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The earth was <f>[3†]</f>without form, and void; and darkness <i>was</i> on the face of the deep. <f>[4†]</f>And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.


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God called the light Day, and the <f>[8†]</f>darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.


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<pb/>Then God said, <f>[9†]</f>“Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”


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Thus God made the firmament, <f>[10†]</f>and divided the waters which <i>were</i> under the firmament from the waters which <i>were</i> <f>[11†]</f>above the firmament; and it was so.


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<pb/>Then God said, <f>[12†]</f>“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and <f>[13†]</f>let the dry <i>land</i> appear”; and it was so.


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And God called the dry <i>land</i> Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that <i>it</i> <i>was</i> good.


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<pb/>Then God said, “Let the earth <f>[14†]</f>bring forth grass, the herb <i>that</i> yields seed, <i>and</i> the <f>[15†]</f>fruit tree <i>that</i> yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed <i>is</i> in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.


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And the earth brought forth grass, the herb <i>that</i> yields seed according to its kind, and the tree <i>that</i> yields fruit, whose seed <i>is</i> in itself according to its kind. And God saw that <i>it</i> <i>was</i> good.


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<pb/>Then God said, “Let there be <f>[16†]</f>lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and <f>[17†]</f>seasons, and for days and years;


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and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.


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Then God made two great lights: the <f>[18†]</f>greater light to rule the day, and the <f>[19†]</f>lesser light to rule the night. <i>He</i> <i>made</i> <f>[20†]</f>the stars also.


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and to <f>[22†]</f>rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that <i>it</i> <i>was</i> good.


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<pb/>Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.”


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So <f>[23†]</f>God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that <i>it</i> <i>was</i> good.


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And God blessed them, saying, <f>[24†]</f>“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”


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<pb/>Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, <i>each</i> according to its kind”; and it was so.


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And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that <i>it</i> <i>was</i> good.


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<pb/>Then God said, <f>[25†]</f>“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; <f>[26†]</f>let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”


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So God created man <f>[27†]</f>in His <i>own</i> image; in the image of God He created him; <f>[28†]</f>male and female He created them.


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Then God blessed them, and God said to them, <f>[29†]</f>“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and <f>[30†]</f>subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”


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<pb/>And God said, “See, I have given you every herb <i>that</i> yields seed which <i>is</i> on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; <f>[31†]</f>to you it shall be for food.


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Also, to <f>[32†]</f>every beast of the earth, to every <f>[33†]</f>bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which <i>there</i> <i>is</i> life, <i>I</i> <i>have</i> <i>given</i> every green herb for food”; and it was so.


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Then <f>[34†]</f>God saw everything that He had made, and indeed <i>it</i> <i>was</i> very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.


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<f>[2†]</f>And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.


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Then God <f>[3†]</f>blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.


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<pb/> <f>[4†]</f>This <i>is</i> the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,


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before any <f>[5†]</f>plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not <f>[6†]</f>caused it to rain on the earth, and <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no man <f>[7†]</f>to till the ground;


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<pb/>And the LORD God formed man <i>of</i> the <f>[8†]</f>dust of the ground, and <f>[9†]</f>breathed into his <f>[10†]</f>nostrils the breath of life; and <f>[11†]</f>man became a living being.


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<pb/>The LORD God planted <f>[12†]</f>a garden <f>[13†]</f>eastward in <f>[14†]</f>Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.


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And out of the ground the LORD God made <f>[15†]</f>every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. <f>[16†]</f>The tree of life <i>was</i> also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and <f>[17†]</f>evil.


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<pb/>Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.


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The name of the first <i>is</i> Pishon; it <i>is</i> the one which skirts <f>[18†]</f>the whole land of Havilah, where <i>there</i> <i>is</i> gold.


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The name of the second river <i>is</i> Gihon; it <i>is</i> the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.


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The name of the third river <i>is</i> <f>[20†]</f>Hiddekel; it <i>is</i> the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river <i>is</i> the Euphrates.


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but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil <f>[21†]</f>you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it <f>[22†]</f>you shall surely <f>[23†]</f>die.”


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<pb/>And the LORD God said, “<i>It</i> <i>is</i> not good that man should be alone; <f>[24†]</f>I will make him a helper comparable to him.”


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<f>[25†]</f>Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and <f>[26†]</f>brought <i>them</i> to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that <i>was</i> its name.


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So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.


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<pb/>And the LORD God caused a <f>[27†]</f>deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.


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Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, <f>[28†]</f>and He <f>[29†]</f>brought her to the man.


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<pb/>And Adam said: <pb/><t>“This <i>is</i> now <f>[30†]</f>bone of my bones </t><t>And flesh of my flesh; </t><t>She shall be called Woman, </t><t>Because she was <f>[31†]</f>taken out of Man.”</t>


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<pb/> <f>[32†]</f>Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and <f>[33†]</f>be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.


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<pb/>Now <f>[1†]</f>the serpent was <f>[2†]</f>more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”


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<pb/>And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the <f>[3†]</f>fruit of the trees of the garden;


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but of the fruit of the tree which <i>is</i> in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you <f>[4†]</f>touch it, lest you die.’ ”


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For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”


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<pb/>So when the woman <f>[6†]</f>saw that the tree <i>was</i> good for food, that it <i>was</i> pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make <i>one</i> wise, she took of its fruit <f>[7†]</f>and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.


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Then the eyes of both of them were opened, <f>[8†]</f>and they knew that they <i>were</i> naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.


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<pb/>And they heard <f>[9†]</f>the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife <f>[10†]</f>hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.


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<pb/>So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, <f>[11†]</f>and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”


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<pb/>And He said, “Who told you that you <i>were</i> naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”


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<pb/>Then the man said, <f>[12†]</f>“The woman whom You gave <i>to</i> <i>be</i> with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”


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<pb/>And the LORD God said to the woman, “What <i>is</i> this you have done?” <pb/>The woman said, <f>[13†]</f>“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”


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<pb/>So the LORD God said to the serpent: <pb/><t>“Because you have done this, </t><t>You <i>are</i> cursed more than all cattle, </t><t>And more than every beast of the field; </t><t>On your belly you shall go, </t><t>And <f>[14†]</f>you shall eat dust </t><t>All the days of your life.</t>


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<t>And I will put enmity </t><t>Between you and the woman, </t><t>And between <f>[15†]</f>your seed and <f>[16†]</f>her Seed; </t><t> <f>[17†]</f>He shall bruise your head, </t><t>And you shall bruise His heel.”</t>


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<pb/>To the woman He said: <pb/><t>“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; </t><t> <f>[18†]</f>In pain you shall bring forth children; </t><t> <f>[19†]</f>Your desire <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> for your husband, </t><t>And he shall <f>[20†]</f>rule over you.”</t>


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<pb/>Then to Adam He said, <f>[21†]</f>“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree <f>[22†]</f>of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: <pb/><t> <f>[23†]</f>“Cursed <i>is</i> the ground for your sake; </t><t> <f>[24†]</f>In toil you shall eat <i>of</i> it </t><t>All the days of your life.</t>


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<t>Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, </t><t>And <f>[25†]</f>you shall eat the herb of the field.</t>


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<t> <f>[26†]</f>In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread </t><t>Till you return to the ground, </t><t>For out of it you were taken; </t><t> <f>[27†]</f>For dust you <i>are,</i> </t><t>And <f>[28†]</f>to dust you shall return.”</t>


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<pb/>Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—


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therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden <f>[30†]</f>to till the ground from which he was taken.


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So <f>[31†]</f>He drove out the man; and He placed <f>[32†]</f>cherubim <f>[33†]</f>at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of <f>[34†]</f>life.


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<pb/>Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.”


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Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now <f>[1†]</f>Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.


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And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit <f>[2†]</f>of the ground to the LORD.


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Abel also brought of <f>[3†]</f>the firstborn of his flock and of <f>[4†]</f>their fat. And the LORD respected <f>[5†]</f>Abel and his offering,


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If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire <i>is</i> for you, but you should rule over it.”


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<pb/>Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and <f>[6†]</f>killed him.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where <i>is</i> Abel your brother?” <pb/>He said, <f>[7†]</f>“I do not know. <i>Am</i> I <f>[8†]</f>my brother’s keeper?”


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<pb/>And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood <f>[9†]</f>cries out to Me from the ground.


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So now <f>[10†]</f>you <i>are</i> cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.


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When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”


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Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; <f>[11†]</f>I shall be <f>[12†]</f>hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen <i>that</i> <f>[13†]</f>anyone who finds me will kill me.”


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<pb/>And the LORD said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him <f>[14†]</f>sevenfold.” And the LORD set a <f>[15†]</f>mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.


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<pb/>Then Cain <f>[16†]</f>went out from the <f>[17†]</f>presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.


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And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Ē´noch. And he built a city, <f>[18†]</f>and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Ē´noch.


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To Ē´noch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.


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<pb/>Then Lamech took for himself <f>[19†]</f>two wives: the name of one <i>was</i> Adah, and the name of the second <i>was</i> Zillah.


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And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain <i>was</i> Naamah.


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<pb/>Then Lamech said to his wives: <pb/><t>“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; </t><t>Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech! </t><t>For I have killed a man for wounding me, </t><t>Even a young man for hurting me.</t>


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<pb/>And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and <f>[21†]</f>named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”


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And as for Seth, <f>[22†]</f>to him also a son was born; and he named him Ē´nosh. Then <i>men</i> began <f>[23†]</f>to call on the name of the LORD.


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<pb/>This is the book of the <f>[1†]</f>genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in <f>[2†]</f>the likeness of God.


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He created them <f>[3†]</f>male and female, and <f>[4†]</f>blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.


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And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot <i>a</i> <i>son</i> <f>[5†]</f>in his own likeness, after his image, and named him <f>[6†]</f>Seth.


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After he begot Seth, <f>[7†]</f>the days of Adam were eight hundred years; <f>[8†]</f>and he had sons and daughters.


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After he begot <f>[10†]</f>Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.


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After he begot Methuselah, Enoch <f>[12†]</f>walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.


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After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.


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And he called his name <f>[15†]</f>Noah, saying, “This <i>one</i> will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground <f>[16†]</f>which the LORD has cursed.”


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<pb/>And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot <f>[17†]</f>Shem, Ham, <f>[18†]</f>and Japheth.


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<pb/>Now it came to pass, <f>[1†]</f>when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,


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that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they <i>were</i> beautiful; and they <f>[2†]</f>took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.


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<pb/>And the LORD said, <f>[3†]</f>“My Spirit shall not <f>[4†]</f>strive with man forever, <f>[5†]</f>for he <i>is</i> indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”


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There were giants on the earth in those <f>[6†]</f>days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore <i>children</i> to them. Those <i>were</i> the mighty men who <i>were</i> of old, men of renown.


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<pb/>Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man <i>was</i> great in the earth, and <i>that</i> every <f>[7†]</f>intent of the thoughts of his heart <i>was</i> only evil continually.


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And <f>[8†]</f>the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and <f>[9†]</f>He was grieved in His <f>[10†]</f>heart.


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So the LORD said, “I will <f>[11†]</f>destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”


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<pb/>This is the genealogy of Noah. <f>[13†]</f>Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah <f>[14†]</f>walked with God.


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<pb/>The earth also was corrupt <f>[16†]</f>before God, and the earth was <f>[17†]</f>filled with violence.


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So God <f>[18†]</f>looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for <f>[19†]</f>all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.


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<pb/>And God said to Noah, <f>[20†]</f>“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; <f>[21†]</f>and behold, <f>[22†]</f>I will destroy them with the earth.


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Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.


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And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.


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You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it <i>with</i> lower, second, and third <i>decks.</i>


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<f>[23†]</f>And behold, I Myself am bringing <f>[24†]</f>floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which <i>is</i> the breath of life; everything that <i>is</i> on the earth shall <f>[25†]</f>die.


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But I will establish My <f>[26†]</f>covenant with you; and <f>[27†]</f>you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.


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And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring <f>[28†]</f>two of every <i>sort</i> into the ark, to keep <i>them</i> alive with you; they shall be male and female.


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Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every <i>kind</i> <f>[29†]</f>will come to you to keep <i>them</i> alive.


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And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather <i>it</i> to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”


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<pb/> <f>[30†]</f>Thus Noah did; <f>[31†]</f>according to all that <f>[32†]</f>God commanded him, so he did.


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<pb/>Then the <f>[1†]</f>LORD said to Noah, <f>[2†]</f>“Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen <i>that</i> <f>[3†]</f>you <i>are</i> righteous before Me in this generation.


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You shall take with you seven each of every <f>[4†]</f>clean animal, a male and his female; <f>[5†]</f>two each of animals that <i>are</i> unclean, a male and his female;


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also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.


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For after <f>[6†]</f>seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth <f>[7†]</f>forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”


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<pb/> <f>[10†]</f>So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.


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Of clean animals, of animals that <i>are</i> unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,


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In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on <f>[11†]</f>that day all <f>[12†]</f>the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the <f>[13†]</f>windows of heaven were opened.


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<pb/>On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark—


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<f>[15†]</f>they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every <f>[16†]</f>sort.


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And they <f>[17†]</f>went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which <i>is</i> the breath of life.


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So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in <f>[18†]</f>as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.


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The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, <f>[20†]</f>and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.


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And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.


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<f>[21†]</f>And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.


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All in <f>[22†]</f>whose nostrils <i>was</i> the breath of the spirit of life, all that <i>was</i> on the dry <i>land,</i> died.


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So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only <f>[23†]</f>Noah and those who <i>were</i> with him in the ark remained <i>alive.</i>


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<pb/>Then God <f>[1†]</f>remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that <i>were</i> with him in the ark. <f>[2†]</f>And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.


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<f>[3†]</f>The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also <f>[4†]</f>stopped, and <f>[5†]</f>the rain from heaven was restrained.


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And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end <f>[6†]</f>of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.


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Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.


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And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth <i>month,</i> on the first <i>day</i> of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.


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<pb/>So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah <f>[7†]</f>opened the window of the ark which he had made.


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But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters <i>were</i> on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.


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Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf <i>was</i> in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.


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So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.


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<pb/>And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first <i>month,</i> the first <i>day</i> of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.


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Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that <i>is</i> with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and <f>[9†]</f>be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”


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Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, <i>and</i> whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.


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<pb/>Then Noah built an <f>[10†]</f>altar to the LORD, and took of <f>[11†]</f>every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered <f>[12†]</f>burnt offerings on the altar.


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And the LORD smelled <f>[13†]</f>a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, “I will never again <f>[14†]</f>curse the ground for man’s sake, although the <f>[15†]</f>imagination of man’s heart <i>is</i> evil from his youth; <f>[16†]</f>nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.


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<pb/><t>“While the earth <f>[17†]</f>remains, </t><t>Seedtime and harvest, </t><t>Cold and heat, </t><t>Winter and summer, </t><t>And <f>[18†]</f>day and night </t><t>Shall not cease.”</t>


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<pb/>So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: <f>[1†]</f>“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.


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<f>[2†]</f>And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move <i>on</i> the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.


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<f>[3†]</f>Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you <f>[4†]</f>all things, even as the <f>[5†]</f>green herbs.


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Surely for your lifeblood I will demand <i>a</i> <i>reckoning;</i> <f>[7†]</f>from the hand of every beast I will require it, and <f>[8†]</f>from the hand of man. From the hand of every <f>[9†]</f>man’s brother I will require the life of man.


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<pb/><t>“Whoever <f>[10†]</f>sheds man’s blood, </t><t>By man his blood shall be shed; </t><t> <f>[11†]</f>For in the image of God </t><t>He made man.</t>


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<t>And as for you, <f>[12†]</f>be fruitful and multiply; </t><t>Bring forth abundantly in the earth </t><t>And multiply in it.”</t>


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“And as for Me, <f>[13†]</f>behold, I establish <f>[14†]</f>My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,


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<f>[15†]</f>and with every living creature that <i>is</i> with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.


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Thus <f>[16†]</f>I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”


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<pb/>And God said: <f>[17†]</f>“This <i>is</i> the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that <i>is</i> with you, for perpetual generations:


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I set <f>[18†]</f>My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.


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and <f>[19†]</f>I will remember My covenant which <i>is</i> between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.


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The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember <f>[20†]</f>the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that <i>is</i> on the earth.”


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And God said to Noah, “This <i>is</i> the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that <i>is</i> on the earth.”


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<pb/>Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. <f>[21†]</f>And Ham <i>was</i> the father of Canaan.


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<f>[22†]</f>These three <i>were</i> the sons of Noah, <f>[23†]</f>and from these the whole earth was populated.


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<f>[26†]</f>But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid <i>it</i> on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces <i>were</i> turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.


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Then he said: <pb/><t> <f>[27†]</f>“Cursed <i>be</i> Canaan; </t><t>A <f>[28†]</f>servant of servants </t><t>He shall be to his brethren.”</t>


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<pb/>And he said: <pb/><t> <f>[29†]</f>“Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD, </t><t>The God of Shem, </t><t>And may Canaan be his servant.</t>


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<t>May God <f>[30†]</f>enlarge Japheth, </t><t> <f>[31†]</f>And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; </t><t>And may Canaan be his servant.”</t>


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<pb/>Now this <i>is</i> the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. <f>[1†]</f>And sons were born to them after the flood.


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<pb/> <f>[2†]</f>The sons of Japheth <i>were</i> Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.


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From these <f>[3†]</f>the coastland <i>peoples</i> of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.


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The sons of Cush <i>were</i> Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah <i>were</i> Sheba and Dedan.


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He was a mighty <f>[6†]</f>hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter <f>[7†]</f>before the LORD.”


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<f>[8†]</f>And the beginning of his kingdom was <f>[9†]</f>Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.


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the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.


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<f>[14†]</f>And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.


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These <i>were</i> the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands <i>and</i> in their nations.


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<pb/>And <i>children</i> were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.


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<f>[18†]</f>To Eber were born two sons: the name of one <i>was</i> Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name <i>was</i> Joktan.


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These <i>were</i> the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>These <i>were</i> the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; <f>[20†]</f>and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.


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And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land <f>[1†]</f>of Shinar, and they dwelt there.


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Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake <i>them</i> thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.


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And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower <f>[2†]</f>whose top <i>is</i> in the heavens; let us make a <f>[3†]</f>name for ourselves, lest we <f>[4†]</f>be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”


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<pb/> <f>[5†]</f>But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.


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And the LORD said, “Indeed <f>[6†]</f>the people <i>are</i> one and they all have <f>[7†]</f>one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they <f>[8†]</f>propose to do will be withheld from them.


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Come, <f>[9†]</f>let Us go down and there <f>[10†]</f>confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”


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So <f>[11†]</f>the LORD scattered them abroad from there <f>[12†]</f>over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.


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Therefore its name is called Babel, <f>[13†]</f>because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>This <i>is</i> the genealogy of Shem: Shem <i>was</i> one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.


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<pb/>This <i>is</i> the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot <f>[21†]</f>Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.


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Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife <i>was</i> <f>[22†]</f>Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, <f>[23†]</f>Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.


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<pb/>And Terah <f>[25†]</f>took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from <f>[26†]</f>Ur of the Chaldeans to go to <f>[27†]</f>the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.


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<pb/>Now the <f>[1†]</f>LORD had said to Abram: <pb/><t>“Get <f>[2†]</f>out of your country, </t><t>From your family </t><t>And from your father’s house, </t><t>To a land that I will show you.</t>


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<t> <f>[3†]</f>I will make you a great nation; </t><t> <f>[4†]</f>I will bless you </t><t>And make your name great; </t><t> <f>[5†]</f>And you shall be a blessing.</t>


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<t> <f>[6†]</f>I will bless those who bless you, </t><t>And I will curse him who curses you; </t><t>And in <f>[7†]</f>you all the families of the earth shall be <f>[8†]</f>blessed.”</t>


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<pb/>So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram <i>was</i> seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.


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Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and <f>[9†]</f>the people whom they had acquired in <f>[10†]</f>Haran, and they <f>[11†]</f>departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.


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Abram <f>[12†]</f>passed through the land to the place of Shechem, <f>[13†]</f>as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. <f>[14†]</f>And the Canaanites <i>were</i> then in the land.


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<pb/> <f>[15†]</f>Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, <f>[16†]</f>“To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an <f>[17†]</f>altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.


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And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent <i>with</i> Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and <f>[18†]</f>called on the name of the LORD.


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<pb/>Now there was <f>[20†]</f>a famine in the land, and Abram <f>[21†]</f>went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine <i>was</i> <f>[22†]</f>severe in the land.


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And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you <i>are</i> <f>[23†]</f>a woman of beautiful countenance.


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Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This <i>is</i> his wife’; and they <f>[24†]</f>will kill me, but they will let you live.


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<f>[25†]</f>Please say you <i>are</i> my <f>[26†]</f>sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you.”


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<pb/>So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she <i>was</i> very beautiful.


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The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.


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He <f>[27†]</f>treated Abram well for her sake. He <f>[28†]</f>had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.


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<pb/>But the LORD <f>[29†]</f>plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.


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And Pharaoh called Abram and said, <f>[30†]</f>“What <i>is</i> this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she <i>was</i> your wife?


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Why did you say, ‘She <i>is</i> my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take <i>her</i> and go your way.”


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<f>[31†]</f>So Pharaoh commanded <i>his</i> men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.


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<pb/>Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and <f>[1†]</f>Lot with him, <f>[2†]</f>to the South.


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And he went on his journey <f>[4†]</f>from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,


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to the <f>[5†]</f>place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram <f>[6†]</f>called on the name of the LORD.


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Now <f>[7†]</f>the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.


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And there was <f>[8†]</f>strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. <f>[9†]</f>The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.


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<pb/>So Abram said to Lot, <f>[10†]</f>“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we <i>are</i> brethren.


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<f>[11†]</f><i>Is</i> not the whole land before you? Please <f>[12†]</f>separate from me. <f>[13†]</f>If <i>you</i> <i>take</i> the left, then I will go to the right; or, if <i>you</i> <i>go</i> to the right, then I will go to the left.”


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<pb/>And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all <f>[14†]</f>the plain of Jordan, that it <i>was</i> well watered everywhere (before the LORD <f>[15†]</f>destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) <f>[16†]</f>like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward <f>[17†]</f>Zoar.


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Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.


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Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot <f>[18†]</f>dwelt in the cities of the plain and <f>[19†]</f>pitched <i>his</i> tent even as far as Sodom.


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But the men of Sodom <f>[20†]</f><i>were</i> exceedingly wicked and <f>[21†]</f>sinful against the LORD.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot <f>[22†]</f>had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are— <f>[23†]</f>northward, southward, eastward, and westward;


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And <f>[26†]</f>I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, <i>then</i> your descendants also could be numbered.


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<pb/> <f>[27†]</f>Then Abram moved <i>his</i> tent, and went and <f>[28†]</f>dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, <f>[29†]</f>which <i>are</i> in Hebron, and built an <f>[30†]</f>altar there to the LORD.


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<pb/>And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king <f>[1†]</f>of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of <f>[2†]</f>Elam, and Tidal king of nations,


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<i>that</i> they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of <f>[3†]</f>Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, <f>[4†]</f>Zoar).


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<pb/>In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that <i>were</i> with him came and attacked <f>[7†]</f>the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, <f>[8†]</f>the Zuzim in Ham, <f>[9†]</f>the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,


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<f>[10†]</f>and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which <i>is</i> by the wilderness.


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Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that <i>is,</i> Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt <f>[11†]</f>in Hazezon Tamar.


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<pb/>And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that <i>is,</i> Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim


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against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.


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Now the Valley of Siddim <i>was</i> <i>full</i> <i>of</i> <f>[12†]</f>asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; <i>some</i> fell there, and the remainder fled <f>[13†]</f>to the mountains.


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Then they took <f>[14†]</f>all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.


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They also took Lot, Abram’s <f>[15†]</f>brother’s son <f>[16†]</f>who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.


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<pb/>Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the <f>[17†]</f>Hebrew, for <f>[18†]</f>he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; <f>[19†]</f>and they <i>were</i> allies with Abram.


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Now <f>[20†]</f>when Abram heard that <f>[21†]</f>his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained <i>servants</i> who were <f>[22†]</f>born in his own house, and went in pursuit <f>[23†]</f>as far as Dan.


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He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants <f>[24†]</f>attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which <i>is</i> north of Damascus.


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So he <f>[25†]</f>brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.


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<pb/>And the king of Sodom <f>[26†]</f>went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that <i>is,</i> <f>[27†]</f>the King’s Valley), <f>[28†]</f>after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who <i>were</i> with him.


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<pb/>Then <f>[29†]</f>Melchizedek king of Salem brought out <f>[30†]</f>bread and wine; he <i>was</i> <f>[31†]</f>the priest of <f>[32†]</f>God Most High.


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And he blessed him and said: <pb/><t> <f>[33†]</f>“Blessed be Abram of God Most High, </t><t> <f>[34†]</f>Possessor of heaven and earth;</t>


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<t>And <f>[35†]</f>blessed be God Most High, </t><t>Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” </t> <pb/>And he <f>[36†]</f>gave him a tithe of all.


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<pb/>But Abram <f>[37†]</f>said to the king of Sodom, “I <f>[38†]</f>have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, <f>[39†]</f>the Possessor of heaven and earth,


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that <f>[40†]</f>I <i>will</i> <i>take</i> nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that <i>is</i> yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—


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except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”


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<pb/>After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram <f>[1†]</f>in a vision, saying, <f>[2†]</f>“Do not be afraid, Abram. I <i>am</i> your <f>[3†]</f>shield, your exceedingly <f>[4†]</f>great reward.”


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<pb/> <f>[5†]</f>But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, <f>[6†]</f>seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house <i>is</i> Eliezer of Damascus?”


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Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed <f>[7†]</f>one born in my house is my heir!”


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<pb/>And behold, the word of the LORD <i>came</i> to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who <f>[8†]</f>will come from your own body shall be your heir.”


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Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and <f>[9†]</f>count the <f>[10†]</f>stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, <f>[11†]</f>“So shall your <f>[12†]</f>descendants be.”


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<pb/>And he <f>[13†]</f>believed in the LORD, and He <f>[14†]</f>accounted it to him for righteousness.


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<pb/>Then He said to him, “I <i>am</i> the LORD, who <f>[15†]</f>brought you out of <f>[16†]</f>Ur of the Chaldeans, <f>[17†]</f>to give you this land to inherit it.”


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<pb/>So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”


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Then he brought all these to Him and <f>[19†]</f>cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut <f>[20†]</f>the birds in two.


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<pb/>Now when the sun was going down, <f>[21†]</f>a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror <i>and</i> great darkness fell upon him.


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Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly <f>[22†]</f>that your descendants will be strangers in a land <i>that</i> <i>is</i> not theirs, and will serve them, and <f>[23†]</f>they will afflict them four hundred years.


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And also the nation whom they serve <f>[24†]</f>I will judge; afterward <f>[25†]</f>they shall come out with great possessions.


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Now as for you, <f>[26†]</f>you shall go <f>[27†]</f>to your fathers in peace; <f>[28†]</f>you shall be buried at a good old age.


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But <f>[29†]</f>in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity <f>[30†]</f>of the Amorites <f>[31†]</f><i>is</i> not yet complete.”


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<pb/>And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that <f>[32†]</f>passed between those pieces.


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On the same day the LORD <f>[33†]</f>made a covenant with Abram, saying: <pb/> <f>[34†]</f>“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—


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<pb/>Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, <f>[1†]</f>had borne him no <i>children.</i> And she had <f>[2†]</f>an Egyptian maidservant whose name was <f>[3†]</f>Hagar.


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<f>[4†]</f>So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD <f>[5†]</f>has restrained me from bearing <i>children.</i> Please, <f>[6†]</f>go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram <f>[7†]</f>heeded the voice of Sarai.


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Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram <f>[8†]</f>had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.


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So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became <f>[9†]</f>despised in her eyes.


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<pb/>Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong <i>be</i> upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. <f>[10†]</f>The LORD judge between you and me.”


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<pb/> <f>[11†]</f>So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid <i>is</i> in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, <f>[12†]</f>she fled from her presence.


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<pb/>Now the <f>[13†]</f>Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, <f>[14†]</f>by the spring on the way to <f>[15†]</f>Shur.


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And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” <pb/>She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”


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<pb/>The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and <f>[16†]</f>submit yourself under her hand.”


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Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, <f>[17†]</f>“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”


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And the Angel of the LORD said to her: <pb/><t>“Behold, you <i>are</i> with child, </t><t> <f>[18†]</f>And you shall bear a son. </t><t>You shall call his name Ishmael, </t><t>Because the LORD has heard your affliction.</t>


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<t> <f>[19†]</f>He shall be a wild man; </t><t>His hand <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> against every man, </t><t>And every man’s hand against him. </t><t> <f>[20†]</f>And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”</t>


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<pb/>Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him <f>[21†]</f>who sees me?”


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Therefore the well was called <f>[22†]</f>Beer Lahai Roi; observe, <i>it</i> <i>is</i> <f>[23†]</f>between Kadesh and Bered.


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<pb/>When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD <f>[1†]</f>appeared to Abram and said to him, <f>[2†]</f>“I <i>am</i> Almighty God; <f>[3†]</f>walk before Me and be <f>[4†]</f>blameless.


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And I will make My <f>[5†]</f>covenant between Me and you, and <f>[6†]</f>will multiply you exceedingly.”


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No longer shall <f>[8†]</f>your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; <f>[9†]</f>for I have made you a father of many nations.


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I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations <f>[10†]</f>of you, and <f>[11†]</f>kings shall come from you.


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And I will <f>[12†]</f>establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, <f>[13†]</f>to be God to you and <f>[14†]</f>your descendants after you.


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Also <f>[15†]</f>I give to you and your descendants after you the land <f>[16†]</f>in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and <f>[17†]</f>I will be their God.”


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<pb/>And God said to Abraham: “As for you, <f>[18†]</f>you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.


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This <i>is</i> My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: <f>[19†]</f>Every male child among you shall be circumcised;


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and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be <f>[20†]</f>a sign of the covenant between Me and you.


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He who is eight days old among you <f>[21†]</f>shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.


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He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.


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And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person <f>[22†]</f>shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”


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<pb/>Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> her name.


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And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, <f>[23†]</f>and she shall be <i>a</i> <i>mother</i> <f>[24†]</f>of nations; <f>[25†]</f>kings of peoples shall be from her.”


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<pb/>Then Abraham fell on his face <f>[26†]</f>and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall <i>a</i> <i>child</i> be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear <i>a</i> <i>child?</i>”


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<pb/>Then God said: “No, <f>[28†]</f>Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My <f>[29†]</f>covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, <i>and</i> with his descendants after him.


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And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and <f>[30†]</f>will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget <f>[31†]</f>twelve princes, <f>[32†]</f>and I will make him a great nation.


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But My <f>[33†]</f>covenant I will establish with Isaac, <f>[34†]</f>whom Sarah shall bear to you at this <f>[35†]</f>set time next year.”


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<pb/>So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day, as God had said to him.


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And Ishmael his son <i>was</i> thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.


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and <f>[36†]</f>all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.


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<pb/>Then the LORD appeared to him by the <f>[1†]</f>terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.


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<f>[2†]</f>So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; <f>[3†]</f>and when he saw <i>them,</i> he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,


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Please let <f>[4†]</f>a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.


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And <f>[5†]</f>I will bring a morsel of bread, that <f>[6†]</f>you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, <f>[7†]</f>inasmuch as you have come to your servant.” <pb/>They said, “Do as you have said.”


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<pb/>So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead <i>it</i> and make cakes.”


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And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave <i>it</i> to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.


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So <f>[8†]</f>he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set <i>it</i> before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.


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<pb/>Then they said to him, “Where <i>is</i> Sarah your wife?” <pb/>So he said, “Here, <f>[9†]</f>in the tent.”


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<pb/>And He said, “I will certainly return to you <f>[10†]</f>according to the time of life, and behold, <f>[11†]</f>Sarah your wife shall have a son.” <pb/>(Sarah was listening in the tent door which <i>was</i> behind him.)


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Now <f>[12†]</f>Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; <i>and</i> Sarah <f>[13†]</f>had passed the age of childbearing.


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Therefore Sarah <f>[14†]</f>laughed within herself, saying, <f>[15†]</f>“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my <f>[16†]</f>lord being old also?”


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear <i>a</i> <i>child,</i> since I am old?’


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<f>[17†]</f>Is anything too hard for the LORD? <f>[18†]</f>At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”


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<pb/>But Sarah denied <i>it,</i> saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. <pb/>And He said, “No, but you did laugh!”


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<pb/>Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them <f>[19†]</f>to send them on the way.


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since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be <f>[21†]</f>blessed in him?


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For I have known him, in order <f>[22†]</f>that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”


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And the LORD said, “Because <f>[23†]</f>the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their <f>[24†]</f>sin is very grave,


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<f>[25†]</f>I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, <f>[26†]</f>I will know.”


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<pb/>Then the men turned away from there <f>[27†]</f>and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.


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And Abraham <f>[28†]</f>came near and said, <f>[29†]</f>“Would You also <f>[30†]</f>destroy the <f>[31†]</f>righteous with the wicked?


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Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare <i>it</i> for the fifty righteous that were in it?


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Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that <f>[32†]</f>the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! <f>[33†]</f>Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”


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<pb/>So the LORD said, <f>[34†]</f>“If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”


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<pb/>Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who <i>am</i> <f>[35†]</f>but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:


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Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for <i>lack</i> <i>of</i> five?” <pb/>So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy <i>it.</i>”


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<pb/>And he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there should be forty found there?” <pb/>So He said, “I will not do <i>it</i> for the sake of forty.”


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<pb/>Then he said, <f>[36†]</f>“Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?” <pb/>So He said, “I will not do <i>it</i> if I find thirty there.”


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<pb/>And he said, “Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?” <pb/>So He said, “I will not destroy <i>it</i> for the sake of twenty.”


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<pb/>Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” <pb/> <f>[37†]</f>And He said, “I will not destroy <i>it</i> for the sake of ten.”


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So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.


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<pb/>Now <f>[1†]</f>the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and <f>[2†]</f>Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw <i>them,</i> he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.


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And he said, “Here now, my lords, please <f>[3†]</f>turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and <f>[4†]</f>wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” <pb/>And they said, <f>[5†]</f>“No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”


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<pb/>But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. <f>[6†]</f>Then he made them a feast, and baked <f>[7†]</f>unleavened bread, and they ate.


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<pb/>Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.


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<f>[8†]</f>And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? <f>[9†]</f>Bring them out to us that we <f>[10†]</f>may know them <i>carnally.</i>”


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<f>[12†]</f>See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, <f>[13†]</f>since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”


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<pb/>And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one <f>[14†]</f>came in to stay <i>here,</i> <f>[15†]</f>and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.


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And they <f>[16†]</f>struck the men who <i>were</i> at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary <i>trying</i> to find the door.


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<pb/>Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city— <f>[17†]</f>take <i>them</i> out of this place!


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For we will destroy this place, because the <f>[18†]</f>outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and <f>[19†]</f>the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”


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<pb/>So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, <f>[20†]</f>who had married his daughters, and said, <f>[21†]</f>“Get up, get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!” <f>[22†]</f>But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.


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<pb/>When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, <f>[23†]</f>“Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”


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And while he lingered, the men <f>[24†]</f>took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the <f>[25†]</f>LORD being merciful to him, <f>[26†]</f>and they brought him out and set him outside the city.


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So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, <f>[27†]</f>“Escape for your life! <f>[28†]</f>Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape <f>[29†]</f>to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”


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Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die.


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See now, this city <i>is</i> near <i>enough</i> to flee to, and it <i>is</i> a little one; please let me escape there (<i>is</i> it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”


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<pb/>And he said to him, “See, <f>[31†]</f>I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.


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Hurry, escape there. For <f>[32†]</f>I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” <pb/>Therefore <f>[33†]</f>the name of the city was called Zoar.


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Then the LORD rained <f>[34†]</f>brimstone and <f>[35†]</f>fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.


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So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and <f>[36†]</f>what grew on the ground.


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<pb/>And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where <f>[38†]</f>he had stood before the LORD.


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Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, <f>[39†]</f>the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.


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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God <f>[40†]</f>remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.


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<pb/>Then Lot went up out of Zoar and <f>[41†]</f>dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.


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Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father <i>is</i> old, and <i>there</i> <i>is</i> no man on the earth <f>[42†]</f>to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth.


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Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we <f>[43†]</f>may preserve the lineage of our father.”


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So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.


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<pb/>It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in <i>and</i> lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.”


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Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.


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The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; <f>[44†]</f>he <i>is</i> the father of the Moabites to this day.


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And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; <f>[45†]</f>he <i>is</i> the father of the people of Ammon to this day.


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<pb/>And Abraham journeyed from <f>[1†]</f>there to the South, and dwelt between <f>[2†]</f>Kadesh and Shur, and <f>[3†]</f>stayed in Gerar.


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Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, <f>[4†]</f>“She <i>is</i> my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and <f>[5†]</f>took Sarah.


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<pb/>But <f>[6†]</f>God came to Abimelech <f>[7†]</f>in a dream by night, and said to him, <f>[8†]</f>“Indeed you <i>are</i> a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she <i>is</i> a man’s wife.”


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<pb/>But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, <f>[9†]</f>will You slay a righteous nation also?


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Did he not say to me, ‘She <i>is</i> my sister’? And she, even she herself said, ‘He <i>is</i> my brother.’ <f>[10†]</f>In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.”


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<pb/>And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For <f>[11†]</f>I also withheld you from sinning <f>[12†]</f>against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.


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Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; <f>[13†]</f>for he <i>is</i> a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore <i>her,</i> <f>[14†]</f>know that you shall surely die, you <f>[15†]</f>and all who <i>are</i> yours.”


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<pb/>So Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were very much afraid.


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And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I offended you, <f>[16†]</f>that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me <f>[17†]</f>that ought not to be done.”


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<pb/>And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely <f>[18†]</f>the fear of God <i>is</i> not in this place; and <f>[19†]</f>they will kill me on account of my wife.


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But indeed <f>[20†]</f><i>she</i> <i>is</i> truly my sister. She <i>is</i> the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.


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And it came to pass, when <f>[21†]</f>God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This <i>is</i> your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, <f>[22†]</f>say of me, “He <i>is</i> my brother.” ’ ”


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<pb/>Then Abimelech <f>[23†]</f>took sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave <i>them</i> to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him.


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Then to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand <i>pieces</i> of silver; <f>[25†]</f>indeed this vindicates you <f>[26†]</f>before all who <i>are</i> with you and before everybody.” Thus she was rebuked.


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<pb/>So Abraham prayed <f>[27†]</f>to God; and God <f>[28†]</f>healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore <i>children;</i>


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for the LORD <f>[29†]</f>had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.


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<pb/>And the LORD <f>[1†]</f>visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah <f>[2†]</f>as He had spoken.


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For Sarah <f>[3†]</f>conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, <f>[4†]</f>at the set time of which God had spoken to him.


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And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him— <f>[5†]</f>Isaac.


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Then Abraham <f>[6†]</f>circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, <f>[7†]</f>as God had commanded him.


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And Sarah said, <f>[9†]</f>“God has made me laugh, <i>and</i> all who hear <f>[10†]</f>will laugh with me.”


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She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? <f>[11†]</f>For I have borne <i>him</i> a son in his old age.”


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<pb/>So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.


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<pb/>And Sarah saw the son of Hagar <f>[12†]</f>the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, <f>[13†]</f>scoffing.


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Therefore she said to Abraham, <f>[14†]</f>“Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, <i>namely</i> with Isaac.”


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<pb/>But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for <f>[16†]</f>in Isaac your seed shall be called.


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Yet I will also make <f>[17†]</f>a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he <i>is</i> your seed.”


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<pb/>So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting <i>it</i> on her shoulder, he gave <i>it</i> and the boy to Hagar, and <f>[18†]</f>sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.


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Then she went and sat down across from <i>him</i> at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite <i>him,</i> and lifted her voice and wept.


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<pb/>And <f>[19†]</f>God heard the voice of the lad. Then the <f>[20†]</f>angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he <i>is.</i>


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Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for <f>[21†]</f>I will make him a great nation.”


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<pb/>Then <f>[22†]</f>God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.


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So God <f>[23†]</f>was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, <f>[24†]</f>and became an archer.


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He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother <f>[25†]</f>took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>And it came to pass at that time that <f>[26†]</f>Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, <f>[27†]</f>“God <i>is</i> with you in all that you do.


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Now therefore, <f>[28†]</f>swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”


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<pb/>Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants <f>[29†]</f>had seized.


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And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard <i>of</i> <i>it</i> until today.”


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So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them <f>[30†]</f>made a covenant.


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<pb/>Then Abimelech asked Abraham, <f>[31†]</f>“What <i>is</i> <i>the</i> <i>meaning</i> <i>of</i> these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”


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<pb/>And he said, “You will take <i>these</i> seven ewe lambs from my hand, that <f>[32†]</f>they may be my witness that I have dug this well.”


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<pb/>Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.


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Then <i>Abraham</i> planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and <f>[34†]</f>there called on the name of the LORD, <f>[35†]</f>the Everlasting God.


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<pb/>Now it came to pass after these things that <f>[1†]</f>God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” <pb/>And he said, “Here I am.”


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<pb/>Then He said, “Take now your son, <f>[2†]</f>your only <i>son</i> Isaac, whom you <f>[3†]</f>love, and go <f>[4†]</f>to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a <f>[5†]</f>burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”


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<pb/>So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.


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And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will <f>[6†]</f>come back to you.”


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<pb/>So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and <f>[7†]</f>laid <i>it</i> on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.


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But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” <pb/>And he said, “Here I am, my son.” <pb/>Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where <i>is</i> the lamb for a burnt offering?”


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<pb/>And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the <f>[8†]</f>lamb for a <f>[9†]</f>burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.


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<pb/>Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and <f>[10†]</f>laid him on the altar, upon the wood.


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<pb/>But the <f>[11†]</f>Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” <pb/>So he said, “Here I am.”


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<pb/>And He said, <f>[12†]</f>“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for <f>[13†]</f>now I know that you fear God, since you have not <f>[14†]</f>withheld your son, your only <i>son,</i> from Me.”


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<pb/>Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind <i>him</i> <i>was</i> a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.


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And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said <i>to</i> this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”


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and said: <f>[15†]</f>“By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only <i>son</i>—


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blessing I will <f>[16†]</f>bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants <f>[17†]</f>as the stars of the heaven <f>[18†]</f>and as the sand which <i>is</i> on the seashore; and <f>[19†]</f>your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.


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<f>[20†]</f>In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, <f>[21†]</f>because you have obeyed My voice.”


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So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to <f>[22†]</f>Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.


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<pb/>Now it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Indeed <f>[23†]</f>Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:


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<pb/>Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; <i>these</i> <i>were</i> the years of the life of Sarah.


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So Sarah died in <f>[1†]</f>Kirjath Arba (that <i>is,</i> <f>[2†]</f>Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.


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<f>[4†]</f>“I <i>am</i> a foreigner and a visitor among you. <f>[5†]</f>Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”


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“Hear us, my lord: You <i>are</i> a <f>[6†]</f>mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead.”


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And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,


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that he may give me the cave of <f>[7†]</f>Machpelah which he has, which <i>is</i> at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you.”


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<pb/>Now Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, all who <f>[8†]</f>entered at the gate of his city, saying,


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<f>[9†]</f>“No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and the cave that <i>is</i> in it; I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you. Bury your dead!”


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and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you <i>will</i> <i>give</i> <i>it,</i> please hear me. I will give you money for the field; take <i>it</i> from me and I will bury my dead there.”


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“My lord, listen to me; the land <i>is</i> <i>worth</i> four hundred <f>[10†]</f>shekels of silver. What <i>is</i> that between you and me? So bury your dead.”


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And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham <f>[11†]</f>weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.


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<pb/>So <f>[12†]</f>the field of Ephron which <i>was</i> in Machpelah, which <i>was</i> before Mamre, the field and the cave which <i>was</i> in it, and all the trees that <i>were</i> in the field, which <i>were</i> within all the surrounding borders, were deeded


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to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.


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<pb/>And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that <i>is,</i> Hebron) in the land of Canaan.


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So the field and the cave that <i>is</i> in it <f>[13†]</f>were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place.


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<pb/>Now Abraham <f>[1†]</f>was old, well advanced in age; and the LORD <f>[2†]</f>had blessed Abraham in all things.


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So Abraham said <f>[3†]</f>to the oldest servant of his house, who <f>[4†]</f>ruled over all that he had, “Please, <f>[5†]</f>put your hand under my thigh,


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and I will make you <f>[6†]</f>swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that <f>[7†]</f>you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;


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<f>[8†]</f>but you shall go <f>[9†]</f>to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”


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<pb/>And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”


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The LORD God of heaven, who <f>[10†]</f>took me from my father’s house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, <f>[11†]</f>‘To your descendants I give this land,’ <f>[12†]</f>He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.


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And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then <f>[13†]</f>you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.”


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So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.


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<pb/>Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, <f>[14†]</f>for all his master’s goods <i>were</i> <i>in</i> his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to <f>[15†]</f>the city of Nahor.


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And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time <f>[16†]</f>when women go out to draw <i>water.</i>


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Then he <f>[17†]</f>said, “O LORD God of my master Abraham, please <f>[18†]</f>give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.


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Behold, <i>here</i> <f>[19†]</f>I stand by the well of water, and <f>[20†]</f>the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.


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Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—<i>let</i> her <i>be</i> <i>the</i> <i>one</i> You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And <f>[21†]</f>by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”


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<pb/>And it happened, <f>[22†]</f>before he had finished speaking, that behold, <f>[23†]</f>Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of <f>[24†]</f>Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.


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Now the young woman <f>[25†]</f><i>was</i> very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.


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<pb/> <f>[26†]</f>So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink.


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And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw <i>water</i> for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”


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Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw <i>water,</i> and drew for all his camels.


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And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether <f>[27†]</f>the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.


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<pb/>So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden <f>[28†]</f>nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten <i>shekels</i> of gold,


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and said, “Whose daughter <i>are</i> you? Tell me, please, is there room <i>in</i> your father’s house for us to lodge?”


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<pb/>So she said to him, <f>[29†]</f>“I <i>am</i> the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to Nahor.”


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And he said, <f>[31†]</f>“Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken <f>[32†]</f>His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD <f>[33†]</f>led me to the house of my master’s brethren.”


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<pb/>Now Rebekah had a brother whose name <i>was</i> <f>[34†]</f>Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.


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So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well.


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And he said, “Come in, <f>[35†]</f>O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”


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<pb/>Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and <f>[36†]</f>provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to <f>[37†]</f>wash his feet and the feet of the men who <i>were</i> with him.


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<i>Food</i> was set before him to eat, but he said, <f>[38†]</f>“I will not eat until I have told about my errand.” <pb/>And he said, “Speak on.”


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The LORD <f>[39†]</f>has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.


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And Sarah my master’s wife <f>[40†]</f>bore a son to my master when she was old; and <f>[41†]</f>to him he has given all that he has.


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Now my master <f>[42†]</f>made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;


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<f>[45†]</f>But he said to me, ‘The LORD, <f>[46†]</f>before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father’s house.


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<f>[47†]</f>You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family; for if they will not give <i>her</i> to you, then you will be released from my oath.’


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<pb/>“And this day I came to the well and said, <f>[48†]</f>‘O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,


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<f>[49†]</f>behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw <i>water,</i> and I say to her, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”


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and she says to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,”—<i>let</i> her <i>be</i> the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’


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<pb/> <f>[50†]</f>“But before I had finished <f>[51†]</f>speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew <i>water.</i> And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’


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And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her <i>shoulder,</i> and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink also.


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Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter <i>are</i> you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.


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<f>[52†]</f>And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to <f>[53†]</f>take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.


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Now if you will <f>[54†]</f>deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”


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<pb/>Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, <f>[55†]</f>“The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot <f>[56†]</f>speak to you either bad or good.


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<f>[57†]</f>Here <i>is</i> Rebekah before you; take <i>her</i> and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the LORD has spoken.”


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<pb/>And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that <f>[58†]</f>he worshiped the LORD, <i>bowing</i> <i>himself</i> to the earth.


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Then the servant brought out <f>[59†]</f>jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave <i>them</i> to Rebekah. He also gave <f>[60†]</f>precious things to her brother and to her mother.


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<pb/>And he and the men who <i>were</i> with him ate and drank and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, <f>[61†]</f>“Send me away to my master.”


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<pb/>But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us <i>a</i> <i>few</i> days, at least ten; after that she may go.”


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<pb/>And he said to them, “Do not hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master.”


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Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” <pb/>And she said, “I will go.”


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<pb/>So they sent away Rebekah their sister <f>[62†]</f>and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.


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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: <pb/><t>“Our sister, <i>may</i> you <i>become</i> </t><t> <f>[63†]</f><i>The</i> <i>mother</i> <i>of</i> thousands of ten thousands; </t><t> <f>[64†]</f> And may your descendants possess </t><t>The gates of those who hate them.”</t>


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<pb/>Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.


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And Isaac went out <f>[66†]</f>to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels <i>were</i> coming.


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for she had said to the servant, “Who <i>is</i> this man walking in the field to meet us?” <pb/>The servant said, “It <i>is</i> my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself.


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Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he <f>[68†]</f>took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac <f>[69†]</f>was comforted after his mother’s <i>death.</i>


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And the sons of Midian <i>were</i> Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these <i>were</i> the children of Keturah.


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But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he <f>[4†]</f>sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to <f>[5†]</f>the country of the east.


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<pb/>This <i>is</i> the sum of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred and seventy-five years.


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Then Abraham breathed his last and <f>[6†]</f>died in a good old age, an old man and full <i>of</i> <i>years,</i> and <f>[7†]</f>was gathered to his people.


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And <f>[8†]</f>his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of <f>[9†]</f>Machpelah, which <i>is</i> before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,


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<f>[10†]</f>the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. <f>[11†]</f>There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.


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And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at <f>[12†]</f>Beer Lahai Roi.


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<pb/>Now this <i>is</i> the <f>[13†]</f>genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.


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And <f>[14†]</f>these <i>were</i> the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,


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These <i>were</i> the sons of Ishmael and these <i>were</i> their names, by their towns and their settlements, <f>[15†]</f>twelve princes according to their nations.


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These <i>were</i> the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and <f>[16†]</f>he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.


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<f>[17†]</f>(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which <i>is</i> east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died <f>[18†]</f>in the presence of all his brethren.


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<pb/>This <i>is</i> the <f>[19†]</f>genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. <f>[20†]</f>Abraham begot Isaac.


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Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, <f>[21†]</f>the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, <f>[22†]</f>the sister of Laban the Syrian.


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Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she <i>was</i> barren; <f>[23†]</f>and the LORD granted his plea, <f>[24†]</f>and Rebekah his wife conceived.


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But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If <i>all</i> <i>is</i> well, why <i>am</i> <i>I</i> <i>like</i> this?” <f>[25†]</f>So she went to inquire of the LORD.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to her: <pb/><t> <f>[26†]</f>“Two nations <i>are</i> in your womb, </t><t>Two peoples shall be separated from your body; </t><t><i>One</i> people shall be stronger than <f>[27†]</f>the other, </t><t> <f>[28†]</f>And the older shall serve the younger.”</t>


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<pb/>So when her days were fulfilled <i>for</i> <i>her</i> to give birth, indeed <i>there</i> <i>were</i> twins in her womb.


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And the first came out red. <i>He</i> <i>was</i> <f>[29†]</f>like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.


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Afterward his brother came out, and <f>[30†]</f>his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so <f>[31†]</f>his name was called Jacob. Isaac <i>was</i> sixty years old when she bore them.


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<pb/>So the boys grew. And Esau was <f>[32†]</f>a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was <f>[33†]</f>a mild man, <f>[34†]</f>dwelling in tents.


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And Isaac loved Esau because he <f>[35†]</f>ate <i>of</i> <i>his</i> game, <f>[36†]</f>but Rebekah loved Jacob.


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And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red <i>stew,</i> for I <i>am</i> weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.


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<pb/>And Esau said, “Look, I <i>am</i> about to die; so <f>[37†]</f>what <i>is</i> this birthright to me?”


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<pb/>Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” <pb/>So he swore to him, and <f>[38†]</f>sold his birthright to Jacob.


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And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then <f>[39†]</f>he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau <f>[40†]</f>despised <i>his</i> birthright.


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<pb/>There was a famine in the land, besides <f>[1†]</f>the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to <f>[2†]</f>Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.


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<pb/>Then the LORD appeared to him and said: <f>[3†]</f>“Do not go down to Egypt; live in <f>[4†]</f>the land of which I shall tell you.


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<f>[5†]</f>Dwell in this land, and <f>[6†]</f>I will be with you and <f>[7†]</f>bless you; for to you and your descendants <f>[8†]</f>I give all these lands, and I will perform <f>[9†]</f>the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.


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And <f>[10†]</f>I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; <f>[11†]</f>and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;


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<f>[12†]</f>because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”


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And the men of the place asked about his wife. And <f>[13†]</f>he said, “She <i>is</i> my sister”; for <f>[14†]</f>he was afraid to say, “<i>She</i> <i>is</i> my wife,” <i>because</i> <i>he</i> <i>thought,</i> “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she <i>is</i> <f>[15†]</f>beautiful to behold.”


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Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife.


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Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Quite obviously she <i>is</i> your wife; so how could you say, ‘She <i>is</i> my sister’?” <pb/>Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’ ”


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<pb/>And Abimelech said, “What <i>is</i> this you have done to us? One of the people might soon have lain with your wife, and <f>[16†]</f>you would have brought guilt on us.”


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So Abimelech charged all <i>his</i> people, saying, “He who <f>[17†]</f>touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”


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<pb/>Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year <f>[18†]</f>a hundredfold; and the LORD <f>[19†]</f>blessed him.


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for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines <f>[21†]</f>envied him.


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Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells <f>[22†]</f>which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.


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And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. <f>[24†]</f>He called them by the names which his father had called them.


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But the herdsmen of Gerar <f>[25†]</f>quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water <i>is</i> ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him.


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Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that <i>one</i> also. So he called its name Sitnah.


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And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall <f>[26†]</f>be fruitful in the land.”


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And the LORD <f>[27†]</f>appeared to him the same night and said, <f>[28†]</f>“I <i>am</i> the God of your father Abraham; <f>[29†]</f>do not fear, for <f>[30†]</f>I <i>am</i> with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”


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So he <f>[31†]</f>built an altar there and <f>[32†]</f>called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.


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<pb/>Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, <f>[33†]</f>and Phichol the commander of his army.


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And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, <f>[34†]</f>since you hate me and have <f>[35†]</f>sent me away from you?”


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<pb/>But they said, “We have certainly seen that the LORD <f>[36†]</f>is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you,


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that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. <f>[37†]</f>You <i>are</i> now the blessed of the LORD.’ ”


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Then they arose early in the morning and <f>[39†]</f>swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.


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<pb/>It came to pass the same day that Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”


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<pb/> <f>[41†]</f>When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.


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<pb/>Now it came to pass, when Isaac was <f>[1†]</f>old and <f>[2†]</f>his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” <pb/>And he answered him, “Here I am.”


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<f>[4†]</f>Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.


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And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring <i>it</i> to me that I may eat, that my soul <f>[5†]</f>may bless you before I die.”


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<pb/>Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring <i>it.</i>


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So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,


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‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.’


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Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make <f>[7†]</f>savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.


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Then you shall take <i>it</i> to your father, that he may eat <i>it,</i> and that he <f>[8†]</f>may bless you before his death.”


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<pb/>And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, <f>[9†]</f>Esau my brother <i>is</i> a hairy man, and I <i>am</i> a smooth-<i>skinned</i> man.


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Perhaps my father will <f>[10†]</f>feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring <f>[11†]</f>a curse on myself and not a blessing.”


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<pb/>But his mother said to him, <f>[12†]</f>“<i>Let</i> your curse <i>be</i> on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get <i>them</i> for me.”


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And he went and got <i>them</i> and brought <i>them</i> to his mother, and his mother <f>[13†]</f>made savory food, such as his father loved.


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Then Rebekah took the <f>[14†]</f>choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which <i>were</i> with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.


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Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.


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<pb/>So he went to his father and said, “My father.” <pb/>And he said, “Here I am. Who <i>are</i> you, my son?”


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<pb/>Jacob said to his father, “I <i>am</i> Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, <f>[15†]</f>that your soul may bless me.”


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<pb/>But Isaac said to his son, “How <i>is</i> <i>it</i> that you have found <i>it</i> so quickly, my son?” <pb/>And he said, “Because the LORD your God brought <i>it</i> to me.”


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<pb/>Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I <f>[16†]</f>may feel you, my son, whether you <i>are</i> really my son Esau or not.”


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So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice <i>is</i> Jacob’s voice, but the hands <i>are</i> the hands of Esau.”


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And he did not recognize him, because <f>[17†]</f>his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.


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<pb/>He said, “Bring <i>it</i> near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so <f>[18†]</f>that my soul may bless you.” So he brought <i>it</i> near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.


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And he came near and <f>[19†]</f>kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: <pb/><t>“Surely, <f>[20†]</f>the smell of my son </t><t><i>Is</i> like the smell of a field </t><t>Which the LORD has blessed.</t>


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<t>Therefore may <f>[21†]</f>God give you </t><t>Of <f>[22†]</f>the dew of heaven, </t><t>Of <f>[23†]</f>the fatness of the earth, </t><t>And <f>[24†]</f>plenty of grain and wine.</t>


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<t> <f>[25†]</f>Let peoples serve you, </t><t>And nations bow down to you. </t><t>Be master over your brethren, </t><t>And <f>[26†]</f>let your mother’s sons bow down to you. </t><t> <f>[27†]</f>Cursed <i>be</i> everyone who curses you, </t><t>And blessed <i>be</i> those who bless you!”</t>


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<pb/>Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.


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He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and <f>[28†]</f>eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”


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<pb/>And his father Isaac said to him, “Who <i>are</i> you?” <pb/>So he said, “I <i>am</i> your son, your firstborn, Esau.”


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<pb/>Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where <i>is</i> the one who hunted game and brought <i>it</i> to me? I ate all <i>of</i> <i>it</i> before you came, and I have blessed him— <f>[29†]</f><i>and</i> indeed he shall be blessed.”


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<pb/>When Esau heard the words of his father, <f>[30†]</f>he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”


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<pb/>And <i>Esau</i> said, <f>[31†]</f>“Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”


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<pb/>Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, <f>[32†]</f>“Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with <f>[33†]</f>grain and wine I have sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”


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<pb/>And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice <f>[34†]</f>and wept.


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<pb/>Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: <pb/><t>“Behold, <f>[35†]</f>your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, </t><t>And of the dew of heaven from above.</t>


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<t>By your sword you shall live, </t><t>And <f>[36†]</f>you shall serve your brother; </t><t>And <f>[37†]</f>it shall come to pass, when you become restless, </t><t>That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”</t>


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<pb/>So Esau <f>[38†]</f>hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, <f>[39†]</f>“The days of mourning for my father are at hand; <f>[40†]</f>then I will kill my brother Jacob.”


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<pb/>And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau <f>[41†]</f>comforts himself concerning you <i>by</i> <i>intending</i> to kill you.


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until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?”


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<pb/>And Rebekah said to Isaac, <f>[44†]</f>“I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; <f>[45†]</f>if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these <i>who</i> <i>are</i> the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”


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<pb/>Then Isaac called Jacob and <f>[1†]</f>blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: <f>[2†]</f>“You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.


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<f>[3†]</f>Arise, go to <f>[4†]</f>Padan Aram, to the house of <f>[5†]</f>Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of <f>[6†]</f>Laban your mother’s brother.


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<pb/><t>“May <f>[7†]</f>God Almighty bless you, </t><t>And make you <f>[8†]</f>fruitful and multiply you, </t><t>That you may be an assembly of peoples;</t>


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<t>And give you <f>[9†]</f>the blessing of Abraham, </t><t>To you and your descendants with you, </t><t>That you may inherit the land </t><t> <f>[10†]</f>In which you are a stranger, </t><t>Which God gave to Abraham.”</t>


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<pb/>So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.


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<pb/>Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, <i>and</i> <i>that</i> as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”


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So Esau went to Ishmael and <f>[12†]</f>took <f>[13†]</f>Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, <f>[14†]</f>the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.


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So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.


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Then he <f>[17†]</f>dreamed, and behold, a ladder <i>was</i> set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there <f>[18†]</f>the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: <f>[20†]</f>“I <i>am</i> the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; <f>[21†]</f>the land on which you lie I will give to you and your <f>[22†]</f>descendants.


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Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad <f>[23†]</f>to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and <f>[24†]</f>in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.


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Behold, <f>[25†]</f>I <i>am</i> with you and will <f>[26†]</f>keep you wherever you go, and will <f>[27†]</f>bring you back to this land; for <f>[28†]</f>I will not leave you <f>[29†]</f>until I have done what I have spoken to you.”


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<pb/>Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in <f>[30†]</f>this place, and I did not know <i>it.</i>”


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And he was afraid and said, “How awesome <i>is</i> this place! This <i>is</i> none other than the house of God, and this <i>is</i> the gate of heaven!”


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<pb/>Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, <f>[31†]</f>set it up as a pillar, <f>[32†]</f>and poured oil on top of it.


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And he called the name of <f>[33†]</f>that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.


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<f>[34†]</f>Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If <f>[35†]</f>God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me <f>[36†]</f>bread to eat and clothing to put on,


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so that <f>[37†]</f>I come back to my father’s house in peace, <f>[38†]</f>then the LORD shall be my God.


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And this stone which I have set as a pillar <f>[39†]</f>shall be God’s house, <f>[40†]</f>and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.”


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And he looked, and saw a <f>[2†]</f>well in the field; and behold, there <i>were</i> three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone <i>was</i> on the well’s mouth.


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Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well’s mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well’s mouth.


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<pb/>And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where <i>are</i> you from?” <pb/>And they said, “We <i>are</i> from <f>[3†]</f>Haran.”


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<pb/>Then he said to them, “Do you know <f>[4†]</f>Laban the son of Nahor?” <pb/>And they said, “We know him.”


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<pb/>So he said to them, <f>[5†]</f>“Is he well?” <pb/>And they said, “<i>He</i> <i>is</i> well. And look, his daughter Rachel <f>[6†]</f>is coming with the sheep.”


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<pb/>Then he said, “Look, <i>it</i> <i>is</i> still high day; <i>it</i> <i>is</i> not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed <i>them.</i>”


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<pb/>But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.”


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<pb/>Now while he was still speaking with them, <f>[7†]</f>Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.


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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near and <f>[8†]</f>rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.


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And Jacob told Rachel that he <i>was</i> <f>[10†]</f>her father’s relative and that he <i>was</i> Rebekah’s son. <f>[11†]</f>So she ran and told her father.


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<pb/>Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister’s son, that <f>[12†]</f>he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things.


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And Laban said to him, <f>[13†]</f>“Surely you <i>are</i> my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.


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<pb/>Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you <i>are</i> my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, <f>[14†]</f>what <i>should</i> your wages <i>be?</i>”


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Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder <i>was</i> Leah, and the name of the younger <i>was</i> Rachel.


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<pb/>Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, <f>[16†]</f>“I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”


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<pb/>And Laban said, “<i>It</i> <i>is</i> better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”


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So Jacob <f>[17†]</f>served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed <i>only</i> a few days to him because of the love he had for her.


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<pb/>Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give <i>me</i> my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may <f>[18†]</f>go in to her.”


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Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.


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So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it <i>was</i> Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you <f>[21†]</f>deceived me?”


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<pb/>And Laban said, “It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.


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<f>[22†]</f>Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.”


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Then <i>Jacob</i> also went in to Rachel, and he also <f>[24†]</f>loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban <f>[25†]</f>still another seven years.


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<pb/>When the LORD <f>[26†]</f>saw that Leah <i>was</i> unloved, He <f>[27†]</f>opened her womb; but Rachel <i>was</i> barren.


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So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “The LORD has surely <f>[28†]</f>looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.”


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Then she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the LORD has heard that I <i>am</i> unloved, He has therefore given me this <i>son</i> also.” And she called his name Simeon.


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She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.


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And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she called his name <f>[29†]</f>Judah. Then she stopped bearing.


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<pb/>Now when Rachel saw that <f>[1†]</f>she bore Jacob no children, Rachel <f>[2†]</f>envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, <f>[3†]</f>or else I die!”


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<pb/>And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, <f>[4†]</f>“<i>Am</i> I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”


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<pb/>So she said, “Here is <f>[5†]</f>my maid Bilhah; go in to her, <f>[6†]</f>and she will bear <i>a</i> <i>child</i> on my knees, <f>[7†]</f>that I also may have children by her.”


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Then Rachel said, “God has <f>[9†]</f>judged my case; and He has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.


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Then Rachel said, “With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, <i>and</i> indeed I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.


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<pb/>When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and <f>[10†]</f>gave her to Jacob as wife.


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Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters <f>[11†]</f>will call me blessed.” So she called his name Asher.


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<pb/>Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, <f>[12†]</f>“Please give me <i>some</i> of your son’s mandrakes.”


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<pb/>But she said to her, <f>[13†]</f>“<i>Is</i> <i>it</i> a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” <pb/>And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”


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<pb/>When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.


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Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.


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And Leah said, “God has endowed me <i>with</i> a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.


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<pb/>Then God <f>[15†]</f>remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and <f>[16†]</f>opened her womb.


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<pb/>And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, <f>[19†]</f>“Send me away, that I may go to <f>[20†]</f>my own place and to my country.


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Give <i>me</i> my wives and my children <f>[21†]</f>for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which <f>[22†]</f>I have done for you.”


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<pb/>And Laban said to him, “Please <i>stay,</i> if I have found favor in your eyes, <i>for</i> I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.”


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<pb/>So <i>Jacob</i> said to him, <f>[24†]</f>“You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.


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For what you had before I <i>came</i> <i>was</i> little, and it has increased to a great amount; the LORD has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also <f>[25†]</f>provide for my own house?”


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<pb/>So he said, “What shall I give you?” <pb/>And Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks:


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Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and <f>[26†]</f><i>these</i> shall be my wages.


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So my <f>[27†]</f>righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you: every one that <i>is</i> not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, will be considered stolen, if <i>it</i> <i>is</i> with me.”


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So he removed that day the male goats that were <f>[28†]</f>speckled and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had <i>some</i> white in it, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and gave <i>them</i> into the hand of his sons.


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Then he put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.


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<pb/>Now <f>[29†]</f>Jacob took for himself rods of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in them, and exposed the white which <i>was</i> in the rods.


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And the rods which he had peeled, he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink.


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So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.


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Then Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; but he put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with Laban’s flock.


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<pb/>And it came to pass, whenever the stronger livestock conceived, that Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the livestock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.


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But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put <i>them</i> in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.


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Thus the man <f>[30†]</f>became exceedingly prosperous, and <f>[31†]</f>had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.


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<pb/>Now <i>Jacob</i> heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this <f>[1†]</f>wealth.”


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And Jacob saw the <f>[2†]</f>countenance of Laban, and indeed it <i>was</i> not <f>[3†]</f><i>favorable</i> toward him as before.


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Then the LORD said to Jacob, <f>[4†]</f>“Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will <f>[5†]</f>be with you.”


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and said to them, <f>[6†]</f>“I see your father’s countenance, that it <i>is</i> not <i>favorable</i> toward me as before; but the God of my father <f>[7†]</f>has been with me.


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Yet your father has deceived me and <f>[9†]</f>changed my wages <f>[10†]</f>ten times, but God <f>[11†]</f>did not allow him to hurt me.


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If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: <f>[12†]</f>‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked.


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<pb/>“And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks <i>were</i> streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.


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And He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks <i>are</i> streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for <f>[15†]</f>I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.


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I <i>am</i> the God of Bethel, <f>[16†]</f>where you anointed the pillar <i>and</i> where you made a vow to Me. Now <f>[17†]</f>arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’ ”


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<pb/>Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, <f>[18†]</f>“Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?


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Are we not considered strangers by him? For <f>[19†]</f>he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.


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For all these riches which God has taken from our father are <i>really</i> ours and our children’s; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it.”


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And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of <f>[20†]</f>Canaan.


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Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the <f>[21†]</f>household idols that were her father’s.


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And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.


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So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and <f>[22†]</f>headed toward the mountains of Gilead.


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Then he took <f>[23†]</f>his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead.


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But God <f>[24†]</f>had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, “Be careful that you <f>[25†]</f>speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”


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<pb/>So Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.


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<pb/>And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and <f>[26†]</f>carried away my daughters like captives <i>taken</i> with the sword?


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Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?


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And you did not allow me <f>[27†]</f>to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now <f>[28†]</f>you have done foolishly in <i>so</i> doing.


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It is in my power to do you harm, but the <f>[29†]</f>God of your father spoke to me <f>[30†]</f>last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’


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And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, <i>but</i> why did you <f>[31†]</f>steal my gods?”


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<pb/>Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was <f>[32†]</f>afraid, for I said, ‘Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.’


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With whomever you find your gods, <f>[33†]</f>do not let him live. In the presence of our brethren, identify what I have of yours and take <i>it</i> with you.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.


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<pb/>And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the two maids’ tents, but he did not find <i>them.</i> Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.


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Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find <i>them.</i>


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And she said to her father, “Let it not displease my lord that I cannot <f>[34†]</f>rise before you, for the manner of women <i>is</i> with me.” And he searched but did not find the household idols.


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<pb/>Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban, and Jacob answered and said to Laban: “What <i>is</i> my trespass? What <i>is</i> my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?


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Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set <i>it</i> here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both!


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These twenty years I <i>have</i> <i>been</i> with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.


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<f>[35†]</f>That which was torn <i>by</i> <i>beasts</i> I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. <f>[36†]</f>You required it from my hand, <i>whether</i> stolen by day or stolen by night.


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<i>There</i> I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.


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Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I <f>[37†]</f>served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and <f>[38†]</f>you have changed my wages ten times.


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<f>[39†]</f>Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and <f>[40†]</f>the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. <f>[41†]</f>God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and <f>[42†]</f>rebuked <i>you</i> last night.”


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<pb/>And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “<i>These</i> daughters <i>are</i> my daughters, and <i>these</i> children <i>are</i> my children, and <i>this</i> flock <i>is</i> my flock; all that you see <i>is</i> mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?


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Now therefore, come, <f>[43†]</f>let us make a covenant, <f>[44†]</f>you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”


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Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.


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And Laban said, <f>[46†]</f>“This heap <i>is</i> a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed,


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also <f>[47†]</f>Mizpah, because he said, “May the LORD watch between you and me when we are absent one from another.


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If you afflict my daughters, or if you take <i>other</i> wives besides my daughters, <i>although</i> no man <i>is</i> with us—see, God <i>is</i> witness between you and me!”


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<pb/>Then Laban said to Jacob, “Here is this heap and here is <i>this</i> pillar, which I have placed between you and me.


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This heap <i>is</i> a witness, and <i>this</i> pillar <i>is</i> a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.


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The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father <f>[48†]</f>judge between us.” And Jacob <f>[49†]</f>swore by <f>[50†]</f>the Fear of his father Isaac.


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Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.


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And early in the morning Laban arose, and <f>[51†]</f>kissed his sons and daughters and <f>[52†]</f>blessed them. Then Laban departed and <f>[53†]</f>returned to his place.


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When Jacob saw them, he said, “This <i>is</i> God’s <f>[2†]</f>camp.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.


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<pb/>Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother <f>[3†]</f>in the land of Seir, <f>[4†]</f>the country of Edom.


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And he commanded them, saying, <f>[5†]</f>“Speak thus to my lord Esau, ‘Thus your servant Jacob says: “I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now.


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<f>[6†]</f>I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that <f>[7†]</f>I may find favor in your sight.” ’ ”


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<pb/>Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and <f>[8†]</f>he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men <i>are</i> with him.”


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So Jacob was greatly afraid and <f>[9†]</f>distressed; and he divided the people that <i>were</i> with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.


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And he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the other company which is left will escape.”


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<pb/> <f>[10†]</f>Then Jacob said, <f>[11†]</f>“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD <f>[12†]</f>who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you’:


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I am not worthy of the least of all the <f>[13†]</f>mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with <f>[14†]</f>my staff, and now I have become two companies.


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<f>[15†]</f>Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me <i>and</i> <f>[16†]</f>the mother with the children.


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For <f>[17†]</f>You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the <f>[18†]</f>sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”


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<pb/>So he lodged there that same night, and took what came to his hand as <f>[19†]</f>a present for Esau his brother:


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Then he delivered <i>them</i> to the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put some distance between successive droves.”


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And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going? Whose <i>are</i> these in front of you?’


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then you shall say, ‘They <i>are</i> your servant Jacob’s. It <i>is</i> a present sent to my lord Esau; and behold, he also <i>is</i> behind us.’ ”


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So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, “In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him;


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and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob <i>is</i> behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will <f>[20†]</f>appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”


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<pb/>And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, <f>[21†]</f>and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.


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Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and <f>[23†]</f>the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him.


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And <f>[24†]</f>He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” <pb/>But he said, <f>[25†]</f>“I will not let You go unless You bless me!”


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<pb/>And He said, <f>[26†]</f>“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have <f>[27†]</f>struggled with God and <f>[28†]</f>with men, and have prevailed.”


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<pb/>Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell <i>me</i> Your name, I pray.” <pb/>And He said, <f>[29†]</f>“Why <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> you ask about My name?” And He <f>[30†]</f>blessed him there.


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<pb/>So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For <f>[31†]</f>I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”


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Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which <i>is</i> on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank.


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<pb/>Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, <f>[1†]</f>Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.


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And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.


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Then he crossed over before them and <f>[2†]</f>bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.


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<pb/> <f>[3†]</f>But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, <f>[4†]</f>and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.


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And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who <i>are</i> these with you?” <pb/>So he said, “The children <f>[5†]</f>whom God has graciously given your servant.”


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And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.


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<pb/>Then Esau said, “What <i>do</i> you <i>mean</i> <i>by</i> <f>[6†]</f>all this company which I met?” <pb/>And he said, “<i>These</i> <i>are</i> <f>[7†]</f>to find favor in the sight of my lord.”


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<pb/>And Jacob said, “No, please, if I <f>[8†]</f>have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.


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Please, take <f>[9†]</f>my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt <f>[10†]</f>graciously with me, and because I have enough.” <f>[11†]</f>So he urged him, and he took <i>it.</i>


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<pb/>But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children <i>are</i> weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing <i>are</i> with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die.


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Please let my lord go on ahead before his servant. I will lead on slowly at a pace which the livestock that go before me, and the children, are able to endure, until I come to my lord <f>[12†]</f>in Seir.”


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<pb/>And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you <i>some</i> of the people who <i>are</i> with me.” <pb/>But he said, “What need is there? <f>[13†]</f>Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”


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And Jacob journeyed to <f>[14†]</f>Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.


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<pb/>Then Jacob came safely to <f>[15†]</f>the city of <f>[16†]</f>Shechem, which <i>is</i> in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.


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And <f>[17†]</f>he bought the parcel of land, where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.


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<pb/>Now <f>[1†]</f>Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.


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And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he <f>[2†]</f>took her and lay with her, and violated her.


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His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to the young woman.


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<pb/>And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob <f>[4†]</f>held his peace until they came.


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And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard <i>it;</i> and the men were grieved and very angry, because he <f>[5†]</f>had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, <f>[6†]</f>a thing which ought not to be done.


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But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.


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So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”


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<pb/>Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.


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Ask me ever so much <f>[7†]</f>dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”


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<pb/>But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke <f>[8†]</f>deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.


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And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is <f>[9†]</f>uncircumcised, for <f>[10†]</f>that <i>would</i> <i>be</i> a reproach to us.


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But on this <i>condition</i> we will consent to you: If you will become as we <i>are,</i> if every male of you is circumcised,


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then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us; and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.


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So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He <i>was</i> <f>[11†]</f>more honorable than all the household of his father.


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<pb/>And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the <f>[12†]</f>gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:


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“These men <i>are</i> at peace with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it. For indeed the land <i>is</i> large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters.


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Only on this <i>condition</i> will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they <i>are</i> circumcised.


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<i>Will</i> not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs <i>be</i> ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”


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And all who <f>[13†]</f>went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son; every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.


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<pb/>Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, <f>[14†]</f>Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.


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And they <f>[15†]</f>killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out.


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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.


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They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what <i>was</i> in the city and what <i>was</i> in the field,


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and all their wealth. All their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that <i>was</i> in the houses.


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<pb/>Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, <f>[16†]</f>“You have <f>[17†]</f>troubled me <f>[18†]</f>by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; <f>[19†]</f>and since I <i>am</i> few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”


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<pb/>Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to <f>[1†]</f>Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, <f>[2†]</f>who appeared to you <f>[3†]</f>when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”


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<pb/>And Jacob said to his <f>[4†]</f>household and to all who <i>were</i> with him, “Put away <f>[5†]</f>the foreign gods that <i>are</i> among you, <f>[6†]</f>purify yourselves, and change your garments.


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Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, <f>[7†]</f>who answered me in the day of my distress <f>[8†]</f>and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”


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So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which <i>were</i> in their hands, and the <f>[9†]</f>earrings which <i>were</i> in their ears; and Jacob hid them under <f>[10†]</f>the terebinth tree which <i>was</i> by Shechem.


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<pb/>And they journeyed, and <f>[11†]</f>the terror of God was upon the cities that <i>were</i> all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.


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So Jacob came to <f>[12†]</f>Luz (that <i>is,</i> Bethel), which <i>is</i> in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who <i>were</i> with him.


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And he <f>[13†]</f>built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because <f>[14†]</f>there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.


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<pb/>Now <f>[15†]</f>Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.


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<pb/>Then <f>[16†]</f>God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and <f>[17†]</f>blessed him.


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And God said to him, “Your name <i>is</i> Jacob; <f>[18†]</f>your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, <f>[19†]</f>but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name Israel.


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Also God said to him: <f>[20†]</f>“I <i>am</i> God Almighty. <f>[21†]</f>Be fruitful and multiply; <f>[22†]</f>a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.


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The <f>[23†]</f>land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.”


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So Jacob <f>[25†]</f>set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.


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<pb/>Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored <i>in</i> <i>childbirth,</i> and she had hard labor.


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Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; <f>[27†]</f>you will have this son also.”


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And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin.


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So <f>[28†]</f>Rachel died and was buried on the way to <f>[29†]</f>Ephrath (that <i>is,</i> Bethlehem).


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And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which <i>is</i> the pillar of Rachel’s grave <f>[30†]</f>to this day.


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And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and <f>[32†]</f>lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard <i>about</i> <i>it.</i> <pb/>Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:


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the sons of Leah <i>were</i> <f>[33†]</f>Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;


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and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, <i>were</i> Gad and Asher. These <i>were</i> the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.


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<pb/>Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at <f>[34†]</f>Mamre, or <f>[35†]</f>Kirjath Arba (that <i>is,</i> Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt.


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So Isaac breathed his last and died, and <f>[36†]</f>was gathered to his people, <i>being</i> old and full of days. And <f>[37†]</f>his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.


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<f>[2†]</f>Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the <f>[3†]</f>Hittite; <f>[4†]</f>Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;


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And Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These <i>were</i> the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.


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<pb/>Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went to a country away from the presence of his brother Jacob.


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<f>[7†]</f>For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and <f>[8†]</f>the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.


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These <i>were</i> the names of Esau’s sons: <f>[11†]</f>Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.


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<pb/>Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore <f>[12†]</f>Amalek to Eliphaz. These <i>were</i> the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.


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<pb/>These <i>were</i> the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.


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<pb/>These were the sons of Aholibamah, Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon. And she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.


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<pb/>These <i>were</i> the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn <i>son</i> of Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,


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Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, <i>and</i> Chief Amalek. These <i>were</i> the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They <i>were</i> the sons of Adah.


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<pb/>These <i>were</i> the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These <i>were</i> the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These <i>were</i> the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.


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<pb/>And these <i>were</i> the sons of Aholibamah, Esau’s wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah. These <i>were</i> the chiefs <i>who</i> <i>descended</i> from Aholibamah, Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah.


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<pb/> <f>[13†]</f>These <i>were</i> the sons of Seir <f>[14†]</f>the Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,


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Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These <i>were</i> the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.


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<pb/>These <i>were</i> the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah. This <i>was</i> <i>the</i> Anah who found the water in the wilderness as he pastured <f>[15†]</f>the donkeys of his father Zibeon.


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<pb/>These <i>were</i> the chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah,


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Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These <i>were</i> the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.


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<pb/> <f>[17†]</f>Now these <i>were</i> the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel:


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And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who attacked Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city <i>was</i> Avith.


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And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city <i>was</i> Pau. His wife’s name <i>was</i> Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.


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<pb/>And these <i>were</i> the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth,


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Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These <i>were</i> the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. Esau <i>was</i> the father of the Edomites.


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This <i>is</i> the history of Jacob. <pb/>Joseph, <i>being</i> seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad <i>was</i> with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a <f>[2†]</f>bad report of them to his father.


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<pb/>Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he <i>was</i> <f>[3†]</f>the son of his old age. Also he <f>[4†]</f>made him a tunic of <i>many</i> colors.


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But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they <f>[5†]</f>hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.


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<f>[6†]</f>There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”


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<pb/>And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.


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<pb/>Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, <f>[7†]</f>the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”


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<pb/>So he told <i>it</i> to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What <i>is</i> this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and <f>[8†]</f>your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?”


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And <f>[9†]</f>his brothers envied him, but his father <f>[10†]</f>kept the matter <i>in</i> <i>mind.</i>


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And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding <i>the</i> <i>flock</i> in <f>[11†]</f>Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” <pb/>So he said to him, “Here I am.”


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<pb/>Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of <f>[12†]</f>Hebron, and he went to Shechem.


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<pb/>Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”


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<pb/>So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. <f>[13†]</f>Please tell me where they are feeding <i>their</i> <i>flocks.</i>”


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<pb/>And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in <f>[14†]</f>Dothan.


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<pb/>Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, <f>[15†]</f>they conspired against him to kill him.


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<f>[16†]</f>Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”


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<pb/>But <f>[17†]</f>Reuben heard <i>it,</i> and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”


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And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, <i>but</i> cast him into this pit which <i>is</i> in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.


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<pb/>So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they <f>[18†]</f>stripped Joseph <i>of</i> his tunic, the tunic of <i>many</i> colors that <i>was</i> on him.


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Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit <i>was</i> empty; <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no water in it.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of <f>[20†]</f>Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, <f>[21†]</f>balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry <i>them</i> down to Egypt.


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So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit <i>is</i> <i>there</i> if we kill our brother and <f>[22†]</f>conceal his blood?


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Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and <f>[23†]</f>let not our hand be upon him, for he <i>is</i> <f>[24†]</f>our brother <i>and</i> <f>[25†]</f>our flesh.” And his brothers listened.


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Then <f>[26†]</f>Midianite traders passed by; so <i>the</i> <i>brothers</i> pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, <f>[27†]</f>and sold him to the Ishmaelites for <f>[28†]</f>twenty <i>shekels</i> of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.


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<pb/>Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph <i>was</i> not in the pit; and he <f>[29†]</f>tore his clothes.


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And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad <f>[30†]</f><i>is</i> no <i>more;</i> and I, where shall I go?”


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<pb/>So they took <f>[31†]</f>Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.


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Then they sent the tunic of <i>many</i> colors, and they brought <i>it</i> to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it <i>is</i> your son’s tunic or not?”


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<pb/>And he recognized it and said, “<i>It</i> <i>is</i> my son’s tunic. A <f>[32†]</f>wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”


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Then Jacob <f>[33†]</f>tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and <f>[34†]</f>mourned for his son many days.


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And all his sons and all his daughters <f>[35†]</f>arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For <f>[36†]</f>I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.


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<pb/>Now <f>[37†]</f>the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh <i>and</i> captain of the guard.


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<pb/>It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and <f>[1†]</f>visited a certain Adullamite whose name <i>was</i> Hirah.


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And Judah <f>[2†]</f>saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name <i>was</i> <f>[3†]</f>Shua, and he married her and went in to her.


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And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name <f>[6†]</f>Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.


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<pb/>Then Judah <f>[7†]</f>took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name <i>was</i> <f>[8†]</f>Tamar.


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But <f>[9†]</f>Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, <f>[10†]</f>and the LORD killed him.


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And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to <f>[11†]</f>your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”


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But Onan knew that the heir would not be <f>[12†]</f>his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.


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<pb/>Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, <f>[14†]</f>“Remain a widow in your father’s house till my son Shelah is grown.” For he said, “Lest he also die like his brothers.” And Tamar went and dwelt <f>[15†]</f>in her father’s house.


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<pb/>Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah <f>[16†]</f>was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.


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And it was told Tamar, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up <f>[17†]</f>to Timnah to shear his sheep.”


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So she took off her widow’s garments, covered <i>herself</i> with a veil and wrapped herself, and <f>[18†]</f>sat in an open place which <i>was</i> on the way to Timnah; for she saw <f>[19†]</f>that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.


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Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she <i>was</i> his daughter-in-law. <pb/>So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”


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<pb/>And he said, <f>[20†]</f>“I will send a young goat from the flock.” <pb/>So she said, <f>[21†]</f>“Will you give <i>me</i> a pledge till you send <i>it?</i>”


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<pb/>Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?” <pb/>So she said, <f>[22†]</f>“Your signet and cord, and your staff that <i>is</i> in your hand.” Then he gave <i>them</i> to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.


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So she arose and went away, and <f>[23†]</f>laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.


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<pb/>And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive <i>his</i> pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did not find her.


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Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the harlot who <i>was</i> openly by the roadside?” <pb/>And they said, “There was no harlot in this <i>place.</i>”


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<pb/>So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this <i>place.</i>”


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<pb/>Then Judah said, “Let her take <i>them</i> for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this young goat and you have not found her.”


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<pb/>And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has <f>[24†]</f>played the harlot; furthermore she <i>is</i> with child by harlotry.” <pb/>So Judah said, “Bring her out <f>[25†]</f>and let her be burned!”


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<pb/>When she <i>was</i> brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom these belong, I <i>am</i> with child.” And she said, <f>[26†]</f>“Please determine whose these <i>are</i>—the signet and cord, and staff.”


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<pb/>So Judah <f>[27†]</f>acknowledged <i>them</i> and said, <f>[28†]</f>“She has been more righteous than I, because <f>[29†]</f>I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he <f>[30†]</f>never knew her again.


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And so it was, when she was giving birth, that <i>the</i> <i>one</i> put out <i>his</i> hand; and the midwife took a scarlet <i>thread</i> and bound it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”


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Then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that his brother came out unexpectedly; and she said, “How did you break through? <i>This</i> breach <i>be</i> upon you!” Therefore his name was called <f>[31†]</f>Perez.


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Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet <i>thread</i> on his hand. And his name was called <f>[32†]</f>Zerah.


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<pb/>Now Joseph had been taken <f>[1†]</f>down to Egypt. And <f>[2†]</f>Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, <f>[3†]</f>bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.


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<f>[4†]</f>The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.


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And his master saw that the LORD <i>was</i> with him and that the LORD <f>[5†]</f>made all he did to prosper in his hand.


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So Joseph <f>[6†]</f>found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him <f>[7†]</f>overseer of his house, and all <i>that</i> he had he put under his authority.


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So it was, from the time <i>that</i> he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that <f>[8†]</f>the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had in the house and in the field.


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Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. <pb/>Now Joseph <f>[9†]</f>was handsome in form and appearance.


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<pb/>And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, <f>[10†]</f>“Lie with me.”


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<pb/>But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what <i>is</i> with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand.


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<i>There</i> <i>is</i> no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you <i>are</i> his wife. <f>[11†]</f>How then can I do this great wickedness, and <f>[12†]</f>sin against God?”


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<pb/>So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he <f>[13†]</f>did not heed her, to lie with her <i>or</i> to be with her.


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<pb/>But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house <i>was</i> inside,


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that she <f>[14†]</f>caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.


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that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a <f>[15†]</f>Hebrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.


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And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”


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Then she <f>[16†]</f>spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me;


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so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.”


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<pb/>So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his <f>[17†]</f>anger was aroused.


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Then Joseph’s master took him and <f>[18†]</f>put him into the <f>[19†]</f>prison, a place where the king’s prisoners <i>were</i> confined. And he was there in the prison.


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But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He <f>[20†]</f>gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.


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And the keeper of the prison <f>[21†]</f>committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who <i>were</i> in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing.


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The keeper of the prison did not look into anything <i>that</i> <i>was</i> under <i>Joseph’s</i> authority, because the <f>[22†]</f>LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made <i>it</i> prosper.


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<pb/>It came to pass after these things <i>that</i> the <f>[1†]</f>butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.


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<f>[3†]</f>So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph <i>was</i> confined.


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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.


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<pb/>Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who <i>were</i> confined in the prison, <f>[4†]</f>had a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night <i>and</i> each man’s dream with its <i>own</i> interpretation.


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So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who <i>were</i> with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, <f>[5†]</f>“Why do you look <i>so</i> sad today?”


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<pb/>And they said to him, <f>[6†]</f>“We each have had a dream, and <i>there</i> <i>is</i> no interpreter of it.” <pb/>So Joseph said to them, <f>[7†]</f>“Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell <i>them</i> to me, please.”


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<pb/>Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine <i>was</i> before me,


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and in the vine <i>were</i> three branches; it <i>was</i> as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.


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Then Pharaoh’s cup <i>was</i> in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”


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<pb/>And Joseph said to him, <f>[8†]</f>“This <i>is</i> the interpretation of it: The three branches <f>[9†]</f><i>are</i> three days.


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Now within three days Pharaoh will <f>[10†]</f>lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.


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But <f>[11†]</f>remember me when it is well with you, and <f>[12†]</f>please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.


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For indeed I was <f>[13†]</f>stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; <f>[14†]</f>and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon.”


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<pb/>When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also <i>was</i> in my dream, and there <i>were</i> three white baskets on my head.


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In the uppermost basket <i>were</i> all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”


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<pb/>So Joseph answered and said, <f>[15†]</f>“This <i>is</i> the interpretation of it: The three baskets <i>are</i> three days.


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<f>[16†]</f>Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and <f>[17†]</f>hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”


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<pb/>Now it came to pass on the third day, <i>which</i> <i>was</i> Pharaoh’s <f>[18†]</f>birthday, that he <f>[19†]</f>made a feast for all his servants; and he <f>[20†]</f>lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.


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Then he <f>[21†]</f>restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and <f>[22†]</f>he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.


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<pb/>Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that <f>[1†]</f>Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river.


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Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.


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Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt, and stood by the <i>other</i> cows on the bank of the river.


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He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good.


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And the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, <i>it</i> <i>was</i> a dream.


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Now it came to pass in the morning <f>[3†]</f>that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all <f>[4†]</f>the magicians of Egypt and all its <f>[5†]</f>wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.


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When Pharaoh was <f>[7†]</f>angry with his servants, <f>[8†]</f>and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, <i>both</i> me and the chief baker,


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<f>[9†]</f>we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his <i>own</i> dream.


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Now there <i>was</i> a young <f>[10†]</f>Hebrew man with us there, a <f>[11†]</f>servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he <f>[12†]</f>interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his <i>own</i> dream.


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And it came to pass, just <f>[13†]</f>as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they <f>[15†]</f>brought him quickly <f>[16†]</f>out of the dungeon; and he shaved, <f>[17†]</f>changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.


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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and <i>there</i> <i>is</i> no one who can interpret it. <f>[18†]</f>But I have heard it said of you <i>that</i> you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”


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<pb/>So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, <f>[19†]</f>“<i>It</i> <i>is</i> not in me; <f>[20†]</f>God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”


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<pb/>Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, <f>[21†]</f>in my dream I stood on the bank of the river.


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Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.


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When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they <i>were</i> just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke.


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Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, <i>and</i> blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.


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And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So <f>[22†]</f>I told <i>this</i> to the magicians, but <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no one who could explain <i>it</i> to me.”


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<pb/>Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh <i>are</i> one; <f>[23†]</f>God has shown Pharaoh what He <i>is</i> about to do:


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The seven good cows <i>are</i> seven years, and the seven good heads <i>are</i> seven years; the dreams <i>are</i> one.


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And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them <i>are</i> seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are <f>[24†]</f>seven years of famine.


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<f>[25†]</f>This <i>is</i> the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He <i>is</i> about to do.


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but after them seven years of famine will <f>[27†]</f>arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine <f>[28†]</f>will deplete the land.


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So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine following, for it <i>will</i> <i>be</i> very severe.


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And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the <f>[29†]</f>thing <i>is</i> established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.


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<pb/>“Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.


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Let Pharaoh do <i>this,</i> and let him appoint officers over the land, <f>[30†]</f>to collect one-fifth <i>of</i> <i>the</i> <i>produce</i> of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years.


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And <f>[31†]</f>let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.


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Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land <f>[32†]</f>may not perish during the famine.”


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And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find <i>such</i> <i>a</i> <i>one</i> as this, a man <f>[34†]</f>in whom <i>is</i> the Spirit of God?”


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<pb/>Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, <i>there</i> <i>is</i> no one as discerning and wise as you.


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<f>[35†]</f>You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”


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<pb/>Then Pharaoh <f>[37†]</f>took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he <f>[38†]</f>clothed him in garments of fine linen <f>[39†]</f>and put a gold chain around his neck.


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And he had him ride in the second <f>[40†]</f>chariot which he had; <f>[41†]</f>and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him <f>[42†]</f>over all the land of Egypt.


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Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I <i>am</i> Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”


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And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife <f>[43†]</f>Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over <i>all</i> the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>Joseph was thirty years old when he <f>[44†]</f>stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.


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So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.


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Joseph gathered very much grain, <f>[45†]</f>as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for <i>it</i> <i>was</i> immeasurable.


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<pb/> <f>[46†]</f>And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.


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Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my <f>[47†]</f>father’s house.”


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And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be <f>[48†]</f>fruitful in the land of my affliction.”


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<f>[49†]</f>and the seven years of famine began to come, <f>[50†]</f>as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.


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So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; <f>[51†]</f>whatever he says to you, do.”


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The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses and <f>[52†]</f>sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.


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<f>[53†]</f>So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to <f>[54†]</f>buy <i>grain,</i> because the famine was severe in all lands.


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<pb/>When <f>[1†]</f>Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”


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And he said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may <f>[2†]</f>live and not die.”


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But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, <f>[3†]</f>“Lest some calamity befall him.”


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And the sons of Israel went to buy <i>grain</i> among those who journeyed, for the famine was <f>[4†]</f>in the land of Canaan.


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<pb/>Now Joseph <i>was</i> governor <f>[5†]</f>over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and <f>[6†]</f>bowed down before him with <i>their</i> faces to the earth.


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Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as <f>[7†]</f>a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” <pb/>And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”


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Then Joseph <f>[8†]</f>remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You <i>are</i> spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”


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<pb/>And they said, “Your servants <i>are</i> twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and in fact, the youngest <i>is</i> with our father today, and one <f>[9†]</f><i>is</i> no more.”


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In this <i>manner</i> you shall be tested: <f>[10†]</f>By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.


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Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested to see whether <i>there</i> <i>is</i> any truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you <i>are</i> spies!”


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If you <i>are</i> honest <i>men,</i> let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house; but you, go and carry grain for the famine of your houses.


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And bring your young <f>[13†]</f>est brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” <pb/>And they did so.


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Then they said to one another, <f>[14†]</f>“We <i>are</i> truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; <f>[15†]</f>therefore this distress has come upon us.”


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<pb/>And Reuben answered them, saying, <f>[16†]</f>“Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now <f>[17†]</f>required of us.”


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But they did not know that Joseph understood <i>them,</i> for he spoke to them through an interpreter.


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And he turned himself away from them and <f>[18†]</f>wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took <f>[19†]</f>Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.


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<pb/>Then Joseph <f>[20†]</f>gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to <f>[21†]</f>restore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. <f>[22†]</f>Thus he did for them.


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But as <f>[23†]</f>one <i>of</i> <i>them</i> opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the encampment, he saw his money; and there it was, in the mouth of his sack.


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So he said to his brothers, “My money has been restored, and there it is, in my sack!” Then their hearts failed <i>them</i> and they were afraid, saying to one another, “What <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> God has done to us?”


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<pb/>Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying:


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“The man <i>who</i> <i>is</i> lord of the land <f>[24†]</f>spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.


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We <i>are</i> twelve brothers, sons of our father; one <i>is</i> no <i>more,</i> and the youngest <i>is</i> with our father this day in the land of Canaan.’


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Then the man, the lord of the country, said to us, <f>[25†]</f>‘By this I will know that you <i>are</i> honest <i>men:</i> Leave one of your brothers <i>here</i> with me, take <i>food</i> <i>for</i> the famine of your households, and be gone.


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And bring your <f>[26†]</f>youngest brother to me; so I shall know that you <i>are</i> not spies, but <i>that</i> you <i>are</i> honest <i>men.</i> I will grant your brother to you, and you may <f>[27†]</f>trade in the land.’ ”


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<pb/>Then it happened as they emptied their sacks, that surprisingly <f>[28†]</f>each man’s bundle of money <i>was</i> in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.


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And Jacob their father said to them, “You have <f>[29†]</f>bereaved me: Joseph is no <i>more,</i> Simeon is no <i>more,</i> and you want to take <f>[30†]</f>Benjamin. All these things are against me.”


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<pb/>Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him <i>back</i> to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”


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<pb/>But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for <f>[31†]</f>his brother is dead, and he is left alone. <f>[32†]</f>If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would <f>[33†]</f>bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.”


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And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go <f>[2†]</f>back, buy us a little food.”


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<pb/>But Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your <f>[3†]</f>brother <i>is</i> with you.’


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But if you will not send <i>him,</i> we will not go down; for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother <i>is</i> with you.’ ”


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<pb/>And Israel said, “Why did you deal <i>so</i> wrongfully with me <i>as</i> to tell the man whether you had still <i>another</i> brother?”


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<pb/>But they said, “The man asked us pointedly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘<i>Is</i> your father still alive? Have you <i>another</i> brother?’ And we told him according to these words. Could we possibly have known that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”


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<pb/>Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may <f>[4†]</f>live and not die, both we and you <i>and</i> also our little ones.


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I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. <f>[5†]</f>If I do not bring him <i>back</i> to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.


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<pb/>And their father Israel said to them, “If <i>it</i> <i>must</i> <i>be</i> so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and <f>[6†]</f>carry down a present for the man—a little <f>[7†]</f>balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.


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Take double money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money <f>[8†]</f>that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.


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And may God <f>[9†]</f>Almighty <f>[10†]</f>give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. <f>[11†]</f>If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”


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<pb/>So the men took that present and Benjamin, and they took double money in their hand, and arose and went <f>[12†]</f>down to Egypt; and they stood before Joseph.


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When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the <f>[13†]</f>steward of his house, “Take <i>these</i> men to my home, and slaughter an animal and make ready; for <i>these</i> men will dine with me at noon.”


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<pb/>Now the men were <f>[14†]</f>afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, “<i>It</i> <i>is</i> because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may make a case against us and seize us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”


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<pb/>When they drew near to the steward of Joseph’s house, they talked with him at the door of the house,


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but <f>[16†]</f>it happened, when we came to the encampment, that we opened our sacks, and there, <i>each</i> man’s money <i>was</i> in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; so we have brought it back in our hand.


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And we have brought down other money in our hands to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.”


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<pb/>But he said, “Peace <i>be</i> with you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money.” Then he brought <f>[17†]</f>Simeon out to them.


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<pb/>So the man brought the men into Joseph’s house and <f>[18†]</f>gave <i>them</i> water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.


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Then they made the present ready for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there.


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<pb/>And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which <i>was</i> in their hand into the house, and <f>[19†]</f>bowed down before him to the earth.


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Then he asked them about <i>their</i> well-being, and said, “<i>Is</i> your father well, the old man <f>[20†]</f>of whom you spoke? <i>Is</i> he still alive?”


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<pb/>And they answered, “Your servant our father <i>is</i> in good health; he <i>is</i> still alive.” <f>[21†]</f>And they bowed their heads down and prostrated themselves.


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<pb/>Then he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, <f>[22†]</f>his mother’s son, and said, “<i>Is</i> this your younger brother <f>[23†]</f>of whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”


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Now <f>[24†]</f>his heart yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought <i>somewhere</i> to weep. And he went into <i>his</i> chamber and <f>[25†]</f>wept there.


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Then he washed his face and came out; and he restrained himself, and said, “Serve the <f>[26†]</f>bread.”


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<pb/>So they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat food with the <f>[27†]</f>Hebrews, for that <i>is</i> <f>[28†]</f>an abomination to the Egyptians.


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And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his <f>[29†]</f>birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked in astonishment at one another.


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Then he took servings to them from before him, but Benjamin’s serving was <f>[30†]</f>five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.


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<pb/>And he commanded the <f>[1†]</f>steward of his house, saying, <f>[2†]</f>“Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.


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Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money.” So he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.


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When they had gone out of the city, <i>and</i> were not <i>yet</i> far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you <f>[3†]</f>repaid evil for good?


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<i>Is</i> not this <i>the</i> <i>one</i> from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.’ ”


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And they said to him, “Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from us that your servants should do such a thing.


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Look, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan <f>[4†]</f>the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?


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With whomever of your servants it is found, <f>[5†]</f>let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”


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<pb/>And he said, “Now also <i>let</i> it <i>be</i> according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be blameless.”


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So he searched. He began with the oldest and left off with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.


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<pb/>So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he <i>was</i> still there; and they <f>[7†]</f>fell before him on the ground.


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And Joseph said to them, “What deed <i>is</i> this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?”


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<pb/>Then Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has <f>[8†]</f>found out the iniquity of your servants; here <f>[9†]</f>we are, my lord’s slaves, both we and <i>he</i> also with whom the cup was found.”


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<pb/>But he said, <f>[10†]</f>“Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father.”


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<pb/>Then Judah came near to him and said: “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s hearing, and <f>[11†]</f>do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you <i>are</i> even like Pharaoh.


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And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and <f>[12†]</f>a child of <i>his</i> old age, <i>who</i> <i>is</i> young; his brother is <f>[13†]</f>dead, and he <f>[14†]</f>alone is left of his mother’s children, and his <f>[15†]</f>father loves him.’


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And we said to my lord, <f>[17†]</f>‘The lad cannot leave his father, for <i>if</i> he should leave his father, <i>his</i> <i>father</i> would die.’


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But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.’


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But we said, ‘We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we may not see the man’s face unless our youngest brother <i>is</i> with us.’


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and the one went out from me, and I said, <f>[20†]</f>“Surely he is torn to pieces”; and I have not seen him since.


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But if you <f>[21†]</f>take this one also from me, and calamity befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.’


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<pb/>“Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad <i>is</i> not with us, since <f>[22†]</f>his life is bound up in the lad’s life,


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it will happen, when he sees that the lad <i>is</i> not <i>with</i> <i>us,</i> that he will die. So your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.


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For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, <f>[23†]</f>‘If I do not bring him <i>back</i> to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever.’


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Now therefore, please <f>[24†]</f>let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.


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For how shall I go up to my father if the lad <i>is</i> not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?”


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<pb/>Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him <f>[1†]</f>while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.


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<pb/>Then Joseph said to his brothers, <f>[3†]</f>“I <i>am</i> Joseph; does my father still live?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence.


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And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I <i>am</i> Joseph your brother, <f>[4†]</f>whom you sold into Egypt.


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But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; <f>[5†]</f>for God sent me before you to preserve life.


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For these two years the <f>[6†]</f>famine <i>has</i> <i>been</i> in the land, and <i>there</i> <i>are</i> still five years in which <i>there</i> <i>will</i> <i>be</i> neither plowing nor harvesting.


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And God <f>[7†]</f>sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.


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So now <i>it</i> <i>was</i> not you <i>who</i> sent me here, but <f>[8†]</f>God; and He has made me <f>[9†]</f>a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a <f>[10†]</f>ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>“Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry.


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<f>[11†]</f>You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.


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There I will <f>[12†]</f>provide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for <i>there</i> <i>are</i> still five years of famine.” ’


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<pb/>“And behold, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that <i>it</i> <i>is</i> <f>[13†]</f>my mouth that speaks to you.


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So you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and <f>[14†]</f>bring my father down here.”


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Moreover he <f>[15†]</f>kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with him.


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<pb/>Now the report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” So it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.


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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and depart; go to the land of Canaan.


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Bring your father and your households and come to me; I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat <f>[16†]</f>the fat of the land.


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Now you are commanded—do this: Take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives; bring your father and come.


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Also do not be concerned about your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt <i>is</i> yours.’ ”


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<pb/>Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them <f>[17†]</f>carts, according to the command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey.


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He gave to all of them, to each man, <f>[18†]</f>changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred <i>pieces</i> of silver and <f>[19†]</f>five changes of garments.


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And he sent to his father these <i>things:</i> ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and food for his father for the journey.


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So he sent his brothers away, and they departed; and he said to them, “See that you do not become troubled along the way.”


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And they told him, saying, “Joseph <i>is</i> still alive, and he <i>is</i> governor over all the land of Egypt.” <f>[20†]</f>And Jacob’s heart stood still, because he did not believe them.


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But when they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit <f>[21†]</f>of Jacob their father revived.


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Then Israel said, “<i>It</i> <i>is</i> enough. Joseph my son <i>is</i> still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”


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<pb/>So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to <f>[1†]</f>Beersheba, and offered sacrifices <f>[2†]</f>to the God of his father Isaac.


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Then God spoke to Israel <f>[3†]</f>in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” <pb/>And he said, “Here I am.”


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<pb/>So He said, “I <i>am</i> God, <f>[4†]</f>the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will <f>[5†]</f>make of you a great nation there.


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<f>[6†]</f>I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely <f>[7†]</f>bring you up <i>again;</i> and <f>[8†]</f>Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”


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<pb/>Then <f>[9†]</f>Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the carts <f>[10†]</f>which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.


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So they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to Egypt, <f>[11†]</f>Jacob and all his descendants with him.


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His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.


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<pb/>Now <f>[12†]</f>these <i>were</i> the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: <f>[13†]</f>Reuben <i>was</i> Jacob’s firstborn.


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<f>[15†]</f>The sons of Simeon <i>were</i> Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.


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The sons of <f>[17†]</f>Judah <i>were</i> <f>[18†]</f>Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). <f>[19†]</f>The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.


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These <i>were</i> the <f>[21†]</f>sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the persons, his sons and his daughters, <i>were</i> thirty-three.


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<f>[22†]</f>The sons of Asher <i>were</i> Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah <i>were</i> Heber and Malchiel.


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<f>[23†]</f>These <i>were</i> the sons of Zilpah, <f>[24†]</f>whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.


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<f>[27†]</f>And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.


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<f>[28†]</f>The sons of Benjamin <i>were</i> Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, <f>[29†]</f>Ehi, Rosh, <f>[30†]</f>Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.


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<f>[32†]</f>These <i>were</i> the sons of Bilhah, <f>[33†]</f>whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all.


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<pb/> <f>[34†]</f>All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, <f>[35†]</f>besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, <i>were</i> sixty-six persons in all.


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And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt <i>were</i> two persons. <f>[36†]</f>All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.


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<pb/>Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, <f>[37†]</f>to point out before him <i>the</i> <i>way</i> to Goshen. And they came <f>[38†]</f>to the land of Goshen.


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So Joseph made ready his <f>[39†]</f>chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and <f>[40†]</f>fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.


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<pb/>And Israel said to Joseph, <f>[41†]</f>“Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you <i>are</i> still alive.”


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<pb/>Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, <f>[42†]</f>“I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who <i>were</i> in the land of Canaan, have come to me.


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And the men <i>are</i> <f>[43†]</f>shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.’


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that you shall say, ‘Your servants’ occupation has been with livestock <f>[46†]</f>from our youth even till now, both we <i>and</i> also our fathers,’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd <i>is</i> <f>[47†]</f>an abomination to the Egyptians.”


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<pb/>Then Joseph <f>[1†]</f>went and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed they <i>are</i> in <f>[2†]</f>the land of Goshen.”


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Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, <f>[4†]</f>“What <i>is</i> your occupation?” <pb/>And they said to Pharaoh, <f>[5†]</f>“Your servants <i>are</i> shepherds, both we <i>and</i> also our fathers.”


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And they said to Pharaoh, <f>[6†]</f>“We have come to dwell in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, <f>[7†]</f>for the famine <i>is</i> severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants <f>[8†]</f>dwell in the land of Goshen.”


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<f>[9†]</f>The land of Egypt <i>is</i> before you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwell <f>[10†]</f>in the land of Goshen. And if you know <i>any</i> competent men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.”


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<pb/>Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob <f>[11†]</f>blessed Pharaoh.


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<pb/>And Jacob said to Pharaoh, <f>[12†]</f>“The days of the years of my pilgrimage <i>are</i> <f>[13†]</f>one hundred and thirty years; <f>[14†]</f>few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and <f>[15†]</f>they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”


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<pb/>And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of <f>[17†]</f>Rameses, <f>[18†]</f>as Pharaoh had commanded.


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Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all <f>[19†]</f>his father’s household with bread, according to the number in <i>their</i> families.


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<pb/>Now <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no bread in all the land; for the famine <i>was</i> very severe, <f>[20†]</f>so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.


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<f>[21†]</f>And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.


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<pb/>So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, for <f>[22†]</f>why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed.”


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<pb/>Then Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you <i>bread</i> for your livestock, if the money is gone.”


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So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread <i>in</i> <i>exchange</i> for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he fed them with bread <i>in</i> <i>exchange</i> for all their livestock that year.


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<pb/>When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; my lord also has our herds of livestock. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.


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Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants of Pharaoh; give <i>us</i> seed, that we may <f>[23†]</f>live and not die, that the land may not be desolate.”


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<pb/>Then Joseph <f>[24†]</f>bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s.


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And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from <i>one</i> end of the borders of Egypt to the <i>other</i> end.


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<f>[25†]</f>Only the land of the <f>[26†]</f>priests he did not buy; for the priests had rations <i>allotted</i> <i>to</i> <i>them</i> by Pharaoh, and they ate their rations which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.


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<pb/>Then Joseph said to the people, “Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look, <i>here</i> <i>is</i> seed for you, and you shall sow the land.


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And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”


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<pb/>So they said, “You have saved <f>[27†]</f>our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”


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And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, <i>that</i> Pharaoh should have one-fifth, <f>[28†]</f>except for the land of the priests only, <i>which</i> did not become Pharaoh’s.


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<pb/>So Israel <f>[29†]</f>dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and <f>[30†]</f>grew and multiplied exceedingly.


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And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob’s life was one hundred and forty-seven years.


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When the time <f>[31†]</f>drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please <f>[32†]</f>put your hand under my thigh, and <f>[33†]</f>deal kindly and truly with me. <f>[34†]</f>Please do not bury me in Egypt,


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but <f>[35†]</f>let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and <f>[36†]</f>bury me in their burial place.” <pb/>And he said, “I will do as you have said.”


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<pb/>Then he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. So <f>[37†]</f>Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.


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<pb/>Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, “Indeed your father <i>is</i> sick”; and he took with him his two sons, <f>[1†]</f>Manasseh and Ephraim.


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And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.


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Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God <f>[2†]</f>Almighty appeared to me at <f>[3†]</f>Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,


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and said to me, ‘Behold, I will <f>[4†]</f>make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and <f>[5†]</f>give this land to your descendants after you <f>[6†]</f><i>as</i> an everlasting possession.’


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And now your <f>[7†]</f>two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, <i>are</i> mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.


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Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.


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But as for me, when I came from Padan, <f>[8†]</f>Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when <i>there</i> <i>was</i> but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”


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<pb/>And Joseph said to his father, “They <i>are</i> my sons, whom God has given me in this <i>place.</i>” <pb/>And he said, “Please bring them to me, and <f>[9†]</f>I will bless them.”


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Now <f>[10†]</f>the eyes of Israel were dim with age, <i>so</i> <i>that</i> he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he <f>[11†]</f>kissed them and embraced them.


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And Israel said to Joseph, <f>[12†]</f>“I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!”


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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought <i>them</i> near him.


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Then Israel stretched out his right hand and <f>[13†]</f>laid <i>it</i> on Ephraim’s head, who <i>was</i> the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, <f>[14†]</f>guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh <i>was</i> the <f>[15†]</f>firstborn.


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And <f>[16†]</f>he blessed Joseph, and said: <pb/><t>“God, <f>[17†]</f>before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, </t><t>The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,</t>


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<t>The Angel <f>[18†]</f>who has redeemed me from all evil, </t><t>Bless the lads; </t><t>Let <f>[19†]</f>my name be named upon them, </t><t>And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; </t><t>And let them <f>[20†]</f>grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”</t>


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<pb/>Now when Joseph saw that his father <f>[21†]</f>laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.


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And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this <i>one</i> <i>is</i> the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”


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<pb/>But his father refused and said, <f>[22†]</f>“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly <f>[23†]</f>his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”


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<pb/>So he blessed them that day, saying, <f>[24†]</f>“By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.


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<pb/>Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but <f>[25†]</f>God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.


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Moreover <f>[26†]</f>I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand <f>[27†]</f>of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”


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<pb/>And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may <f>[1†]</f>tell you what shall befall you <f>[2†]</f>in the last days:


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<t>“Reuben, you are <f>[3†]</f>my firstborn, </t><t>My might and the beginning of my strength, </t><t>The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.</t>


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<t>Unstable as water, you shall not excel, </t><t>Because you <f>[4†]</f>went up to your father’s bed; </t><t>Then you defiled <i>it</i>— </t><t>He went up to my couch.</t>


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<t>“Simeon and Levi <i>are</i> brothers; </t><t>Instruments of cruelty <i>are</i> <i>in</i> their dwelling place.</t>


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<t> <f>[5†]</f>Let not my soul enter their council; </t><t>Let not my honor be united <f>[6†]</f>to their assembly; </t><t> <f>[7†]</f>For in their anger they slew a man, </t><t>And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.</t>


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<t>Cursed <i>be</i> their anger, for <i>it</i> <i>is</i> fierce; </t><t>And their wrath, for it is cruel! </t><t> <f>[8†]</f>I will divide them in Jacob </t><t>And scatter them in Israel.</t>


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<t>“Judah, <f>[9†]</f> you <i>are</i> <i>he</i> whom your brothers shall praise; </t><t> <f>[10†]</f>Your hand <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> on the neck of your enemies; </t><t> <f>[11†]</f>Your father’s children shall bow down before you.</t>


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<t>Judah <i>is</i> <f>[12†]</f>a lion’s whelp; </t><t>From the prey, my son, you have gone up. </t><t> <f>[13†]</f>He bows down, he lies down as a lion; </t><t>And as a lion, who shall rouse him?</t>


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<t> <f>[14†]</f>The scepter shall not depart from Judah, </t><t>Nor <f>[15†]</f>a lawgiver from between his feet, </t><t> <f>[16†]</f>Until Shiloh comes; </t><t> <f>[17†]</f>And to Him <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> the obedience of the people.</t>


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<t>Binding his donkey to the vine, </t><t>And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, </t><t>He washed his garments in wine, </t><t>And his clothes in the blood of grapes.</t>


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<t>“Zebulun <f>[18†]</f> shall dwell by the haven of the sea; </t><t>He <i>shall</i> <i>become</i> a haven for ships, </t><t>And his border shall <f>[19†]</f>adjoin Sidon.</t>


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<t>He saw that rest <i>was</i> good, </t><t>And that the land <i>was</i> pleasant; </t><t>He bowed <f>[21†]</f>his shoulder to bear <i>a</i> <i>burden,</i> </t><t>And became a band of slaves.</t>


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<t> <f>[23†]</f>Dan shall be a serpent by the way, </t><t>A viper by the path, </t><t>That bites the horse’s heels </t><t>So that its rider shall fall backward.</t>


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<t>“Bread from <f>[26†]</f>Asher <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> rich, </t><t>And he shall yield royal dainties.</t>


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<t>“Joseph <i>is</i> a fruitful bough, </t><t>A fruitful bough by a well; </t><t>His branches run over the wall.</t>


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<t>The archers have <f>[28†]</f>bitterly grieved him, </t><t>Shot <i>at</i> <i>him</i> and hated him.</t>


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<t>But his <f>[29†]</f>bow remained in strength, </t><t>And the arms of his hands were made strong </t><t>By the hands of <f>[30†]</f>the Mighty <i>God</i> of Jacob </t><t> <f>[31†]</f>(From there <f>[32†]</f><i>is</i> the Shepherd, <f>[33†]</f>the Stone of Israel),</t>


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<t> <f>[34†]</f>By the God of your father who will help you, </t><t> <f>[35†]</f>And by the Almighty <f>[36†]</f>who will bless you </t><t><i>With</i> blessings of heaven above, </t><t>Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, </t><t>Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.</t>


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<t>The blessings of your father </t><t>Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, </t><t> <f>[37†]</f>Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. </t><t> <f>[38†]</f>They shall be on the head of Joseph, </t><t>And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.</t>


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<t>“Benjamin is a <f>[39†]</f>ravenous wolf; </t><t>In the morning he shall devour the prey, </t><t> <f>[40†]</f>And at night he shall divide the spoil.”</t>


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<pb/>All these <i>are</i> the twelve tribes of Israel, and this <i>is</i> what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.


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<pb/>Then he charged them and said to them: “I <f>[41†]</f>am to be gathered to my people; <f>[42†]</f>bury me with my fathers <f>[43†]</f>in the cave that <i>is</i> in the field of Ephron the Hittite,


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in the cave that <i>is</i> in the field of Machpelah, which <i>is</i> before Mamre in the land of Canaan, <f>[44†]</f>which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.


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<f>[45†]</f>There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, <f>[46†]</f>there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.


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And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.


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<pb/>Then Joseph <f>[1†]</f>fell on his father’s face, and <f>[2†]</f>wept over him, and kissed him.


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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to <f>[3†]</f>embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.


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Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians <f>[4†]</f>mourned for him seventy days.


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<pb/>Now when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to <f>[5†]</f>the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,


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<f>[6†]</f>‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave <f>[7†]</f>which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.’ ”


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<pb/>So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,


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as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.


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<pb/>Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which <i>is</i> beyond the Jordan, and they <f>[8†]</f>mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. <f>[9†]</f>He observed seven days of mourning for his father.


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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This <i>is</i> a deep mourning of the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which <i>is</i> beyond the Jordan.


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For <f>[10†]</f>his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham <f>[11†]</f>bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.


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And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.


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<pb/>When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, <f>[12†]</f>they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.”


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‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; <f>[13†]</f>for they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of <f>[14†]</f>the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.


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<pb/>Then his brothers also went and <f>[15†]</f>fell down before his face, and they said, “Behold, we <i>are</i> your servants.”


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<pb/>Joseph said to them, <f>[16†]</f>“Do not be afraid, <f>[17†]</f>for <i>am</i> I in the place of God?


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<f>[18†]</f>But as for you, you meant evil against me; <i>but</i> <f>[19†]</f>God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as <i>it</i> <i>is</i> this day, to save many people alive.


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Now therefore, do not be afraid; <f>[20†]</f>I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.


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<pb/>So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.


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Joseph saw Ephraim’s children <f>[21†]</f>to the third <i>generation.</i> <f>[22†]</f>The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, <f>[23†]</f>were also brought up on Joseph’s knees.


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<pb/>And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but <f>[24†]</f>God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land <f>[25†]</f>of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”


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Then <f>[26†]</f>Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and <f>[27†]</f>you shall carry up my <f>[28†]</f>bones from here.”


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So Joseph died, <i>being</i> one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.


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<pb/>Now <f>[1†]</f>these <i>are</i> the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob:


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All those who were descendants of Jacob were <f>[2†]</f>seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt <i>already</i>).


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<f>[4†]</f>But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.


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And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel <i>are</i> more and <f>[6†]</f>mightier than we;


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<f>[7†]</f>come, let us <f>[8†]</f>deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and <i>so</i> go up out of the land.”


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Therefore they set taskmasters over them <f>[9†]</f>to afflict them with their <f>[10†]</f>burdens. And they built for Pharaoh <f>[11†]</f>supply cities, Pithom <f>[12†]</f>and Raamses.


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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.


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And they <f>[14†]</f>made their lives bitter with hard bondage— <f>[15†]</f>in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve <i>was</i> with rigor.


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<pb/>Then the king of Egypt spoke to the <f>[16†]</f>Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one <i>was</i> Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah;


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and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see <i>them</i> on the birthstools, if it <i>is</i> a <f>[17†]</f>son, then you shall kill him; but if it <i>is</i> a daughter, then she shall live.”


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But the midwives <f>[18†]</f>feared God, and did not do <f>[19†]</f>as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.


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So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”


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<pb/>And <f>[20†]</f>the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women <i>are</i> not like the Egyptian women; for they <i>are</i> lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”


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<pb/> <f>[21†]</f>Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.


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<pb/>So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, <f>[23†]</f>“Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”


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<pb/>And <f>[1†]</f>a man of the house of Levi went and took <i>as</i> <i>wife</i> a daughter of Levi.


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So the woman conceived and bore a son. And <f>[2†]</f>when she saw that he <i>was</i> a beautiful <i>child,</i> she hid him three months.


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But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of <f>[3†]</f>bulrushes for him, daubed it with <f>[4†]</f>asphalt and <f>[5†]</f>pitch, put the child in it, and laid <i>it</i> in the reeds <f>[6†]</f>by the river’s bank.


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<pb/>Then the <f>[8†]</f>daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.


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And when she opened <i>it,</i> she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”


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<pb/>Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”


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Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give <i>you</i> your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.


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And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became <f>[9†]</f>her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”


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<pb/>Now it came to pass in those days, <f>[10†]</f>when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.


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So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he <f>[11†]</f>killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.


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And <f>[12†]</f>when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men <f>[13†]</f>were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”


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<pb/>Then he said, <f>[14†]</f>“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” <pb/>So Moses <f>[15†]</f>feared and said, “Surely this thing is known!”


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When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But <f>[16†]</f>Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of <f>[17†]</f>Midian; and he sat down by <f>[18†]</f>a well.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. <f>[20†]</f>And they came and drew water, and they filled the <f>[21†]</f>troughs to water their father’s flock.


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Then the <f>[22†]</f>shepherds came and <f>[23†]</f>drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and <f>[24†]</f>watered their flock.


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<pb/>When they came to <f>[25†]</f>Reuel their father, <f>[26†]</f>he said, “How <i>is</i> <i>it</i> <i>that</i> you have come so soon today?”


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<pb/>And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”


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<pb/>So he said to his daughters, “And where <i>is</i> he? Why <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> you have left the man? Call him, that he may <f>[27†]</f>eat bread.”


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<pb/>Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave <f>[28†]</f>Zipporah his daughter to Moses.


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And she bore <i>him</i> a son. He called his name <f>[29†]</f>Gershom, for he said, “I have been <f>[30†]</f>a stranger in a foreign land.”


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<pb/>Now it happened <f>[31†]</f>in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel <f>[32†]</f>groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and <f>[33†]</f>their cry came up to God because of the bondage.


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So God <f>[34†]</f>heard their groaning, and God <f>[35†]</f>remembered His <f>[36†]</f>covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.


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And God <f>[37†]</f>looked upon the children of Israel, and God <f>[38†]</f>acknowledged <i>them.</i>


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<pb/>Now Moses was tending the flock of <f>[1†]</f>Jethro his father-in-law, <f>[2†]</f>the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to <f>[3†]</f>Horeb, <f>[4†]</f>the mountain of God.


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And <f>[5†]</f>the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush <i>was</i> not consumed.


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Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this <f>[6†]</f>great sight, why the bush does not burn.”


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<pb/>So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called <f>[7†]</f>to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” <pb/>And he said, “Here I am.”


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<pb/>Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. <f>[8†]</f>Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand <i>is</i> holy ground.”


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Moreover He said, <f>[9†]</f>“I <i>am</i> the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for <f>[10†]</f>he was afraid to look upon God.


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<pb/>And the LORD said: <f>[11†]</f>“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who <i>are</i> in Egypt, and have heard their cry <f>[12†]</f>because of their taskmasters, <f>[13†]</f>for I know their sorrows.


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So <f>[14†]</f>I have come down to <f>[15†]</f>deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to <f>[16†]</f>a good and large land, to a land <f>[17†]</f>flowing with milk and honey, to the place of <f>[18†]</f>the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.


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Now therefore, behold, <f>[19†]</f>the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the <f>[20†]</f>oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.


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<f>[21†]</f>Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”


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<pb/>But Moses said to God, <f>[22†]</f>“Who <i>am</i> I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”


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<pb/>So He said, <f>[23†]</f>“I will certainly be with you. And this <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> a <f>[24†]</f>sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”


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<pb/>Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, <i>when</i> I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What <i>is</i> His name?’ what shall I say to them?”


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<pb/>And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, <f>[25†]</f>‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”


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Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This <i>is</i> <f>[26†]</f>My name forever, and this <i>is</i> My memorial to all generations.’


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Go and <f>[27†]</f>gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, <f>[28†]</f>“I have surely visited you and <i>seen</i> what is done to you in Egypt;


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and I have said <f>[29†]</f>I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’


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Then <f>[30†]</f>they will heed your voice; and <f>[31†]</f>you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The LORD God of the Hebrews has <f>[32†]</f>met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’


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But I am sure that the king of Egypt <f>[33†]</f>will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand.


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So I will <f>[34†]</f>stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with <f>[35†]</f>all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and <f>[36†]</f>after that he will let you go.


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And <f>[37†]</f>I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed.


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<f>[38†]</f>But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, <f>[39†]</f>articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put <i>them</i> on your sons and on your daughters. So <f>[40†]</f>you shall plunder the Egyptians.”


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<pb/>Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’ ”


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<pb/>And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.


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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take <i>it</i> by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),


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“that they may <f>[1†]</f>believe that the <f>[2†]</f>LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”


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<pb/>Furthermore the LORD said to him, “Now put your hand in your bosom.” And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand <i>was</i> leprous, <f>[3†]</f>like snow.


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And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom again.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, <f>[4†]</f>it was restored like his <i>other</i> flesh.


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“Then it will be, if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of the <f>[5†]</f>first sign, that they may believe the message of the latter sign.


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And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour <i>it</i> on the dry <i>land.</i> <f>[6†]</f>The water which you take from the river will become blood on the dry <i>land.</i>”


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<pb/>Then Moses said to the LORD, “O my Lord, I <i>am</i> not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but <f>[7†]</f>I <i>am</i> slow of speech and slow of tongue.”


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<pb/>So the LORD said to him, <f>[8†]</f>“Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? <i>Have</i> not I, the LORD?


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<pb/>But he said, “O my Lord, <f>[10†]</f>please send by the hand of whomever <i>else</i> You may send.”


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<pb/>So <f>[11†]</f>the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your <f>[12†]</f>brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, <f>[13†]</f>he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.


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Now <f>[14†]</f>you shall speak to him and <f>[15†]</f>put the words in his mouth. And <f>[16†]</f>I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.


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So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and <f>[17†]</f>you shall be to him as God.


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<pb/>So Moses went and returned to <f>[18†]</f>Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brethren who <i>are</i> in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” <pb/>And Jethro said to Moses, <f>[19†]</f>“Go in peace.”


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<pb/>Now the LORD said to Moses in <f>[20†]</f>Midian, “Go, return to <f>[21†]</f>Egypt; for all the men who <f>[22†]</f>sought your life are dead.”


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Then Moses <f>[23†]</f>took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took <f>[24†]</f>the rod of God in his hand.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those <f>[25†]</f>wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But <f>[26†]</f>I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.


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Then you shall <f>[27†]</f>say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD: <f>[28†]</f>“Israel <i>is</i> My son, <f>[29†]</f>My firstborn.


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So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed <f>[30†]</f>I will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”


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<pb/>And it came to pass on the way, at the <f>[31†]</f>encampment, that the LORD <f>[32†]</f>met him and sought to <f>[33†]</f>kill him.


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Then <f>[34†]</f>Zipporah took <f>[35†]</f>a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast <i>it</i> at <i>Moses’</i> feet, and said, “Surely you <i>are</i> a husband of blood to me!”


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So He let him go. Then she said, “<i>You</i> <i>are</i> a husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness <f>[36†]</f>to meet Moses.” So he went and met him <f>[37†]</f>on the mountain of God, and kissed him.


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So Moses <f>[38†]</f>told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the <f>[39†]</f>signs which He had commanded him.


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Then Moses and Aaron <f>[40†]</f>went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.


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<f>[41†]</f>And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people.


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So the people <f>[42†]</f>believed; and when they heard that the LORD had <f>[43†]</f>visited the children of Israel and that He <f>[44†]</f>had looked on their affliction, then <f>[45†]</f>they bowed their heads and worshiped.


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<pb/>Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may hold <f>[1†]</f>a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ”


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<pb/>And Pharaoh said, <f>[2†]</f>“Who <i>is</i> the LORD, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, <f>[3†]</f>nor will I let Israel go.”


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<pb/>So they said, <f>[4†]</f>“The God of the Hebrews has <f>[5†]</f>met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with <f>[6†]</f>pestilence or with the sword.”


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<pb/>Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get <i>back</i> to your <f>[7†]</f>labor.”


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And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land <i>are</i> <f>[8†]</f>many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”


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<pb/>So the same day Pharaoh commanded the <f>[9†]</f>taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,


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“You shall no longer give the people straw to make <f>[10†]</f>brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.


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And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go <i>and</i> sacrifice to our God.’


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<pb/>And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw.


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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.


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And the taskmasters forced <i>them</i> to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, <i>your</i> daily quota, as when there was straw.”


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Also the <f>[11†]</f>officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were <f>[12†]</f>beaten <i>and</i> were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as before?”


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<pb/>Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why are you dealing thus with your servants?


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There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants <i>are</i> beaten, but the fault <i>is</i> in your <i>own</i> people.”


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<pb/>But he said, “You <i>are</i> idle! Idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go <i>and</i> sacrifice to the LORD.’


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Therefore go now <i>and</i> work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”


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And the officers of the children of Israel saw <i>that</i> they <i>were</i> in trouble after it was said, “You shall not reduce <i>any</i> bricks from your daily quota.”


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<f>[13†]</f>And they said to them, “Let the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”


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<pb/>So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why <i>is</i> it You have sent me?


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For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all.”


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For <f>[1†]</f>with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand <f>[2†]</f>he will drive them out of his land.”


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<f>[3†]</f>I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as <f>[4†]</f>God Almighty, but <i>by</i> My name <f>[5†]</f>LORD I was not known to them.


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<f>[6†]</f>I have also established My covenant with them, <f>[7†]</f>to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, <f>[8†]</f>in which they were strangers.


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And <f>[9†]</f>I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.


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Therefore say to the children of Israel: <f>[10†]</f>‘I <i>am</i> the LORD; <f>[11†]</f>I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will <f>[12†]</f>rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.


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I will <f>[13†]</f>take you as My people, and <f>[14†]</f>I will be your God. Then you shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD your God who brings you out <f>[15†]</f>from under the burdens of the Egyptians.


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And I will bring you into the land which I <f>[16†]</f>swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you <i>as</i> a heritage: I <i>am</i> the LORD.’ ”


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So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; <f>[17†]</f>but they did not heed Moses, because of <f>[18†]</f>anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.


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<pb/>And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for <f>[19†]</f>I <i>am</i> of uncircumcised lips?”


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<pb/>Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a <f>[20†]</f>command for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>These <i>are</i> the heads of their fathers’ houses: <f>[21†]</f>The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, <i>were</i> Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.


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<f>[22†]</f>And the sons of Simeon <i>were</i> Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These <i>are</i> the families of Simeon.


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These <i>are</i> the names of <f>[23†]</f>the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi <i>were</i> one hundred and thirty-seven.


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And <f>[25†]</f>the sons of Kohath <i>were</i> Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath <i>were</i> one hundred and thirty-three.


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<f>[26†]</f>The sons of Merari <i>were</i> Mahli and Mushi. These <i>are</i> the families of Levi according to their generations.


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<pb/>Now <f>[27†]</f>Amram took for himself <f>[28†]</f>Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him <f>[29†]</f>Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram <i>were</i> one hundred and thirty-seven.


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Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of <f>[32†]</f>Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him <f>[33†]</f>Nadab, Abihu, <f>[34†]</f>Eleazar, and Ithamar.


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And <f>[35†]</f>the sons of Korah <i>were</i> Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.


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Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and <f>[36†]</f>she bore him Phinehas. These <i>are</i> the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.


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<pb/>These <i>are</i> <i>the</i> <i>same</i> Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their <f>[37†]</f>armies.”


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These <i>are</i> the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, <f>[38†]</f>to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These <i>are</i> <i>the</i> <i>same</i> Moses and Aaron.


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that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “I <i>am</i> the LORD. <f>[39†]</f>Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”


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<pb/>But Moses said before the LORD, “Behold, <f>[40†]</f>I <i>am</i> of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”


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<pb/>So the LORD said to Moses: “See, I have made you <f>[1†]</f><i>as</i> God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be <f>[2†]</f>your prophet.


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You <f>[3†]</f>shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.


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And <f>[4†]</f>I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and <f>[5†]</f>multiply My <f>[6†]</f>signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.


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But <f>[7†]</f>Pharaoh will not heed you, so <f>[8†]</f>that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies <i>and</i> My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt <f>[9†]</f>by great judgments.


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And the Egyptians <f>[10†]</f>shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD, when I <f>[11†]</f>stretch out My hand on Egypt and <f>[12†]</f>bring out the children of Israel from among them.”


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And Moses <i>was</i> <f>[14†]</f>eighty years old and <f>[15†]</f>Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.


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“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, <f>[16†]</f>‘Show a miracle for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aaron, <f>[17†]</f>‘Take your rod and cast <i>it</i> before Pharaoh, <i>and</i> let it become a serpent.’ ”


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So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just <f>[18†]</f>as the LORD commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it <f>[19†]</f>became a serpent.


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<pb/>But Pharaoh also <f>[20†]</f>called the wise men and <f>[21†]</f>the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also <f>[22†]</f>did in like manner with their enchantments.


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For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.


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<pb/>So the LORD said to Moses: <f>[23†]</f>“Pharaoh’s heart <i>is</i> hard; he refuses to let the people go.


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Go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the <f>[24†]</f>water, and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and <f>[25†]</f>the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.


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And you shall say to him, <f>[26†]</f>‘The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, <f>[27†]</f>that they may serve Me in the wilderness”; but indeed, until now you would not hear!


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Thus says the LORD: “By this <f>[28†]</f>you shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD. Behold, I will strike the waters which <i>are</i> in the river with the rod that <i>is</i> in my hand, and <f>[29†]</f>they shall be turned <f>[30†]</f>to blood.


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And the fish that <i>are</i> in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will <f>[31†]</f>loathe to drink the water of the river.” ’ ”


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<pb/>Then the LORD spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and <f>[32†]</f>stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in <i>buckets</i> <i>of</i> wood and <i>pitchers</i> <i>of</i> stone.’ ”


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And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD commanded. So he <f>[33†]</f>lifted up the rod and struck the waters that <i>were</i> in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the <f>[34†]</f>waters that <i>were</i> in the river were turned to blood.


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The fish that <i>were</i> in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians <f>[35†]</f>could not drink the water of the river. So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.


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<pb/> <f>[36†]</f>Then the magicians of Egypt did <f>[37†]</f>so with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, <f>[38†]</f>as the LORD had said.


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So all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the river.


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<pb/>And the LORD spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Let My people go, <f>[1†]</f>that they may serve Me.


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But if you <f>[2†]</f>refuse to let <i>them</i> go, behold, I will smite all your territory with <f>[3†]</f>frogs.


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So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your <f>[4†]</f>bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.


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<pb/>Then the LORD spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, <f>[5†]</f>‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’ ”


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So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and <f>[6†]</f>the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.


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<f>[7†]</f>And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, <f>[8†]</f>“Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people <f>[9†]</f>go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”


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<pb/>And Moses said to Pharaoh, “Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, <i>that</i> they may remain in the river only.”


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<pb/>So he said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “<i>Let</i> <i>it</i> <i>be</i> according to your word, that you may know that <f>[10†]</f><i>there</i> <i>is</i> no one like the LORD our God.


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And the frogs shall depart from you, from your houses, from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only.”


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<pb/>Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses <f>[11†]</f>cried out to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh.


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So the LORD did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courtyards, and out of the fields.


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But when Pharaoh saw that there was <f>[12†]</f>relief, <f>[13†]</f>he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the LORD had said.


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<pb/>So the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’ ”


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And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and <f>[14†]</f>it became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>Now <f>[15†]</f>the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they <f>[16†]</f>could not. So there were lice on man and beast.


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Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This <i>is</i> <f>[17†]</f>the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s <f>[18†]</f>heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had said.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, <f>[19†]</f>“Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: <f>[20†]</f>“Let My people go, that they may serve Me.


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Or else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms <i>of</i> <i>flies</i> on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms <i>of</i> <i>flies,</i> and also the ground on which they <i>stand.</i>


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And in that day <f>[21†]</f>I will set apart the land of <f>[22†]</f>Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms <i>of</i> <i>flies</i> shall be there, in order that you may <f>[23†]</f>know that I <i>am</i> the LORD in the midst of the <f>[24†]</f>land.


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I will make a difference between My people and your people. Tomorrow this <f>[25†]</f>sign shall be.” ’ ”


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And the LORD did so. <f>[26†]</f>Thick swarms <i>of</i> <i>flies</i> came into the house of Pharaoh, <i>into</i> his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt. The land was corrupted because of the swarms <i>of</i> <i>flies.</i>


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<pb/>And Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing <f>[27†]</f>the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God. If we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, then will they not stone us?


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We will go <f>[28†]</f>three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as <f>[29†]</f>He will command us.”


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<pb/>So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. <f>[30†]</f>Intercede for me.”


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<pb/>Then Moses said, “Indeed I am going out from you, and I will entreat the LORD, that the swarms <i>of</i> <i>flies</i> may depart tomorrow from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. But let Pharaoh not <f>[31†]</f>deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”


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And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; He removed the swarms <i>of</i> <i>flies</i> from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, <f>[1†]</f>“Go in to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may <f>[2†]</f>serve Me.


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behold, the <f>[4†]</f>hand of the LORD will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe pestilence.


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And <f>[5†]</f>the LORD will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. So nothing shall die of all <i>that</i> belongs to the children of Israel.” ’ ”


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<pb/>So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and <f>[6†]</f>all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.


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Then Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead. But the <f>[7†]</f>heart of Pharaoh became hard, and he did not let the people go.


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<pb/>So the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh.


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And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause <f>[8†]</f>boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”


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Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered <i>them</i> toward heaven. And <i>they</i> caused <f>[9†]</f>boils that break out in sores on man and beast.


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And the <f>[10†]</f>magicians could not stand before Moses because of the <f>[11†]</f>boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.


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But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he <f>[12†]</f>did not heed them, just <f>[13†]</f>as the LORD had spoken to Moses.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, <f>[14†]</f>“Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may <f>[15†]</f>serve Me,


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for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, <f>[16†]</f>that you may know that <i>there</i> <i>is</i> none like Me in all the earth.


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Now if I had <f>[17†]</f>stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with <f>[18†]</f>pestilence, then you would have been cut off from the earth.


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But indeed for <f>[19†]</f>this <i>purpose</i> I have raised you up, that I may <f>[20†]</f>show My power <i>in</i> you, and that My <f>[21†]</f>name may be declared in all the earth.


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Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now.


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Therefore send now <i>and</i> gather your livestock and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home; and they shall die.” ’ ”


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<pb/>He who <f>[22†]</f>feared the word of the LORD among the <f>[23†]</f>servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be <f>[24†]</f>hail in all the land of Egypt—on man, on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”


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And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and <f>[25†]</f>the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.


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So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.


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And the <f>[26†]</f>hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that <i>was</i> in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field.


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<f>[27†]</f>Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel <i>were,</i> there was no hail.


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<pb/>And Pharaoh sent and <f>[28†]</f>called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, <f>[29†]</f>“I have sinned this time. <f>[30†]</f>The LORD <i>is</i> righteous, and my people and I <i>are</i> wicked.


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<f>[31†]</f>Entreat the LORD, that there may be no <i>more</i> mighty thundering and hail, for <i>it</i> <i>is</i> enough. I will let you <f>[32†]</f>go, and you shall stay no longer.”


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<pb/>So Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will <f>[33†]</f>spread out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the <f>[34†]</f>earth <i>is</i> the LORD’s.


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<pb/>Now the flax and the barley were struck, <f>[36†]</f>for the barley <i>was</i> in the head and the flax <i>was</i> in bud.


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<pb/>So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and <f>[37†]</f>spread out his hands to the LORD; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.


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And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants.


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So <f>[38†]</f>the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had spoken by Moses.


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<pb/>Now the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; <f>[1†]</f>for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, <f>[2†]</f>that I may show these signs of Mine before him,


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and that <f>[3†]</f>you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may <f>[4†]</f>know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.”


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<pb/>So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to <f>[5†]</f>humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may <f>[6†]</f>serve Me.


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Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring <f>[7†]</f>locusts into your territory.


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And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and <f>[8†]</f>they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field.


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They shall <f>[9†]</f>fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.


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<pb/>Then Pharaoh’s <f>[10†]</f>servants said to him, “How long shall this man be <f>[11†]</f>a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”


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<pb/>So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the LORD your God. Who <i>are</i> the ones that are going?”


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<pb/>And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for <f>[12†]</f>we must hold a feast to the LORD.”


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<pb/>Then he said to them, “The LORD had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you.


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Not so! Go now, you <i>who</i> <i>are</i> men, and serve the LORD, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven <f>[13†]</f>out from Pharaoh’s presence.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, <f>[14†]</f>“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and <f>[15†]</f>eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.”


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So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day and all <i>that</i> night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.


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And <f>[16†]</f>the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. <i>They</i> <i>were</i> very severe; <f>[17†]</f>previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them.


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For they <f>[18†]</f>covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they <f>[19†]</f>ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>Then Pharaoh called <f>[20†]</f>for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, <f>[21†]</f>“I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.


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Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and <f>[22†]</f>entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”


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And the LORD turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them <f>[24†]</f>into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, <f>[26†]</f>“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness <i>which</i> may even be felt.”


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So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was <f>[27†]</f>thick darkness in all the land of Egypt <f>[28†]</f>three days.


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They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. <f>[29†]</f>But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.


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<pb/>Then Pharaoh called to Moses and <f>[30†]</f>said, “Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your <f>[31†]</f>little ones also go with you.”


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<pb/>But Moses said, “You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.


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Our <f>[32†]</f>livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the LORD our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there.”


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Then Pharaoh said to him, <f>[34†]</f>“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. <f>[1†]</f>Afterward he will let you go from here. <f>[2†]</f>When he lets <i>you</i> go, he will surely drive you out of here altogether.


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Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and <f>[3†]</f>articles of gold.”


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<f>[4†]</f>And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man <f>[5†]</f>Moses <i>was</i> very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.


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<pb/>Then Moses said, “Thus says the LORD: <f>[6†]</f>‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt;


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and <f>[7†]</f>all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who <i>is</i> behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals.


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<f>[8†]</f>Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, <f>[9†]</f>such as was not like it <i>before,</i> nor shall be like it again.


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<f>[10†]</f>But against none of the children of Israel <f>[11†]</f>shall a dog move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the LORD does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’


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And <f>[12†]</f>all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” <f>[13†]</f>Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.


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<pb/>But the LORD said to Moses, <f>[14†]</f>“Pharaoh will not heed you, so that <f>[15†]</f>My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”


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So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; <f>[16†]</f>and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.


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<f>[1†]</f>“This month <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> your beginning of months; it <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> the first month of the year to you.


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Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the <f>[2†]</f>tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of <i>his</i> father, a lamb for a household.


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And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take <i>it</i> according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb.


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Your lamb shall be <f>[3†]</f>without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take <i>it</i> from the sheep or from the goats.


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Now you shall keep it until the <f>[4†]</f>fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.


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And they shall take <i>some</i> of the blood and put <i>it</i> on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.


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Then they shall eat the flesh on that <f>[5†]</f>night; <f>[6†]</f>roasted in fire, with <f>[7†]</f>unleavened bread <i>and</i> with bitter <i>herbs</i> they shall eat it.


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Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but <f>[8†]</f>roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails.


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<f>[9†]</f>You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire.


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And thus you shall eat it: <i>with</i> a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. <f>[10†]</f>It <i>is</i> the LORD’s Passover.


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<pb/>‘For I <f>[11†]</f>will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and <f>[12†]</f>against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: <f>[13†]</f>I <i>am</i> the LORD.


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Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you <i>are.</i> And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy <i>you</i> when I strike the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>‘So this day shall be to you <f>[14†]</f>a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a <f>[15†]</f>feast <f>[16†]</f>by an everlasting ordinance.


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<f>[17†]</f>Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, <f>[18†]</f>that person shall be cut off from Israel.


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On the first day <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> <f>[19†]</f>a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but <i>that</i> which everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you.


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So you shall observe <i>the</i> <i>Feast</i> <i>of</i> Unleavened Bread, for <f>[20†]</f>on this same day I will have brought your armies <f>[21†]</f>out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.


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<f>[22†]</f>In the first <i>month,</i> on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.


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For <f>[23†]</f>seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether <i>he</i> <i>is</i> a stranger or a native of the land.


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<pb/>Then <f>[24†]</f>Moses called for all the <f>[25†]</f>elders of Israel and said to them, <f>[26†]</f>“Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover <i>lamb.</i>


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<f>[27†]</f>And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip <i>it</i> in the blood that <i>is</i> in the basin, and <f>[28†]</f>strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that <i>is</i> in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.


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<f>[29†]</f>For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the <f>[30†]</f>blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and <f>[31†]</f>not allow <f>[32†]</f>the destroyer to come into your houses to strike <i>you.</i>


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It will come to pass when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, j <f>[34†]</f>ust as He promised, that you shall keep this service.


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that you shall say, <f>[36†]</f>‘It <i>is</i> the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people <f>[37†]</f>bowed their heads and worshiped.


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Then the children of Israel went away and <f>[38†]</f>did <i>so;</i> just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.


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<pb/> <f>[39†]</f>And it came to pass at midnight that <f>[40†]</f>the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who <i>was</i> in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of <f>[41†]</f>livestock.


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So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for <i>there</i> <i>was</i> not a house where <i>there</i> <i>was</i> not one dead.


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<pb/>Then he <f>[42†]</f>called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, <f>[43†]</f>both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the LORD as you have <f>[44†]</f>said.


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<f>[45†]</f>Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”


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<pb/> <f>[46†]</f>And the Egyptians <f>[47†]</f>urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We <i>shall</i> all <i>be</i> dead.”


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So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.


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Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians <f>[48†]</f>articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing.


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<f>[49†]</f>And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them <i>what</i> <i>they</i> <i>requested.</i> Thus <f>[50†]</f>they plundered the Egyptians.


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<pb/>Then <f>[51†]</f>the children of Israel journeyed from <f>[52†]</f>Rameses to Succoth, about <f>[53†]</f>six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.


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A <f>[54†]</f>mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of <f>[55†]</f>livestock.


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And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because <f>[56†]</f>they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.


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<pb/>Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt <i>was</i> <f>[57†]</f>four hundred and thirty years.


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And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that <f>[58†]</f>all the armies of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.


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It <i>is</i> <f>[59†]</f>a night of solemn observance to the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This <i>is</i> that night of the LORD, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This <i>is</i> <f>[60†]</f>the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it.


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But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have <f>[61†]</f>circumcised him, then he may eat it.


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In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, <f>[63†]</f>nor shall you break one of its bones.


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And <f>[65†]</f>when a stranger dwells with you <i>and</i> <i>wants</i> to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it.


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<f>[67†]</f>And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt <f>[68†]</f>according to their armies.


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<f>[1†]</f>“Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, <i>both</i> of man and beast; it is Mine.”


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<pb/>And Moses said to the people: <f>[2†]</f>“Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for <f>[3†]</f>by strength of hand the LORD brought you out of this <i>place.</i> <f>[4†]</f>No leavened bread shall be eaten.


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And it shall be, when the LORD <f>[6†]</f>brings you into the <f>[7†]</f>land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He <f>[8†]</f>swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, <f>[9†]</f>that you shall keep this service in this month.


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<f>[10†]</f>Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> a feast to the LORD.


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Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And <f>[11†]</f>no leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters.


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And you shall <f>[12†]</f>tell your son in that day, saying, ‘<i>This</i> <i>is</i> <i>done</i> because of what the LORD did for me when I came up from Egypt.’


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It shall be as <f>[13†]</f>a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.


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<pb/>“And it shall be, when the LORD <f>[15†]</f>brings you into the land of the <f>[16†]</f>Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,


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<f>[17†]</f>that you shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> the LORD’s.


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But <f>[18†]</f>every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem <i>it,</i> then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons <f>[19†]</f>you shall redeem.


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<f>[20†]</f>So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What <i>is</i> this?’ that you shall say to him, <f>[21†]</f>‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.


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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that <f>[22†]</f>the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’


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It shall be as <f>[23†]</f>a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”


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<pb/>Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them <i>by</i> way of the land of the Philistines, although that <i>was</i> near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people <f>[24†]</f>change their minds when they see war, and <f>[25†]</f>return to Egypt.”


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So God <f>[26†]</f>led the people around <i>by</i> way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.


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<pb/>And Moses took the <f>[27†]</f>bones of <f>[28†]</f>Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, <f>[29†]</f>“God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”


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<pb/>So <f>[30†]</f>they took their journey from <f>[31†]</f>Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness.


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And <f>[32†]</f>the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.


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He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night <i>from</i> before the people.


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“Speak to the children of Israel, <f>[1†]</f>that they turn and camp before <f>[2†]</f>Pi Hahiroth, between <f>[3†]</f>Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.


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For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, <f>[4†]</f>‘They <i>are</i> bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’


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Then <f>[5†]</f>I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I <f>[6†]</f>will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, <f>[7†]</f>that the Egyptians may know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.” And they did so.


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<pb/>Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and <f>[8†]</f>the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”


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Also, he took <f>[9†]</f>six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.


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And the LORD <f>[10†]</f>hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and <f>[11†]</f>the children of Israel went out with boldness.


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So the <f>[12†]</f>Egyptians pursued them, all the horses <i>and</i> chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.


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<pb/>And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel <f>[13†]</f>cried out to the LORD.


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<f>[14†]</f>Then they said to Moses, “Because <i>there</i> <i>were</i> no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?


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<f>[15†]</f><i>Is</i> this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For <i>it</i> <i>would</i> <i>have</i> <i>been</i> better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”


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<pb/>And Moses said to the people, <f>[16†]</f>“Do not be afraid. <f>[17†]</f>Stand still, and see the <f>[18†]</f>salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall <f>[19†]</f>see again no more forever.


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But <f>[22†]</f>lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry <i>ground</i> through the midst of the sea.


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And I indeed will <f>[23†]</f>harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will <f>[24†]</f>gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.


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Then the Egyptians shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”


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<pb/>And the Angel of God, <f>[25†]</f>who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.


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So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness <i>to</i> <i>the</i> <i>one,</i> and it gave light by night <i>to</i> <i>the</i> <i>other,</i> so that the one did not come near the other all that night.


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<pb/>Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go <i>back</i> by a strong east wind all that night, and <f>[26†]</f>made the sea into dry <i>land,</i> and the waters were <f>[27†]</f>divided.


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So <f>[28†]</f>the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry <i>ground,</i> and the waters <i>were</i> <f>[29†]</f>a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.


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And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.


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<pb/>Now it came to pass, in the morning <f>[30†]</f>watch, that <f>[31†]</f>the LORD looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians.


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And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD <f>[32†]</f>fights for them against the Egyptians.”


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”


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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea <f>[33†]</f>returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD <f>[34†]</f>overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.


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Then <f>[35†]</f>the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, <i>and</i> all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.


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But <f>[36†]</f>the children of Israel had walked on dry <i>land</i> in the midst of the sea, and the waters <i>were</i> a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.


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<pb/>So the LORD <f>[37†]</f>saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel <f>[38†]</f>saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.


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Thus Israel saw the great work which the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and <f>[39†]</f>believed the LORD and His servant Moses.


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<pb/>Then <f>[1†]</f>Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying: <pb/><t>“I will <f>[2†]</f>sing to the LORD, </t><t>For He has triumphed gloriously! </t><t>The horse and its rider </t><t>He has thrown into the sea!</t>


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<t>The LORD <i>is</i> my strength and <f>[3†]</f>song, </t><t>And He has become my salvation; </t><t>He <i>is</i> my God, and <f>[4†]</f>I will praise Him; </t><t>My <f>[5†]</f>father’s God, and I <f>[6†]</f>will exalt Him.</t>


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<t> <f>[9†]</f>Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; </t><t> <f>[10†]</f>His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.</t>


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<t>“Your <f>[12†]</f>right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; </t><t>Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.</t>


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<t>And in the greatness of Your <f>[13†]</f>excellence </t><t>You have overthrown those who rose against You; </t><t>You sent forth <f>[14†]</f>Your wrath; </t><t>It <f>[15†]</f>consumed them <f>[16†]</f>like stubble.</t>


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<t>And <f>[17†]</f>with the blast of Your nostrils </t><t>The waters were gathered together; </t><t> <f>[18†]</f>The floods stood upright like a heap; </t><t>The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.</t>


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<t> <f>[19†]</f>The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, </t><t>I will overtake, </t><t>I will <f>[20†]</f>divide the spoil; </t><t>My desire shall be satisfied on them. </t><t>I will draw my sword, </t><t>My hand shall destroy them.’</t>


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<t>You blew with Your wind, </t><t>The sea covered them; </t><t>They sank like lead in the mighty waters.</t>


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<t>“Who <f>[21†]</f><i>is</i> like You, O LORD, among the gods? </t><t>Who <i>is</i> like You, <f>[22†]</f>glorious in holiness, </t><t>Fearful in <f>[23†]</f>praises, <f>[24†]</f>doing wonders?</t>


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<t>You in Your mercy have <f>[25†]</f>led forth </t><t>The people whom You have redeemed; </t><t>You have guided <i>them</i> in Your strength </t><t>To <f>[26†]</f>Your holy habitation.</t>


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<t>“The <f>[27†]</f>people will hear <i>and</i> be afraid; </t><t> <f>[28†]</f>Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.</t>


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<t> <f>[29†]</f>Then <f>[30†]</f>the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; </t><t> <f>[31†]</f>The mighty men of Moab, </t><t>Trembling will take hold of them; </t><t> <f>[32†]</f>All the inhabitants of Canaan will <f>[33†]</f>melt away.</t>


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<t> <f>[34†]</f>Fear and dread will fall on them; </t><t>By the greatness of Your arm </t><t>They will be <f>[35†]</f><i>as</i> still as a stone, </t><t>Till Your people pass over, O LORD, </t><t>Till the people pass over </t><t> <f>[36†]</f>Whom You have purchased.</t>


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<t>You will bring them in and <f>[37†]</f>plant them </t><t>In the <f>[38†]</f>mountain of Your inheritance, </t><t><i>In</i> the place, O LORD, <i>which</i> You have made </t><t>For Your own dwelling, </t><t>The <f>[39†]</f>sanctuary, O Lord, <i>which</i> Your hands have established.</t>


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<pb/>For the <f>[41†]</f>horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and <f>[42†]</f>the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry <i>land</i> in the midst of the sea.


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<pb/>Then Miriam <f>[43†]</f>the prophetess, <f>[44†]</f>the sister of Aaron, <f>[45†]</f>took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her <f>[46†]</f>with timbrels and with dances.


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And Miriam <f>[47†]</f>answered them: <pb/><t> <f>[48†]</f>“Sing to the LORD, </t><t>For He has triumphed gloriously! </t><t>The horse and its rider </t><t>He has thrown into the sea!”</t>


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<pb/>So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of <f>[49†]</f>Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no <f>[50†]</f>water.


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Now when they came to <f>[51†]</f>Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they <i>were</i> bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.


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So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. <f>[53†]</f>When he cast <i>it</i> into the waters, the waters were made sweet. <pb/>There He <f>[54†]</f>made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there <f>[55†]</f>He tested them,


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and said, <f>[56†]</f>“If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the <f>[57†]</f>diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I <i>am</i> the LORD <f>[58†]</f>who heals you.”


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<pb/> <f>[59†]</f>Then they came to Elim, where there <i>were</i> twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.


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<pb/>And they <f>[1†]</f>journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and <f>[2†]</f>Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt.


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Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel <f>[3†]</f>complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.


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And the children of Israel said to them, <f>[4†]</f>“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, <f>[5†]</f>when we sat by the pots of meat <i>and</i> when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain <f>[6†]</f>bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may <f>[7†]</f>test them, whether they will <f>[8†]</f>walk in My law or not.


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And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and <f>[9†]</f>it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”


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<pb/>Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, <f>[10†]</f>“At evening you shall know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt.


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And in the morning you shall see <f>[11†]</f>the glory of the LORD; for He <f>[12†]</f>hears your complaints against the LORD. But <f>[13†]</f>what <i>are</i> we, that you complain against us?”


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Also Moses said, “<i>This</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> <i>seen</i> when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what <i>are</i> we? Your complaints <i>are</i> not against us but <f>[14†]</f>against the LORD.”


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<pb/>Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, <f>[15†]</f>‘Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.’ ”


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Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD <f>[16†]</f>appeared in the cloud.


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<f>[17†]</f>“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, <f>[18†]</f>‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and <f>[19†]</f>in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD your God.’ ”


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<pb/>So it was that <f>[20†]</f>quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning <f>[21†]</f>the dew lay all around the camp.


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And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was <f>[22†]</f>a small round <f>[23†]</f>substance, <i>as</i> fine as frost on the ground.


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So when the children of Israel saw <i>it,</i> they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it <i>was.</i> <pb/>And Moses said to them, <f>[24†]</f>“This <i>is</i> the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.


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This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it <f>[25†]</f>according to each one’s need, one <f>[26†]</f>omer for each person, <i>according</i> <i>to</i> <i>the</i> number of persons; let every man take for <i>those</i> who <i>are</i> in his tent.’ ”


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So when they measured <i>it</i> by omers, <f>[27†]</f>he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need.


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Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.


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So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.


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<pb/>And so it was, on the sixth day, <i>that</i> they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.


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Then he said to them, “This <i>is</i> <i>what</i> the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow <i>is</i> <f>[29†]</f>a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake <i>today,</i> and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ”


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So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not <f>[30†]</f>stink, nor were there any worms in it.


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Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today <i>is</i> a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field.


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<pb/>Now it happened <i>that</i> <i>some</i> of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.


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And the LORD said to Moses, “How long <f>[32†]</f>do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?


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See! For the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”


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<pb/>And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And <f>[33†]</f>it <i>was</i> like white coriander seed, and the taste of it <i>was</i> like wafers <i>made</i> with honey.


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<pb/>Then Moses said, “This <i>is</i> the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ”


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And Moses said to Aaron, <f>[34†]</f>“Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.”


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And the children of Israel <f>[36†]</f>ate manna <f>[37†]</f>forty years, <f>[38†]</f>until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.


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<pb/>Then <f>[1†]</f>all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of <f>[2†]</f>Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no water for the people to <f>[3†]</f>drink.


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<f>[4†]</f>Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” <pb/>So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you <f>[5†]</f>tempt the LORD?”


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<pb/>And the people thirsted there for water, and the people <f>[6†]</f>complained against Moses, and said, “Why <i>is</i> it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our <f>[7†]</f>livestock with thirst?”


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<pb/>So Moses <f>[8†]</f>cried out to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to <f>[9†]</f>stone me!”


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, <f>[10†]</f>“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which <f>[11†]</f>you struck the river, and go.


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<f>[12†]</f>Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” <pb/>And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.


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So he called the name of the place <f>[13†]</f>Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”


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And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with <f>[15†]</f>the rod of God in my hand.”


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So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.


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And so it was, when Moses <f>[16†]</f>held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.


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But Moses’ hands <i>became</i> heavy; so they took a stone and put <i>it</i> under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, <f>[17†]</f>“Write this <i>for</i> a memorial in the book and recount <i>it</i> in the hearing of Joshua, that <f>[18†]</f>I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”


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for he said, “Because the LORD has <f>[19†]</f>sworn: the LORD <i>will</i> <i>have</i> war with Amalek from generation to generation.”


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<pb/>And <f>[1†]</f>Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that <f>[2†]</f>God had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.


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Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took <f>[3†]</f>Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,


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with her <f>[4†]</f>two sons, of whom the name of one <i>was</i> Gershom (for he said, <f>[5†]</f>“I have been a stranger in a foreign land”)


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and the name of the other <i>was</i> Eliezer (for <i>he</i> <i>said,</i> “The God of my father <i>was</i> my <f>[6†]</f>help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”);


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and Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at <f>[7†]</f>the mountain of God.


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Now he had said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.”


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<pb/>So Moses <f>[8†]</f>went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and <f>[9†]</f>kissed him. And they asked each other about <i>their</i> well-being, and they went into the tent.


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And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and <i>how</i> the LORD had <f>[10†]</f>delivered them.


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Then Jethro rejoiced for all the <f>[11†]</f>good which the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.


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And Jethro said, <f>[12†]</f>“Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, <i>and</i> who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.


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Now I know that the LORD <i>is</i> <f>[13†]</f>greater than all the gods; <f>[14†]</f>for in the very thing in which they behaved <f>[15†]</f>proudly, <i>He</i> <i>was</i> above them.”


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Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt <f>[16†]</f>offering and <i>other</i> sacrifices <i>to</i> <i>offer</i> to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel <f>[17†]</f>to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.


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<pb/>And so it was, on the next day, that Moses <f>[18†]</f>sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening.


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So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What <i>is</i> this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”


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<pb/>And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because <f>[19†]</f>the people come to me to inquire of God.


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When they have <f>[20†]</f>a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”


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Both you and these people who <i>are</i> with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing <i>is</i> too much for you; <f>[21†]</f>you are not able to perform it by yourself.


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Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Stand <f>[22†]</f>before God for the people, so that you may <f>[23†]</f>bring the difficulties to God.


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And you shall <f>[24†]</f>teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and <f>[25†]</f>the work they must do.


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Moreover you shall select from all the people <f>[26†]</f>able men, such as <f>[27†]</f>fear God, <f>[28†]</f>men of truth, <f>[29†]</f>hating covetousness; and place <i>such</i> over them <i>to</i> <i>be</i> rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.


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And let them judge the people at all times. <f>[30†]</f>Then it will be <i>that</i> every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for <f>[31†]</f>they will bear <i>the</i> <i>burden</i> with you.


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If you do this thing, and God <i>so</i> commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their <f>[32†]</f>place in peace.”


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And <f>[33†]</f>Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.


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So they judged the people at all times; the <f>[34†]</f>hard cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves.


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<pb/>In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, <f>[1†]</f>they came <i>to</i> the Wilderness of Sinai.


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For they had departed from <f>[2†]</f>Rephidim, had come <i>to</i> the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before <f>[3†]</f>the mountain.


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<pb/>And <f>[4†]</f>Moses went up to God, and the LORD <f>[5†]</f>called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:


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<f>[6†]</f>‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and <i>how</i> <f>[7†]</f>I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.


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Now <f>[8†]</f>therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and <f>[9†]</f>keep My covenant, then <f>[10†]</f>you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth <i>is</i> <f>[11†]</f>Mine.


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And you shall be to Me a <f>[12†]</f>kingdom of priests and a <f>[13†]</f>holy nation.’ These <i>are</i> the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”


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<pb/>So Moses came and called for the <f>[14†]</f>elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.


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Then <f>[15†]</f>all the people answered together and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.


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And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you <f>[16†]</f>in the thick cloud, <f>[17†]</f>that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.” <pb/>So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and <f>[18†]</f>consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.


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And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.


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You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves <i>that</i> you do <i>not</i> go up to the mountain or touch its base. <f>[19†]</f>Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.


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Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot <i>with</i> <i>an</i> <i>arrow;</i> whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.”


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<pb/>So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.


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And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; <f>[20†]</f>do not come near <i>your</i> wives.”


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<pb/>Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were <f>[21†]</f>thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who <i>were</i> in the camp <f>[22†]</f>trembled.


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And Moses brought th <f>[23†]</f>e people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.


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Now <f>[24†]</f>Mount Sinai <i>was</i> completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon <f>[25†]</f>it in fire. <f>[26†]</f>Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the <f>[27†]</f>whole mountain quaked greatly.


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And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, <f>[28†]</f>Moses spoke, and <f>[29†]</f>God answered him by voice.


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Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through <f>[30†]</f>to gaze at the LORD, and many of them perish.


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Also let the <f>[31†]</f>priests who come near the LORD <f>[32†]</f>consecrate themselves, lest the LORD <f>[33†]</f>break out against them.”


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<pb/>But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, <f>[34†]</f>‘Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to him, “Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.”


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<pb/><t> <f>[2†]</f>“I <i>am</i> the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, <f>[3†]</f>out of the house of bondage.</t>


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<t> <f>[5†]</f>“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness <i>of</i> <i>anything</i> that <i>is</i> in heaven above, or that <i>is</i> in the earth beneath, or that <i>is</i> in the water under the earth; </t>


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<t> <f>[6†]</f>you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. <f>[7†]</f>For I, the LORD your God, <i>am</i> a jealous God, <f>[8†]</f>visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth <i>generations</i> of those who hate Me, </t>


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<t> <f>[10†]</f>“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD <f>[11†]</f>will not hold <i>him</i> guiltless who takes His name in vain.</t>


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<t>but the <f>[14†]</f>seventh day <i>is</i> the Sabbath of the LORD your God. <i>In</i> <i>it</i> you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, <f>[15†]</f>nor your stranger who <i>is</i> within your gates. </t>


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<t>For <f>[16†]</f><i>in</i> six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <i>is</i> in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.</t>


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<t> <f>[17†]</f>“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be <f>[18†]</f>long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.</t>


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<t> <f>[24†]</f>“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; <f>[25†]</f>you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that <i>is</i> your neighbor’s.”</t>


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<pb/>Now <f>[26†]</f>all the people <f>[27†]</f>witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain <f>[28†]</f>smoking; and when the people saw <i>it,</i> they trembled and stood afar off.


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Then they said to Moses, <f>[29†]</f>“You speak with us, and we will hear; but <f>[30†]</f>let not God speak with us, lest we die.”


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<pb/>And Moses said to the people, <f>[31†]</f>“Do not fear; <f>[32†]</f>for God has come to test you, and <f>[33†]</f>that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.”


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So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near <f>[34†]</f>the thick darkness where God <i>was.</i>


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘You have seen that I have talked with you <f>[35†]</f>from heaven.


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You shall not make <i>anything</i> <i>to</i> <i>be</i> <f>[36†]</f>with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.


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An altar of <f>[37†]</f>earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, <f>[38†]</f>your sheep and your oxen. In every <f>[39†]</f>place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will <f>[40†]</f>bless you.


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And <f>[41†]</f>if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you <f>[42†]</f>use your tool on it, you have profaned it.


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Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your <f>[43†]</f>nakedness may not be exposed on it.’


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<f>[2†]</f>If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.


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If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he <i>comes</i> <i>in</i> married, then his wife shall go out with him.


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If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.


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<f>[3†]</f>But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’


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then his master shall bring him to the <f>[4†]</f>judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.


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<pb/>“And if a man <f>[5†]</f>sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.


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If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.


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And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.


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If he takes another <i>wife,</i> he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, <f>[6†]</f>and her marriage rights.


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However, <f>[8†]</f>if he did not lie in wait, but God <f>[9†]</f>delivered <i>him</i> into his hand, then <f>[10†]</f>I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.


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<pb/>“But if a man acts with <f>[11†]</f>premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, <f>[12†]</f>you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.


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<pb/> <f>[13†]</f>“He who kidnaps a man and <f>[14†]</f>sells him, or if he is <f>[15†]</f>found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.


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<pb/>“If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with <i>his</i> fist, and he does not die but is confined to <i>his</i> bed,


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if he rises again and walks about outside <f>[17†]</f>with his staff, then he who struck <i>him</i> shall be acquitted. He shall only pay <i>for</i> the loss of his time, and shall provide <i>for</i> <i>him</i> to be thoroughly healed.


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<pb/>“And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.


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Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he <i>is</i> his <f>[18†]</f>property.


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<pb/>“If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall <f>[19†]</f>pay as the judges <i>determine.</i>


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<pb/>“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.


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And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.


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<pb/>“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then <f>[21†]</f>the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> acquitted.


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But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.


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If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay <f>[22†]</f>to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him.


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If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master <f>[23†]</f>thirty shekels of silver, and the <f>[24†]</f>ox shall be stoned.


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<pb/>“And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,


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the owner of the pit shall make <i>it</i> good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead <i>animal</i> shall be his.


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<pb/>“If one man’s ox hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead <i>ox</i> they shall also divide.


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Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.


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<pb/>“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall <f>[1†]</f>restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.


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If the thief is found <f>[2†]</f>breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> <f>[3†]</f>no guilt for his bloodshed.


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If the sun has risen on him, <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be <f>[4†]</f>sold for his theft.


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If the theft is certainly <f>[5†]</f> found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall <f>[6†]</f>restore double.


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<pb/>“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.


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<pb/>“If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.


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<pb/>“If a man <f>[7†]</f>delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, <f>[8†]</f>if the thief is found, he shall pay double.


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If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the <f>[9†]</f>judges <i>to</i> <i>see</i> whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.


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<pb/>“For any kind of trespass, <i>whether</i> <i>it</i> <i>concerns</i> an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, <i>or</i> for any kind of lost thing which <i>another</i> claims to be his, the <f>[10†]</f>cause of both parties shall come before the judges; <i>and</i> whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.


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If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing <i>it,</i>


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<i>then</i> an <f>[11†]</f>oath of the LORD shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept <i>that,</i> and he shall not make <i>it</i> good.


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If it is <f>[13†]</f>torn to pieces <i>by</i> <i>a</i> <i>beast, then</i> he shall bring it as evidence, <i>and</i> he shall not make good what was torn.


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<pb/>“And if a man borrows <i>anything</i> from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not <i>being</i> with it, he shall surely make <i>it</i> good.


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If its owner <i>was</i> with it, he shall not make <i>it</i> good; if it <i>was</i> hired, it came for its hire.


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>“If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her <i>to</i> <i>be</i> his wife.


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If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the <f>[15†]</f>bride-price of virgins.


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<pb/> <f>[18†]</f>“He who sacrifices to <i>any</i> god, except to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>“You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.


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If you afflict them in any way, <i>and</i> they <f>[21†]</f>cry at all to Me, I will surely <f>[22†]</f>hear their cry;


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and My <f>[23†]</f>wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; <f>[24†]</f>your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.


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<pb/> <f>[25†]</f>“If you lend money to <i>any</i> <i>of</i> My people <i>who</i> <i>are</i> poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him <f>[26†]</f>interest.


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<f>[27†]</f>If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.


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For that <i>is</i> his only covering, it <i>is</i> his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I <i>am</i> <f>[28†]</f>gracious.


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<pb/>“You shall not delay <i>to</i> <i>offer</i> <f>[31†]</f>the first of your ripe produce and your juices. <f>[32†]</f>The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.


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<f>[33†]</f>Likewise you shall do with your oxen <i>and</i> your sheep. It shall be with its mother <f>[34†]</f>seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.


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<pb/>“And you shall be <f>[35†]</f>holy men to Me: <f>[36†]</f>you shall not eat meat torn <i>by</i> <i>beasts</i> in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.


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<pb/>“You <f>[1†]</f>shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an <f>[2†]</f>unrighteous witness.


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<f>[3†]</f>You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; <f>[4†]</f>nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert <i>justice.</i>


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<pb/> <f>[6†]</f>“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.


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<f>[7†]</f>If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.


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<f>[9†]</f>Keep yourself far from a false matter; <f>[10†]</f>do not kill the innocent and righteous. For <f>[11†]</f>I will not justify the wicked.


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And <f>[12†]</f>you <f>[13†]</f>shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.


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<pb/>“Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.


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but the seventh <i>year</i> you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard <i>and</i> your olive grove.


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<f>[15†]</f>Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed.


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<pb/>“And in all that I have said to you, <f>[16†]</f>be circumspect and <f>[17†]</f>make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.


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<f>[19†]</f>You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; <f>[20†]</f>none shall appear before Me empty);


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<f>[21†]</f>and <f>[22†]</f>the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in <i>the</i> <i>fruit</i> <i>of</i> your labors from the field.


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<pb/> <f>[24†]</f>“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with <f>[25†]</f>leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.


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<f>[26†]</f>The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. <f>[27†]</f>You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.


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<pb/> <f>[28†]</f>“Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.


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Beware of Him and obey His voice; <f>[29†]</f>do not provoke Him, for He will <f>[30†]</f>not pardon your transgressions; for <f>[31†]</f>My name <i>is</i> in Him.


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But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then <f>[32†]</f>I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.


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<f>[33†]</f>For My Angel will go before you and <f>[34†]</f>bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.


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You shall not <f>[35†]</f>bow down to their gods, nor serve them, <f>[36†]</f>nor do according to their works; <f>[37†]</f>but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their <i>sacred</i> pillars.


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<pb/>“So you shall <f>[38†]</f>serve the LORD your God, and <f>[39†]</f>He will bless your bread and your water. And <f>[40†]</f>I will take sickness away from the midst of you.


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<f>[41†]</f>No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will <f>[42†]</f>fulfill the number of your days.


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<pb/>“I will send <f>[43†]</f>My fear before you, I will <f>[44†]</f>cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn <i>their</i> backs to you.


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And <f>[45†]</f>I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.


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<f>[46†]</f>I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.


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Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.


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And <f>[47†]</f>I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will <f>[48†]</f>deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.


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They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For <i>if</i> you serve their gods, <f>[50†]</f>it will surely be a snare to you.”


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<pb/>Now He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, <f>[1†]</f>Nadab and Abihu, <f>[2†]</f>and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.


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And Moses alone shall come near the LORD, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him.”


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<pb/>So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, <f>[3†]</f>“All the words which the LORD has said we will do.”


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And Moses <f>[4†]</f>wrote all the words of the LORD. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve <f>[5†]</f>pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.


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Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered <f>[6†]</f>burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.


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And Moses <f>[7†]</f>took half the blood and put <i>it</i> in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.


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Then he <f>[8†]</f>took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.”


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And Moses took the blood, sprinkled <i>it</i> on the people, and said, “This is <f>[9†]</f>the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words.”


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and they <f>[10†]</f>saw the God of Israel. And <i>there</i> <i>was</i> under His feet as it were a paved work of <f>[11†]</f>sapphire stone, and it was like the <f>[12†]</f>very heavens in <i>its</i> clarity.


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But on the nobles of the children of Israel He <f>[13†]</f>did not lay His hand. So <f>[14†]</f>they saw God, and they <f>[15†]</f>ate and drank.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, <f>[16†]</f>“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you <f>[17†]</f>tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”


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<pb/>So Moses arose with <f>[18†]</f>his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.


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And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and <f>[19†]</f>Hur <i>are</i> with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.”


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<pb/>Now <f>[21†]</f>the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.


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The sight of the glory of the LORD <i>was</i> like <f>[22†]</f>a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.


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So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And <f>[23†]</f>Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.


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“Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. <f>[1†]</f>From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.


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<f>[2†]</f>oil for the light, and <f>[3†]</f>spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;


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According to all that I show you, <i>that</i> <i>is,</i> the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make <i>it.</i>


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<pb/> <f>[7†]</f>“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.


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And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of <f>[8†]</f>gold all around.


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You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put <i>them</i> in its four corners; two rings <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> on one side, and two rings on the other side.


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You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.


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<pb/> <f>[11†]</f>“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> its length and a cubit and a half its width.


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And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.


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Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it <i>of</i> <i>one</i> <i>piece</i> with the mercy seat.


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And <f>[12†]</f>the cherubim shall stretch out <i>their</i> wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> toward the mercy seat.


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<f>[13†]</f>You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and <f>[14†]</f>in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.


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And <f>[15†]</f>there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from <f>[16†]</f>between the two cherubim which <i>are</i> on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.


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<pb/> <f>[17†]</f>“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.


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You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.


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And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that <i>are</i> at its four legs.


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And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.


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You shall make <f>[18†]</f>its dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.


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<pb/> <f>[20†]</f>“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its <i>ornamental</i> knobs, and flowers shall be <i>of</i> <i>one</i> <i>piece.</i>


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And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.


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<f>[21†]</f>Three bowls <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> made like almond <i>blossoms</i> on one branch, <i>with</i> an <i>ornamental</i> knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond <i>blossoms</i> on the other branch, <i>with</i> an <i>ornamental</i> knob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.


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<f>[22†]</f>On the lampstand itself four bowls <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> made like almond <i>blossoms, each with</i> its <i>ornamental</i> knob and flower.


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And <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> a knob under the <i>first</i> two branches of the same, a knob under the <i>second</i> two branches of the same, and a knob under the <i>third</i> two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.


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Their knobs and their branches <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> <i>of</i> <i>one</i> <i>piece;</i> all of it <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> one hammered piece of pure gold.


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You shall make seven lamps for it, and <f>[23†]</f>they shall arrange its lamps so that they <f>[24†]</f>give light in front of it.


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And <f>[25†]</f>see to it that you make <i>them</i> according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.


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<pb/>“Moreover <f>[1†]</f>you shall make the tabernacle <i>with</i> ten curtains <i>of</i> fine woven linen and blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread;</i> with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.


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The length of each curtain <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. And every one of the curtains shall have the same measurements.


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Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and <i>the</i> <i>other</i> five curtains <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> coupled to one another.


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And you shall make loops of blue <i>yarn</i> on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of <i>one</i> set, and likewise you shall do on the outer edge of <i>the</i> <i>other</i> curtain of the second set.


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Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that <i>is</i> on the end of the second set, that the loops may be clasped to one another.


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And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.


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<pb/> <f>[2†]</f>“You shall also make curtains of goats’ <i>hair,</i> to be a tent over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.


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The length of each curtain <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measurements.


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And you shall couple five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the forefront of the tent.


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You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in <i>one</i> set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.


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And you shall make fifty bronze clasps, put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.


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The remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.


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And a cubit on one side and a cubit on the other side, of what remains of the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and on that side, to cover it.


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<pb/> <f>[3†]</f>“You shall also make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the tent, and a covering of badger skins above that.


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Ten cubits <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> the length of a board, and a cubit and a half <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> the width of each board.


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Two tenons <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> in each board for binding one to another. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.


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You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.


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And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> twenty boards


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They shall be coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.


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So there shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver—sixteen sockets—two sockets under each of the boards.


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five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far side westward.


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You shall overlay the boards with gold, make their rings of gold <i>as</i> holders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.


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And you shall raise up the tabernacle <f>[6†]</f>according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.


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<pb/> <f>[7†]</f>“You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim.


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You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acacia <i>wood</i> overlaid with gold. Their hooks <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> gold, upon four sockets of silver.


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And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring <f>[8†]</f>the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between <f>[9†]</f>the holy <i>place</i> and the Most Holy.


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<f>[11†]</f>You shall set the table outside the veil, and <f>[12†]</f>the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.


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<pb/> <f>[13†]</f>“You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, <i>woven</i> <i>of</i> blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.


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And you shall make for the screen <f>[14†]</f>five pillars of acacia <i>wood,</i> and overlay them with gold; their hooks <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> gold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.


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<pb/>“You shall make <f>[1†]</f>an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> three cubits.


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You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.


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Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.


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You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.


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The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.


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You shall make it hollow with boards; <f>[2†]</f>as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make <i>it.</i>


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<pb/> <f>[3†]</f>“You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> hangings for the court <i>made</i> <i>of</i> fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.


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And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> silver.


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Likewise along the length of the north side <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> hangings one hundred <i>cubits</i> long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.


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<pb/>“And along the width of the court on the west side <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.


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The hangings on <i>one</i> side <i>of</i> <i>the</i> <i>gate</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> fifteen cubits, <i>with</i> their three pillars and their three sockets.


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And on the other side <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> hangings of fifteen <i>cubits, with</i> their three pillars and their three sockets.


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<pb/>“For the gate of the court <i>there</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> a screen twenty cubits long, <i>woven</i> <i>of</i> blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It <i>shall</i> <i>have</i> four pillars and four sockets.


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All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their <f>[4†]</f>hooks <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> of silver and their sockets of bronze.


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The length of the court <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, <i>made</i> <i>of</i> fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.


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All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> of bronze.


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<pb/>“And <f>[5†]</f>you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.


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In the tabernacle of meeting, <f>[6†]</f>outside the veil which <i>is</i> before the Testimony, <f>[7†]</f>Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. <f>[8†]</f><i>It</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.


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<pb/>“Now take <f>[1†]</f>Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as <f>[2†]</f>priest, Aaron <i>and</i> Aaron’s sons: <f>[3†]</f>Nadab, Abihu, <f>[4†]</f>Eleazar, and Ithamar.


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So <f>[6†]</f>you shall speak to all <i>who</i> <i>are</i> gifted artisans, <f>[7†]</f>whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.


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And these <i>are</i> the garments which they shall make: <f>[8†]</f>a breastplate, <f>[9†]</f>an ephod, <f>[10†]</f>a robe, <f>[11†]</f>a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and <f>[12†]</f>a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.


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<f>[13†]</f>and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, <i>and</i> scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen, artistically worked.


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It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and <i>so</i> it shall be joined together.


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And the intricately woven band of the ephod, which <i>is</i> on it, shall be of the same workmanship, <i>made</i> <i>of</i> gold, blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen.


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<pb/>“Then you shall take two onyx <f>[14†]</f>stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:


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six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their <f>[15†]</f>birth.


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With the work of an <f>[16†]</f>engraver in stone, <i>like</i> the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.


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And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod <i>as</i> memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So <f>[17†]</f>Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders <f>[18†]</f>as a memorial.


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and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>“You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen, you shall make it.


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It shall be doubled into a square: a span <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> its length, and a span <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> its width.


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<f>[20†]</f>And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: <i>The</i> <i>first</i> row <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; <i>this</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> the first row;


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And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, <i>like</i> the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.


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And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.


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Then you shall put the two braided <i>chains</i> of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate;


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and the <i>other</i> two ends of the two braided <i>chains</i> you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.


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<pb/>“You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod.


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And two <i>other</i> rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.


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They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.


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<pb/>“So Aaron shall <f>[21†]</f>bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy <i>place,</i> as a memorial before the LORD continually.


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And <f>[22†]</f>you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.


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There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear.


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And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:


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a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around.


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And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy <i>place</i> before the LORD and when he comes out, that he may not die.


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<pb/> <f>[24†]</f>“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, <i>like</i> the engraving of a signet: <pb/>HOLINESS TO THE LORD.


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<pb/>And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.


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So it shall be on Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may <f>[25†]</f>bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be <f>[26†]</f>accepted before the LORD.


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<pb/>“You shall <f>[27†]</f>skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen <i>thread,</i> you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.


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<pb/> <f>[28†]</f>“For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make hats for them, for glory and <f>[29†]</f>beauty.


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So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall <f>[30†]</f>anoint them, <f>[31†]</f>consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.


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And you shall make <f>[32†]</f>for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs.


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They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near <f>[33†]</f>the altar to minister in the holy <i>place,</i> that they <f>[34†]</f>do not incur iniquity and die. <f>[35†]</f><i>It</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.


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<pb/>“And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: <f>[1†]</f>Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,


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and <f>[2†]</f>unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).


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<pb/>“And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, <f>[3†]</f>and you shall wash them with water.


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<f>[4†]</f>Then you shall take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the <f>[5†]</f>intricately woven band of the ephod.


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And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. <f>[9†]</f>The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall <f>[10†]</f>consecrate Aaron and his sons.


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<pb/>“You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and <f>[11†]</f>Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.


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You shall take <i>some</i> of the blood of the bull and put <i>it</i> on <f>[12†]</f>the horns of the altar with your finger, and <f>[13†]</f>pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.


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And <f>[14†]</f>you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe <i>attached</i> to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that <i>is</i> on them, and burn <i>them</i> on the altar.


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But <f>[15†]</f>the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It <i>is</i> a sin offering.


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<pb/> <f>[16†]</f>“You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall <f>[17†]</f>put their hands on the head of the ram;


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and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and <f>[18†]</f>sprinkle <i>it</i> all around on the altar.


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Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and put <i>them</i> with its pieces and with its head.


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And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It <i>is</i> a <f>[19†]</f>burnt offering to the LORD; it <i>is</i> a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.


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<pb/> <f>[20†]</f>“You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.


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Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put <i>it</i> on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.


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And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of <f>[21†]</f>the anointing oil, and sprinkle <i>it</i> on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and <f>[22†]</f>he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.


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<pb/>“Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe <i>attached</i> <i>to</i> the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, the right thigh (for it <i>is</i> a ram of consecration),


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<f>[23†]</f>one loaf of bread, one cake <i>made</i> <i>with</i> oil, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened bread that <i>is</i> before the LORD;


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and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall <f>[24†]</f>wave them <i>as</i> a wave offering before the LORD.


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<f>[25†]</f>You shall receive them back from their hands and burn <i>them</i> on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It <i>is</i> an offering made by fire to the LORD.


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<pb/>“Then you shall take <f>[26†]</f>the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration and wave it <i>as</i> a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion.


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And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate <f>[27†]</f>the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of <i>that</i> which <i>is</i> for Aaron and of <i>that</i> which is for his sons.


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It shall be from the children of Israel <i>for</i> Aaron and his sons <f>[28†]</f>by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; <f>[29†]</f>it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, <i>that</i> <i>is,</i> their heave offering to the LORD.


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<pb/>“And the <f>[30†]</f>holy garments of Aaron <f>[31†]</f>shall be his sons’ after him, <f>[32†]</f>to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them.


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<f>[33†]</f>That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for <f>[34†]</f>seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy <i>place.</i>


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<pb/>“And you shall take the ram of the consecration and <f>[35†]</f>boil its flesh in the holy place.


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Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the <f>[36†]</f>bread that <i>is</i> in the basket, <i>by</i> the door of the tabernacle of meeting.


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<f>[37†]</f>They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate <i>and</i> to sanctify them; <f>[38†]</f>but an outsider shall not eat <i>them,</i> because they <i>are</i> holy.


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And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then <f>[39†]</f>you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it <i>is</i> holy.


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<pb/>“Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. <f>[40†]</f>Seven days you shall consecrate them.


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And you <f>[41†]</f>shall offer a bull every day <i>as</i> a sin offering for atonement. <f>[42†]</f>You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.


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Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. <f>[43†]</f>Whatever touches the altar must be holy.


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<pb/>“Now this <i>is</i> what you shall offer on the altar: <f>[44†]</f>two lambs of the first year, <f>[45†]</f>day by day continually.


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One lamb you shall offer <f>[46†]</f>in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.


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With the one lamb shall be one-tenth <i>of</i> <i>an</i> <i>ephah</i> of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine <i>as</i> a drink offering.


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And the other lamb you shall <f>[47†]</f>offer at twilight; and you shall offer with it the grain offering and the drink offering, as in the morning, for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.


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<i>This</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> <f>[48†]</f>a continual burnt offering throughout your generations <i>at</i> the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, <f>[49†]</f>where I will meet you to speak with you.


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And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and <i>the</i> <i>tabernacle</i> <f>[50†]</f>shall be sanctified by My glory.


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So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also <f>[51†]</f>consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.


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And they shall know that <f>[54†]</f>I <i>am</i> the LORD their God, who <f>[55†]</f>brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I <i>am</i> the LORD their God.


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A cubit <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> its length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubits <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> its height. Its horns <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> of one piece with it.


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And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a molding of gold all around.


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Two gold rings you shall make for it, under the molding on both its sides. You shall place <i>them</i> on its two sides, and they will be holders for the poles with which to bear it.


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And you shall put it before the <f>[2†]</f>veil that <i>is</i> before the ark of the Testimony, before the <f>[3†]</f>mercy seat that <i>is</i> over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.


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<pb/>“Aaron shall burn on it <f>[4†]</f>sweet incense every morning; when <f>[5†]</f>he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.


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And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.


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You shall not offer <f>[6†]</f>strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it.


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And <f>[7†]</f>Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It <i>is</i> most holy to the LORD.”


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<f>[8†]</f>“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give <f>[9†]</f>a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, that there may be no <f>[10†]</f>plague among them when <i>you</i> number them.


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<f>[11†]</f>This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary <f>[12†]</f>(a shekel <i>is</i> twenty gerahs). <f>[13†]</f>The half-shekel <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> an offering to the LORD.


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Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.


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The <f>[14†]</f>rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when <i>you</i> give an offering to the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.


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And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and <f>[15†]</f>shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of meeting, that it may be <f>[16†]</f>a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves.”


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<f>[17†]</f>“You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall <f>[18†]</f>put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,


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When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.


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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And <f>[20†]</f>it shall be a statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”


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“Also take for yourself <f>[21†]</f>quality spices—five hundred <i>shekels</i> of liquid <f>[22†]</f>myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty <i>shekels</i>), two hundred and fifty <i>shekels</i> of sweet-smelling <f>[23†]</f>cane,


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five hundred <i>shekels</i> of <f>[24†]</f>cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a <f>[25†]</f>hin of olive oil.


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And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be <f>[26†]</f>a holy anointing oil.


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You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; <f>[28†]</f>whatever touches them must be holy.


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<f>[29†]</f>And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that <i>they</i> may minister to Me as priests.


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<pb/>“And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.


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It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make <i>any</i> <i>other</i> like it, according to its composition. <f>[30†]</f>It <i>is</i> holy, <i>and</i> it shall be holy to you.


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<f>[31†]</f>Whoever compounds <i>any</i> like it, or whoever puts <i>any</i> of it on an outsider, <f>[32†]</f>shall be cut off from his people.’ ”


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses: <f>[33†]</f>“Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with <i>these</i> sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each.


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You shall make of these an incense, a compound <f>[34†]</f>according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, <i>and</i> holy.


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And you shall beat <i>some</i> of it very fine, and put some of it before the Testimony in the tabernacle of meeting <f>[35†]</f>where I will meet with you. <f>[36†]</f>It shall be most holy to you.


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But <i>as</i> <i>for</i> the incense which you shall make, <f>[37†]</f>you shall not make any for yourselves, according to its composition. It shall be to you holy for the LORD.


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<f>[1†]</f>“See, I have called by name Bezalel the <f>[2†]</f>son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.


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And I have <f>[3†]</f>filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all <i>manner</i> <i>of</i> workmanship,


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in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all <i>manner</i> <i>of</i> workmanship.


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<pb/>“And I, indeed I, have appointed with him <f>[4†]</f>Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the <f>[5†]</f>gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you:


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<f>[6†]</f>the tabernacle of meeting, <f>[7†]</f>the ark of the Testimony and <f>[8†]</f>the mercy seat that <i>is</i> on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle—


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<f>[9†]</f>the table and its utensils, <f>[10†]</f>the pure <i>gold</i> lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,


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<f>[11†]</f>the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and <f>[12†]</f>the laver and its base—


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<f>[13†]</f>the garments of ministry, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests,


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<f>[14†]</f>and the anointing oil and <f>[15†]</f>sweet incense for the holy <i>place.</i> According to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”


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“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: <f>[16†]</f>‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it <i>is</i> a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that <i>you</i> may know that I <i>am</i> the LORD who <f>[17†]</f>sanctifies you.


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<f>[18†]</f>You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for <i>it</i> <i>is</i> holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for <f>[19†]</f>whoever does <i>any</i> work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.


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Work shall be done for <f>[20†]</f>six days, but the <f>[21†]</f>seventh <i>is</i> the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does <i>any</i> work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.


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Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations <i>as</i> a perpetual covenant.


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It <i>is</i> <f>[22†]</f>a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for <f>[23†]</f><i>in</i> six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”


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<pb/>And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses <f>[24†]</f>two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.


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<pb/>Now when the people saw that Moses <f>[1†]</f>delayed coming down from the mountain, the people <f>[2†]</f>gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, <f>[3†]</f>“Come, make us gods that shall <f>[4†]</f>go before us; for <i>as</i> <i>for</i> this Moses, the man who <f>[5†]</f>brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”


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<pb/>And Aaron said to them, “Break off the <f>[6†]</f>golden earrings which <i>are</i> in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring <i>them</i> to me.”


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So all the people broke off the golden earrings which <i>were</i> in their ears, and brought <i>them</i> to Aaron.


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<f>[7†]</f>And he received <i>the</i> <i>gold</i> from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. <pb/>Then they said, “This <i>is</i> your god, O Israel, that <f>[8†]</f>brought you out of the land of Egypt!”


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<pb/>So when Aaron saw <i>it,</i> he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a <f>[9†]</f>proclamation and said, “Tomorrow <i>is</i> a feast to the LORD.”


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Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people <f>[10†]</f>sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, <f>[11†]</f>“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt <f>[12†]</f>have corrupted <i>themselves.</i>


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They have turned aside quickly out of the way which <f>[13†]</f>I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, <f>[14†]</f>‘This <i>is</i> your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”


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And the LORD said to Moses, <f>[15†]</f>“I have seen this people, and indeed it <i>is</i> a stiff-necked people!


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Now therefore, <f>[16†]</f>let Me alone, that <f>[17†]</f>My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And <f>[18†]</f>I will make of you a great nation.”


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>Then Moses pleaded with the LORD his God, and said: “LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?


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<f>[20†]</f>Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and <f>[21†]</f>relent from this harm to Your people.


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Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You <f>[22†]</f>swore by Your own self, and said to them, <f>[23†]</f>‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit <i>it</i> forever.’ ”


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<pb/>And <f>[25†]</f>Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony <i>were</i> in his hand. The tablets <i>were</i> written on both sides; on the one <i>side</i> and on the other they were written.


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Now the <f>[26†]</f>tablets <i>were</i> the work of God, and the writing <i>was</i> the writing of God engraved on the tablets.


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<pb/>And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “<i>There</i> <i>is</i> a noise of war in the camp.”


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<pb/>But he said: <pb/><t>“<i>It</i> <i>is</i> not the noise of the shout of victory, </t><t>Nor the noise of the cry of defeat, </t><t><i>But</i> the sound of singing I hear.”</t>


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<pb/>So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that <f>[27†]</f>he saw the calf <i>and</i> the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.


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<f>[28†]</f>Then he took the calf which they had made, burned <i>it</i> in the fire, and ground <i>it</i> to powder; and he scattered <i>it</i> on the water and made the children of Israel drink <i>it.</i>


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And Moses said to Aaron, <f>[29†]</f>“What did this people do to you that you have brought <i>so</i> great a sin upon them?”


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<pb/>So Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord become hot. <f>[30†]</f>You know the people, that they <i>are</i> <i>set</i> on evil.


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For they said to me, ‘Make us gods that shall go before us; <i>as</i> <i>for</i> this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’


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And I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them break <i>it</i> off.’ So they gave <i>it</i> to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.”


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<pb/>Now when Moses saw that the people <i>were</i> <f>[31†]</f>unrestrained (for Aaron <f>[32†]</f>had not restrained them, to <i>their</i> shame among their enemies),


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then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever <i>is</i> on the LORD’s side—<i>come</i> to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.


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And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and <f>[33†]</f>let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ”


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So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.


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<f>[34†]</f>Then Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother.”


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<pb/>Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, <f>[35†]</f>“You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the LORD; <f>[36†]</f>perhaps I can <f>[37†]</f>make atonement for your sin.”


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Then Moses <f>[38†]</f>returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have <f>[39†]</f>made for themselves a god of gold!


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Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, <f>[40†]</f>blot me <f>[41†]</f>out of Your book which You have written.”


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, <f>[42†]</f>“Whoever has sinned against Me, I will <f>[43†]</f>blot him out of My book.


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Now therefore, go, lead the people to <i>the</i> <i>place</i> of which I have <f>[44†]</f>spoken to you. <f>[45†]</f>Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, <f>[46†]</f>in the day when I visit for punishment, I will <f>[47†]</f>visit punishment upon them for their sin.”


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<pb/>So the LORD plagued the people because of <f>[48†]</f>what they did with the calf which Aaron made.


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Depart <i>and</i> go up from here, you <f>[1†]</f>and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, <f>[2†]</f>‘To your descendants I will give it.’


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<f>[3†]</f>And I will send <i>My</i> Angel before you, <f>[4†]</f>and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.


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<i>Go</i> <i>up</i> <f>[5†]</f>to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest <f>[6†]</f>I consume you on the way, for you <i>are</i> <f>[7†]</f>a stiff-necked people.”


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<pb/>And when the people heard this bad news, <f>[8†]</f>they mourned, <f>[9†]</f>and no one put on his ornaments.


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For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You <i>are</i> a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may <f>[10†]</f>know what to do to you.’ ”


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<pb/>Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and <f>[11†]</f>called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass <i>that</i> everyone who <f>[12†]</f>sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which <i>was</i> outside the camp.


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So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, <i>that</i> all the people rose, and each man stood <f>[13†]</f><i>at</i> his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle.


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And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood <i>at</i> the door of the tabernacle, and <i>the</i> <i>LORD</i> <f>[14†]</f>talked with Moses.


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All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing <i>at</i> the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and <f>[15†]</f>worshiped, each man <i>in</i> his tent door.


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So <f>[16†]</f>the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but <f>[17†]</f>his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.


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<pb/>Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, <f>[18†]</f>You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, <f>[19†]</f>‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’


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Now therefore, I pray, <f>[20†]</f>if I have found grace in Your sight, <f>[21†]</f>show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation <i>is</i> <f>[22†]</f>Your people.”


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<pb/>And He said, <f>[23†]</f>“My Presence will go <i>with</i> <i>you,</i> and I will give you <f>[24†]</f>rest.”


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<pb/>Then he said to Him, <f>[25†]</f>“If Your Presence does not go <i>with</i> <i>us,</i> do not bring us up from here.


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For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, <f>[26†]</f>except You go with us? So we <f>[27†]</f>shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who <i>are</i> upon the face of the earth.”


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<pb/>So the LORD said to Moses, <f>[28†]</f>“I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”


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<pb/>Then He said, “I will make all My <f>[30†]</f>goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. <f>[31†]</f>I will be gracious to whom I will be <f>[32†]</f>gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”


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So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you <f>[34†]</f>in the cleft of the rock, and will <f>[35†]</f>cover you with My hand while I pass by.


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Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall <f>[36†]</f>not be seen.”


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<pb/>And the LORD said to Moses, <f>[1†]</f>“Cut two tablets of stone like the first <i>ones,</i> and <f>[2†]</f>I will write on <i>these</i> tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke.


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So be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there <f>[3†]</f>on the top of the mountain.


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And no man shall <f>[4†]</f>come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let neither flocks nor herds feed before that mountain.”


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<pb/>So he cut two tablets of stone like the first <i>ones.</i> Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.


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<pb/>Now the LORD descended in the <f>[5†]</f>cloud and stood with him there, and <f>[6†]</f>proclaimed the name of the LORD.


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And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD <f>[7†]</f>God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in <f>[8†]</f>goodness and <f>[9†]</f>truth,


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<f>[10†]</f>keeping mercy for thousands, <f>[11†]</f>forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, <f>[12†]</f>by no means clearing <i>the</i> <i>guilty,</i> visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”


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Then he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, <f>[14†]</f>let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we <i>are</i> a <f>[15†]</f>stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as <f>[16†]</f>Your inheritance.”


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<pb/>And He said: “Behold, <f>[17†]</f>I make a covenant. Before all your people I will <f>[18†]</f>do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you <i>are</i> shall see the work of the LORD. For it <i>is</i> <f>[19†]</f>an awesome thing that I will do with you.


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<f>[20†]</f>Observe what I command you this day. Behold, <f>[21†]</f>I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.


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<f>[22†]</f>Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.


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But you shall <f>[23†]</f>destroy their altars, break their <i>sacred</i> pillars, and <f>[24†]</f>cut down their wooden images


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(for you shall worship <f>[25†]</f>no other god, for the LORD, whose <f>[26†]</f>name <i>is</i> Jealous, <i>is</i> a <f>[27†]</f>jealous God),


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lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they <f>[28†]</f>play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and <i>one</i> <i>of</i> <i>them</i> <f>[29†]</f>invites you and you <f>[30†]</f>eat of his sacrifice,


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and you take of <f>[31†]</f>his daughters for your sons, and his daughters <f>[32†]</f>play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.


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<pb/>“The Feast of <f>[34†]</f>Unleavened Bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the appointed time of the <f>[35†]</f>month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.


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<pb/> <f>[36†]</f>“All that open the womb <i>are</i> Mine, and every male firstborn among your livestock, <i>whether</i> ox or sheep.


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But <f>[37†]</f>the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb. And if you will not redeem <i>him,</i> then you shall break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. <pb/>“And none shall appear before Me <f>[38†]</f>empty-handed.


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<pb/> <f>[39†]</f>“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.


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<pb/>“And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end.


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<pb/> <f>[40†]</f>“Three times in the year all your men shall appear before the Lord, the LORD God of Israel.


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For I will <f>[41†]</f>cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.


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<pb/>“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, <f>[42†]</f>nor shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover be left until morning.


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<pb/> <f>[43†]</f>“The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”


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<pb/>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write <f>[44†]</f>these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”


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<f>[45†]</f>So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And <f>[46†]</f>He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.


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<pb/>Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the <f>[47†]</f>two tablets of the Testimony <i>were</i> in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.


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So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, <f>[48†]</f>the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.


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Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them.


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Afterward all the children of Israel came near, <f>[49†]</f>and he gave them as commandments all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.


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But <f>[51†]</f>whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would take the veil off until he came out; and he would come out and speak to the children of Israel whatever he had been commanded.


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And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.


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<pb/>Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, <f>[1†]</f>“These <i>are</i> the words which the LORD has commanded <i>you</i> to do:


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Work shall be done for <f>[2†]</f>six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to <f>[3†]</f>death.


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<pb/>And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, <f>[5†]</f>“This <i>is</i> the thing which the LORD commanded, saying:


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‘Take from among you an offering to the LORD. <f>[6†]</f>Whoever <i>is</i> of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the LORD: <f>[7†]</f>gold, silver, and bronze;


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<pb/> <f>[11†]</f>‘All <i>who</i> <i>are</i> gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded:


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<f>[12†]</f>the tabernacle, its tent, its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;


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<f>[17†]</f>the incense altar, its poles, <f>[18†]</f>the anointing oil, <f>[19†]</f>the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;


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<f>[20†]</f>the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, all its utensils, <i>and</i> the laver and its base;


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<f>[21†]</f>the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;


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<f>[22†]</f>the garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy <i>place</i>—the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.’ ”


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Then everyone came <f>[23†]</f>whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, <i>and</i> they <f>[24†]</f>brought the LORD’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.


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They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, <i>and</i> brought <f>[25†]</f>earrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all <f>[26†]</f>jewelry of gold, that is, every man who <i>made</i> an offering of gold to the LORD.


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And <f>[27†]</f>every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> fine linen, and goats’ <i>hair,</i> red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought <i>them.</i>


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Everyone who offered an offering of silver or bronze brought the LORD’s offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought <i>it.</i>


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All the women <i>who</i> <i>were</i> <f>[28†]</f>gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, <i>and</i> scarlet, and fine linen.


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<f>[29†]</f>The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate,


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The children of Israel brought a <f>[31†]</f>freewill offering to <f>[32†]</f>the LORD, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring <i>material</i> for all kinds of work which the LORD, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.


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<pb/>And Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;


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and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship,


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<pb/>“And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, <i>in</i> him and <f>[33†]</f>Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.


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He has <f>[34†]</f>filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine linen, and of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.


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<pb/>“And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every <f>[1†]</f>gifted artisan in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the <f>[2†]</f>sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded.”


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<pb/>Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in <f>[3†]</f>whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred, to come and do the work.


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And they received from Moses all the <f>[4†]</f>offering which the children of Israel <f>[5†]</f>had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.


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Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work he was doing,


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and they spoke to Moses, saying, <f>[6†]</f>“The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded <i>us</i> to do.”


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<pb/>So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing,


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<pb/> <f>[8†]</f>Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread; with</i> artistic designs of cherubim they made them.


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The length of each curtain <i>was</i> twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains <i>were</i> all the same size.


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And he coupled five curtains to one another, and <i>the</i> <i>other</i> five curtains he coupled to one another.


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He made loops of blue <i>yarn</i> on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set; likewise he did on the outer edge of <i>the</i> <i>other</i> curtain of the second set.


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<f>[9†]</f>Fifty loops he made on one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain on the end of the second set; the loops held one <i>curtain</i> to another.


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And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.


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<pb/> <f>[10†]</f>He made curtains of goats’ <i>hair</i> for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.


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The length of each curtain <i>was</i> thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains <i>were</i> the same size.


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And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.


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<f>[11†]</f>Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above <i>that.</i>


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Each board had two tenons <f>[13†]</f>for binding one to another. Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.


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Forty sockets of silver he made to go under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.


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And they were coupled at the bottom and coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus he made both of them for the two corners.


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So there were eight boards and their sockets—sixteen sockets of silver—two sockets under each of the boards.


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<pb/>And he made <f>[14†]</f>bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,


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five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle on the far side westward.


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He overlaid the boards with gold, made their rings of gold <i>to</i> <i>be</i> holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.


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<pb/>And he made <f>[15†]</f>a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen; it was worked <i>with</i> an artistic design of cherubim.


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He made for it four pillars of acacia <i>wood,</i> and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them.


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<pb/>He also made a <f>[16†]</f>screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and fine woven linen, made by a weaver,


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and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets <i>were</i> bronze.


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<pb/>Then <f>[1†]</f>Bezalel made <f>[2†]</f>the ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits <i>was</i> its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.


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And he cast for it four rings of gold <i>to</i> <i>be</i> <i>set</i> in its four corners: two rings on one side, and two rings on the other side of it.


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He also made the <f>[3†]</f>mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits <i>was</i> its length and a cubit and a half its width.


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one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the <i>other</i> end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends <i>of</i> <i>one</i> <i>piece</i> with the mercy seat.


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The cherubim spread out <i>their</i> wings above, <i>and</i> covered the <f>[4†]</f>mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.


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<pb/>He made <f>[5†]</f>the table of acacia wood; two cubits <i>was</i> its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.


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Also he made a frame of a handbreadth all around it, and made a molding of gold for the frame all around it.


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And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that <i>were</i> at its four legs.


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He made of pure gold the utensils which were on the table: its <f>[6†]</f>dishes, its cups, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring.


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<pb/>He also made the <f>[7†]</f>lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its <i>ornamental</i> knobs, and its flowers were of the same piece.


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And six branches came out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.


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There were three bowls made like almond <i>blossoms</i> on one branch, with an <i>ornamental</i> knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond <i>blossoms</i> on the other branch, with an <i>ornamental</i> knob and a flower—and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.


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And on the lampstand itself <i>were</i> four bowls made like almond <i>blossoms, each with</i> its <i>ornamental</i> knob and flower.


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<i>There</i> <i>was</i> a knob under the <i>first</i> two branches of the same, a knob under the <i>second</i> two branches of the same, and a knob under the <i>third</i> two branches of the same, according to the six branches extending from it.


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Their knobs and their branches were of one piece; all of it <i>was</i> one hammered piece of pure gold.


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<pb/> <f>[9†]</f>He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length <i>was</i> a cubit and its width a cubit—<i>it</i> <i>was</i> square—and two cubits <i>was</i> its height. Its horns were <i>of</i> <i>one</i> <i>piece</i> with it.


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And he overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides all around, and its horns. He also made for it a molding of gold all around it.


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He made two rings of gold for it under its molding, by its two corners on both sides, as holders for the poles with which to bear it.


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<pb/>He also made <f>[11†]</f>the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.


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<pb/>He made <f>[1†]</f>the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits <i>was</i> its length and five cubits its width—<i>it</i> <i>was</i> square—and its height <i>was</i> three cubits.


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He made its horns on its four corners; the horns were <i>of</i> <i>one</i> <i>piece</i> with it. And he overlaid it with bronze.


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He made all the utensils for the altar: the pans, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans; all its utensils he made of bronze.


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Then he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it. He made the altar hollow with boards.


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<pb/>He made <f>[2†]</f>the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.


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<pb/>Then he made <f>[3†]</f>the court on the south side; the hangings of the court <i>were</i> <i>of</i> fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long.


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There <i>were</i> twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands <i>were</i> silver.


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On the north side <i>the</i> <i>hangings</i> <i>were</i> one hundred cubits <i>long,</i> with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands <i>were</i> silver.


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And on the west side <i>there</i> <i>were</i> hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and their ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands <i>were</i> silver.


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The hangings of one side <i>of</i> <i>the</i> <i>gate</i> <i>were</i> fifteen cubits <i>long, with</i> their three pillars and their three sockets,


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and the same for the other side of the court gate; on this side and that <i>were</i> hangings of fifteen cubits, <i>with</i> their three pillars and their three sockets.


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The sockets for the pillars <i>were</i> bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands <i>were</i> silver, and the overlay of their capitals <i>was</i> silver; and all the pillars of the court had bands of silver.


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The screen for the gate of the court <i>was</i> woven of blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and of fine woven linen. The length <i>was</i> twenty cubits, and the height along its width <i>was</i> five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.


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And <i>there</i> <i>were</i> four pillars <i>with</i> their four sockets of bronze; their hooks <i>were</i> silver, and the overlay of their capitals and their bands <i>was</i> silver.


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<pb/>This is the inventory of the tabernacle, <f>[5†]</f>the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, <f>[6†]</f>by the hand of <f>[7†]</f>Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.


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<pb/> <f>[8†]</f>Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD had commanded Moses.


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And with him <i>was</i> <f>[9†]</f>Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and of fine linen.


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<pb/>All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy <i>place,</i> that is, the gold of the <f>[10†]</f>offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to <f>[11†]</f>the shekel of the sanctuary.


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And the silver from those who were <f>[12†]</f>numbered of the congregation <i>was</i> one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:


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<f>[13†]</f>a bekah for each man (<i>that</i> <i>is,</i> half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for <f>[14†]</f>six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty <i>men.</i>


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And from the hundred talents of silver were cast <f>[15†]</f>the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket.


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Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five <i>shekels</i> he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and <f>[16†]</f>made bands for them.


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And with it he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils for the altar,


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the sockets for the court all around, the bases for the court gate, all the pegs for the tabernacle, and all the pegs for the court all around.


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<pb/>Of the <f>[1†]</f>blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread</i> they made <f>[2†]</f>garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy <i>place,</i> and made the holy garments for Aaron, <f>[3†]</f>as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<pb/> <f>[4†]</f>He made the <f>[5†]</f>ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and of fine woven linen.


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And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut <i>it</i> <i>into</i> threads, to work <i>it</i> in <i>with</i> the blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and the fine linen, <i>into</i> artistic designs.


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They made shoulder straps for it to couple <i>it</i> together; it was coupled together at its two edges.


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And the intricately woven band of his ephod that <i>was</i> on it <i>was</i> of the same workmanship, <i>woven</i> <i>of</i> gold, blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and <i>of</i> fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<pb/> <f>[6†]</f>And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel.


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He put them on the shoulders of the ephod <i>as</i> <f>[7†]</f>memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<pb/> <f>[8†]</f>And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> and of fine woven linen.


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They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span <i>was</i> its length and a span its width when doubled.


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<f>[9†]</f>And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row;


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the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. <i>They</i> <i>were</i> enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings.


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<i>There</i> <i>were</i> <f>[10†]</f>twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, <i>engraved</i> <i>like</i> a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes.


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They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.


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The two ends of the two braided <i>chains</i> they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.


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And they made two rings of gold and put <i>them</i> on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which <i>was</i> on the inward side of the ephod.


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They made two <i>other</i> gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.


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And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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And <i>there</i> <i>was</i> an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, <i>with</i> a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear.


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They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven <i>linen.</i>


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And they made <f>[13†]</f>bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates:


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a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to minister in, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<f>[15†]</f>a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, <f>[16†]</f>short trousers of fine woven linen,


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<f>[17†]</f>and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet <i>thread,</i> made by a weaver, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<pb/> <f>[18†]</f>Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription <i>like</i> the engraving of a signet: <pb/> <f>[19†]</f>HOLINESS TO THE LORD.


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<pb/>And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten <i>it</i> above on the turban, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<pb/>Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was <f>[20†]</f>finished. And the children of Israel did <f>[21†]</f>according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.


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And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;


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the pure <i>gold</i> lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light;


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the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;


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and the garments of ministry, to minister in the holy <i>place:</i> the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister as priests.


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<pb/>According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel <f>[23†]</f>did all the work.


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Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses <f>[24†]</f>blessed them.


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“On the first day of the <f>[2†]</f>first month you shall set up <f>[3†]</f>the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.


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<f>[5†]</f>You shall bring in the table and <f>[6†]</f>arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; <f>[7†]</f>and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps.


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<f>[8†]</f>You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.


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Then you shall set the <f>[9†]</f>altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.


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And <f>[10†]</f>you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.


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<pb/>“And you shall take the anointing oil, and <f>[11†]</f>anoint the tabernacle and all that <i>is</i> in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy.


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You shall <f>[12†]</f>anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. <f>[13†]</f>The altar shall be most holy.


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.


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You shall put the holy <f>[15†]</f>garments on Aaron, <f>[16†]</f>and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.


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You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be <f>[17†]</f>an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”


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<pb/>And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first <i>day</i> of the month, <i>that</i> the <f>[18†]</f>tabernacle was raised up.


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So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars.


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And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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He took <f>[19†]</f>the Testimony and put <i>it</i> into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.


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And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, <f>[20†]</f>hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<pb/> <f>[21†]</f>He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil;


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<f>[23†]</f>He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle;


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<f>[28†]</f>And he put the altar of burnt offering <i>before</i> the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and <f>[29†]</f>offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<f>[30†]</f>He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing;


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and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would <f>[31†]</f>wash their hands and their feet <i>with</i> <i>water</i> from it.


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Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, <f>[32†]</f>as the LORD had commanded Moses.


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<f>[33†]</f>And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses <f>[34†]</f>finished the work.


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<pb/> <f>[35†]</f>Then the <f>[36†]</f>cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the <f>[37†]</f>glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.


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And Moses <f>[38†]</f>was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.


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<f>[39†]</f>Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.


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But <f>[40†]</f>if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.


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For <f>[41†]</f>the cloud of the LORD <i>was</i> above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.


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<pb/>Now the LORD <f>[1†]</f>called to Moses, and spoke to him <f>[2†]</f>from the tabernacle of meeting, saying,


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“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: <f>[3†]</f>‘When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the livestock—of the herd and of the flock.


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<pb/>‘If his offering <i>is</i> a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male <f>[4†]</f>without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.


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<f>[5†]</f>Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be <f>[6†]</f>accepted on his behalf <f>[7†]</f>to make atonement for him.


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He shall kill the <f>[8†]</f>bull before the LORD; <f>[9†]</f>and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood <f>[10†]</f>and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that <i>is</i> <i>by</i> the door of the tabernacle of meeting.


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The sons of Aaron the priest shall put <f>[12†]</f>fire on the altar, and <f>[13†]</f>lay the wood in order on the fire.


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Then the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that <i>is</i> on the fire upon the altar;


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but he shall wash its entrails and its legs with water. And the priest shall burn all on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a <f>[14†]</f>sweet aroma to the LORD.


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<pb/>‘If his offering <i>is</i> of the flocks—of the sheep or of the goats—as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male <f>[15†]</f>without blemish.


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<f>[16†]</f>He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.


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And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that <i>is</i> on the fire upon the altar;


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but he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water. Then the priest shall bring <i>it</i> all and burn <i>it</i> on the altar; it <i>is</i> a burnt sacrifice, an <f>[17†]</f>offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.


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<pb/>‘And if the burnt sacrifice of his offering to the LORD <i>is</i> of birds, then he shall bring his offering of <f>[18†]</f>turtledoves or young pigeons.


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The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn <i>it</i> on the altar; its blood shall be drained out at the side of the altar.


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And he shall remove its crop with its feathers and cast it <f>[19†]</f>beside the altar on the east side, into the place for ashes.


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Then he shall split it at its wings, <i>but</i> <f>[20†]</f>shall not divide <i>it</i> completely; and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that <i>is</i> on the fire. <f>[21†]</f>It <i>is</i> a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.


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<pb/>‘When anyone offers <f>[1†]</f>a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be <i>of</i> fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put <f>[2†]</f>frankincense on it.


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He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn <f>[3†]</f><i>it</i> <i>as</i> a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.


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<f>[4†]</f>The rest of the grain offering <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> Aaron’s and his <f>[5†]</f>sons’. <f>[6†]</f><i>It</i> <i>is</i> most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.


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<pb/>‘And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, <i>it</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers <f>[7†]</f>anointed with oil.


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But if your offering <i>is</i> a grain offering <i>baked</i> in a pan, <i>it</i> <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> <i>of</i> fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil.


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<pb/>‘If your offering <i>is</i> a grain offering <i>baked</i> in a <f>[8†]</f>covered pan, it shall be made <i>of</i> fine flour with oil.


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You shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the LORD. And when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.


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Then the priest shall take from the grain offering <f>[9†]</f>a memorial portion, and burn <i>it</i> on the altar. <i>It</i> <i>is</i> an <f>[10†]</f>offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.


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And <f>[11†]</f>what is left of the grain offering <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> Aaron’s and his sons’. <i>It</i> <i>is</i> most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.


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<pb/>‘No grain offering which you bring to the LORD shall be made with <f>[12†]</f>leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering to the LORD made by fire.


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<f>[13†]</f>As for the offering of the firstfruits, <f>[14†]</f>you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma.


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And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow <f>[15†]</f>the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. <f>[16†]</f>With all your offerings <f>[17†]</f>you shall offer salt.


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<pb/>‘If you offer a grain offering of your firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits green heads of grain roasted on the fire, grain beaten from <f>[18†]</f>full heads.


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Then the priest shall burn <f>[20†]</f>the memorial portion: <i>part</i> of its beaten grain and <i>part</i> of its oil, with all the frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.


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<pb/>‘When his offering <i>is</i> a <f>[1†]</f>sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers <i>it</i> of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it <f>[2†]</f>without blemish before the LORD.


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And <f>[3†]</f>he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall <f>[4†]</f>sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.


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Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD. <f>[5†]</f>The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,


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the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove;


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and Aaron’s sons <f>[6†]</f>shall burn it on the altar upon the <f>[7†]</f>burnt sacrifice, which is on the wood that is on the fire, as an <f>[8†]</f>offering made by fire, a <f>[9†]</f>sweet aroma to the LORD.


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<pb/>‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD is of the flock, whether male or female, <f>[10†]</f>he shall offer it without blemish.


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If he offers a <f>[11†]</f>lamb as his offering, then he shall <f>[12†]</f>offer it <f>[13†]</f>before the LORD.


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And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.


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<pb/>‘Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as an offering made by fire to the LORD, its fat and the whole fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone. And the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,


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and the priest shall burn them on the altar as <f>[14†]</f>food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.


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He shall lay his hand on its head and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.


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Then <f>[16†]</f>he shall offer from it his offering, as an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,


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and the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma; <f>[17†]</f>all the fat is the LORD’s.


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<pb/>‘This shall be a <f>[18†]</f>perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor <f>[19†]</f>blood.’ ”


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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: <f>[1†]</f>‘If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them,


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<f>[2†]</f>if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned <f>[3†]</f>a young bull without blemish as a <f>[4†]</f>sin offering.


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He shall bring the bull <f>[5†]</f>to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and kill the bull before the LORD.


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Then the anointed priest shall <f>[6†]</f>take some of the bull’s blood and bring it to the tabernacle of meeting.


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The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the <f>[7†]</f>veil of the sanctuary.


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And the priest shall <f>[8†]</f>put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour <f>[9†]</f>the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.


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He shall take from it all the fat of the bull as the sin offering. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat which is on the entrails,


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the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove,


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<f>[10†]</f>as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.


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the whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, <f>[12†]</f>where the ashes are poured out, and <f>[13†]</f>burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.


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<pb/>‘Now <f>[14†]</f>if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, <f>[15†]</f>and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which should not be done, and are guilty;


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when the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a young bull for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting.


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And the elders of the congregation <f>[16†]</f>shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD. Then the bull shall be killed before the LORD.


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Then the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil.


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And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.


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And he shall do <f>[18†]</f>with the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering; thus he shall do with it. <f>[19†]</f>So the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.


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Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is a sin offering for the assembly.


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<pb/>‘When a ruler has sinned, and <f>[20†]</f>done something unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD his God in anything which should not be done, and is guilty,


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or <f>[21†]</f>if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a male without blemish.


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And <f>[22†]</f>he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD. It is a sin offering.


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<f>[23†]</f>The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.


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And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like <f>[24†]</f>the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offering. <f>[25†]</f>So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.


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<pb/> <f>[26†]</f>‘If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty,


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or <f>[27†]</f>if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.


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<f>[28†]</f>And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.


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Then the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.


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<f>[29†]</f>He shall remove all its fat, <f>[30†]</f>as fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a <f>[31†]</f>sweet aroma to the LORD. <f>[32†]</f>So the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.


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Then he shall <f>[34†]</f>lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it as a sin offering at the place where they kill the burnt offering.


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The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.


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He shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar, <f>[35†]</f>according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD. <f>[36†]</f>So the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.


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<pb/>‘If a person sins in <f>[1†]</f>hearing the utterance of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter—if he does not tell it, he <f>[2†]</f>bears guilt.


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<pb/>‘Or <f>[3†]</f>if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and <f>[4†]</f>guilty.


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Or if he touches <f>[5†]</f>human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.


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<pb/>‘Or if a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips <f>[6†]</f>to do evil or <f>[7†]</f>to do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.


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<pb/>‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall <f>[8†]</f>confess that he has sinned in that thing;


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and he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.


