he|strong="H1931" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" true|strong="H0571". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3130" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" carts|strong="H5699" that|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" had|strong="H3130" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" carry|strong="H5375" him|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H7971" possessions|strong="H7399" to|strong="H1696" Egypt|strong="H4714". Then|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" shock ended|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H2962" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" is|strong="H3478" enough|strong="H7227" to|strong="H3478" convince me|strong="H7200"! My|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" is|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2962" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H2962" die|strong="H4191"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob and his family moved to Egypt }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob and his family moved to Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{46}So|strong="H5265" Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}, taking|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H3478" possessions|strong="H7399". When|strong="H5265" they|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" Beersheba|strong="H0884", he|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" worshiped|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{2}That|strong="H3478" night|strong="H3915", God|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" vision|strong="H4759", saying|strong="H0559", “Jacob|strong="H3290"! Jacob|strong="H3290"!” He|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2009"!” 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" your|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812". Do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1471" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" give|strong="H7760" you|strong="H3588" many|strong="H1419" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" become|strong="H3372" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" later|strong="H0310" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1571" bring|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" Canaan|strong="H3667" again|strong="H1571". And|strong="H3027" Joseph|strong="H3130" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921" [MTY] when|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4191".” [IDM] 
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\verseNumber{5}Jacob|strong="H3290" left|strong="H7971" Beersheba|strong="H0884", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" father|strong="H1121", their|strong="H5375" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" carts|strong="H5699" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" travel|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H2233" went|strong="H3290" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714". They|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H4714" them|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3290" acquired|strong="H7408" in|strong="H2233" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{7}Jacob|strong="H3290" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" grandsons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" granddaughters|strong="H1323"—his|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" family|strong="H2233". 
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\verseNumber{8-25}◄Here|strong="H6311" is|strong="H0369"/I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859"► a|strong="H1961" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H4940" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714": 
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Reuben|strong="H7205", Jacob’s|strong="H3290" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121"; 
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Reuben’s sons|strong="H1121" Hanoch|strong="H2585", Pallu|strong="H6396", Hezron|strong="H2696", and|strong="H3967" Carmi|strong="H3756"; 
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Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Jemuel|strong="H3223", Jamin|strong="H3226", Ohad|strong="H0161", Jakin|strong="H3199", Zohar|strong="H6714", and|strong="H3967" Shaul|strong="H7586", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group woman|strong="H0802"; 
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Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Gershon|strong="H1648", Kohath|strong="H6955", and|strong="H3967" Merari|strong="H4847"; 
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Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", Shelah|strong="H7956", Perez|strong="H6557", and|strong="H3967" Zerah|strong="H2226" (his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" sons|strong="H1121", Er|strong="H6147", and|strong="H3967" Onan|strong="H0209", had|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667"); 
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Perez|strong="H6557" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" Hezron|strong="H2696" and|strong="H3967" Hamul|strong="H2538"; 
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Issachar|strong="H3485" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Tola|strong="H8439", Puah|strong="H6312", Jashub|strong="H3437", and|strong="H3967" Shimron|strong="H8110"; 
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Zebulon and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Sered|strong="H5624", Elon|strong="H0356", and|strong="H3967" Jahleel|strong="H3177"; 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Leah|strong="H3812", and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" Dinah|strong="H1783", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H0935" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 33 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414", altogether|strong="H3162".) They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" Gad|strong="H1410" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Zephon|strong="H6827", Haggi|strong="H2291", Shuni|strong="H7764", Ezbon|strong="H0675", Eri|strong="H6179", Arodi|strong="H0722", and|strong="H3967" Areli|strong="H0692"; 
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Asher|strong="H0836" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Imnah|strong="H3232", Ishvah|strong="H3438", Ishvi|strong="H3440", and|strong="H3967" Beriah|strong="H1283"; and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269" Serah|strong="H8294"; 
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Beriah’s sons|strong="H1121" Heber|strong="H2268" and|strong="H3967" Malkiel; 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" grandchildren|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Zilpah|strong="H2153", the|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291" whom|strong="H0834" Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" Leah|strong="H3812": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 16 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414", altogether|strong="H3162".) 
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Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144", the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" wife|strong="H0802" Rachel|strong="H7354"; 
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(Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3967" Manasseh|strong="H4519" were|strong="H0834" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" already|strong="H3528" in|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asenath|strong="H0621", the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" On|strong="H5921", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" On|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.) 
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Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Bela|strong="H1106", Beker|strong="H1071", Ashbel|strong="H0788", Gera|strong="H1617", Naaman|strong="H5283", Ehi|strong="H0278", Rosh|strong="H7220", Muppim|strong="H4649", Huppim|strong="H2650", and|strong="H3967" Ard|strong="H0714"; 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H3967" Jacob|strong="H3290": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" 14 people|strong="H5971" altogether|strong="H3162".) 
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Dan|strong="H1835" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Hushim|strong="H2366"; 
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Naphtali|strong="H5321" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" Jahziel|strong="H3185", Guni|strong="H1476", Jezer|strong="H3337", and|strong="H3967" Shillem|strong="H8006". 
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(Those|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" grandsons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3967" Bilhah|strong="H1090", the|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291" whom|strong="H0834" Laban|strong="H3837" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" Rachel|strong="H7354": There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" seven|strong="H7651" people|strong="H5971" altogether|strong="H3162".) 
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\verseNumber{26}Altogether|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 66 people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" descendants|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318". That|strong="H3605" number|strong="H5315" does|strong="H5315" not|strong="H3318" include|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sons’|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{27}Including|strong="H3605" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 70 members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" family|strong="H1004" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5315" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{28}Jacob|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3063" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H6440" directions|strong="H6440" on|strong="H7971" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H7971" travel|strong="H1980" to|strong="H7971" Goshen|strong="H1657". Then|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} they|strong="H6440" all|strong="H7971" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". When|strong="H7971" they|strong="H6440" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{29}Joseph|strong="H3130" got|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Goshen|strong="H1657" to|strong="H3478" meet|strong="H7125" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001". When|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H5921" threw|strong="H5307" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" around|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" neck|strong="H6677" and|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H1058" a|strong="H7200" long|strong="H5750" time|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{30}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"! So|strong="H4191" now|strong="H6471" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H6440" family|strong="H4191" to|strong="H3478" settle|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" Goshen|strong="H1657" }

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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5046" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004", “I|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1004" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5046", ‘My|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5046" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5046" family|strong="H1004", who|strong="H6547" were|strong="H3130" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1004" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", have|strong="H1004" all|strong="H5927" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462". They|strong="H3588" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H6629" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3605" them|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H6629" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961".’ 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" summons|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6547" asks|strong="H7592", ‘What|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4639" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100"?’ 
\verseNumber{34}answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3427" saying|strong="H0559", ‘From|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6258" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288", we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3427" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3427" livestock|strong="H4735", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H5650".’ If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" let|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256".” Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4713" despised|strong="H0959" all|strong="H3605" shepherds|strong="H7462". 

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\chapterNumber{47}\verseNumber{1-2}Joseph|strong="H3130" chose|strong="H0977" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H0834" introduced|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3967" my|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3967" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3967" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3967" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" living|strong="H2416" now|strong="H6258" in|strong="H0935" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256".” 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1571" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H1571" brothers|strong="H0251", “What|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4639" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100"?” They|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H4100" shepherds|strong="H7462", just|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" our|strong="H5650" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H5650".” 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5650" him|strong="H3588", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" come|strong="H4994" here|strong="H6258" to|strong="H5650" live|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6258" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458" is|strong="H5650" very|strong="H6258" severe|strong="H3515" in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667", and|strong="H5650" our|strong="H5650" animals|strong="H0929" have|strong="H5650" no|strong="H3808" ◄pasture|strong="H4829"/grass|strong="H2682" to|strong="H5650" eat|strong="H0398"► there|strong="H3427". So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3130" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6547" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H6547" your|strong="H3130" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H6547" your|strong="H3130" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6547"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6547" you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3045" live|strong="H3427" wherever|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" whole|strong="H6440" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714". Give|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H6440" best|strong="H4315" part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". They|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3045" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Goshen|strong="H1657". And|strong="H4714" if|strong="H3426" you|strong="H6440" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" any|strong="H3426" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3426" any|strong="H3426" special|strong="H6381" ability|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H7760" with|strong="H5921" livestock|strong="H4735", have|strong="H3426" them|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3426" in|strong="H3427" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" my|strong="H7760" own|strong="H6440" livestock|strong="H4735", too|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5975" Joseph|strong="H3130" brought|strong="H3130" his|strong="H6440" father|strong="H0001" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H6440" introduced|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440". Jacob|strong="H3290" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H6440" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" Jacob|strong="H3290", “How|strong="H4100" old|strong="H8141" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117"?” 
\verseNumber{9}Jacob|strong="H3290" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5439" for|strong="H3117" 130 years|strong="H8141". I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H2416" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1961" ancestors|strong="H0001", but|strong="H3808" my|strong="H1961" life|strong="H2416" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" full|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" troubles|strong="H7451".” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3318" Jacob|strong="H3290" again|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" left|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" start|strong="H1870" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714". As|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3130" commanded|strong="H6680", he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" property|strong="H0272" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" best|strong="H4315" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776", in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Goshen|strong="H1657"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w now|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Rameses|strong="H7486". 
\verseNumber{12}Joseph|strong="H3130" also|strong="H3899" provided|strong="H3557" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3605" amounts|strong="H4948" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3130" according|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1004" how|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H2945" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414" had|strong="H3130". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H7069" grain|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3899" him|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joseph|strong="H3130" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1004" buy|strong="H7069" grain|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3899" him|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" }
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\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4714" no|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" growing|strong="H5927" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H7458" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H3515". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3899" Canaan|strong="H3667" [MTY] became|strong="H3205" weak|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" enough|strong="H3966" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H6440" eat|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{14}Joseph|strong="H3130" collected|strong="H3950" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3701" Canaan|strong="H3667" paid|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H7668" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" buying|strong="H7069" from|strong="H3701" him|strong="H4672", and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3130" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3701" Canaan|strong="H3667" had|strong="H3588" spent|strong="H8552" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H3605", they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H8104" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4191" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H3701" saying|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H3051" us|strong="H3051" some|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899"! If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" give|strong="H3051" us|strong="H3051" grain|strong="H3605", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4714" die|strong="H4191" [RHQ]! We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" used|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4191" buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3701" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" left|strong="H7604"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “Since|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3701" all|strong="H5414" gone|strong="H1980", bring|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4735" that|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H5414" exchange|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3701" your|strong="H5414" livestock|strong="H4735".” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H8141" brought|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H4735" to|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="H3130". He|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H8141" exchange|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483", their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3899" goats|strong="H5795", their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3899" their|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H6440" next|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H8141" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" again|strong="H8145" and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H3582" this|strong="H1931" from|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588": We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7604" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H8145" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" now|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" livestock|strong="H4735" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7604" only|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" bodies|strong="H1472" and|strong="H3701" our|strong="H3588" land|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7604" nothing|strong="H3808" else|strong="H3808" left|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{19}◄If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899", we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191"!/Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4191" watch|strong="H5869" us|strong="H5414" die|strong="H4191"?► [RHQ] If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" seeds|strong="H2233", our|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" useless|strong="H3808" [IDM]. Buy|strong="H7069" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3899" our|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H4191" exchange|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5650" food|strong="H3899". Then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" slaves|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3899" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776". Give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" seeds|strong="H2233" that|strong="H5414" we|strong="H4191" can|strong="H4100" plant|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3899" grow|strong="H6779" food|strong="H3899", in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5414" we|strong="H4191" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3899" in|strong="H4191" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" desert|strong="H6160".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" bought|strong="H7069" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" farms in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7704" Egypt|strong="H4714" each|strong="H3605" sold|strong="H4376" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H2388", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w way|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w get|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" farms became|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" farms. 
\verseNumber{21}As|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5674" result|strong="H6903", Joseph|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5674" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5704" one|strong="H7097" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5704" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" other|strong="H7097" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" king’s|strong="H4428" slaves|strong="H7097". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H5921" priests’|strong="H3548" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" received|strong="H5921" food|strong="H2706" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" regularly|strong="H8548", so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H2706" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" was|strong="H6547" enough|strong="H3651" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5414". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" sell|strong="H4376" their|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{23}Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w sold|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H0905"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7069"\+w*}, “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3117"! Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" you|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" your|strong="H2232" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H7069" here|strong="H2005" are|strong="H3117" seeds|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" so|strong="H7069" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3117" can|strong="H2233" plant|strong="H2232" them|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" harvest|strong="H8393" the|strong="H5414" crop|strong="H8393", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" crop|strong="H8393" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" crop|strong="H8393" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H1004" keep|strong="H1961", to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" seed|strong="H2233" to|strong="H1961" plant|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" food|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3027" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3027" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5414" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398".” 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H1992" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H4672" have|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H2421" our|strong="H5650" lives|strong="H2421"! We|strong="H4672" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H4672" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5869" us|strong="H1961". And|strong="H5869" we|strong="H4672" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" king’s|strong="H4428" slaves|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H2706" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", stating that|strong="H3117" one-fifth|strong="H2549" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" harvested|strong="H1219" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3117" law|strong="H2706" still|strong="H5704" exists|strong="H1961". Only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{27}Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" family|strong="H4940" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". They|strong="H3478" acquired|strong="H6213" property|strong="H0272" there|strong="H3427". Many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". As|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3478" result|strong="H6903", their|strong="H7235" population|strong="H1546" increased|strong="H7235" greatly|strong="H3966". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" made|strong="H7235" Joseph|strong="H3130" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H7235" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob|strong="H3290" made|strong="H7235" Joseph|strong="H3130" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H7235" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". }
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\verseNumber{28}Jacob|strong="H3290" lived|strong="H2421" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714" 17 years|strong="H8141". Altogether|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H2421" 147 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H3478" almost|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3117" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121", “If|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" you|strong="H3117", make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H2617" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" now|strong="H4994" asking|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3117": When|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" bury|strong="H6912" me|strong="H4994" here|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{30}Instead|strong="H8478", take|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" body|strong="H1320" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1697" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4714" bury|strong="H6912" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" Canaan|strong="H3667" where|strong="H0834" my|strong="H5375" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H1697" buried|strong="H6912".” Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H4714" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{31}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “◄Swear|strong="H7650"/Solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650"► to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H7650" it|strong="H5921"!” So|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H7650" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H7650" it|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H7218" Jacob|strong="H3290" turned|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296", bowed|strong="H7812" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3478" worshiped|strong="H7812" God|strong="H0430". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob blessed Ephraim and Manasseh }

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\chapterNumber{48}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H1697" Joseph|strong="H3130", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hey|strong="H1945"\+w*,} your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1697" ill|strong="H2470".” When|strong="H1961" Joseph|strong="H3130" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H1697", he|strong="H8147" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H2009" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1121" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Jacob|strong="H3290", “Look|strong="H2009", your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" Joseph|strong="H3130" has|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H2009" you|strong="H5921"!” Jacob|strong="H3290" sat|strong="H3427" up|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296", even|strong="H5921" though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130", “When|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3290" at|strong="H7200" Luz|strong="H3870" in|strong="H7200" Canaan|strong="H3667", God|strong="H0430" Almighty|strong="H7706" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200". He|strong="H3130" blessed|strong="H1288" me|strong="H7200" 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", ‘I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H5414" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H6509" the|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H2233" many|strong="H7235" children|strong="H2233". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7235" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" become|strong="H6509" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2233"\+w*} many|strong="H7235" people-groups. And|strong="H5971" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5414" possess|strong="H3423" forever|strong="H5769".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}“nd now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" here|strong="H5704" in|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" before|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" came|strong="H1961" here|strong="H5704", will|strong="H1961" ◄belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3205"/be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" my|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121"►. Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" inherit|strong="H5157" my|strong="H1961" possessions|strong="H7399", just|strong="H6258" like|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" Reuben|strong="H7205" and|strong="H1121" Simeon|strong="H8095" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w others|strong="H1992"\+w*} will|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{6}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" later|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" any|strong="H1961" more|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3205", but|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" grandchildren|strong="H1121", and|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3205" what|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" inherit|strong="H5159" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H8034" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H7121" is|strong="H8034" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H7121" their|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ephraim|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" inherit|strong="H5159". 
\verseNumber{7}Many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141" ago|strong="H7350", as|strong="H8033" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1931" returning|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"/Mesopotamia|strong="H0763", your|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517" Rachel|strong="H7354" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667" region|strong="H2256", while|strong="H5750" we|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5921" still|strong="H5750" traveling|strong="H1980", not|strong="H1870" far|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Ephrath|strong="H0672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. So|strong="H4191" I|strong="H5921" buried|strong="H6912" her|strong="H5921" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H4191" Ephrath|strong="H0672" [which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H5921" called|strong="H8033" Bethlehem|strong="H1035"].” 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7200" Jacob|strong="H3290" saw|strong="H7200" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" sons|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" boys|strong="H3206"?” 
\verseNumber{9}Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H2088" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714".” Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{10}Jacob|strong="H3290" was|strong="H3478" almost|strong="H4592" blind|strong="H7200" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" recognize|strong="H5234" the|strong="H7200" boys|strong="H3206". So|strong="H3808" Joseph|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H5066" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" kissed|strong="H5401" them|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3478" hugged|strong="H5307" them|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{11}Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H2009" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" expect|strong="H6960" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3808" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3478" this|strong="H7200"! God|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H1571" you|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" your|strong="H6440" children|strong="H2233", too|strong="H1571"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" blessed|strong="H1288" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" two|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121", Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H3478" Ephraim|strong="H0669", in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7200" way|strong="H6440" contrary|strong="H7147" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" expected|strong="H6419" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob|strong="H3290" blessed|strong="H1288" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" two|strong="H3808" sons|strong="H1121", Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H3478" Ephraim|strong="H0669", in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7200" way|strong="H6440" contrary|strong="H7147" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7200" Joseph|strong="H3130" expected|strong="H6419" }
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\verseNumber{12}Joseph|strong="H3130" took|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" boys|strong="H3206" from|strong="H3318" alongside|strong="H5980" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" knees|strong="H1290". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3318" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3947" Joseph|strong="H3130" took|strong="H3947" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" the|strong="H3947" boys|strong="H3206", putting|strong="H5414" Ephraim|strong="H0669" on|strong="H3225" his|strong="H3947" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" toward|strong="H3225" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3225", and|strong="H3478" putting|strong="H5414" Manasseh|strong="H4519" on|strong="H3225" his|strong="H3947" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225" toward|strong="H3225" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225", and|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" close|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Joseph|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H3588"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" reached|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7971" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" head|strong="H7218", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" younger|strong="H6810" son|strong="H6810". He|strong="H1931" crossed|strong="H5674" his|strong="H7971" arms|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" head|strong="H7218", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H6810". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3117" ◄blessed|strong="H1288"/asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5704" bless|strong="H1288"► Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", 
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“My|strong="H7462" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H7462" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" conducted|strong="H1240" their|strong="H6440" lives|strong="H5315" as|strong="H5704" God|strong="H0430" desired|strong="H2530", 
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and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3117" led|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1980" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3117" shepherd|strong="H7462" leads|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" cares|strong="H1875" for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H6440" sheep|strong="H6629" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" whom|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H3327" has|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H8104" me|strong="H7121" from|strong="H7451" being|strong="H8034" harmed|strong="H2255" in|strong="H7130" any|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605". 
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I|strong="H5288" pray|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5288" bless|strong="H1288" these|strong="H7121" boys|strong="H5288". 
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I|strong="H5288" pray|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" about|strong="H8034" me|strong="H7121" and|strong="H5288" about|strong="H8034" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H5288" Isaac|strong="H3327" because|strong="H7230" of|strong="H8034" what|strong="H7451" God|strong="H0430" does|strong="H6213" for|strong="H7121" these|strong="H7121" boys|strong="H5288". 
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I|strong="H5288" pray|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5288" have|strong="H5288" many|strong="H7230" descendants|strong="H2233" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5288" live|strong="H8034" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3588" placed|strong="H7896" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" head|strong="H7218", he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3027" distressed|strong="H7489"/displeased|strong="H7489". So|strong="H5493" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" move|strong="H5493" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5493" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{18}Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “My|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3225"! The|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3225" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H7760" older|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1060". Put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218".” 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3045" father|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3985", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045", my|strong="H3045" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" am|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H4480". Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" people-group, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" important|strong="H5704". But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3045" younger|strong="H6996" brother’s|strong="H0251" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961". His|strong="H3045" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" several|strong="H2669" nations|strong="H1471".” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H7760" he|strong="H1931" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440" both|strong="H8147" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" use|strong="H1931" your|strong="H7760" names|strong="H8034" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" bless|strong="H1288" people|strong="H1931". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478", ‘We|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" helped|strong="H5826" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3478" Manasseh|strong="H4519".’” In|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" way|strong="H6440", Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3117" Ephraim|strong="H0669" would|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3254" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H6440" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Joseph|strong="H3130", “I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3478" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961"/protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H7725". And|strong="H3478" some|strong="H2009" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" descendants|strong="H2233" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4191" their|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", not|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251", that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" fertile|strong="H3759" hill|strong="H2022" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Shechem|strong="H7927" area|strong="H1508". I|strong="H5414" captured|strong="H3947" that|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Amor people-group, fighting|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H3027" arrows|strong="H7198".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob prophesied what would happen to his sons and their descendants }

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\chapterNumber{49}Jacob|strong="H3290" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7121" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3117" them|strong="H7121", 
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\verseNumber{2}“Gather|strong="H6908" around|strong="H5439" me|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" can|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" future|strong="H0319". 
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My|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121", come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H1121". 
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I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H8085" father|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{3}Reuben|strong="H7205", you|strong="H3581" are|strong="H5794" my|strong="H3581" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060". 
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You|strong="H3581" were|strong="H0834" born|strong="H3205" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7613" was|strong="H1060" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7205" energetic/strong|strong="H5794". 
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You|strong="H3581" are|strong="H5794" prouder and|strong="H7205" stronger|strong="H5794" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7205" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1060" my|strong="H3581" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4325" as|strong="H5927" uncontrollable as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" flood|strong="H4325" [SIM]. 
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So|strong="H5927" now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4325" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4325" my|strong="H2490" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704" son|strong="H1121", 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" onto|strong="H0413" my|strong="H2490" bed|strong="H4904", 
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and|strong="H5927" had|strong="H3588" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5927" [MTY] my|strong="H2490" ◄concubine|strong="H6370"/slave|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4325" my|strong="H2490" wives|strong="H0802"►. 
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Your|strong="H3588" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5927", your|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001", to|strong="H5927" have|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" shame|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{5}Simeon|strong="H8095" and|strong="H2555" Levi|strong="H3878", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" both|strong="H8147" acted|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3644" criminals|strong="H5766". 
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You|strong="H0859" use|strong="H4399" your|strong="H3068" swords|strong="H4380" to|strong="H3627" act|strong="H6213" violently|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" with|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" make|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" plans|strong="H5475" [DOU]. 
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I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" join|strong="H2266" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5315" your|strong="H3588" meetings, 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" people|strong="H5315" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", 
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and|strong="H5315" you|strong="H3588" ◄hamstrung|strong="H6136"/cut|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3588" tendons|strong="H1517" in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3588" legs|strong="H3767" of|strong="H6951"► oxen|strong="H7794" just|strong="H3512" to|strong="H5315" ◄have|strong="H3588" fun/see|strong="H7200" them|strong="H2026" suffer|strong="H5414"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" ◄curse|strong="H7045"/cause|strong="H2600" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478"► them|strong="H6327" for|strong="H3588" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H5678", 
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for|strong="H3588" acting|strong="H4603" very|strong="H3966" cruelly|strong="H7188" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" furious|strong="H2534". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" scatter|strong="H6327" their|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" land|strong="H0776".’ 
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\verseNumber{8}Judah|strong="H3063", your|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3034". 
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They|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1121" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3034", 
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because|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3034" will|strong="H1121" thoroughly|strong="H3190" defeat|strong="H5221" [MTY] your|strong="H3027" enemies|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{9}Judah|strong="H3063" is|strong="H4310" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5927" young|strong="H1121" lion|strong="H3833" [SIM] that|strong="H1121" has|strong="H4310" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" its|strong="H5927" den|strong="H1358" satisfied|strong="H7646" 
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after|strong="H5927" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5927" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5927" has|strong="H4310" killed|strong="H2026". 
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He|strong="H3063" is|strong="H4310" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5927" lion|strong="H3833" that|strong="H1121" lies|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" and|strong="H1121" stretches|strong="H5186" out|strong="H6965" after|strong="H5927" eating|strong="H0398"; 
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no|strong="H5927" one|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4310" dare|strong="H6148" to|strong="H5927" disturb|strong="H2729" it|strong="H5927" [RHQ]. 
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\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5971" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" ruler|strong="H4910" [MTY] from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7626" Judah|strong="H3063" [MTY]. 
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Each|strong="H5971" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" hold|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3588" scepter|strong="H7626"/staff|strong="H7626" to|strong="H5704" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3063" authority|strong="H7272" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" scepter|strong="H7626" belongs|strong="H1961" comes|strong="H0935", 
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the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935" tribute|strong="H4503" 
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and|strong="H3063" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" obey|strong="H3349" him|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1121" grapevines of|strong="H1121" Judah’s|strong="H3063" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" produce|strong="H6529" grapes|strong="H6025" very|strong="H3966" abundantly|strong="H8317". 
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As|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1121" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="H3830" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1121" object|strong="H8047" to|strong="H1121" tying their|strong="H3526" young|strong="H1121" donkeys|strong="H5895" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" grapevines 
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in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" donkeys|strong="H5895" can|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H1121" leaves|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" grapevines. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Wine|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w plentiful|strong="H7230"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H1612"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w*} 
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they|strong="H3830" could|strong="H3201" wash|strong="H3526" their|strong="H3526" cloaks|strong="H4304" in|strong="H1121" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" red|strong="H5488" as|strong="H1121" blood|strong="H1818" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{12}Their|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" red|strong="H2447" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w drinking|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*} wine|strong="H3196", 
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but|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" teeth|strong="H8127" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3966" white|strong="H3836" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5869" drinking|strong="H8354" much|strong="H7227" milk|strong="H2461" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w cows|strong="H6510"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Zebulun|strong="H2074", your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1931" live|strong="H7931" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220" 
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where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3220" a|strong="H5921" safe|strong="H7965" harbor|strong="H0935" for|strong="H5921" ships|strong="H0591". 
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Their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1931" extend|strong="H4900" north|strong="H6828" as|strong="H5921" far|strong="H5921" as|strong="H5921" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}Issachar|strong="H3485", your|strong="H7257" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H3644" strong|strong="H1634" donkeys|strong="H2543" 
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that|strong="H2543" are|strong="H3117" lying|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" on|strong="H7257" the|strong="H3485" ground|strong="H0776" between|strong="H0996" their|strong="H7257" loads|strong="H4853", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w tired|strong="H3021"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2543"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5927"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H7200" resting|strong="H4496" place|strong="H4496" is|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896", 
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and|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" pleases|strong="H2896" them|strong="H7200" very|strong="H2896" much|strong="H7227". 
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But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" bend|strong="H5186" their|strong="H7200" backs|strong="H6203" to|strong="H1961" carry|strong="H5445" heavy|strong="H3513" loads|strong="H4853" 
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and|strong="H7200" be|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3588" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{16}Dan|strong="H1835", although|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3478" tribe|strong="H7626" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3478" small|strong="H6996", 
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their|strong="H1835" leaders|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="H1835" people|strong="H5971" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1777" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7626" other|strong="H0312" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H5971" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="H1835" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{17}Your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" snakes|strong="H5175" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" side|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" road|strong="H1870", 
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like|strong="H1961" poisonous|strong="H7219" snakes|strong="H5175" lying|strong="H5307" beside|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" path|strong="H1870". 
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They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" heels|strong="H6119" of|strong="H1870" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H5307" pass|strong="H1961" by|strong="H5921", 
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causing|strong="H7462" the|strong="H5921" riders|strong="H7392" to|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H5307" backwards \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w horses|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w rear|strong="H6119"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w hind|strong="H0365"\+w* \+w legs|strong="H3767"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" prayed|strong="H6419", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="H3290"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w future|strong="H0319"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“Gad|strong="H1410", your|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294"/descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1931" attacked|strong="H5221" by|strong="H1416" a|strong="H1931" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1416" bandits|strong="H1416", 
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but|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294"/descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1931" pursue|strong="H7291" and|strong="H1410" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1931" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{20}Asher|strong="H0836", your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H3899" good-tasting food|strong="H3899"; 
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they|strong="H1931" will|strong="H4428" produce|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" delicious enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="H4428" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{21}Naphtali|strong="H5321", your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3644" deer|strong="H0354" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117" ◄free|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971"/not|strong="H5414" tied|strong="H5414" down|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" can|strong="H4310"► run|strong="H7323" wherever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5414" wish|strong="H2896". 
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They|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H7971" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" good-looking|strong="H2896" like|strong="H3644" ◄fawns|strong="H6082"/baby|strong="H1121" deer|strong="H0354"► [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{22}Joseph|strong="H3130", you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" many|strong="H7227" descendants|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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Their|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" fruit|strong="H6509" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" vine|strong="H1612" near|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" water|strong="H4325", 
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whose|strong="H1121" branches|strong="H1323" extend|strong="H4900" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H7791". 
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\verseNumber{23}Their|strong="H4843" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H1167" attack|strong="H7852" them|strong="H5414" fiercely|strong="H1481", 
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and|strong="H2671" shoot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H4843" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H2671" arrows|strong="H2671" and|strong="H2671" pursue|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3290" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3478" hold|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3290" bows|strong="H7198" steady|strong="H0530" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3290" arms|strong="H2220" will|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3427" strong|strong="H6339", 
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because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3290" mighty|strong="H2220" God|strong="H3027", 
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because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3478" guides|strong="H5148" and|strong="H3478" provides|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3027" [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" shepherd|strong="H7462" guides|strong="H5148" and|strong="H3478" provides|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" sheep|strong="H6629". 
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The|strong="H3027" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w* \+w under|strong="H3027"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" huge|strong="H1995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{overhanging }rock|strong="H6697" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" protected|strong="H3467". 
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\verseNumber{25}God|strong="H8064", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812", will|strong="H8064" help|strong="H5826" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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God|strong="H8064" Almighty|strong="H7706" will|strong="H8064" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921" 
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by|strong="H5921" sending|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5921" rain|strong="H4306" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H8064" by|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5921" deep|strong="H8415"/far|strong="H5921" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H8064" children|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] (OR|strong="H0176", and|strong="H8064" their|strong="H5921" cattle|strong="H4735" will|strong="H8064" have|strong="H8415" many|strong="H7227" offspring|strong="H2233"). 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5921" blessings|strong="H1293" that|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" want|strong="H4270" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1396" ones|strong="H5139". 
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They|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blessings|strong="H1293" that|strong="H5704" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" eternal|strong="H5769" mountains|strong="H2029", 
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greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ones|strong="H5139" that|strong="H5704" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" everlasting|strong="H5769" hills|strong="H1389". 
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Joseph|strong="H3130", I|strong="H5704" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H5704" these|strong="H0428" blessings|strong="H1293" will|strong="H1961" ◄be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921"/come|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218"►, 
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because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" your|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}Benjamin|strong="H1144", your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H2061" be|strong="H6153" like|strong="H3644" [MET|strong="H6298"] vicious|strong="H6530"/fierce|strong="H2740" wolves|strong="H2061": 
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In|strong="H1144" the|strong="H2505" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H1242" will|strong="H2061" kill|strong="H2026" their|strong="H1144" enemies|strong="H0341" 
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like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H7998" wolf|strong="H2061" devours|strong="H0398" ◄its|strong="H3605" prey|strong="H7998"/the|strong="H2505" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H6153" it|strong="H1242" has|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026"►, 
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and|strong="H1242" in|strong="H1144" the|strong="H2505" evening|strong="H6153" they|strong="H1242" will|strong="H2061" divide|strong="H2505" among|strong="H8432" their|strong="H1144" warriors|strong="H1368" the|strong="H2505" spoils|strong="H7998" that|strong="H6153" they|strong="H1242" seized|strong="H8610" from|strong="H1144" their|strong="H1144" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Those|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478". That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H2063" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H8147" as|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3605" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H8147", telling|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" appropriate|strong="H5869" for|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob|strong="H3290" died|strong="H4191" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jacob|strong="H3290" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6680" Jacob|strong="H3290" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" sons|strong="H1121", “I|strong="H6680" will|strong="H5971" soon|strong="H3512" die|strong="H4191". Bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H6912" body|strong="H1320" where|strong="H0834" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7704" my|strong="H6912" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H5971" buried|strong="H6912", in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6680" cave|strong="H4631" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H2850" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6680" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H5971" Ephron|strong="H6085", who|strong="H5971" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group. 
\verseNumber{30}That|strong="H4631" field|strong="H7704" is|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Machpelah|strong="H4375" area|strong="H1508", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" Mamre|strong="H4471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, in|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667". My|strong="H5921" grandfather|strong="H0001" Abraham|strong="H0085" bought|strong="H7069" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H6440" Ephron|strong="H6085" to|strong="H5921" use|strong="H4399" as|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5921" burial|strong="H6913" place|strong="H6913". 
\verseNumber{31}That|strong="H8033" is|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H6912" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3327" wife|strong="H0802" Sarah|strong="H8283". That|strong="H8033" is|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" buried|strong="H6912" my|strong="H6912" father|strong="H0001" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H3327" wife|strong="H0802" Rebekah|strong="H7259". And|strong="H8033" that|strong="H8033" is|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3327" buried|strong="H6912" my|strong="H6912" wife|strong="H0802" Leah|strong="H3812". 
\verseNumber{32}That|strong="H1121" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group; so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H1121" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H1121" bury|strong="H6912" me|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H3615" Jacob|strong="H3290" finished|strong="H3615" giving|strong="H6680" those|strong="H1121" instructions|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6680" sons|strong="H1121", he|strong="H7272" lay|strong="H1121" down|strong="H6680" on|strong="H7272" his|strong="H6680" bed|strong="H4296" again|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H6680" he|strong="H7272" died|strong="H1478" [IDM]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jacob’s body was taken to Canaan and buried there }

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\chapterNumber{50}Joseph|strong="H3130" leaned|strong="H8172" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" father’s|strong="H0001" face|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" cried|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{2}Joseph|strong="H3130" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H6680" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3478" morticians to|strong="H3478" ◄embalm|strong="H2590" his|strong="H6680" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320"/put|strong="H6680" spices|strong="H1314" on|strong="H5650" his|strong="H6680" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320"► to|strong="H3478" ◄preserve|strong="H5341" it|strong="H6680"/keep|strong="H8104" it|strong="H6680" from|strong="H3478" decaying|strong="H1086"►, and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H6680" wrap|strong="H3664" it|strong="H6680" with|strong="H3478" strips|strong="H2834" of|strong="H5650" cloth|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3588" morticians did|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3588". It|strong="H3588" took|strong="H4390" 40 days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" embalm|strong="H2590" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" body|strong="H1320", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3117" always|strong="H3117" required|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" embalm|strong="H2590" a|strong="H3588" body|strong="H1320". And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4713" mourned|strong="H1058" for|strong="H3588" 70 days|strong="H3117" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" mourning|strong="H1068" was|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H3615", Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H4994", please|strong="H4994" take|strong="H5674" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428": 
\verseNumber{5}‘When|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H5927" about|strong="H8033" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191", he|strong="H8033" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H7725" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H5927" I|strong="H2009" would|strong="H0014" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H7725" body|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" Canaan|strong="H3667", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7725" tomb|strong="H6913" that|strong="H5927" he|strong="H8033" himself|strong="H5315" had|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H3738". So|strong="H5927" please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" Canaan|strong="H3667" and|strong="H7725" bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H7725" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H8033" return|strong="H7725".’” 
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5927" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" message|strong="H1697", he|strong="H7650" replied|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H5046" Joseph|strong="H7650", ‘Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" bury|strong="H6912" your|strong="H6912" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320", as|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5927" ◄swore|strong="H7650"/solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650"► that|strong="H5927" you|strong="H5927" would|strong="H6547" do|strong="H7650".’” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H5927" Joseph|strong="H3130" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" body|strong="H1320". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" advisors, and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" in|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6912". 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" family’s small|strong="H6996" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1004" goats|strong="H5795" and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" cattle|strong="H1241" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Goshen|strong="H1657" region|strong="H2256". But|strong="H7535" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1004" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3130" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{9}Men|strong="H4264" riding|strong="H7392" in|strong="H5927" chariots|strong="H7393" [MTY] and|strong="H7393" on|strong="H5927" horses|strong="H6571" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5973". It|strong="H5927" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" huge|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3117" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3117" Atad|strong="H0329". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" place|strong="H1637" there|strong="H8033" where|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971" ◄threshed|strong="H1758"/beat|strong="H5594" the|strong="H6213" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5704" separate|strong="H0914" the|strong="H6213" wheat|strong="H2406" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" chaff|strong="H4671".► There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" mourned|strong="H5594" loudly|strong="H1419" for|strong="H5704" Jacob|strong="H7651" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H6213" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H3117". Joseph|strong="H3130" performed|strong="H6213" mourning|strong="H4553" ceremonies|strong="H4941" for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001" for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" mourning|strong="H0060" like|strong="H3651" that|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3651" said|strong="H7121", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H7200" sad|strong="H7451" mourning|strong="H0060" place|strong="H1637" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4713"!” So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1637" Abel-Mizraim|strong="H0067", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w sounds|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w mean|strong="H2823"\+w* ‘\+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Egyptians|strong="H4713"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3651" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" sons|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" father|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crossed|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} carried|strong="H5375" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" body|strong="H1320" to|strong="H5921" Canaan|strong="H3667". They|strong="H5921" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H5921" Machpelah|strong="H4375", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Mamre|strong="H4471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. That|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H5375" had|strong="H1121" bought|strong="H7069" from|strong="H6440" Ephron|strong="H6085", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, to|strong="H5921" use|strong="H5375" as|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5375" burial|strong="H6913" place|strong="H6913". 
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\verseNumber{14}After|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3130" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", Joseph|strong="H3130" and|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w* \+w brother|strong="H0251"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3130" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" Canaan|strong="H3667" with|strong="H4714" him|strong="H7725" for|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" funeral returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3605" not|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H4714" what|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joseph|strong="H3130" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3605" not|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H4714" what|strong="H5927" they|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" }
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\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H3588" Jacob|strong="H3290" died|strong="H4191", Joseph’s|strong="H3130" brothers|strong="H0251" became|strong="H7200" worried|strong="H1672". They|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7451" might|strong="H3863" happen|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Suppose|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" hates|strong="H8130" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" revenge|strong="H5360" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141" ago|strong="H7350"?” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6680" they|strong="H6440" sent|strong="H6680" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H6440" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130" for|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440": “Before|strong="H6440" our|strong="H6680" father|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4194", he|strong="H6440" told|strong="H6680" us|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440": 
\verseNumber{17}‘Say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joseph|strong="H3130", “Please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5375" terrible|strong="H7451" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H7451" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3130" very|strong="H6258" wrong|strong="H7451".”’ So|strong="H3541" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H3588", who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H6588" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" your|strong="H5375" father’s|strong="H0001" God|strong="H0430", ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3588", please|strong="H4994" forgive|strong="H5375" us|strong="H4994" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H7451" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H1580" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588".” But|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" just|strong="H1696" cried|strong="H1058" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" received|strong="H3947" their|strong="H5375" message|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H2009" his|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" themselves|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" threw|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Joseph|strong="H3130", and|strong="H3212" one|strong="H1571" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H2009". We|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5650" just|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" your|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650".” 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" Joseph|strong="H3130" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3372" them|strong="H8478", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3130"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w punishes|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}; ◄am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430"?/I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", yes|strong="H3588", you|strong="H5921" wanted|strong="H4616" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921". But|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" caused|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H2421" from|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! He|strong="H3117" wanted|strong="H4616" to|strong="H6213" save|strong="H2421" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" dying|strong="H0006" of|strong="H3117" hunger|strong="H7458", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2896" happened|strong="H6213"! Today|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2421"! 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1696"\+w*}, do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372"! I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" make|strong="H6213" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3820" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3372" your|strong="H5921" children|strong="H2945" have|strong="H6258" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398".” In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3820" way|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" reassured them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3372" made|strong="H1696" made|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" feel|strong="H4184" much|strong="H5921" better|strong="H5921". 

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\verseNumber{22}Joseph|strong="H3130" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H2421" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" 110 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H5921" lived|strong="H3427" long|strong="H5921" enough|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandchildren|strong="H1121". The|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joseph’s|strong="H3130" grandson|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" son|strong="H1121", were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" before|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" adopted|strong="H2388" by|strong="H5921" Joseph|strong="H3130" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{24}One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3327" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H6485" about|strong="H4480" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H4191" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3290" certainly|strong="H4191" ◄help|strong="H4480"/take|strong="H6485" care|strong="H6485" of|strong="H4480"► you|strong="H4480". And|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} he|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3290" lead|strong="H5927" your|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H5927" take|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Canaan|strong="H3667", the|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H5927" Jacob|strong="H3290".” 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H2088" Joseph|strong="H3130" said|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" enables you|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3478", you|strong="H6485" must|strong="H1121" take|strong="H6485" my|strong="H5927" body|strong="H6106" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Canaan|strong="H3667".” He|strong="H3478" made|strong="H7650" his|strong="H3478" older|strong="H1419" brothers|strong="H1121" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H4191" Joseph|strong="H3130" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H8141" Egypt|strong="H4714" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1121" 110 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". His|strong="H4191" body|strong="H4191" was|strong="H1121" embalmed|strong="H2590" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H4191" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H4714" coffin|strong="H0727" there|strong="H8033". 
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