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\h GENESIS 
\toc1 Genesis 
\toc2 Genesis 
\toc3 Gen 
\mt2 This book contains the account of God making the world and everything there is and of his choosing the descendants of Abraham to be his people. We call this book  
\mt1 Genesis  
\c 1  
\s1 God made the earth and the sky  
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\v 1 Long, long ago \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w the|strong="H1254"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H1254"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* create \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* shapeless \w and|strong="H6440"\w* completely desolate/chaotic. \w Darkness|strong="H2822"\w* covered \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth. \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* God \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w hovering|strong="H7363"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 3 God said, “\w I|strong="H1961"\w* want light \w to|strong="H1961"\w* shine!” \w And|strong="H1961"\w* light shone.  
\v 4 God \w was|strong="H2896"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* light. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* made \w the|strong="H7200"\w* light \w to|strong="H7200"\w* shine \w in|strong="H7200"\w* some places, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* other places \w there|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H2896"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* light \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w name|strong="H7121"\w* ‘\w day|strong="H3117"\w*’, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w name|strong="H7121"\w* ‘\w night|strong="H3915"\w*’. \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w which|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w followed|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w whole|strong="H3117"\w* \w period|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*’.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* God said, “\w I|strong="H1961"\w* command \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* empty space \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge dome \w to|strong="H1961"\w* separate \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* above \w it|strong="H8432"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* earth \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* below \w it|strong="H8432"\w*!”  
\v 7 \w And|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*. God \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* space \w the|strong="H5921"\w* name ‘sky’.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w which|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w followed|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w period|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*’.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* want \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w together|strong="H6960"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w ground|strong="H3004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w rise|strong="H4325"\w* above \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.” \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 10 God \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w ground|strong="H3004"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w name|strong="H7121"\w* ‘earth’, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H4325"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w name|strong="H7121"\w* ‘oceans’. God \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* earth \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* oceans.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* God \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* want \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w*, including \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*. Each \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* grew \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* earth; each \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w plant|strong="H6212"\w* began \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* own \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* another \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w which|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w followed|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* another \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. God called \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w period|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*’.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* want \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sun, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* moon, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* many stars \w to|strong="H1961"\w* shine \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w The|strong="H3117"\w* sun \w will|strong="H1961"\w* shine \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* daytime \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* moon \w and|strong="H3117"\w* stars \w will|strong="H1961"\w* shine \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* nighttime. \w By|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* changes \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* appearance \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* indicate \w the|strong="H3117"\w* various \w seasons|strong="H4150"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* special celebrations), \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* enable people \w to|strong="H1961"\w* know \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* begin.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* want \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w lights|strong="H3974"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* shine \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.” \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 16 God \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* big \w lights|strong="H3974"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w bigger|strong="H1419"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* sun, shines \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w smaller|strong="H6996"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* moon, shines \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*.  
\v 17 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* shine \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\v 18 \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* separate \w the|strong="H7200"\w* light \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* daytime \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* nighttime. God \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w these|strong="H3117"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* made.  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* another \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w which|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w followed|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* another \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* called \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w period|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*’.  
\v 20 Then \w God|strong="H8064"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* many \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* oceans, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H8064"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* God \w created|strong="H1254"\w* huge \w sea|strong="H8577"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w creature|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w moves|strong="H7430"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* caused \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* oceans. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w many|strong="H7200"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*. God \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 22 God \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H1288"\w*. \w He|strong="H7235"\w* said, “Produce offspring \w and|strong="H6509"\w* \w become|strong="H6509"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w*. \w I|strong="H1288"\w* want \w the|strong="H1288"\w* creatures \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w live|strong="H4390"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w all|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* oceans, \w and|strong="H6509"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* also \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w become|strong="H6509"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w*.” \w And|strong="H6509"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H4325"\w* what happened.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* another \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w followed|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* another \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* called \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w period|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*’.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* God \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* various \w kinds|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* appear \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* earth. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* many \w kinds|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* ◄livestock/domestic \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*►, \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* scurry across \w the|strong="H3318"\w* ground, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* large wild \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 25 God \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w wild|strong="H6213"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* ◄livestock/domestic \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*► \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* scurry across \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground. God \w was|strong="H3605"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* said, “\w Now|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* human \w beings|strong="H1823"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H8064"\w* \w like|strong="H1823"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* many ways. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* want \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fish|strong="H1710"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ◄livestock/domestic animals►, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* creatures \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground.”  
\v 27 So God \w created|strong="H1254"\w* human beings \w that|strong="H2145"\w* were like \w him|strong="H2145"\w* \w in|strong="H2145"\w* many ways. \w He|strong="H5347"\w* \w made|strong="H1254"\w* \w them|strong="H1254"\w* to \w be|strong="H2145"\w* like himself. \w He|strong="H5347"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* some to \w be|strong="H2145"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w and|strong="H2145"\w* some to \w be|strong="H2145"\w* \w female|strong="H5347"\w*.  
\v 28 \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, saying, “Produce \w many|strong="H7235"\w* children, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* want \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fish|strong="H1710"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground.”  
\v 29 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* humans, “\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w*! \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* eat.  
\v 30 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* given \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H3418"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* breathes, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* eat.” \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 31 God \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Truly|strong="H6213"\w*, \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H7200"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w followed|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w another|strong="H7200"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* called \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w period|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ‘\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*’.   
\c 2  
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\v 1 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* created \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 2 \w By|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, God \w had|strong="H3117"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* creating \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H7673"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 3 God \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w set|strong="H6942"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* special \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* God \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w*, \w after|strong="H3117"\w* finishing \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w creating|strong="H1254"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 4 \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\s1 \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* garden \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Eden  
\p \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, whose name \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 5 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* first \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w growing|strong="H6779"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w*. Furthermore, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w till|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* planting crops.  
\v 6 Instead, mist \w rose|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w watered|strong="H8248"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w breathed|strong="H5397"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w*’s nostrils \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* gives \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w named|strong="H7760"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Canaan, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* man \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H3335"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H4758"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* produced \w fruit|strong="H3978"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w eat|strong="H3978"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* placed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \add whose fruit would enable those who ate it\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w forever|strong="H3605"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* placed \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w another|strong="H4480"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w whose|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruit|strong="H3978"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ate \w it|strong="H8432"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w actions|strong="H4480"\w* \w were|strong="H4480"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add to do\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w actions|strong="H4480"\w* \w were|strong="H4480"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add to do\add*.   
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\v 10 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w flowed|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* provide \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w for|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w*. \w Outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w divided|strong="H6504"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* four \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* first river \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Pishon|strong="H6376"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* river \w flows|strong="H5437"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Havilah|strong="H2341"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 12 \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w pure|strong="H2896"\w*/\w has|strong="H2091"\w* no impurities \w in|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*►. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add also a sweet-smelling gum called\add* bdellium, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* valuable stones \w called|strong="H8033"\w* \w onyx|strong="H7718"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w flows|strong="H5437"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H8034"\w* Cain.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H1980"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Tigris|strong="H2313"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w flows|strong="H1980"\w* \w east|strong="H6926"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \add the city of\add* Asshur. \w The|strong="H1980"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w man|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w till|strong="H5647"\w*/\w cultivate|strong="H5647"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 16-17 But \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said to him, “You must not eat the fruit of the tree that will enable you to know what actions are good to do and what actions are evil to do. If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that day your relationship with me will end. But I will permit you to eat the fruit of any of the other trees in the park/garden.”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w man|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w alone|strong="H6213"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* someone \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w suitable|strong="H5048"\w* partner \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* taken \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w soil|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* hear \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* livestock \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* partner \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w suitable|strong="H5048"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1320"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deep|strong="H8639"\w* \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w*. \w While|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1320"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* sleeping, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1320"\w*’s \w ribs|strong="H6763"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* immediately \w closed|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* opening \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* \add and healed it\add*.  
\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H3947"\w* \w made|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w rib|strong="H6763"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* man’s body, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* man.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H1320"\w* exclaimed, “\add Wow\add*! \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1320"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* ◄someone like \w me|strong="H7121"\w*/\w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1320"\w* looking \w for|strong="H3588"\w*!► \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1320"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* woman, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1320"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1320"\w*.”   
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\v 24  \add The first woman was taken from the man’s body,\add* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w marry|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* must \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* parents. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* join \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w closely|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* wife, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* two \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* though \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w person|strong="H1320"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Although|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* man \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* wife \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ashamed \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\c 3  
\s1 Those first people sinned by disobeying God  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* cunning \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*. \add One day Satan gave to\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* \add the ability to talk to the woman\add*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* really say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6086"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w*’?”  
\v 2-3 The woman replied, “\add What God said was\add*, ‘Do not eat the fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the park/garden or touch it. If you do that, you will die. But you can eat fruit from any of the other trees.’”  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H4191"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* woman, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w God|strong="H3808"\w* said \w that|strong="H3808"\w*  
\v 5  \add only\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* eat \w fruit|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* tree, \add you will understand new things. It will be as though\add* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* [MET], \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add to do\add* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add to do\add*, just \w as|strong="H3117"\w* God does.”  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* woman \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w eat|strong="H3978"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w desired|strong="H2530"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add she thought\add* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* would \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* picked some \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* ate \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* some \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* husband, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* ate \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 7 Immediately \add it was as though\add* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w realized|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w naked|strong="H5903"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* ashamed. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add picked\add* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w leaves|strong="H5929"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* fastened \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w together|strong="H8609"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* clothes \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 8  \add Late that afternoon\add*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cool|strong="H7307"\w* breeze \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w blowing|strong="H1980"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w*/footsteps \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w*. \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w themselves|strong="H2244"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* bushes \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, \add so that Yahweh God would not see them\add*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* man, saying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “Why \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7121"\w* \add trying to hide from me\add*?”  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* man replied, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \add footsteps/walking\add* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w* \w naked|strong="H5903"\w*, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w myself|strong="H2244"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w God|strong="H4310"\w* said, “\w How|strong="H3588"\w* did \w you|strong="H3588"\w* find \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H4480"\w* \w naked|strong="H5903"\w* [RHQ]? \w It|strong="H3588"\w* must \w be|strong="H6086"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ate \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fruit|strong="H4480"\w* \add from the tree\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* eat \w its|strong="H3588"\w* \w fruit|strong="H4480"\w*.’” [RHQ]  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* man said, “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* woman \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H6086"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w fruit|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* ate \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* woman, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w*?” \w The|strong="H6213"\w* woman replied, “\w I|strong="H4100"\w* ate some \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fruit \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* livestock \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* curse/\w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w alone|strong="H6213"\w*. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add and all other snakes\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* bellies, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* eat \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \add on it\add* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 15 \w And|strong="H7218"\w* I \w will|strong="H2233"\w* cause \w you|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H1931"\w* woman \w to|strong="H7218"\w* act \w in|strong="H2233"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hostile way \w toward|strong="H7218"\w* each other, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* I \w will|strong="H2233"\w* cause \w your|strong="H7896"\w* brood \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w her|strong="H7896"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w to|strong="H7218"\w* act hostilely \w toward|strong="H7218"\w* each other. \w You|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H2233"\w* strike \w at|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H1931"\w* \w heel|strong="H6119"\w* \add of one descendant\add* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* hers, \w but|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H2233"\w* strike \w your|strong="H7896"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w great|strong="H7235"\w* \w pain|strong="H6093"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3205"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*; \w you|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* suffer \w great|strong="H7235"\w* \w pain|strong="H6093"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H7235"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* [DOU]. \w You|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7235"\w* \w desire|strong="H8669"\w* \w your|strong="H7235"\w* husband \add to show affection for you\add*, \w but|strong="H3205"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4910"\w* \w you|strong="H3205"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w heeded|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wife|strong="H2416"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ate \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruit|strong="H4480"\w* \add of the tree\add* \w concerning|strong="H6680"\w* \w which|strong="H6086"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.’ \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* difficult \add to grow things in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* work hard \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* produce \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \w to|strong="H3117"\w* eat.  
\v 18 Thornbushes \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w thistle|strong="H1863"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* other \w weeds|strong="H6975"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w grow|strong="H6779"\w* \add and prevent what you have planted from growing\add*. \w And|strong="H7704"\w* \w for|strong="H7704"\w* food, you \w will|strong="H7704"\w* have \w to|strong="H7704"\w* eat things \w that|strong="H7704"\w* just \w grow|strong="H6779"\w* \w in|strong="H7704"\w* your \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 19  \add All your life\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w sweat|strong="H2188"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* work hard \w to|strong="H5704"\w* produce \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* die [EUP], \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \add body will be buried\add* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*. \add I made\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add die and are buried your body will decay\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 20  \add The man, whose name was\add* Adam, \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wife|strong="H2416"\w* \w Eve|strong="H2332"\w*, \add which means ‘living’\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add killed some animals and\add* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w skins|strong="H5785"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* Adam \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Look|strong="H2005"\w*! \w Those|strong="H4480"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add to do\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add to do\add*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w reach|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pick|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* eat \add some of the fruit from\add* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \add which enables people who eat it\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add forever\add*!”  
\v 23 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w man|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* created Adam \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground, \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w now|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* forced \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w till|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* ground \add so that he could grow food to eat\add*.  
\v 24 After \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H1644"\w* \w them|strong="H1644"\w*, \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w side|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w he|strong="H5731"\w* \w placed|strong="H7931"\w* ◄\w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w*/\w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w with|strong="H6086"\w* wings► \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \add an angel holding\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flaming|strong="H3858"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w which|strong="H6086"\w* flashed \w back|strong="H2015"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w forth|strong="H1644"\w*. \w He|strong="H5731"\w* \w did|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* order \w to|strong="H8104"\w* block \w the|strong="H8104"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, so \w that|strong="H2416"\w* people could \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w go|strong="H2719"\w* \w back|strong="H2015"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* enables people \add who eat its fruit\add* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add forever\add*.   
\c 4  
\s1 God punished Adam and Eve’s oldest son Cain for killing his younger brother Abel  
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\v 1 Adam ◄\w had|strong="H3068"\w* sex/slept► \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w Eve|strong="H2332"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* she \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* whom she named \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w*, \add which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’\add*, \w because|strong="H3068"\w*, she said, “\w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s help \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w produced|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w*.” Some time later she \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* another \w son|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* she named \w him|strong="H3205"\w* Abel.   
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\v 2  \add After those boys grew up\add*, \w Abel|strong="H1893"\w* ◄tended/\w took|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H3205"\w*► \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* goats, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* farmer.  
\v 3 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* harvested \w some|strong="H7093"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* crops \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w grown|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\v 4 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Abel|strong="H1893"\w* took \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* some \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* first \w lambs|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* born \add and killed them\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w*, gave \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* fatty parts, \add which were the best parts\add*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H8159"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Abel|strong="H1893"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*,  
\v 5 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H8159"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w looked|strong="H8159"\w* dejected.  
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5307"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*!/\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*?► [RHQ] ◄\w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5307"\w* scowl \w like|strong="H5307"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*!/\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* scowl \w like|strong="H5307"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 7 If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H4910"\w* \w done|strong="H3190"\w* what \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H4910"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* what \w is|strong="H2403"\w* \w right|strong="H4910"\w*) [RHQ], \w I|strong="H3808"\w* would accept \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w offering|strong="H2403"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* what \w is|strong="H2403"\w* \w right|strong="H4910"\w*, \add your desire to\add* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \add is ready to attack you like a wild animal that\add* [PRS] crouches outside \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w doorway|strong="H6607"\w*, \add ready to spring on its victim\add* [MET]. \add Your desire to\add* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wants \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w control|strong="H4910"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w control|strong="H4910"\w*/\w not|strong="H3808"\w* obey► \w it|strong="H3190"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* day, \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* younger brother \w Abel|strong="H1893"\w*, “\w Let|strong="H1961"\w*’s \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H7704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* walk \w in|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.” \add So they went together\add*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* they \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w*, suddenly \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w attacked|strong="H6965"\w* \w Abel|strong="H1893"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H2026"\w*.  
\v 9  \add Later, even though\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add knew what Cain had done\add*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w*, “\add Do you know\add* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w Abel|strong="H1893"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* younger brother, \w is|strong="H3068"\w*?”  
\p \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*. ◄\w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w job|strong="H8104"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* younger brother!/\w Am|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* supposed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* younger brother?►” [RHQ]  
\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H6213"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w thing|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ]! \w So|strong="H6213"\w* now \add it is as though\add* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* younger brother’s \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w crying|strong="H6817"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* ground, demanding \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w death|strong="H1818"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* avenged.  
\v 11 \w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* killed \w your|strong="H3947"\w* younger brother, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground \w has|strong="H3027"\w* soaked \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* expel \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w* land \w and|strong="H3027"\w* curse \w your|strong="H3947"\w* efforts \w to|strong="H3027"\w* produce crops.  
\v 12 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w till|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w plant|strong="H5414"\w* crops, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w produce|strong="H5414"\w* very few [HYP] crops. \w And|strong="H3254"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w continually|strong="H5128"\w* \w wander|strong="H5128"\w* \w around|strong="H5128"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* live permanently.”  
\v 13 \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* replied, “\w You|strong="H5375"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* punishing me \w more|strong="H1419"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* can \w endure|strong="H5375"\w*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w expel|strong="H1644"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \add that I have been cultivating\add*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H4672"\w* longer \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*/\w and|strong="H3117"\w* talk \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*►. Furthermore, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* \w wandering|strong="H5110"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w no|strong="H4672"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* permanently, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* sees \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, “\w No|strong="H1115"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w*. \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mark|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* warn \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* sees \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add I will punish him severely if\add* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w kills|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H5221"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* person \w seven|strong="H7659"\w* \w times|strong="H7659"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* severely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* punishing \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mark|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w*’s forehead.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* called \w Nod|strong="H5113"\w*, \add which means ‘wandering’\add*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w east|strong="H6926"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*.   
\s1 The descendants of Cain  
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\v 17 Some \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* ◄\w had|strong="H1961"\w* sex/slept► \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* wife, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \add became pregnant and\add* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* ‘\w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w*’, \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w same|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w* \add grew up and married and\add* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* whom he named \w Irad|strong="H5897"\w*. When \w Irad|strong="H5897"\w* \add grew up he\add* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* whom he named \w Mehujael|strong="H4232"\w*. \w Mehujael|strong="H4232"\w* \add grew up and\add* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah \add grew up and\add* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w*.  
\v 19 When \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w* \add grew up he\add* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* women. \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w one|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Adah|strong="H5711"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Zillah|strong="H6741"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Adah|strong="H5711"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add a son she named\add* \w Jabal|strong="H2989"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Later|strong="H1961"\w*, Jabal \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* first person \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8034"\w* tents \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* traveled \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H8610"\w* care \w of|strong="H8034"\w* livestock. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* younger brother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jubal|strong="H3106"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* first person \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w*/\w played|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w lyre|strong="H3658"\w*/stringed instrument► \w and|strong="H3658"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flute|strong="H5748"\w*.  
\v 22  \add Lamech’s other wife\add* \w Zillah|strong="H6741"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* whom \w she|strong="H1931"\w* named \w Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423"\w*. Later \w Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄blacksmith/\w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* tools \w from|strong="H1571"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*►. \w Tubal-Cain|strong="H8423"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* younger sister \w whose|strong="H3605"\w* name \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 \w One|strong="H3588"\w* day \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* two wives, “\w Adah|strong="H5711"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w Zillah|strong="H6741"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w man|strong="H3206"\w* struck \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* wounded \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said long ago \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* would \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w and|strong="H7657"\w* punish \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* killed \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H7651"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* much \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w punished|strong="H5358"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \add for killing his younger brother\add*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \add tries to\add* kill \w me|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* punish \w him|strong="H3588"\w* 77 \w times|strong="H7651"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* much \add as Yahweh punished Cain\add*.”   
\s1 Adam and Eve had another son, Seth  
\p
\v 25 Adam \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H3045"\w* sex/sleep► \w with|strong="H3045"\w* [EUP] \w his|strong="H7121"\w* wife, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \add became pregnant and\add* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Seth|strong="H8352"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w take|strong="H7896"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abel|strong="H1893"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w Cain|strong="H7014"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*.”  
\v 26 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Seth|strong="H8352"\w* \w grew|strong="H1121"\w* \w up|strong="H3205"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* Enosh. \w About|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* time \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add again\add*.   
\c 5  
\s1 The descendants of Adam  
\p
\v 1 \w Here|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Adam. \w When|strong="H3117"\w* God \w created|strong="H1254"\w* humans, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H1823"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* many ways.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w one|strong="H8034"\w* \w man|strong="H2145"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H8034"\w* \w woman|strong="H5347"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* ‘human beings’.  
\v 3 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* Adam \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 130 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \add grew up to\add* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* just \w like|strong="H1823"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*. \w That|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Seth|strong="H8352"\w*.  
\v 4 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Seth|strong="H8352"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, Adam \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 800 \w more|strong="H1961"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 5 Adam \w lived|strong="H2425"\w* 930 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Seth|strong="H8352"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 105 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* Enosh.  
\v 7 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* Enosh \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Seth|strong="H8352"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 807 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Seth|strong="H8352"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 912 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 9 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* Enosh \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 90 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Kenan|strong="H7018"\w*.  
\v 10 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Kenan|strong="H7018"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, Enosh \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 815 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 11 Enosh \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 905 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Kenan|strong="H7018"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 70 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Mahalalel|strong="H4111"\w*.  
\v 13 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Mahalalel|strong="H4111"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Kenan|strong="H7018"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 840 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Kenan|strong="H7018"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 910 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Mahalalel|strong="H4111"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 65 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jared|strong="H3382"\w*.  
\v 16 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jared|strong="H3382"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Mahalalel|strong="H4111"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 830 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Mahalalel|strong="H4111"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 895 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Jared|strong="H3382"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 162 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Jared|strong="H3382"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 800 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Jared|strong="H3382"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 962 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 21 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 65 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Methuselah|strong="H4968"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w* lived \w in|strong="H8141"\w* close fellowship \w with|strong="H1980"\w* God \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 300 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Methuselah|strong="H4968"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Enoch|strong="H2585"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 365 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* close fellowship \w with|strong="H3117"\w* God.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* day \w he|strong="H3588"\w* disappeared, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* God \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \add to be with him in heaven\add*.  
\v 25 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Methuselah|strong="H4968"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 187 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Methuselah|strong="H4968"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 782 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Methuselah|strong="H4968"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 969 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 28 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 182 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\v 29 \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘relief’\add*, \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7121"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w* relief \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* hard \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* produce food \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ground \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* cursed.”  
\v 30 \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 595 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Lamech|strong="H3929"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* 777 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 32 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 500 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w he|strong="H2568"\w* named \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*. \w Later|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* another \w son|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w he|strong="H2568"\w* named \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* another \w son|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w he|strong="H2568"\w* named \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w*.   
\c 6  
\s1 People became very evil and did many evil things  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H2490"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* very \w numerous|strong="H7231"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w many|strong="H7231"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\v 2 \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w*/believed \w in|strong="H1121"\w*► God \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* ◄belong \w to|strong="H1121"\w*/believe \w in|strong="H1121"\w*► God \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* whichever \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* chose \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* wives.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\add I will\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add allow \add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w* alive \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*). \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* die eventually. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* 120 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* die (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w only|strong="H1571"\w* 120 \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* die).”   
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\v 4 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \add giants called\add* Nephils \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* earth \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*. \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \add some of the Nephil\add* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* ◄\w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w*/believed \w in|strong="H3117"\w*► God \w had|strong="H1961"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w*/believe \w in|strong="H3117"\w*► God, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w The|strong="H3205"\w* Nephils \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w considered|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* heroic fighters, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4229"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4229"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* animals \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* creatures \w that|strong="H3588"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*. None \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* remain \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w regret|strong="H5162"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\s1 Noah pleased God, so God planned to spare him  
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H5146"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*.  
\v 9 \w This|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* why: \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6662"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* always acted \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w way|strong="H1980"\w*. \w No|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H6662"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H1755"\w* could criticize \w him|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* anything. \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* close fellowship \w with|strong="H1980"\w* God.  
\v 10 \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*: \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*, \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w At|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H2555"\w* \w time|strong="H6440"\w* God considered \w that|strong="H2555"\w* everyone else \w on|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w was|strong="H6440"\w* very wicked, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* everywhere \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth, people [MTY] \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w acting|strong="H7843"\w* cruelly \w and|strong="H6440"\w* violently \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* each other.  
\v 12 God \w was|strong="H1320"\w* dismayed \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* evil \w people|strong="H1320"\w* [MTY] \w were|strong="H2009"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H1320"\w* \w creatures|strong="H1320"\w*) \w had|strong="H3588"\w* begun \w to|strong="H5921"\w* behave \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* evil \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* God said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* decided \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w people|strong="H1320"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w acting|strong="H7843"\w* violently \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* well \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.  
\v 14  \add I want you to\add* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w yourself|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H2351"\w* boat \w from|strong="H6086"\w* cypress \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w rooms|strong="H7064"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Cover|strong="H3722"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* tar \add to make it ◄waterproof/so that water cannot get in and sink the boat\add*►.  
\v 15 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* size \w you|strong="H6213"\w* must \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*: \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w shall|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H7970"\w* ◄150 yards/135 meters► long, ◄25 yards/22.5 meters► \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* ◄15 yards/13.5 meters► \w high|strong="H6967"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* roof \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* boat. \w Leave|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* space \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* ◄18 \w in|strong="H6213"\w*./.5 meter► between \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sides|strong="H6654"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* roof \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w let|strong="H7760"\w* air \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w light|strong="H7760"\w* enter (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* middle \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* roof \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H4605"\w* 18 inches \w higher|strong="H4605"\w* than \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sides|strong="H6654"\w*). \w Build|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* boat \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w three|strong="H7992"\w* decks \w inside|strong="H4605"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H7992"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3605"\w*! \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w occur|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w* \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w*.  
\v 18 But \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w make|strong="H6965"\w* \w an|strong="H6965"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w*(sg): \w You|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H6965"\w* wife, \w your|strong="H6965"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6965"\w* wives \w will|strong="H1121"\w* enter \w the|strong="H6965"\w* boat.  
\v 19 \w And|strong="H8147"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* want \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must also \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w female|strong="H5347"\w*, \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat \w with|strong="H1320"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* species also \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w creature|strong="H2421"\w* \w will|strong="H5775"\w* \w come|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*\add in order that by your putting them in the boat \add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5775"\w* \w keep|strong="H2421"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5775"\w* include \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w bird|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* animal \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w creature|strong="H2421"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurries \w across|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground.  
\v 21 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* also \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3947"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* need, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* store \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* God \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\c 7  
\s1 God sent a flood to cover the earth  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* alone \w always|strong="H3605"\w* act \w righteously|strong="H6662"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat.  
\v 2 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w pairs|strong="H2889"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w of|strong="H4480"\w* animal \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* said \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* sacrifices. \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* males \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* females. \w Also|strong="H1931"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* male \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w female|strong="H8147"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w of|strong="H4480"\w* animal \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* said \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* sacrifices.  
\v 3 \w Also|strong="H1571"\w* take \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* pairs \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w bird|strong="H5775"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w keep|strong="H2421"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* fall \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* \w constantly|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*. \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4229"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.”   
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\v 5 \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 600 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w* covered \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth.  
\v 7 \w Before|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* started \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w rain|strong="H4325"\w*, \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* wife \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H5146"\w* \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* boat \w to|strong="H6440"\w* escape \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Pairs|strong="H2889"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* animals, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* God said \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* accept \w for|strong="H5921"\w* sacrifices \w and|strong="H5775"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* accept \w for|strong="H5921"\w* sacrifices, \w and|strong="H5775"\w* \w pairs|strong="H2889"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H5775"\w* \w pairs|strong="H2889"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* creatures \w that|strong="H3605"\w* move \w close|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground,  
\v 9 \w males|strong="H2145"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* females, \w came|strong="H8147"\w* \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w then|strong="H6680"\w* \w went|strong="H5146"\w* into \w the|strong="H6680"\w* boat, just \w as|strong="H6680"\w* God \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w that|strong="H2145"\w* they would \w do|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rain|strong="H4325"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* cover \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* 600 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, ◄\w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* 17th \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \add of that year/late in October\add*►, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* water \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w under|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* surface \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w burst|strong="H1234"\w* \w forth|strong="H1234"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* began \w to|strong="H3117"\w* rain \w so|strong="H2088"\w* hard \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* though \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dam [MET] \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w burst|strong="H1234"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w fell|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w constantly|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 13 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* started \w to|strong="H3117"\w* rain, \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w went|strong="H5146"\w* \w into|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* boat \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3117"\w* wife, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*, \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3117"\w* wives.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H2416"\w* already put \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* wild \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H5775"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* livestock \w and|strong="H5775"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H4327"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w and|strong="H5775"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Pairs|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w came|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* entered \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat.  
\v 16 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w female|strong="H5347"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* animal \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Noah, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. After \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat, \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* door.   
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\v 17 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* rained \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* nights, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w* \w increased|strong="H7235"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* flooded \w until|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* boat \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground.  
\v 18 \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w rose|strong="H1396"\w* higher \w and|strong="H3212"\w* higher, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* boat \w floated|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 19 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w rose|strong="H1396"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 20 Even \w the|strong="H3680"\w* highest \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w by|strong="H4325"\w* \w more|strong="H1396"\w* \w than|strong="H1396"\w* ◄20 feet/6 meters► \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 21 \w As|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* surface \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w died|strong="H1478"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* livestock \w and|strong="H1320"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground, \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w*.  
\v 22 \w On|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H2724"\w*, ◄\w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w breathed|strong="H5397"\w*/\w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w thing|strong="H2416"\w*► \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 23 \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H4229"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H3351"\w* creature: People \w and|strong="H8064"\w* animals \w and|strong="H8064"\w* creatures \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*. \w Only|strong="H5704"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* remained \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 150 \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 8  
\s1 God caused the water to recede and then told Noah to leave the boat  
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\v 1 \w But|strong="H4325"\w* God ◄did \w not|strong="H4325"\w* forget/\w thought|strong="H2142"\w*► \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* livestock \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat. \w So|strong="H5674"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* day God \w sent|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* blow \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w caused|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add to begin\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* recede.  
\v 2 \w God|strong="H8064"\w* caused \w the|strong="H4480"\w* water \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H8064"\w* \w under|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w stop|strong="H3607"\w* bursting forth, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* caused \w the|strong="H4480"\w* floodgates \w of|strong="H4480"\w* water \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w close|strong="H4480"\w* \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H8064"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5534"\w* raining.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth gradually \w receded|strong="H7725"\w*. 150 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* began,  
\v 4 ◄\w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* 17th \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \add of that year/late in March\add*►, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* boat \w came|strong="H5117"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H7651"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Ararat region.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* recede \w until|strong="H5704"\w*, \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w first|strong="H7218"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \add of that year\add*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* other \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w visible|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 6 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w*, \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* side \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* boat, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* sent \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* raven.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w raven|strong="H6158"\w* \w flew|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \add to and from the boat\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Noah \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w had|strong="H4325"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* receded \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* perch, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* flew \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Noah|strong="H8392"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Noah|strong="H8392"\w* \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w inside|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat.  
\v 10 \w Noah|strong="H8392"\w* \w waited|strong="H2342"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* boat \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.  
\v 11 \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* returned \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w*, \add surprisingly\add*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w beak|strong="H6310"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w tree|strong="H2132"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w just|strong="H6310"\w* \w plucked|strong="H2965"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* receded \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* surface \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground.  
\v 12 Noah \w waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H7725"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* 601 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*. \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \add of the Jewish year\add*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* completely drained \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w covering|strong="H4372"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ark|strong="H8392"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* drying.  
\v 14 \w By|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* 27th \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w next|strong="H8145"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* ground \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w completely|strong="H3001"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* God \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*,  
\v 16 “\w Leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* boat, along \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* wife \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* wives.  
\v 17 \w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H1320"\w* \w spread|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w become|strong="H6509"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* boat, along \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* wife \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* wives.  
\v 19 \w And|strong="H3318"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w creature|strong="H2416"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w creature|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w moves|strong="H7430"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat \w in|strong="H5921"\w* groups \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own species.   
\s1 God promised to never again destroy all the people with a flood  
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*/\w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w*► \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said \w were|strong="H5146"\w* acceptable \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* killed \w them|strong="H3947"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* burned \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 21 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w smelled|strong="H7306"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* pleasant odor, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3254"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H3820"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* devastate \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sinful \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H5750"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* young, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w time|strong="H5750"\w*.  
\v 22 \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth exists, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w seasons|strong="H3915"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w planting|strong="H2233"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w seasons|strong="H3915"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w harvesting|strong="H7105"\w* \w crops|strong="H7019"\w*. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H3915"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w cold|strong="H7120"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H3915"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*, \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w winter|strong="H2779"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, rainy \w season|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* dry \w season|strong="H3117"\w*). \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* daytime \w and|strong="H3117"\w* nighttime.”   
\c 9  
\s1 God made an agreement with Noah  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* God \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1288"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, saying \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1121"\w* want \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H4390"\w* \w all|strong="H1288"\w* over \w the|strong="H1288"\w* earth.  
\v 2 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* scurry \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w*, \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* very afraid [DOU] \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* previously said \w you|strong="H5414"\w* could eat \w green|strong="H3418"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* food, \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* saying \w you|strong="H5414"\w* can eat \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* moves.  
\v 4  \add It is blood that causes creatures to be alive\add*, therefore \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* still \w has|strong="H5315"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w after|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* animal \w is|strong="H5315"\w* killed. \add After you have drained the blood out, you may cook it and eat it\add*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* insist \w that|strong="H3605"\w* murderers \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* executed. \w Animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* kill \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* executed. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* reason \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* murders \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* executed \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1818"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* myself \add in many ways\add*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* someone \w who|strong="H3588"\w* murders \w another|strong="H1818"\w* human being \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w be|strong="H1818"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H6213"\w* others, \add because he killed someone who is like me\add*.   
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\v 7 \w As|strong="H7235"\w* for \w you|strong="H6509"\w*, I want \w you|strong="H6509"\w* \w to|strong="H7235"\w* produce \w many|strong="H7235"\w* children, \w in|strong="H7235"\w* order that they \w and|strong="H6509"\w* \w their|strong="H7235"\w* descendants may live all over \w the|strong="H7235"\w* earth.”   
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\v 8 God \w also|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5146"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\v 9 “\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w* carefully. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w now|strong="H2005"\w* making \w a|strong="H3068"\w* solemn \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w your|strong="H6965"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*,  
\v 10 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*—\w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* livestock, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H2416"\w*—\w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creature|strong="H5315"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boat \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 11 \w This|strong="H7843"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w making|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*: \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H1320"\w* \w creatures|strong="H1320"\w* \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H5750"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sign \w to|strong="H5414"\w* guarantee \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* keep \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w making|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* keep \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*:  
\v 13  \add From time to time\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rainbow|strong="H7198"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* sky. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* remind \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1285"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1285"\w* everything \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* earth.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* rain \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rainbow|strong="H7198"\w* \w appears|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sky,  
\v 15 \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remind|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creatures|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rainbow|strong="H7198"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sky, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w creature|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w keep|strong="H2142"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* God said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* rainbow \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H1320"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sign \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w creatures|strong="H1320"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* live \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.”   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* boat \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*, \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w*. \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.  
\v 19 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*.   
\s1 What happened after Noah got drunk  
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\v 20 \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w was|strong="H5146"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* farmer. \w He|strong="H5146"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* grapevines.  
\v 21  \add When they later produced grapes, he made wine from the grapes\add*. \w One|strong="H4480"\w* day, \w when|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* much \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w became|strong="H7937"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w lay|strong="H1540"\w* naked \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w his|strong="H1540"\w* tent.  
\v 22 \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* father \w of|strong="H2351"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* father lying naked \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* tent. \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w went|strong="H8147"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* older brothers \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w had|strong="H2526"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large \w cloth|strong="H8071"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w placed|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* backs, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* backwards \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tent. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* father’s naked body \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cloth|strong="H8071"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3947"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w turned|strong="H7760"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* father, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* naked.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w woke|strong="H3364"\w* \w up|strong="H6213"\w* \add and was sober again\add*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w found|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* wrongfully Ham, \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w behaved|strong="H6213"\w* \w toward|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 25 He said, “\w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* cursing Ham’s youngest son, \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* descendants. \w They|strong="H3667"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* uncles.  
\v 26 \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enlarge \w the|strong="H3068"\w* territory \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w belongs|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Japheth, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* allow \w his|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w to|strong="H3068"\w* live peacefully among \w the|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w* [MTY].  
\v 27 \w And|strong="H5650"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* desire \w that|strong="H5650"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*’s descendants \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w*’s descendants.”   
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\v 28 \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 350 more \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H2421"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w*.  
\v 29 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 950 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\s1 The descendants of Noah’s sons  
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\v 1 ◄\w This|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w*/\w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* now \w give|strong="H3205"\w*► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*, \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w*. \w They|strong="H3205"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* many \w children|strong="H1121"\w* after \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gomer|strong="H1586"\w*, \w Magog|strong="H4031"\w*, \w Madai|strong="H4074"\w*, \w Javan|strong="H3120"\w*, \w Tubal|strong="H8422"\w*, \w Meshech|strong="H4902"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tiras|strong="H8494"\w*.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gomer|strong="H1586"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* Askenaz, \w Riphath|strong="H7384"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Togarmah|strong="H8425"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Javan|strong="H3120"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* Elishah, \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w Kittim|strong="H3794"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dodanim|strong="H1721"\w*.  
\v 5 Those sons \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w who|strong="H1471"\w* \w were|strong="H4940"\w* descended \w from|strong="H1471"\w* Javan lived on \w the|strong="H6504"\w* islands \w and|strong="H1471"\w* on \w the|strong="H6504"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w* close \w to|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H6504"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* Sea. \w Their|strong="H1471"\w* \w descendants|strong="H4940"\w* became \w tribes|strong="H4940"\w*, \w each|strong="H1471"\w* \w with|strong="H6504"\w* its own \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* territory.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Cush|strong="H3568"\w*, \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w Put|strong="H6316"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Cush|strong="H3568"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Seba|strong="H5434"\w*, \w Havilah|strong="H2341"\w*, \w Sabtah|strong="H5454"\w*, \w Raamah|strong="H7484"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sabteca|strong="H5455"\w*. \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Raamah|strong="H7484"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Another|strong="H1368"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Cush|strong="H3568"\w*’s descendants \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Nimrod|strong="H5248"\w*. \w Nimrod|strong="H5248"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w first|strong="H2490"\w* person \w on|strong="H1961"\w* earth \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* saw \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w*) \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunter|strong="H6718"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunter|strong="H6718"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* ◄sees \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w*/\w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunter|strong="H6718"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w Nimrod|strong="H5248"\w*.”  
\v 10 Nimrod \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* king who ruled \w in|strong="H1961"\w* Babylonia. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* cities \w over|strong="H4467"\w* which he ruled \w were|strong="H1961"\w* Babel, Erech, Accad, \w and|strong="H4467"\w* \w Calneh|strong="H3641"\w*.  
\v 11 \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \add with others\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w Rehoboth-Ir|strong="H7344"\w*, \w Calah|strong="H3625"\w*,  
\v 12 \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w Resen|strong="H7449"\w*. \w Resen|strong="H7449"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w between|strong="H7449"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w Calah|strong="H3625"\w*.  
\v 13 Ham’s \w son|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w Lud|strong="H3866"\w*, \w Anam|strong="H6047"\w*, \w Lehab|strong="H3853"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Naphtuh|strong="H5320"\w*,  
\v 14 \w Pathrus|strong="H6625"\w*, \w Casluh|strong="H3695"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w Caphtor|strong="H3732"\w* people-groups. \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* people \w were|strong="H6430"\w* \w descended|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Casluh|strong="H3695"\w*.   
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\v 15 Ham’s youngest \w son|strong="H1060"\w*, \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w*, \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w his|strong="H3205"\w* \w eldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w*, \w and|strong="H3205"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w*, \w his|strong="H3205"\w* younger \w son|strong="H1060"\w*.  
\v 16 Canaan was also \w the|strong="H2983"\w* ancestor of \w the|strong="H2983"\w* Jebus, Amor, Girgash,  
\v 17 Hiv, Ark, Sin,  
\v 18 Arved, Zemar \w and|strong="H4940"\w* Hamath people-groups. Later \w the|strong="H6327"\w* \w descendants|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* \w dispersed|strong="H6327"\w* over \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large area.  
\v 19 \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* north \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* south \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H5467"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* east \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H5467"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* farther east \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*, Admah, \w and|strong="H5467"\w* \w Zeboiim|strong="H6636"\w* \add towns\add*, \w and|strong="H5467"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Lasha|strong="H3962"\w* \add town\add*.   
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\v 20 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ham|strong="H2526"\w*. \w They|strong="H1471"\w* became \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* own \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w their|strong="H1471"\w* own \w languages|strong="H3956"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* own \w land|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w older|strong="H1419"\w* brother \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Japheth|strong="H3315"\w*, \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w*.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, Asshur, Arphaxad, \w Lud|strong="H3865"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Aram.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*, \w Hul|strong="H2343"\w*, \w Gether|strong="H1666"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mash|strong="H4851"\w*.  
\v 24 Arphaxad \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7974"\w*. \w Shelah|strong="H7974"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Peleg|strong="H6389"\w*, \add which means ‘division’\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* lived, \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w divided|strong="H6385"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* scattered everywhere. \w Peleg|strong="H6389"\w*’s younger brother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Joktan|strong="H3355"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Joktan|strong="H3355"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H3205"\w* Almodad, \w Sheleph|strong="H8026"\w*, \w Hazarmaveth|strong="H2700"\w*, \w Jerah|strong="H3392"\w*,  
\v 27 \w Hadoram|strong="H1913"\w*, Uzal, \w Diklah|strong="H1853"\w*,  
\v 28 \w Obal|strong="H5745"\w*, Abimael, \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w*,  
\v 29 Ophir, \w Havilah|strong="H2341"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jobab|strong="H3103"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joktan|strong="H3355"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* areas \w in|strong="H4186"\w* \w which|strong="H2022"\w* \w they|strong="H4186"\w* \w lived|strong="H4186"\w* \w extended|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w Mesha|strong="H4852"\w* westward \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Sephar|strong="H5611"\w*, \w which|strong="H2022"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H4186"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*/\w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H2022"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*►.  
\v 31 \w They|strong="H1471"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*. \w They|strong="H1471"\w* became \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* own \w clans|strong="H4940"\w*, \w their|strong="H1471"\w* own \w languages|strong="H3956"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* own \w land|strong="H4940"\w*.   
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\v 32 All \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w*. \w Each|strong="H1471"\w* group \w had|strong="H1121"\w* its own ◄genealogy/record \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*’s ancestors► \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w each|strong="H1471"\w* became \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w separate|strong="H6504"\w* ethnic group. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* ethnic \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* formed after \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w spread|strong="H6504"\w* all around \w the|strong="H1121"\w* earth.   
\c 11  
\s1 Yahweh caused people to speak many different languages after they started to build a tower at Babel  
\p
\v 1 \w At|strong="H1961"\w* first, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w in|strong="H1697"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1697"\w* \w language|strong="H8193"\w* [DOU].  
\v 2 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w moved|strong="H5265"\w* further \w east|strong="H6924"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plain|strong="H1237"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Babylonia region \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* they said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* each \w other|strong="H7453"\w*, “◄Hey/\w Come|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w*►, \w let|strong="H1961"\w*’s \w form|strong="H1961"\w* \w bricks|strong="H3843"\w* \w and|strong="H7453"\w* bake \w them|strong="H8313"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H3835"\w* \w them|strong="H8313"\w* hard, \w for|strong="H1961"\w* building!” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* they \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w bricks|strong="H3843"\w* instead \w of|strong="H2563"\w* stones, \w and|strong="H7453"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w tar|strong="H2564"\w* instead \w of|strong="H2563"\w* ◄\w mortar|strong="H2563"\w*/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* mixture \w of|strong="H2563"\w* cement, sand \w and|strong="H7453"\w* lime► \w to|strong="H1961"\w* hold \w them|strong="H8313"\w* together.  
\v 4 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* said, “Hey, let’s \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w ourselves|strong="H1129"\w*! \w We|strong="H6435"\w* \w also|strong="H8034"\w* ought \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H7218"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* reaches \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*! \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w*! \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*!”   
\p
\v 5 \w So|strong="H3381"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* began \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \add puny\add* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* group \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w speak|strong="H8193"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w language|strong="H8193"\w*. \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w begun|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w then|strong="H6258"\w* ◄\w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* decide \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w impossible|strong="H1219"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*/\w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* decide \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*► [LIT]!  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, okay/\w now|strong="H8085"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* cause \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* different languages, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* each \w other|strong="H7453"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w stopped|strong="H2308"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w disperse|strong="H6327"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* city \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* Babel \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w means|strong="H3651"\w* ‘confusion’, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7121"\w* \w confused|strong="H1101"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people [MTY] spoke \add different languages that the others could not understand\add*, \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w language|strong="H8193"\w*. \w From|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w disperse|strong="H6327"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.   
\s1 Shem’s descendants  
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\v 10 ◄\w This|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bigger list/\w I|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* now tell \w you|strong="H3205"\w* \w more|strong="H3205"\w*► \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w*: \w Two|strong="H3967"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w flood|strong="H3999"\w*, \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 100 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Arpachshad.  
\v 11 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* Arpachshad \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Shem|strong="H8035"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 500 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* Arphachshad \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 35 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7974"\w*.  
\v 13 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7974"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, Arpachshad \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 403 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7974"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 30 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w*.  
\v 15 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Shelah|strong="H7974"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 403 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 16 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 34 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Peleg|strong="H6389"\w*.  
\v 17 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Peleg|strong="H6389"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 430 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Peleg|strong="H6389"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 30 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Reu|strong="H7466"\w*.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Reu|strong="H7466"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Peleg|strong="H6389"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 209 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Reu|strong="H7466"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 32 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Serug|strong="H8286"\w*.  
\v 21 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Serug|strong="H8286"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Reu|strong="H7466"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 207 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 22 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Serug|strong="H8286"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 30 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*.  
\v 23 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Serug|strong="H8286"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 200 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 29 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w*.  
\v 25 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 119 \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 26 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 70 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w his|strong="H2421"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* Abram \w was|strong="H8141"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*. Later, \w two|strong="H2421"\w* \w other|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H3205"\w*, \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2039"\w* \w were|strong="H3205"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*.   
\s1 Terah’s descendants  
\p
\v 27 ◄This is/I will now \w give|strong="H3205"\w*► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w*: \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H3205"\w* \w were|strong="H3205"\w* Abram, \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*, \w and|strong="H3205"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2039"\w*. \w Haran|strong="H2039"\w*’s \w son|strong="H3205"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* named \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Haran|strong="H2039"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* father \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Ur \add city\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* \w born|strong="H4138"\w*.  
\v 29 Abram \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* both \w married|strong="H3947"\w*. Abram’s wife \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*’s wife \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w*. \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* younger sister \w Iscah|strong="H3252"\w* \w were|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2039"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* unable \w to|strong="H1961"\w* bear \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H2056"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w* decided \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* Ur \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* land. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Abram \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Abram’s wife \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w instead|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* stopped \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 32 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Terah|strong="H8646"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 205 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*.   
\c 12  
\s1 Yahweh told Abram to go to Canaan and promised to bless him  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Abram, “Leave \w this|strong="H7200"\w* country \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3212"\w* living. Leave \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father’s clan \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 2 \w I|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* descendants \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*. \w I|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w famous|strong="H8034"\w*/\w highly|strong="H1431"\w* esteemed►. \w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H8034"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w others|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\v 3 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w bless|strong="H1288"\w*/ask God \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* good \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w*► \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w curse|strong="H7043"\w*/ask God \w to|strong="H3605"\w* punish► \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* evil \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w And|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* what \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*, groups \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w people|strong="H4940"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3605"\w* receive \w blessings|strong="H1288"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w people|strong="H4940"\w* \w will|strong="H3605"\w* wish \w that|strong="H3605"\w* God \w will|strong="H3605"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w others|strong="H1288"\w* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*).”   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* Abram \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w* \add town\add*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. Abram \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 75 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w*, Sarai, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w nephew|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*.  
\v 5 Abram \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w accumulated|strong="H7408"\w*/\w acquired|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* land.  
\v 6 \w In|strong="H4725"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5674"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H4725"\w* camped \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge tree called \w the|strong="H5704"\w* tree \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w Moreh|strong="H4176"\w*. \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w were|strong="H7927"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* living \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H3669"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abram \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* Abram \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifice \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H8033"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w From|strong="H3068"\w* Shechem, Abram \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* family traveled \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add town\add*. \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add town\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w set|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* tent, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \add town\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w further|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* another stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* offered \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifice \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* they \w left|strong="H1980"\w* there \w and|strong="H1980"\w* started \w traveling|strong="H1980"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* \add Desert\add*.   
\s1 Abram and Sarai went to Egypt for a while  
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\v 10 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/very little food \w to|strong="H3381"\w* eat► \w in|strong="H1481"\w* Canaan, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* south \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H1481"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 11 Just \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* enter \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, Abram said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* wife \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w woman|strong="H4758"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* say, ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* woman \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* wife!’ \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* order \w to|strong="H1961"\w* get \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* ask \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w them|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H2421"\w* sister, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* telling \w them|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w*, \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w spare|strong="H2421"\w* \w my|strong="H2421"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*/\w not|strong="H5315"\w* kill \w me|strong="H4994"\w*►.”   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="H4714"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* wife \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* king’s \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*, \w they|strong="H7200"\w* told \w the|strong="H7200"\w* king how beautiful she \w was|strong="H1004"\w*. \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* king’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* king \w treated|strong="H3190"\w* Abram kindly \w because|strong="H5668"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* Sarai, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w he|strong="H1241"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* Abram many \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* taken \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*, Abram’s wife, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* others \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* inflicted \w with|strong="H1004"\w* terrible \w diseases|strong="H5061"\w*.  
\v 18 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w realized|strong="H3588"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* happening, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* Abram \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* wife?  
\v 19 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* lie, saying \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* sister, \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* result \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* wife? \w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w have|strong="H6258"\w* done \w that|strong="H1931"\w*! \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* wife, leave \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*!”  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* officials/servants \w to|strong="H7971"\w* take Abram \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* wife \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* possessions \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* Egypt.   
\c 13  
\s1 Abram and Lot separated  
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\v 1 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* Abram \w and|strong="H4714"\w* Sarai \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* possessions, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* \add Desert\add*.  
\v 2 Abram \w was|strong="H3966"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w rich|strong="H3513"\w*. \w He|strong="H3701"\w* owned \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4735"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* traveling \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* \add Desert\add* \w toward|strong="H3212"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add town\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w between|strong="H5704"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w previously|strong="H8462"\w* \w set|strong="H4550"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* tents,  
\v 4 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* Abram \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, \w who|strong="H1980"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w traveling|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* Abram, \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* goats \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* tents.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* same area. \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* land \w to|strong="H3201"\w* provide water \w and|strong="H3427"\w* food \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 7 Furthermore, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* Perizzi \w were|strong="H1961"\w* also \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3669"\w* area, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* land really \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*. \w And|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* men \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Abram’s \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* quarreling \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* men \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*’s \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Abram said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, “\w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* close relatives, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* good \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* two \w to|strong="H1961"\w* quarrel, \w or|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* quarrel \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 9 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3225"\w* \w separate|strong="H6504"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H3225"\w* choose \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w part|strong="H6504"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ]. If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* stay \w here|strong="H5921"\w*. If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w here|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3231"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* water \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H3603"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* park/\w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Eden, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. [\w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \add the cities of\add* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w plain|strong="H3603"\w*.]  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* chose \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plain|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* uncle, Abram, \w and|strong="H5265"\w* \w moved|strong="H5265"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*.  
\v 12 Abram \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* area, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* started \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w plain|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Jordan \add River\add*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3427"\w* tents \w near|strong="H5704"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 13  \add You need to know that\add* people \w who|strong="H3068"\w* lived \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5467"\w* \w extremely|strong="H3966"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\s1 Abram moved to Hebron  
\p
\v 14 \w After|strong="H4480"\w* Abram \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w separated|strong="H6504"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abram, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* around \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* whole \w area|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* cause \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* numerous \w as|strong="H1571"\w* particles \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*! \add It will be easier\add* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w count|strong="H4487"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* particles \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w than|strong="H1571"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w count|strong="H4487"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* [HYP].  
\v 17 \w Walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w every|strong="H5414"\w* direction, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w So|strong="H3427"\w* Abram \add and his men\add* took \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* tents \w and|strong="H3068"\w* moved \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w started|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* huge trees \add at the town \add*\w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add make sacrifices to\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\c 14  
\s1 Abram rescued Lot  
\p
\v 1 \w In|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* region \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* east, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* four \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add who were friends/allies\add*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amraphel \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylonia, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Arioch \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ellasar, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tidal|strong="H8413"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Goiim|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 2 \w In|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* area \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* west, there \w were|strong="H1106"\w* five other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H1106"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bera|strong="H1298"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Birsha|strong="H1306"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shinab|strong="H8134"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Admah, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shemeber|strong="H8038"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zeboiim|strong="H6636"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bela|strong="H1106"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w now|strong="H4428"\w* called \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* five kings \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* armies gathered \w together|strong="H2266"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w Siddim|strong="H7708"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* called \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \add Valley\add*, \w to|strong="H3220"\w* fight \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* four kings \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* armies. King Chedorlaomer \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6010"\w* \add conquered the armies of those five kings, and demanded that those kings pay him tribute money each year\add*.  
\v 4 \w For|strong="H8141"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* ruled \w them|strong="H8147"\w*. \w But|strong="H5647"\w* during \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \add and refused to keep giving him tribute money\add*.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H5221"\w* next \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* allies \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H5221"\w* armies \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Repha people-group \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Ashteroth-Karnaim|strong="H6255"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Zuz people-group \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Ham|strong="H1990"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Emi people-group \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Shaveh-Kiriathaim.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H2752"\w* defeated \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Hor people-group \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* El-Paran \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Mishpat \add city\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w now|strong="H1571"\w* called \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w*. \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w conquered|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* belonging \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amalek people-group \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amor people-group \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Hazazon-Tamar|strong="H2688"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*, Admah, \w Zeboiim|strong="H6636"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bela|strong="H1106"\w* \w marched|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* other four \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Siddim|strong="H7708"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* close \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Salt/Dead Sea.  
\v 9 \w They|strong="H4428"\w* fought \w against|strong="H2568"\w* \w the|strong="H1471"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540"\w* \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w Tidal|strong="H8413"\w* \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Goiim|strong="H1471"\w*, Amraphel \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shinar|strong="H8152"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Arioch \w the|strong="H1471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ellasar. \w The|strong="H1471"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* four \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* fighting \w against|strong="H2568"\w* \w the|strong="H1471"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H8033"\w* \w Siddim|strong="H7708"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* full \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w tar|strong="H2564"\w* \w pits|strong="H5127"\w*. \w So|strong="H8033"\w* \w when|strong="H5127"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* tried \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*, many \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* men \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w tar|strong="H2564"\w* \w pits|strong="H5127"\w*. \w The|strong="H8033"\w* others \w escaped|strong="H5127"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 11 \w As|strong="H3947"\w* \add the armies of the five kings\add* fled, \add the armies of the four kings\add* \w seized|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* food.  
\v 12 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* Abram’s \w nephew|strong="H1121"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w*, since \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* time.  
\v 13 Abram \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w living|strong="H7931"\w* near \w the|strong="H5046"\w* big trees near \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* Amor people-group. Abram \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H5046"\w* an \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w* \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* two brothers, Eshcol \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w Aner|strong="H6063"\w*, \add that they would help each other if there was a war\add*.  
\v 14 \w One|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w men|strong="H2593"\w* \w who|strong="H3211"\w* escaped \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* battle \w told|strong="H8085"\w* Abram \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* nephew Lot \w had|strong="H3588"\w* been \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* Abram \w summoned|strong="H8085"\w* 318 \w men|strong="H2593"\w* \w who|strong="H3211"\w* \w were|strong="H3211"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* servants, \w men|strong="H2593"\w* \w who|strong="H3211"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* been \w with|strong="H1004"\w* Abram \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3211"\w* \w born|strong="H3211"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H1835"\w* \w together|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* enemies \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* north \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 15 During \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w Abram|strong="H2505"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* several groups, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* enemies \w from|strong="H5921"\w* various directions \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hobah|strong="H2327"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 16 \w Abram|strong="H7725"\w*’s \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w goods|strong="H7399"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* taken. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* rescued \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w others|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* captured \w by|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies.   
\s1 Melchizedek blessed Abram  
\p
\v 17 \w As|strong="H3318"\w* \w Abram|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w returning|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* men \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Chedorlaomer|strong="H3540"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* fought alongside \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* north \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shaveh|strong="H7740"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w call|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Salem|strong="H8004"\w* \add city\add*, whose name \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="H4442"\w*, \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* offered \w sacrifices|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Supreme God. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* some \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Abram.  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H5945"\w* \w he|strong="H1288"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* Abram, saying “\w I|strong="H1288"\w* ask \w the|strong="H1288"\w* Supreme \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w the|strong="H1288"\w* one who \w created|strong="H7069"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w to|strong="H8064"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\v 20 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Supreme \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* [MTY] \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should \w praise|strong="H1288"\w*/thank \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* Abram \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="H4042"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H4643"\w* \w part|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* captured.  
\v 21 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* Abram, “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w keep|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w goods|strong="H7399"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* recovered. Just \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* city whom \w you|strong="H5414"\w* rescued.”  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* Abram said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* solemnly \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Supreme \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H7069"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\v 23 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w thread|strong="H2339"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thong|strong="H8288"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sandal|strong="H5275"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H5704"\w* caused Abram \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*.’  
\v 24 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* thing \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w will|strong="H5288"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w is|strong="H5288"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* food \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* eaten. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w Aner|strong="H6063"\w*, Eshcol, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* fought alongside \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w let|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H7535"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w share|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H2506"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* goods \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w*.” \add So the king of Sodom agreed to what he said\add*.   
\c 15  
\s1 Yahweh made a solemn promise to Abram  
\p
\v 1 \w Some|strong="H1697"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, Abram \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vision|strong="H4236"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7235"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w anything|strong="H1697"\w*/\w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemies►. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3372"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7235"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w reward|strong="H7939"\w*.”  
\v 2 \w But|strong="H4100"\w* Abram replied, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3069"\w*, \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* truly want, because \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* inherit \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* possessions \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* servant Eliezer \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*!”  
\v 3 Abram \w added|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* think \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w*: \w A|strong="H3068"\w* servant \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* own!”  
\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*! \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* yourself \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* father \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* everything \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w own|strong="H4578"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* Abram \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \add of his tent\add* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H5027"\w* \w up|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*! \w Can|strong="H3201"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*? \w No|strong="H1961"\w*, \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w because|strong="H2233"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* many \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* numerous \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*.”  
\v 6 Abram believed \w that|strong="H3068"\w* what \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w would|strong="H3068"\w* happen. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w considered|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* Abram \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Ur \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Chaldea|strong="H3778"\w* land. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Abram replied, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3069"\w*, \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land \w will|strong="H4100"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w*?”  
\v 9 God said \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* three-year-old \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* three-year-old \w goat|strong="H5795"\w* \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dove \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pigeon|strong="H1469"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Abram \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* killed \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w cut|strong="H1334"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w half|strong="H1335"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* arranged \w the|strong="H3605"\w* halves \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w*, side \w by|strong="H5414"\w* side. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H1334"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* pigeon \w and|strong="H3947"\w* dove \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w half|strong="H1335"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Birds|strong="H5861"\w* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* eat \w dead|strong="H6297"\w* flesh \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w carcasses|strong="H6297"\w*, \w but|strong="H5921"\w* Abram shooed \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H5380"\w*.  
\v 12 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w going|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*, Abram \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w sound|strong="H8639"\w* asleep, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* everything \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* dark \w and|strong="H1419"\w* frightening.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Abram, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* living \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* owners \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* land. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* owners \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w mistreat|strong="H6031"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 400 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* punish \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* country \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w made|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3318"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* country, taking \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 15 But as \w for|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H2896"\w*, \w you|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H2896"\w* die [EUP] \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w* when \w you|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w old|strong="H7872"\w*.  
\v 16 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* descendants \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* slaves \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 400 years, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* control \w of|strong="H5771"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land \w and|strong="H7725"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Amor people-group. \w Those|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* sinned enough \w to|strong="H5704"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished \w now|strong="H2008"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* set \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w dark|strong="H5939"\w*, \add unexpectedly\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* blazing \w torch|strong="H3940"\w* \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* clay pot containing \w burning|strong="H3940"\w* coals \w from|strong="H1961"\w* which \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* rising \w appeared|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w between|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* halves \w of|strong="H8121"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Abram. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* told \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w between|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* eastern border \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* south, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* north \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* huge \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*.  
\v 19 \w That|strong="H7017"\w* is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,  
\v 20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,  
\v 21 \w the|strong="H2983"\w* Amor, \w the|strong="H2983"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w*, \w the|strong="H2983"\w* Girgash, \w and|strong="H2983"\w* \w the|strong="H2983"\w* Tebus people-groups live.”   
\c 16  
\s1 Sarai gave Abram a slave woman to be another wife, and that woman gave birth to Ishmael  
\p
\v 1 \w Up|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* time, Abram’s wife \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* Abram. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w from|strong="H8034"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w*, \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w*.  
\v 2  \add So one day\add* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abram, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*! \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* pregnant. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* ◄sleep \w with|strong="H3068"\w*/\w have|strong="H3068"\w* sex \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► [EUP] \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* Hagar. Perhaps she \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* whom \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w can|strong="H4994"\w* \w consider|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w mine|strong="H4480"\w*.” Abram \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Abram ◄slept \w with|strong="H3427"\w*/\w had|strong="H5414"\w* sex \w with|strong="H3427"\w*► \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w*, \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wife \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*’s \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w*. \w This|strong="H5414"\w* happened \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* went \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \add land\add*. \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* husband \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* secondary wife.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* ◄slept \w with|strong="H5869"\w*/\w had|strong="H3588"\w* sex \w with|strong="H5869"\w*► [EUP] \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H7200"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1404"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* began \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w despise|strong="H7043"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H1404"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abram, “\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fault! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* \w into|strong="H8199"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w arms|strong="H2436"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* could \w sleep|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* [EUP]. \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* realizes \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* despises \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* doing \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*!”  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Abram said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*, “\add You listen to me\add*! \w She|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* towards \w her|strong="H6031"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w consider|strong="H2009"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* started \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w mistreat|strong="H6031"\w* \w her|strong="H6031"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w she|strong="H6440"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*.  
\v 7 \w An|strong="H4672"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w spring|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shur|strong="H7793"\w*.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H6440"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H1904"\w*, “\w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w*, \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*, \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w going|strong="H3212"\w*?” \w She|strong="H6440"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H2088"\w* \w run|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*, \w my|strong="H6440"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w* \w authority|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY]”.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H7235"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bear \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H3068"\w*!”  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*, “\add Listen to this!\add* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \add which means ‘God hears\add*’, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w crying|strong="H7121"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* feel \w so|strong="H7121"\w* miserable.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* son \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* uncontrollable \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* [MET]. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* oppose \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* oppose \w him|strong="H6440"\w* [MTY]. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w far|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* relatives [SYN].”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* Hagar \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* angel \w was|strong="H3068"\w* really \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* herself, “◄\w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H1696"\w* believe \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* really \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* back \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*!/\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* really \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* back \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*?►” [RHQ] \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*’.  
\v 14 \w That|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* people \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w well|strong="H3651"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* ‘Beer-Lahai-Roi’, \add which means, ‘The well of the living one who sees us’!\add* \w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* still \w there|strong="H2009"\w*, \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w* \w and|strong="H7121"\w* \w Bered|strong="H1260"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w* later \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* Abram, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*.  
\v 16 Abram \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w eighty-six|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* Abram’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*.   
\c 17  
\s1 Yahweh changed Abram’s name to Abraham and made an agreement with him  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Abram \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 99 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*. \w I|strong="H7200"\w* want \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w live|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w regard|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* someone \w that|strong="H7200"\w* cannot \w be|strong="H1961"\w* criticized.  
\v 2 If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* do \w that|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w which|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* descendants.” [MTY]  
\v 3 Abram prostrated \w himself|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* God \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\v 4 “\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2009"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* making \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H2009"\w*: \w People|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1285"\w* \w many|strong="H1995"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* descendants.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="H1471"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* Abram. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* Abraham, \add which means ‘father of many nations,’\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w many|strong="H1995"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* descend \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* many \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w become|strong="H6509"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*/people-groups, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w become|strong="H6509"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 7 \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H6965"\w* \w this|strong="H1961"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* between \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H2233"\w* \w effect|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H1755"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*. \w This|strong="H1961"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* God, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* God \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* traveling, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w possession|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H4033"\w* \add will worship\add*.”   
\s1 God told Abraham that all the males must be circumcised as part of that agreement  
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H8104"\w* God said \w to|strong="H8104"\w* Abraham, “Now \w you|strong="H8104"\w* must \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \add your part of\add* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H1285"\w* I am making \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w*, \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* must also \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w it|strong="H8104"\w*, \w for|strong="H2233"\w* \w all|strong="H1755"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*.  
\v 10 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* am \w making|strong="H3605"\w*, between myself \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1285"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*: \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* among \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w be|strong="H4135"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*.  
\v 11 ◄Cutting \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w* \w of|strong="H1285"\w*/Circumcising► \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* sign \add that you have accepted\add* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H1320"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* making \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H1320"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* future \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* includes \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* boys \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w born|strong="H3211"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w bought|strong="H4736"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* boys \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 13 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* does \w not|strong="H1961"\w* matter whether \w their|strong="H1961"\w* parents \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w members|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* slaves \w that|strong="H1320"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w bought|strong="H4736"\w*; \w they|strong="H1285"\w* must \w all|strong="H5769"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*. \w Your|strong="H1961"\w* \w bodies|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1004"\w* mark \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w show|strong="H1961"\w* \add you have accepted\add* \w this|strong="H1004"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* making.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* expel \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* community \w any|strong="H5315"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*, because \add by not being circumcised\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5315"\w* disobeyed \w my|strong="H6565"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*.”   
\s1 God changed Sarai’s name to Sarah  
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\v 15 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H8034"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* Abraham, “\w As|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w*, \w your|strong="H3588"\w* wife, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \w Sarai|strong="H8297"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w*. \add Since I changed your name, I will change her name also\add*. \w Her|strong="H7121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* birth \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H4480"\w* much \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w she|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* many \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* people-groups \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\s1 God promised Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son  
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\v 17 Abraham prostrated \w himself|strong="H3820"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \add to show respect to God\add*. \w But|strong="H3205"\w* \w then|strong="H5307"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w laughed|strong="H6711"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H3820"\w*, “\w Can|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* 100 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*? \w And|strong="H3967"\w* since \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* 90 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, how \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w*?”  
\v 18 Then Abraham said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3863"\w*, “Perhaps \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H6440"\w* let \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* receive \w your|strong="H6440"\w* blessing \add and inherit all I possess\add*.”  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* God replied, “\add No!\add* \w Your|strong="H6965"\w* wife \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3205"\w*. \w You|strong="H3205"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*. \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w which|strong="H1285"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H6965"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.  
\v 20 \w As|strong="H7235"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* asked \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w also|strong="H3458"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* descendants. \w Among|strong="H5387"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \add descendants\add* [MTY] \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w also|strong="H3458"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="H3205"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w son|strong="H3205"\w* whom \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w at|strong="H6965"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H4150"\w* next \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* whom \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w When|strong="H3615"\w* God \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Abraham, God disappeared \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* sight.   
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\v 23 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H6106"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w males|strong="H2145"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w bought|strong="H4736"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w cut|strong="H4135"\w* \w off|strong="H4135"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* God \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 24 Abraham \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 99 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* ◄\w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*/someone \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*►,  
\v 25 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 26 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H6106"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3117"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*.  
\v 27 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w males|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w born|strong="H3211"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w bought|strong="H4736"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1121"\w*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*.   
\c 18  
\s1 Yahweh appeared to them and promised again that they would have a son  
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\v 1 \w One|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w year|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham again \w near|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* big trees \w that|strong="H7200"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w*, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* tent.  
\v 2 \w Abraham|strong="H5375"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* [MTY] \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w was|strong="H5324"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* men \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \add Actually, one was Yahweh, and the other two were angels\add*. \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w himself|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w face|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w respect|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* said \add to one of them\add*, “Sir, if \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, stay \w here|strong="H4672"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* little \w while|strong="H5921"\w* [LIT].  
\v 4 \w Allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* servants \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w rest|strong="H8172"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w this|strong="H3947"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w come|strong="H5674"\w* \w here|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, allow \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* some \w food|strong="H3899"\w* [SYN] \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* feel refreshed \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* leave.” \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w All|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Abraham \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* went \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* tent \w and|strong="H6213"\w* said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*, “\w Quick|strong="H4116"\w*, \w get|strong="H6213"\w* some \w of|strong="H5429"\w* \w our|strong="H6213"\w* best \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* some loaves \w of|strong="H5429"\w* \w bread|strong="H5692"\w*!”  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w herd|strong="H1241"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w selected|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w calf|strong="H1121"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* meat \w would|strong="H5288"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w tender|strong="H7390"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* tasty. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \add and told him to\add* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* kill \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* cook \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* meat \w was|strong="H1931"\w* cooked, \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* some \w curds|strong="H2529"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* meat \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* been \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* visitors. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* ate.  
\v 9  \add One of\add* them asked him, “\w Where|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*, \w your|strong="H8283"\w* wife?” \w He|strong="H8283"\w* replied, “She \w is|strong="H2009"\w* in \w the|strong="H2009"\w* tent.”  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* leader \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* group \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* ◄\w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*/\w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* springtime► \w next|strong="H2416"\w* \w year|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* amazement, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w wife|strong="H2416"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H7725"\w* infant \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w It|strong="H1931"\w* happened \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* tent, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* behind \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* speaking.  
\v 11 Abraham \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* very \w old|strong="H2205"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* far \w past|strong="H2308"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* she could bear children.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w laughed|strong="H6711"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w herself|strong="H7130"\w*, thinking, “\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w body|strong="H7130"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w worn|strong="H1086"\w* \w out|strong="H7130"\w*, \w and|strong="H2204"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* husband \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* how can \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H5730"\w* \add of having a child\add*?” [RHQ]  
\v 13 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w laugh|strong="H6711"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w she|strong="H4100"\w* thinking, ‘\w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w am|strong="H2204"\w* too \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, \w so|strong="H2088"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H3205"\w*?’  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*! ◄\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w too|strong="H1697"\w* \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*?/\w There|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* \w too|strong="H1697"\w* \w difficult|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*!► [RHQ] \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w next|strong="H2416"\w* \w year|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* springtime, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* infant \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w lied|strong="H3584"\w* \w and|strong="H3372"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w laugh|strong="H6711"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, “Don’t \w deny|strong="H3584"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*! \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w laugh|strong="H6711"\w*.”   
\s1 Abraham tried to intercede for the wicked people of Sodom  
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* three \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w leave|strong="H1980"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* valley \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \add city\add*. Abraham \w was|strong="H6440"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* say “goodbye” \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* thought \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* prevent Abraham \w from|strong="H3068"\w* knowing \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* plan \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ].  
\v 18 Abraham’s descendants [MTY] \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* [MTY] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* what \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fair|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* Abraham \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="H3966"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* terrible \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* said about \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w heard|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* true \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* true.”  
\v 22 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* two men \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* started \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*. \w But|strong="H6437"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w*, \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham.  
\v 23 Abraham \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w closer|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H5066"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H5066"\w* said, “\w Will|strong="H6662"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* really \w destroy|strong="H5595"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w ones|strong="H6662"\w*?  
\v 24 What \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3426"\w* \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* only 50 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*? \w Will|strong="H6662"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* really \w get|strong="H8432"\w* rid \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w all|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spare|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*/\w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* 50 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*?  
\v 25 \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w ones|strong="H6662"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w treat|strong="H6213"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \add regarding the people of Sodom\add*!” [RHQ]  
\v 26 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “If \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* 50 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* people \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w spare|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*/\w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sake|strong="H5668"\w*.”  
\v 27 Abraham \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* should \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* bold like \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w*, God, because \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w as|strong="H1696"\w* worthless \w as|strong="H1696"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* [MET].  
\v 28 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* what \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* if \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* 45 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*? \w Will|strong="H6662"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* 45 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* 50 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*?” \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* if \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* 45 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.”  
\v 29 \w Abraham|strong="H3254"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \add like this\add*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* if \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* only 40 righteous \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*?” \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w*, \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sake|strong="H5668"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* 40.”  
\v 30 Abraham \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* don’t \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w again|strong="H1696"\w*. \w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* if \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* only 30 righteous \w people|strong="H3808"\w*?” \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* if \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* 30 \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”  
\v 31 Abraham \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* should \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* bold \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4994"\w* \w if|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H5668"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* only 20 righteous \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*?” \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* whole city, \w for|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w sake|strong="H5668"\w* \w of|strong="H1696"\w* \w those|strong="H1696"\w* 20.”  
\v 32 Abraham \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w God|strong="H3808"\w*, don’t \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*. \w Just|strong="H1696"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w more|strong="H6471"\w*. \w What|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4994"\w* if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* only \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* righteous \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*?” \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* city \w for|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w sake|strong="H5668"\w* \w of|strong="H1696"\w* \w those|strong="H1696"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w*.”  
\v 33 Abraham \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w no|strong="H1696"\w* \w more|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* soon \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\c 19  
\s1 Angels warned Lot that Sodom would be destroyed because of the people’s wickedness  
\p
\v 1 \w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*. \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w was|strong="H3427"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w gateway|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w*. \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H4397"\w* greet \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w himself|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w face|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* ground.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H5493"\w*, “Gentlemen, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w stay|strong="H3885"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H5493"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* tonight. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* tomorrow \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w continue|strong="H3885"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* just \w sleep|strong="H3885"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* city \w square|strong="H7339"\w*.”  
\v 3 But Lot \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* insisting \w strongly|strong="H3966"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* sleep \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5493"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* entered \w his|strong="H5493"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* meal \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* baked some \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w without|strong="H1004"\w* yeast, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* ate \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* finished eating, \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \add city\add*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* ones \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* ones, \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="H3915"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, saying, “Where \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* house \w this|strong="H7121"\w* \w evening|strong="H3915"\w*? \w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* sex \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*!” [EUP]  
\v 6 \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* house \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* behind \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3318"\w* could \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* inside.  
\v 7 He said \w to|strong="H4994"\w* \w them|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w My|strong="H4994"\w* friends, don’t \w do|strong="H7489"\w* such an \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w thing|strong="H4994"\w*!  
\v 8 \w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* sex \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w man|strong="H2896"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w whatever|strong="H2896"\w* \w pleases|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* guests \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* house, \add so I must protect them\add*!”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* replied, “Get \w out|strong="H1973"\w* \w of|strong="H8199"\w* \w our|strong="H8199"\w* way! \w You|strong="H7489"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foreigner; \w so|strong="H5066"\w* \w you|strong="H7489"\w* \w have|strong="H6258"\w* no right \w to|strong="H5066"\w* tell \w us|strong="H7489"\w* what \w is|strong="H1992"\w* right! \add If you don’t get out of our way\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1481"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5066"\w* \w you|strong="H7489"\w* than \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1481"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w to|strong="H5066"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!” \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* lunged towards \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, \w and|strong="H5066"\w* tried forcefully \w to|strong="H5066"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w down|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*.  
\v 10 But \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w two|strong="H1004"\w* angels opened \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* carefully, \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* pulled \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* quickly \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5221"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* caused \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* outside \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w young|strong="H6996"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w old|strong="H1419"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H3811"\w* blind, \w so|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* could \w not|strong="H5704"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H4480"\w* angels \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w else|strong="H5750"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*? \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w related|strong="H2860"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\v 13 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ones \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considers \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* people \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H7971"\w* evil \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city.”  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* pledged \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*, “Hurry! \w Get|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*!” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* future \w sons-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* joking.  
\v 15 \w As|strong="H3644"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w about|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* next \w morning|strong="H7837"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* urged \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w*, saying, “\w Get|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* quickly! \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* wife \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w here|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w leave|strong="H5927"\w*! \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* don’t, \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H5595"\w* \w when|strong="H3644"\w* \add we destroy/Yahweh destroys\add* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*!”  
\v 16 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w Lot|strong="H4102"\w* \w hesitated|strong="H4102"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* angels grasped \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife’s \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* safely. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* angels \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* acting mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city, \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* angels \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\add If you want to remain alive\add*, \w run|strong="H4422"\w* \w away|strong="H5595"\w* quickly! Don’t \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w back|strong="H5027"\w*! \w And|strong="H2022"\w* don’t \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w anywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H3603"\w*! \w Flee|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*! \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* don’t, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H5595"\w*!”  
\v 18 But \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* said \w to|strong="H4994"\w* one of \w the|strong="H4994"\w* angels, “No, sir, don’t make \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w do|strong="H4994"\w* that!  
\v 19 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w listen|strong="H2009"\w*. \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* kind \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w spared|strong="H2421"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* flee \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* try \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* [PRS].  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w nearby|strong="H7138"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w small|strong="H4705"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H2009"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H4705"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w our|strong="H8033"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w saved|strong="H2421"\w* \w if|strong="H2009"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H2009"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* angels \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Lot, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* allow \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w requested|strong="H1697"\w* [MTY]. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* little \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w hurry|strong="H4116"\w*! \w Run|strong="H4422"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* arrive \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.” \w People|strong="H3808"\w* later \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w* \add which means ‘small’,\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* Lot \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* small.   
\s1 God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah cities  
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\v 23 \w As|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w was|strong="H8121"\w* \w rising|strong="H3318"\w*, \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* family arrived \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* town which \w is|strong="H8121"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* called \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused fire \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add burning\add* \w sulfur|strong="H1614"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w down|strong="H4305"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w* \w like|strong="H8064"\w* \w rain|strong="H4305"\w*.  
\v 25 \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H2015"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2015"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* also \w destroyed|strong="H2015"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H3603"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plants|strong="H6780"\w*/vegetation.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* Lot’s wife stopped \w and|strong="H5027"\w* \w looked|strong="H5027"\w* \w back|strong="H5027"\w* \add to see what was happening\add*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* she died, \w and|strong="H5027"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* body \add later\add* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5333"\w* \w of|strong="H5333"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, Abraham \w got|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \add was surprised to\add* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H3603"\w*, \w smoke|strong="H7008"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w*, \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w smoke|strong="H7008"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w furnace|strong="H3536"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H7971"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w valley|strong="H3603"\w*, \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* \w what|strong="H2142"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* promised Abraham, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* rescued \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* disaster \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w occurred|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* where \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\s1 Lot’s daughters tricked him into making them pregnant  
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\v 30 \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w*, \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* moved \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*.  
\v 31 \w One|strong="H3605"\w* day \w the|strong="H3605"\w* older daughter said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* daughter/\w her|strong="H3605"\w* sister►, “\w Our|strong="H3605"\w* father \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* area \w who|strong="H3605"\w* can \w have|strong="H3605"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w as|strong="H3605"\w* people \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w do|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Let|strong="H3212"\w*’s \w make|strong="H8248"\w* \w our|strong="H8248"\w* father \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* until \w he|strong="H3212"\w* gets \w drunk|strong="H8248"\w*. Then \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H2233"\w* \w have|strong="H5973"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* [EUP] \add without him knowing it\add*. \w In|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H3196"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w* \add he will cause us to become pregnant\add* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H2233"\w* \w bear|strong="H3212"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w*.”  
\v 33 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w caused|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H8248"\w* father \w to|strong="H6965"\w* become \w drunk|strong="H8248"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* older daughter \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w her|strong="H3045"\w* father, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w her|strong="H3045"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8248"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H7901"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H7901"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*.  
\v 34 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, \w his|strong="H1961"\w* older daughter said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* daughter/\w her|strong="H1961"\w* sister►, “\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H8248"\w*. Last \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* father. \w Let|strong="H1961"\w*’s \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8248"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w* \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w*! \w This|strong="H3196"\w* \w time|strong="H2233"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w can|strong="H2233"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w he|strong="H2005"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w can|strong="H2233"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* pregnant, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* way \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w can|strong="H2233"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H2233"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*.”  
\v 35 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w caused|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H8248"\w* father \w to|strong="H6965"\w* become \w drunk|strong="H8248"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* daughter \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8248"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H7901"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H7901"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*.  
\v 36 So \w Lot|strong="H3876"\w* caused \w his|strong="H8147"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H1323"\w* become \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w*.  
\v 37 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* older \w one|strong="H1931"\w* later \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* people-group.  
\v 38 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Ben-Ammi|strong="H1151"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group.   
\c 20  
\s1 Abraham deceived King Abimelech about Sarah  
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\v 1 Abraham \w left|strong="H5265"\w* Mamre \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w moved|strong="H5265"\w* southwest \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* desert \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H3427"\w* named \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w*, \w between|strong="H3427"\w* \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w Shur|strong="H7793"\w*.  
\v 2 \w While|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* there, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* told \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* sister, \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* wife. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Abimelech \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* wife.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* God appeared \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Abimelech \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* during \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H3915"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H2472"\w* going \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* woman \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* another \w man|strong="H1167"\w*’s \w wife|strong="H1166"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Abimelech \w had|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1471"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H1571"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* said, “\w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w since|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1471"\w* \w my|strong="H7126"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w innocent|strong="H6662"\w*; \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H2026"\w*?  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, ‘\w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* sister,’ \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* said, ‘\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* brother.’ \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* pure \w motives|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* wrong \w yet|strong="H1571"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w motives|strong="H3824"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* pure. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* prevented \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w*’s wife \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* husband, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* receives messages \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*►. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* ◄remain \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*/\w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*►. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* members \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* household \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, Abimelech \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5650"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*. \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* heard \w that|strong="H3605"\w* [MTY], \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \add that God would punish them\add*.  
\v 9 Abimelech \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* Abraham, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* [RHQ]! \w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* something \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* [MTY] \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w committing|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* [RHQ]? \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*/\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*►!”  
\v 10 Abimelech \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* Abraham, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*?”  
\v 11 Abraham replied, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* God \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* God, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* relationships \w with|strong="H5921"\w* others. \add If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* get \w her|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* wife, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* get \w her|strong="H5921"\w*.’  
\v 12 \w Besides|strong="H1571"\w*, \w she|strong="H1931"\w* really \add can be considered\add* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* sister, because \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* father, \w although|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* mother. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* married \w her|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* God \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* move \w away|strong="H8582"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w I|strong="H2088"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*: \w Everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w*, say \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* brother.”’”  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Abimelech \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* some \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w*. \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wife \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 15 \w And|strong="H5869"\w* Abimelech said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w All|strong="H2009"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w whatever|strong="H2896"\w* \w place|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H2896"\w*!”  
\v 16 \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* 1,000 pieces \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* brother. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* insure \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \add bring up this matter again and\add* say \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w* wrong. [EUP, IDM]”  
\v 17 Then Abraham \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* God, \w and|strong="H6419"\w* God \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* Abimelech’s wife \w and|strong="H6419"\w* \w his|strong="H3205"\w* slave girls so that \w they|strong="H3205"\w* could \w become|strong="H3205"\w* pregnant.  
\v 18 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* impossible \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Abimelech’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bear children, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* Abimelech \w had|strong="H3068"\w* taken Abraham’s wife \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*.   
\c 21  
\s1 Sarah gave birth to Isaac  
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\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* kind \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*, \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* exactly \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 2 She \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* very \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w at|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w time|strong="H4150"\w* God \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H8283"\w* happen.  
\v 3 Abraham \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* ‘\w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*’ (which means ‘\w he|strong="H7121"\w* laughs’) \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 4 Abraham \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, just \w as|strong="H3117"\w* God \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 5 Abraham \w was|strong="H3327"\w* 100 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3327"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w was|strong="H3327"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 6 \w And|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, “\add Although I was sad before because I did not have any children\add*, God \w has|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H8085"\w* enabled \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w laugh|strong="H6711"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hears|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* God \w has|strong="H6213"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w laugh|strong="H6711"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3205"\w* \w said|strong="H4448"\w*, “\w No|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H4448"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* Abraham \w that|strong="H3588"\w* some day \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* Abraham \w is|strong="H4310"\w* very \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
\s1 Abraham sent Hagar and her son Ishmael away  
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* baby \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* \add when he was about three years old\add*. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, Abraham \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 9 ◄\add One day/During the feast►\add* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w noticed|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ishmael \w was|strong="H1121"\w* ◄making fun \w of|strong="H1121"\w*/playing \w with|strong="H1121"\w*► Isaac.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham, “Get rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* slave \w woman|strong="H1644"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H3423"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* slave \w woman|strong="H1644"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* alone (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w heir|strong="H3423"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w*) \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*!”  
\v 11 Abraham \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H7489"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w concerned|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add Ishmael\add*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* God \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Abraham, “\w Do|strong="H7489"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* \w distressed|strong="H7489"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H2233"\w*, Ishmael, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* maidservant, Hagar. \w Do|strong="H7489"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* tells \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w*. \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* \w considered|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* promised \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* maidservant \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* [MTY], \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* some \w food|strong="H3899"\w* ready, \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* container, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add in a bag\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\p \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w wandered|strong="H8582"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* Beersheba \add town\add*.  
\v 15 \w After|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H7880"\w* \w had|strong="H4325"\w* drunk \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* container, she \w put|strong="H3615"\w* \w her|strong="H4480"\w* son \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w bushes|strong="H7880"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* nearby, \w about|strong="H5375"\w* ◄\w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w can|strong="H7200"\w* shoot \w an|strong="H5375"\w* arrow/100 meters \w away|strong="H5375"\w*►, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* thought, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H4194"\w* \w endure|strong="H5375"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* son \w die|strong="H4194"\w*!” \w As|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* began \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w* \add loudly\add* [MTY].  
\v 17  \add The boy was crying too.\add* \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w crying|strong="H7121"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* caused \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*, “\w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w*, \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* worried \w about|strong="H8085"\w* something? \w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H8064"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w crying|strong="H7121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Help|strong="H2388"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* son \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H7760"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* cause \w his|strong="H5375"\w* descendants \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* God \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w she|strong="H8248"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* container \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 God helped \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H7235"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w*. \w He|strong="H7235"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* good ◄\w archer|strong="H7235"\w*/\w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* hunts \w with|strong="H3427"\w* bow \w and|strong="H5288"\w* arrows►.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w* \w Desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w While|strong="H3427"\w* \w e|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H4714"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*, Hagar \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\p
\v 22 \w At|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \add King\add* Abimelech \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w Phicol|strong="H6369"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Abraham, “\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w clear|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* God helps \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 23 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* ◄\w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*/\w swear|strong="H7650"\w*► \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* God \w is|strong="H2617"\w* listening, \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H2617"\w* ◄\w not|strong="H6213"\w* deceive/\w act|strong="H6213"\w* fairly \w to|strong="H6213"\w*► \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w children|strong="H5209"\w* \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w descendants|strong="H5220"\w*, \w in|strong="H6213"\w* return \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* being kind \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Be|strong="H2617"\w* kind \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* people \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* country where \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w living|strong="H1481"\w*.”  
\v 24 \w So|strong="H7650"\w* Abraham \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w do|strong="H7650"\w* that.   
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\v 25  \add Then\add* Abraham \w complained|strong="H3198"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Abimelech \w about|strong="H5921"\w* one \w of|strong="H5650"\w* Abraham’s wells \w that|strong="H4325"\w* Abimelech’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H5650"\w* \w seized|strong="H1497"\w*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Abimelech \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w until|strong="H1115"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* some \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* Abimelech, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1285"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w treaty|strong="H1285"\w*/peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*►.  
\v 28 Abraham separated \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* female \w lambs|strong="H3535"\w* from \w his|strong="H5324"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 29 Abimelech \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* Abraham, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H2007"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* female \w lambs|strong="H3535"\w* \w that|strong="H5324"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* have separated from \w the|strong="H4100"\w* rest \w of|strong="H5324"\w* \w your|strong="H4100"\w* flock?”  
\v 30 \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* female \w lambs|strong="H3535"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* [SYN], \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄public \w witness|strong="H5713"\w*/proof► \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* well \w belongs|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 31 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* Abimelech accepted \w the|strong="H5921"\w* animals, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* Beersheba, \add which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’,\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* agreement.  
\v 32 \w After|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3772"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* Beersheba, Abimelech \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w*, \w Phicol|strong="H6369"\w*, \w left|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* land \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* people-group.  
\v 33 \w Abraham|strong="H5193"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄tamarisk tree/kind \w of|strong="H3068"\w* tree \w called|strong="H7121"\w* esel► \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w eternal|strong="H5769"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 34 Abraham \w lived|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* land \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* people-group \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 22  
\s1 Yahweh told Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice  
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\v 1 Several years \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, God \w tested|strong="H5254"\w* Abraham \add to find out\add* whether Abraham \add really trusted in him and would obey him\add*. \w He|strong="H1697"\w* called out \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Abraham, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* Abraham replied, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w*’m \w here|strong="H2009"\w*.”  
\v 2 God said, “\w Your|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, whom \w you|strong="H5921"\w* love very \w much|strong="H5921"\w*, \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w only|strong="H3173"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add who is still here with you\add*. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moriah|strong="H4179"\w* region. \w Offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w show|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w saddle|strong="H2280"\w* \w on|strong="H4725"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* chopped \w some|strong="H4725"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* kindle \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H5930"\w* \w started|strong="H6965"\w* traveling \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* God told \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w about|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 4 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* travels, \w Abraham|strong="H5375"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* God wanted \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* go.  
\v 5 Abraham said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w two|strong="H3427"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w over|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w We|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5288"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* God \w there|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H7725"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5288"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* kindle \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w placed|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w carry|strong="H3947"\w*. \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w carried|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add pan containing burning coals to start a\add* fire, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w knife|strong="H3979"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3327"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham, saying, “My \w father|strong="H1121"\w*!” Abraham replied, “\w Yes|strong="H2009"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w*’m \w here|strong="H2009"\w*!” \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* said, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add coals to light\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w lamb|strong="H7716"\w* \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*?”  
\v 8 Abraham replied, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, God himself \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w provide|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w lamb|strong="H7716"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* continued \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.  
\v 9 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* God \w had|strong="H3327"\w* \w told|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w*, Abraham \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w arranged|strong="H6186"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H4605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7760"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* tied \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H4605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w knife|strong="H3979"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w kill|strong="H7819"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w an|strong="H4480"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \add who was really Yahweh\add* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w*’m \w here|strong="H2009"\w*!”  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* angel said, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H3972"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H3972"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* injure \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w respect|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3173"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add who is still with you\add*.”   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H5375"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ram \w was|strong="H1121"\w* nearby, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w caught|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w thicket|strong="H5442"\w*/clump \w of|strong="H1121"\w* bushes►. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H5375"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w over|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* grabbed \w the|strong="H7200"\w* ram \add and killed it\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* altar \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 14 Abraham \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w provide|strong="H7200"\w*’. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w present|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w people|strong="H7200"\w* say, “\w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w provide|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \add who was really Yahweh\add* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* telling \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3173"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add that is with you\add*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* myself \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* witness,  
\v 17 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* some day \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H1288"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* grains \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w*. \w And|strong="H8064"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* defeat \w their|strong="H5921"\w* enemies \w and|strong="H8064"\w* capture \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H8179"\w* [SYN].’  
\v 18 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w so|strong="H8085"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* means \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Isaac \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* where \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H5288"\w* waiting, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3162"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Beersheba, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Abraham \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*, someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* Abraham, “\w Your|strong="H1961"\w* brother \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*’s wife, \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w*, \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* eight \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w The|strong="H7055"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w* \w was|strong="H1060"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*. \w The|strong="H7055"\w* next \w was|strong="H1060"\w* Buz. After him \w was|strong="H1060"\w* \w Kemuel|strong="H7055"\w*, \w the|strong="H7055"\w* father \w of|strong="H1060"\w* Aram.  
\v 22 After Kemuel was Kesad, then \w Hazo|strong="H2375"\w*, then \w Pildash|strong="H6394"\w*, then \w Jidlaph|strong="H3044"\w*, then \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w*,  
\v 23 \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w was|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*, \add who later became Isaac’s wife\add*. Those \w were|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w sons|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w*, wife \w of|strong="H3205"\w* Abraham’s brother, \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*.  
\v 24 Nahor \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*/female slave whom \w he|strong="H1931"\w* took \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife►, \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Beumah. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* four \w sons|strong="H3205"\w*: \w Tebah|strong="H2875"\w*, \w Gaham|strong="H1514"\w*, \w Tahash|strong="H8477"\w*, \w and|strong="H8034"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*.   
\c 23  
\s1 After Sarah died, Abraham bought a burial place for her  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 127 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*,  
\v 2 \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153"\w* \add town\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* now called \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region. After Abraham \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H1058"\w*,  
\v 3 \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add went and\add* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 4 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H1616"\w* [DOU] living \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \add so I do not own any land here\add*. \w Sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* some \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w here|strong="H4191"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H1616"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* can \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* wife’s \w body|strong="H4191"\w*.”  
\v 5 They \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\v 6 “Sir, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6913"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* powerful \w prince|strong="H5387"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w*. Choose \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w our|strong="H8085"\w* finest \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* wife’s \add body\add* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w*. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* sell land \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* relatives’ bodies.”  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Abraham \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \add in respect\add* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* owned \w the|strong="H6965"\w* land, \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w*.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H6440"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* willing \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w*’s \w body|strong="H5315"\w* \w here|strong="H3426"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ask|strong="H6293"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zohar|strong="H6714"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\v 9 \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Machpelah|strong="H4375"\w* area, \w which|strong="H7704"\w* \w is|strong="H3701"\w* \w at|strong="H4631"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4392"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. Ask \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* wants, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* can \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burial|strong="H6913"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* near \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* where many [HYP] \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* gathered. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H6030"\w* what Abraham \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w*.  
\v 11  \add So, just to make the customary reply to start the real discussion about a price\add*, Ephron \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, sir, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w charge|strong="H5414"\w*, \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w here|strong="H4191"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* witnesses.”  
\v 12 Abraham \w again|strong="H6440"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* lived \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* area,  
\v 13 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*, \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w others|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w*, “\add No\add*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w If|strong="H3863"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* willing, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w If|strong="H3863"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* become \w mine|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w*’s \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* Abraham, saying \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\v 15 “Sir, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H4191"\w*. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* land \w is|strong="H1931"\w* worth 400 \w pieces|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H8255"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* important \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w me|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Give|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* wife’s \w body|strong="H4191"\w* there.”  
\v 16 Abraham \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* 400 \w pieces|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* suggested, \w as|strong="H1121"\w* everyone \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w*, using \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w standard|strong="H5674"\w* weights \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* used \add in that area\add* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* sold things.   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*’s \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Machpelah|strong="H4375"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w*, \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w inside|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boundaries \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, became Abraham’s possession.  
\v 18 \w It|strong="H5869"\w* became Abraham’s \w property|strong="H4736"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* listening \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w*, Abraham \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* wife \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*’s body \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Machpelah|strong="H4375"\w* area \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* called \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \add city\add*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H6965"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* officially sold \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w*, \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* used \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burial|strong="H6913"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w*.   
\c 24  
\s1 Abraham sent a servant to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac  
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\v 1 Abraham \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w old|strong="H2204"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* Abraham \w in|strong="H3068"\w* many ways.  
\v 2 \w One|strong="H3605"\w* day Abraham said \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chief \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w charge|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* Abraham owned, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* between \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w thighs|strong="H3409"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* solemnly promise \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* what \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 3 Knowing \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add who created\add* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* listening, \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, Isaac, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* here \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* country \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w relatives|strong="H4138"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* among \w them|strong="H3947"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* asked \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* find \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w*, \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* willing \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land? \w Shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* country \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w*, \add so he can find a wife and live there\add*?”  
\v 6 Abraham replied \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w No|strong="H6435"\w*! \w Be|strong="H1121"\w* certain \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* don’t \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*!  
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* created \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w relatives|strong="H4138"\w* lived. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \add of Canaan\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.’ \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add there and bring her to live here\add*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* woman \w you|strong="H7725"\w* find \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w free|strong="H5352"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* disregard \w the|strong="H7725"\w* promise \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* making. \w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* do \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* live \w there|strong="H8033"\w*!”  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* Abraham’s \w thighs|strong="H3409"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\s1 Abraham’s servant found a wife for Isaac  
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* master’s \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* loaded \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w goods|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* master \w gave|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w along|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Aram-Naharaim, \add which is in ◄northern Mesopotamia/Syria►\add*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 11 \w It|strong="H6153"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* late \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* afternoon, \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* women \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* well \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w get|strong="H3318"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w he|strong="H6153"\w* arrived there. \w He|strong="H6153"\w* \w made|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w kneel|strong="H1288"\w* \w down|strong="H1288"\w* near \w the|strong="H1288"\w* well, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* servant \w prayed|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master Abraham worships, enable \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* successful \w today|strong="H3117"\w*! \w Act|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master, Abraham!  
\v 13 \w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* young \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w get|strong="H3318"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* asking \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* say \w to|strong="H1961"\w* some \w girl|strong="H5291"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w lower|strong="H5186"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* some \w water|strong="H8248"\w*.” \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w says|strong="H8354"\w*, “\w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* some, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* draw some \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \add from the well\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*,” \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w woman|strong="H5291"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* kind \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* master.’”  
\v 15 \w Before|strong="H2962"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w praying|strong="H1696"\w*, \add amazingly\add*, \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* arrived \w there|strong="H2009"\w*, carrying \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* daughter \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham’s younger brother \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*.  
\v 16 \w She|strong="H2896"\w* \w was|strong="H3966"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w still|strong="H4758"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*. \w She|strong="H2896"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* edge \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w*, \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w her|strong="H4390"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4390"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w then|strong="H5927"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 17 Abraham’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* immediately \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* said, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5650"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* replied, “\w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w*, sir!” \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w lowered|strong="H3381"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* shoulder \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="H5704"\w* \w she|strong="H8248"\w* \w had|strong="H1581"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w giving|strong="H8248"\w* \w him|strong="H8248"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w she|strong="H8248"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* get some \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w had|strong="H1581"\w* \w enough|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.”  
\v 20 She \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w emptied|strong="H6168"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H7579"\w* \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* into \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trough|strong="H8268"\w* \add for giving water to animals\add*, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \w then|strong="H3605"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w back|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* well, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* kept getting \w water|strong="H7579"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*.  
\v 21 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* servant just watched \w her|strong="H3045"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* saying \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* if \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w his|strong="H3068"\w* trip \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 22 Finally, \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* servant \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* nose \w ring|strong="H5141"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w weighed|strong="H4948"\w* ◄\w two|strong="H8147"\w* ounces/6 grams►, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* large \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w bracelets|strong="H6781"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w arms|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w gave|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Rebekah \add and told her to put them on\add*.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H3426"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* said, “\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w*. Also, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* father’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H5046"\w* men \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w sleep|strong="H3885"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* tonight?”  
\v 24 She replied, “My \w father|strong="H3205"\w*’s name \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w*. \w He|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3205"\w* wife \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Yes|strong="H1571"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w room|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3885"\w* can \w sleep|strong="H3885"\w* \w tonight|strong="H1571"\w*, \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* \w and|strong="H4725"\w* grain \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w feed|strong="H4554"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* camels.”  
\v 26 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* servant \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 27 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* thank \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, whom \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master Abraham worships. \w You|strong="H5973"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* kind \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master. \w You|strong="H5973"\w* \w led|strong="H5148"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* straight/directly \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master’s relatives!”  
\v 28 \w The|strong="H1697"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* everyone \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* mother’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 29 \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* brother \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*. \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w went|strong="H7323"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* Abraham’s servant, \w who|strong="H7323"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* still \w by|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H2351"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 30 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bracelets|strong="H6781"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* sister’s \w arms|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* nose \w ring|strong="H5141"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w went|strong="H1697"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, close \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 31 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* man, “\w You|strong="H1288"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, come \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w*! ◄\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w here|strong="H4725"\w*?/\w You|strong="H1288"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5975"\w* keep \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w here|strong="H4725"\w*!► [RHQ] \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6437"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stay|strong="H5975"\w*.”  
\v 32 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* servant \w went|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* Laban’s servants \w unloaded|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* grain \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* men \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 33 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* set food \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* eat, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* ◄\w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*/\w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* come►.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* Laban \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*!”  
\v 34 \w So|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5650"\w* am Abraham’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 35 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1431"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w rich|strong="H1431"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* many \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.  
\v 36 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w*’s wife, \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*, \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* she \w was|strong="H1121"\w* very \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* owns.  
\v 37 \w My|strong="H3947"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*, saying, ‘\w Do|strong="H7650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* here \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* own \w clan|strong="H4940"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.’  
\v 39 \w Then|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* asked \w my|strong="H3808"\w* master, ‘What \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* do if \w the|strong="H3808"\w* woman \w you|strong="H3808"\w* show \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*?’  
\v 40 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* replied, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* always obeyed [MTY], \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*, \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H1980"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w*, \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w family|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 41 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w clan|strong="H4940"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* return \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* freed \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* cursed \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* obeying \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.’   
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\v 42 “\w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H1980"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w prayed|strong="H4994"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master, Abraham worships, \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* willing, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w allow|strong="H1980"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* mine \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*.  
\v 43 \w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* young woman \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w draw|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* say \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w*.”  
\v 44 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w says|strong="H8354"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Certainly|strong="H8354"\w*, \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* some! \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w draw|strong="H7579"\w* some \w water|strong="H7579"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*,” \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* woman whom \w you|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!’  
\v 45 \w Before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w praying|strong="H1696"\w*, \add amazingly\add*, \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w approached|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*. \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w water|strong="H8248"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*!’  
\v 46 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w lowered|strong="H3381"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* said, ‘\w Drink|strong="H8354"\w* some! \w And|strong="H3381"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* draw \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \add from the well\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*.’ \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* some \w water|strong="H8248"\w*, \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* got \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*.  
\v 47 \w Then|strong="H7760"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?’ \w She|strong="H5921"\w* said, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* wife, \w Milcah|strong="H4435"\w*.’ \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \add a ring and bracelets with me, and\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ring|strong="H5141"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* nose \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bracelets|strong="H6781"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w arms|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 48 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w thanked|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w worships|strong="H7812"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H5148"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master’s brother \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 49 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* kind \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* master, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H3426"\w* asking. \w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3426"\w*, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H3426"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w may|strong="H6213"\w* \w know|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* [MTY].”  
\v 50 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w It|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w clear|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* indicated.”   
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\v 52 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Abraham’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* ground \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add thank\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 53 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w jewelry|strong="H3627"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* clothes, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*. \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* gifts \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* brother Laban \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* mother.  
\v 54 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* ate \w a|strong="H3068"\w* meal \w together|strong="H5973"\w*. \w The|strong="H7971"\w* men \w who|strong="H1931"\w* were \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Abraham’s servant \w also|strong="H1931"\w* slept \w there|strong="H3885"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w*. \w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w next|strong="H7971"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* servant said, “Allow \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w now|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* return \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* master.”  
\v 55 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3117"\w* brother \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3117"\w* mother replied, “\w Let|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w ten|strong="H6218"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H3117"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.”  
\v 56 \w But|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6743"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* detain \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Let|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master \w now|strong="H3212"\w*!”  
\v 57 \w They|strong="H6310"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “Let’s \w call|strong="H7121"\w* Rebekah \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* wants \w to|strong="H7121"\w* do.” [MTY]  
\v 58 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H7121"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* asked \w her|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w now|strong="H2088"\w*?” \w She|strong="H7121"\w* replied, “Yes, \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.”  
\v 59 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* they allowed \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H5650"\w* taken care \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w when|strong="H7971"\w* she \w was|strong="H5650"\w* very \w young|strong="H7971"\w*, Abraham’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H5650"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*. \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 60 \w Before|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3423"\w* \w all|strong="H1288"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H3423"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*, \w and|strong="H8179"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H8130"\w*, “\w Our|strong="H1288"\w* sister, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w that|strong="H8179"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w millions|strong="H7233"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w and|strong="H8179"\w* allow \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3423"\w* defeat [MET] \w all|strong="H1288"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w that|strong="H8179"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w*.”  
\v 61 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w maid|strong="H5291"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* ready \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w*’s \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.   
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\v 62 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* time, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w Negev|strong="H5045"\w* desert. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3327"\w* gone \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H3427"\w* Beer-Lahai-Roi.  
\v 63 \w One|strong="H5375"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w meditate|strong="H7742"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3318"\w* walked. \w He|strong="H3318"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \add was surprised to\add* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 64 \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w also|strong="H5869"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*. \w She|strong="H5921"\w* got \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w camel|strong="H1581"\w*,  
\v 65 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* asked \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* man \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* approaching?” \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* replied, “\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* Isaac, \w my|strong="H3947"\w* master, \add the man you will be marrying\add*.” \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w veil|strong="H6809"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* face, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* custom \w for|strong="H5650"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 66 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3327"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 67 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* tent \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mother, \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*, \w and|strong="H3327"\w* \w she|strong="H3327"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* wife. \w And|strong="H3327"\w* \w he|strong="H8283"\w* loved \w her|strong="H3947"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mother’s death.   
\c 25  
\s1 Abraham died and was buried near Sarah  
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\v 1  \add Some time after Sarah died\add*, \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w another|strong="H3254"\w* \w woman|strong="H8034"\w*, \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Keturah|strong="H6989"\w*.  
\v 2 She later \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* six \w sons|strong="H3205"\w*: \w Zimran|strong="H2175"\w*, \w Jokshan|strong="H3370"\w*, \w Medan|strong="H4091"\w*, \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, \w Ishbak|strong="H3435"\w*, \w and|strong="H4080"\w* \w Shuah|strong="H7744"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Jokshan|strong="H3370"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* two \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w*. \w The|strong="H3205"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dedan|strong="H1719"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* Asshur people-group, \w the|strong="H3205"\w* Letush people-group, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* Leum people-group.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephah|strong="H5891"\w*, \w Epher|strong="H6081"\w*, \w Hanoch|strong="H2585"\w*, Abida, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Eldaah. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Keturah|strong="H6989"\w*.   
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\v 5 Abraham declared \w that|strong="H3605"\w* after \w he|strong="H3605"\w* died, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* inherit \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* owned.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w while|strong="H5750"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="H3327"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*, \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4979"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*/\w slaves|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w taken|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* secondary wives►, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* keep \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w far|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*.  
\v 7 Abraham \w lived|strong="H2416"\w* \w until|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* 175 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H5971"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w age|strong="H7872"\w*, joining \w his|strong="H4191"\w* ancestors \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* previously [DOU].  
\v 9 \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* body \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Machpelah|strong="H4375"\w* area, \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham \w had|strong="H3327"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* bought \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Heth.  
\v 10 Isaac \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ishmael \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8283"\w* body \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* Abraham previously \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8283"\w* wife \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*.  
\v 11 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* Abraham \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, God \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w his|strong="H1288"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* moved \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* Beer-Lahai-Roi.   
\s1 The descendants of Ishmael  
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\v 12 ◄These \w are|strong="H1121"\w*/\w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* now \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H1121"\w*► \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Abraham’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w to|strong="H3205"\w* whom \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*’s \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w*, \w Hagar|strong="H1904"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w*, \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 13 These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* their \w names|strong="H8034"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w order|strong="H8435"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* which \w they|strong="H8034"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H1121"\w*: \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*’s \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Nebaioth|strong="H5032"\w*. \w After|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H8034"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w*, Adbeel, \w Mibsam|strong="H4017"\w*,  
\v 14 \w Mishma|strong="H4927"\w*, \w Dumah|strong="H1746"\w*, \w Massa|strong="H4854"\w*,  
\v 15 Hadar, \w Tema|strong="H8485"\w*, \w Jetur|strong="H3195"\w*, \w Naphish|strong="H5305"\w*, \w and|strong="H5305"\w* \w Kedemah|strong="H6929"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3458"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* became \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w leaders|strong="H5387"\w*/\w chiefs|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* own settlement \w and|strong="H1121"\w* campsite.  
\v 17 \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w lived|strong="H2416"\w* until \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* 137 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4191"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, [EUP] joining \w his|strong="H3458"\w* ancestors \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* previously \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 18 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* descendants ◄\w settled|strong="H7931"\w*/\w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w*► \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w Shur|strong="H7793"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Havilah|strong="H2341"\w*, \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* border \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* travels \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* Asshur. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* camps \w were|strong="H4714"\w* close \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* frequently \w attacked|strong="H5307"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*).   
\s1 The birth of Esau and Jacob  
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\v 19 ◄\w This|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H3205"\w* \w account|strong="H8435"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w*/\w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H3327"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3205"\w* about► Abraham’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*. Abraham \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*,  
\v 20 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w*. \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aram|strong="H6307"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*. \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* sister \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Aram|strong="H6307"\w* people-group.  
\v 21 Almost 20 years \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3327"\w* married, \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* no children. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6279"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6279"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H6279"\w*. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* became \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w*.  
\v 22 \w She|strong="H4100"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* carrying twins \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* womb, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* kept jostling \w each|strong="H2088"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H4100"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \add that this is happening to me\add*?” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H4100"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* about \w it|strong="H3651"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H8147"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5647"\w* \w older|strong="H7227"\w* \w one|strong="H6810"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* twins \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* \w one|strong="H6810"\w*. \w The|strong="H5647"\w* twins \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H6810"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* people-groups \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w separate|strong="H6504"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w each|strong="H1471"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w*.” [CHI]   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* Rebekah \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* true! Twin boys \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*!  
\v 25 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w born|strong="H3318"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* red, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* body \w had|strong="H8181"\w* \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* garment \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w hair|strong="H8181"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘hairy'\add*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* brother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, grasping \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s \w heel|strong="H6119"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘heel’\add*. \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 60 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* twins \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*.   
\s1 Esau sold his rights as the oldest son  
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w boys|strong="H5288"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w*, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* skilled \w hunter|strong="H6718"\w*. \w He|strong="H3290"\w* \w spent|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* quiet \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* close \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* campsite.  
\v 28 \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* liked \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* enjoyed \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w taste|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* meat \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* killed. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* liked \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w One|strong="H4480"\w* day \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* cooking \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w*, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* came home \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, very hungry.  
\v 30 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* red stew \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat \w right|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w very|strong="H2088"\w* hungry!” [\w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Edom, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘red\add*’.]  
\v 31 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* give \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* if \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w me|strong="H4376"\w* ◄\w your|strong="H4376"\w* \w birthright|strong="H1062"\w*/\w the|strong="H3117"\w* privileges \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1062"\w* son►.”  
\v 32 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* replied, “Well, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \add from being so hungry\add*. \add If I die now\add*, ◄\w my|strong="H4191"\w* \w birthright|strong="H1062"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* benefit \w me|strong="H4191"\w*./\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w good|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H4191"\w* \w birthright|strong="H1062"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H4191"\w*?►” [RHQ]  
\v 33 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said, “◄\w Swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w*/\w Solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*► \w me|strong="H4376"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* giving \w me|strong="H4376"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* privileges \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* being \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1062"\w* son!” \w So|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* what Esau \w did|strong="H3117"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w his|strong="H3290"\w* \w birthright|strong="H1062"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* some \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* some \w stew|strong="H5138"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w lentils|strong="H5742"\w*/beans. \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* ate \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w*. \w By|strong="H6965"\w* \w doing|strong="H8354"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w showed|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* interested \w in|strong="H3212"\w*/\w did|strong="H3290"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* value► \w the|strong="H5414"\w* privileges \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* because \w of|strong="H3899"\w* being \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1062"\w* son.   
\c 26  
\s1 Isaac deceived King Abimelech  
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\v 1 \w Some|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* severe ◄\w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/scarcity \w of|strong="H4428"\w* food► \w there|strong="H1961"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* different \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w occurred|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="H1961"\w* alive. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \add southeast\add* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w* \add town, to talk\add* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Abimelech, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* people-group. \add What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt\add*,  
\v 2 \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*! \w Live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land \w where|strong="H7931"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w*!  
\v 3 \w Stay|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* lands, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H2233"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* father.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w as|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w* \w as|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* lands, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* [MTY] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w because|strong="H6118"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* father Abraham \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*. \w He|strong="H6118"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* everything \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*, everything \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w declared|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* all \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w gave|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6963"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="H8085"\w* Isaac \add went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”\add*  
\v 6  \add so Isaac\add* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \add along with his wife and sons\add*.   
\p
\v 7 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Gerar \add town\add* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w*, Isaac said, “\w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* sister.” \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* say, “\w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* wife.” \w He|strong="H1931"\w* thought, “\w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w*, \w so|strong="H6435"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* want \w her|strong="H5921"\w*. \add If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* just \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* get \w her|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Abimelech, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* people-group, \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \add in his palace\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w caressing|strong="H6711"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* wife \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H6435"\w* Abimelech \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w and|strong="H3327"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w realize|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* really \w your|strong="H5921"\w* wife! \w So|strong="H6435"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3327"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say, ‘\w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* sister’?” \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* replied \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* thought \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w might|strong="H6435"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* get \w her|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\v 10 Abimelech said, “◄\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!/\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*?► [RHQ] \w One|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w might|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* ◄\w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w*/\w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w*► [EUP] \w your|strong="H5921"\w* wife, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* sin!”  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* Abimelech \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, saying, “\w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* harm/molest \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w or|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* wife! \w Anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*!”   
\s1 The Philistines argued with Isaac about wells  
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\v 12 \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w planted|strong="H2232"\w* grain \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* land \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* harvested \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very large crop, \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 13 Isaac \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* acquire \w more|strong="H3966"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H3966"\w* possessions, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w finally|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1431"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wealthy|strong="H1431"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H1241"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* goats \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* slaves. Because \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* people \w envied|strong="H7065"\w* \w him|strong="H7065"\w*.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="H5650"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wells \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father Abraham \w had|strong="H6430"\w* \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* alive, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w up|strong="H5640"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* Abimelech said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* people \w have|strong="H3588"\w* become \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6105"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4480"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* area.”  
\v 17 \w So|strong="H3427"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \add and his family\add* moved \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w up|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H8033"\w* \w tents|strong="H2583"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* \add and started to live there\add*.  
\v 18 \w There|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H6430"\w* several wells \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* area \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H6430"\w* \w been|strong="H4194"\w* \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*’s father Abraham \w was|strong="H8034"\w* living, \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \w had|strong="H6430"\w* filled \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w up|strong="H5640"\w* \add with dirt\add* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* Abraham \w died|strong="H4194"\w*. \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* servants removed \w the|strong="H7725"\w* dirt, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* wells \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w same|strong="H8034"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* father \w had|strong="H6430"\w* \w given|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w discovered|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w fresh|strong="H2416"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w other|strong="H7121"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* lived \w in|strong="H8034"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w* \add Valley\add* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* took care \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* animals argued/\w quarreled|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* took care \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*’s animals, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H8034"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w well|strong="H5973"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* ours!” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w well|strong="H5973"\w* \w Esek|strong="H6230"\w*, \w which|strong="H4325"\w* means ‘\w dispute|strong="H7378"\w*’, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* disputed \w about|strong="H8034"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* owned \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H7121"\w*’s servants \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \w well|strong="H1571"\w*, \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w quarreled|strong="H7378"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H7121"\w* owned \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w Sitnah|strong="H7856"\w*, \add which means ‘opposition\add*’.  
\v 22 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w moved|strong="H6275"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w dug|strong="H2658"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* well, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w* \w time|strong="H6258"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w quarreled|strong="H7378"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* owned \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w Rehoboth|strong="H7344"\w*, \add which means ‘uninhabited place’\add*, saying, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H7121"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* uninhabited \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* wanted \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H7121"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7121"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* prosperous \w here|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w From|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H5927"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* Beersheba.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* first \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father Abraham worshiped. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* anything. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* help \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* Abraham, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7235"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w number|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.”  
\v 25 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \add and offered a sacrifice\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \add and his servants\add* \w set|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* tents \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w started|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w dig|strong="H3738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well.   
\s1 Isaac made a peace treaty with King Abimelech  
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\v 26  \add While they were digging the well\add*, King Abimelech \w came|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Isaac \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w*, \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* Ahuzzath, \w his|strong="H1980"\w* advisor, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Phicol|strong="H6369"\w*, \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w his|strong="H1980"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*.  
\v 27 \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w asked|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w You|strong="H7971"\w* ◄acted \w in|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hostile \w way|strong="H7971"\w* toward \w me|strong="H7971"\w*/treated \w me|strong="H7971"\w* like \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w*► before, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H8130"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w now|strong="H3327"\w*?”  
\v 28 \w One|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* answered, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* helps \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* each other, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w between|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\v 29 stating \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* same \w way|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* molest [EUP] \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.’ \w We|strong="H6258"\w* \w always|strong="H7535"\w* \w treated|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.”  
\v 30 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Isaac \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* ate \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w next|strong="H7971"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w they|strong="H1242"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* ◄\w swore|strong="H7650"\w*/\w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*► each other \w that|strong="H1242"\w* \w they|strong="H1242"\w* would \w do|strong="H7650"\w* what \w they|strong="H1242"\w* \w had|strong="H3327"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w home|strong="H3212"\w* \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* well \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* finished digging. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* said, “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* well!”  
\v 33 \w Isaac|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w well|strong="H3651"\w* \w Shibah|strong="H7656"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’\add*. \w To|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w present|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* Beersheba \add which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’\add*.   
\s1 Esau married foreign women  
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\v 34 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Judith|strong="H3067"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beeri, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elon. Both \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Heth, \add not from Isaac’s clan\add*.  
\v 35 Esau’s two wives \w made|strong="H1961"\w* life miserable \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w and|strong="H3327"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*.   
\c 27  
\s1 Jacob received a blessing from Isaac by trickery  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* almost \w blind|strong="H3543"\w*. \w One|strong="H1121"\w* day \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1121"\w*/\w older|strong="H1419"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\v 2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3045"\w* son?” Esau replied, “\w Here|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H2204"\w*!”  
\v 3 Isaac \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*. \w I|strong="H6258"\w* am \w very|strong="H6258"\w* old, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H5375"\w* know \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* die. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w quiver|strong="H8522"\w* full \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w for|strong="H3627"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* animal \w for|strong="H3627"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* kind \w of|strong="H5315"\w* tasty \w meat|strong="H4303"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w after|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* eat \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w give|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w was|strong="H3327"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*. \w So|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* left \w the|strong="H8085"\w* tent \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* animal \w in|strong="H8085"\w* order \w to|strong="H1696"\w* kill \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bring|strong="H3212"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w*,  
\v 6 \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H3290"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* brother, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 7 ‘\w Go|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* kill some \w wild|strong="H6213"\w* animal \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* here, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w meat|strong="H4303"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tasty \w way|strong="H6440"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w give|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* while \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* listening.’  
\v 8 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w do|strong="H6680"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* am telling \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \add kill\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w nice|strong="H2896"\w* \w young|strong="H1423"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \add the meat\add* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H6629"\w* \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* tasty \w food|strong="H4303"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* father, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* likes \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 10 Then \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H4194"\w* take \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* father, \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w order|strong="H5668"\w* \w that|strong="H5668"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H4194"\w* eat \w it|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* then, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w dies|strong="H4194"\w*, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H6440"\w* give \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \add and not to your older brother\add*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3290"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w to|strong="H3290"\w* \w his|strong="H3290"\w* mother \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*, “\w But|strong="H3290"\w* \w my|strong="H3290"\w* brother \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s skin \w has|strong="H3290"\w* hair all over it, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w my|strong="H3290"\w* skin \w is|strong="H6215"\w* not like \w that|strong="H2005"\w*! \w My|strong="H3290"\w* skin \w is|strong="H6215"\w* \w smooth|strong="H2509"\w*!  
\v 12 \w What|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father touches \w me|strong="H5921"\w*? \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* realize \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* tricking \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result ◄\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* cursed/\w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* say \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* bad \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w*► \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*!”  
\v 13 \w His|strong="H3947"\w* mother replied, “\w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* happens, \w let|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am telling \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w goats|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*!”  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Jacob \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* killed \w two|strong="H3947"\w* goats \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mother. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \add with the meat\add* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mother \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* some tasty \w food|strong="H4303"\w*, \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* father liked.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w older|strong="H1419"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* tent, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* she \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 16 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w skins|strong="H5785"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H1423"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w smooth|strong="H2513"\w* \w part|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w she|strong="H4303"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* tasty \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w she|strong="H4303"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 18 Jacob took \w it|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H2009"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “My \w father|strong="H1121"\w*!” Isaac replied, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w*’m \w here|strong="H2009"\w*; \w which|strong="H4310"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H2009"\w*?”  
\v 19 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H1288"\w* father, “\w I|strong="H5315"\w* am \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w*. \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* eat \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* meat \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* kill \w an|strong="H4672"\w* animal \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w*?” Jacob replied, “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* worship, enabled \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* successful.”  
\v 21 \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w my|strong="H3290"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w touch|strong="H5066"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* determine whether \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H3290"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H5066"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w went|strong="H3290"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*. \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* touched \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* said, “\w Your|strong="H3027"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w* like \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w but|strong="H3290"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w feel|strong="H4959"\w* hairy, like \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* older brother, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*.”  
\v 23 Isaac \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recognize|strong="H5234"\w* Jacob, \add because he was blind\add* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* Jacob’s \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w hairy|strong="H8163"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* older brother, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Isaac \w prepared|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* Jacob.  
\v 24 But \w first|strong="H1121"\w* Isaac asked, “\w Are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*?” Jacob replied, “Yes, \w I|strong="H2088"\w* am.”  
\v 25 Isaac said, “\w My|strong="H8354"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w bring|strong="H5066"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* meat \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* cooked, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* eat \w it|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H4616"\w* \w give|strong="H5066"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w my|strong="H8354"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w*.” \w So|strong="H4616"\w* Jacob \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w him|strong="H1288"\w* \w some|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5315"\w* ate \w it|strong="H8354"\w*. Jacob \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w him|strong="H1288"\w* \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5315"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H5066"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H5401"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5401"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w come|strong="H5066"\w* \w here|strong="H5066"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w So|strong="H5066"\w* Jacob \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* cheek. Isaac \w smelled|strong="H7306"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* clothes Jacob \w was|strong="H3068"\w* wearing. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w smelled|strong="H7306"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* Esau’s clothes. \w So|strong="H5066"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said,  
\q1 “Truly, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w smell|strong="H7381"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w smell|strong="H7381"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* ask \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w from|strong="H8064"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \add to water your fields\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w abundant|strong="H7230"\w* crops,  
\q1 good harvests \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w grapes|strong="H8492"\w* \w for|strong="H8064"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*.   
\q1
\v 29 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* ask \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* many \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* ask \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* rule over \w your|strong="H1288"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H1288"\w* mother’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* ask \w that|strong="H5971"\w* God \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w curse|strong="H1288"\w*/punish \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* ◄\w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*/ask God \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* bad things \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*►,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*.”   
\p
\v 30 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* just \w leaving|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* room where \w his|strong="H6440"\w* father \w was|strong="H1961"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* older brother, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, returned \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w hunting|strong="H6718"\w*.  
\v 31 Esau cooked \w some|strong="H5315"\w* tasty \w meat|strong="H4303"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H1288"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H1288"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w My|strong="H6965"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, please sit \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w meat|strong="H4303"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* cooked, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w give|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w*!”  
\v 32 \w His|strong="H3327"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w*?” \w He|strong="H3327"\w* answered, “\w I|strong="H1121"\w* am \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w your|strong="H1121"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!”  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, realizing \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w Esau|strong="H4310"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* earlier, \w trembled|strong="H2729"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w violently|strong="H3966"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* meat \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w animal|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w hunted|strong="H6679"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* killed, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* ate \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*? \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w here|strong="H5704"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w*. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* cannot ◄\w take|strong="H1961"\w* back \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w*/declare \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*►.”  
\v 34 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* father, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w loudly|strong="H1419"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* disappointed. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* father, “\w My|strong="H8085"\w* father, \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*!”  
\v 35 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* father said, “\w Your|strong="H3947"\w* brother came \w deceitfully|strong="H4820"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*!”  
\v 36 Esau \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w right|strong="H2009"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w which|strong="H2088"\w* means ‘cheat,’ \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* deceived \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w first|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* rights \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w being|strong="H8034"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1062"\w* son, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*!” \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* asked, “\w Do|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* left \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*?”  
\v 37 \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* declared \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* younger brother \w will|strong="H5650"\w* rule \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* declared \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w serve|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grapes|strong="H8492"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, ◄\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*?/\w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*!►” [RHQ]  
\v 38 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* said \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father, “\w My|strong="H5375"\w* father, do \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w only|strong="H1571"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*? \w My|strong="H5375"\w* father, \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*!” \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\v 39 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w where|strong="H4186"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H4186"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fertile soil \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* sends \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \add to water the fields\add*.   
\q1
\v 40 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add rob and\add* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* people [MTY] \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add get what you need to\add* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* though \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* brother’s \w slave|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* decide \w to|strong="H1961"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄free \w yourself|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w*/\w no|strong="H5647"\w* longer \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w*► \w his|strong="H5921"\w* control.”   
\s1 Jacob fled from Esau  
\p
\v 41 \w So|strong="H7126"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* father \w had|strong="H3290"\w* given \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* not \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w hated|strong="H7852"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* younger brother. \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H3820"\w*, “\w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father dies \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* finish mourning \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*!”  
\v 42 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* found \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w older|strong="H1419"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w was|strong="H1697"\w* thinking. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Your|strong="H7971"\w* \w older|strong="H1419"\w* brother, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \add comforting himself by\add* planning \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w get|strong="H7971"\w* revenge \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* deceiving \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 43 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* am telling \w you|strong="H6963"\w*. \w Escape|strong="H1272"\w* quickly \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* stay \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* brother \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 44 \w Stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* older brother \w is|strong="H3117"\w* no longer \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*.  
\v 45 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w forgets|strong="H7911"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* tell \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. If Esau kills \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \add others will kill him, and\add* \w then|strong="H3947"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* sons \w would|strong="H4100"\w* die \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w same|strong="H4480"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*!” [RHQ]   
\p
\v 46 \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* also said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, “\w These|strong="H3947"\w* \add foreign\add* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* Esau \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w*, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w*, \w are|strong="H4100"\w* making \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* miserable. \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* prefer \w to|strong="H6440"\w* die \w than|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* see \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* area!”   
\c 28  
\s1 Isaac gave instructions to Jacob  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* people-group.  
\v 2 \w Instead|strong="H3947"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* right \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w* \add in northwest Mesopotamia\add*, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* mother’s father \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w*. Ask \w one|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* mother’s brother \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 3 \w I|strong="H1288"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* pray \w that|strong="H5971"\w* God \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* enable \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add get married and\add* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* descendants, \w in|strong="H5971"\w* order \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* people-groups.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* also \w will|strong="H5414"\w* pray \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* bless \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H2233"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* enabling \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*/\w seize|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w in|strong="H5414"\w* which \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H2233"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* living \w as|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foreigner, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \add my father\add* Abraham \w and|strong="H2233"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* live \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*’s brother \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bethuel|strong="H1328"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w Aram|strong="H6307"\w* people-group.   
\s1 Esau married Ishmael’s daughter  
\p
\v 6 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* found \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w then|strong="H3947"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* found \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* people-group,”  
\v 7 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* father \w and|strong="H3212"\w* mother, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w also|strong="H5869"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w did|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w approve|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* people-group.  
\v 9 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* see \w his|strong="H3947"\w* uncle \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Mahalath|strong="H4258"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*. \w Mahalath|strong="H4258"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sister \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Nabaioth \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H3947"\w*.   
\s1 God made a promise to Jacob in a dream  
\p
\v 10 \w Meanwhile|strong="H3318"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* Beersheba \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* road \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* certain \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* stopped \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* gone \w down|strong="H7901"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* stones \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* under \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H4763"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w use|strong="H3947"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pillow. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 12 \w While|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H4397"\w* \w was|strong="H7218"\w* sleeping, \w he|strong="H4397"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w*, \w in|strong="H5927"\w* \w which|strong="H4397"\w* \w he|strong="H4397"\w* \add was surprised to\add* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stairway. \w The|strong="H5927"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* stairway \w was|strong="H7218"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w was|strong="H7218"\w* \w in|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. Jacob \w also|strong="H8064"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*’s \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* stairway.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \add was surprised to\add* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stairway, saying “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, whom \w your|strong="H3068"\w* grandfather Abraham worshiped, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* worships. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* numerous \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* particles \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* territory \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* very large. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w extend|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* directions, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*. \w And|strong="H3220"\w* \w people|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w blessings|strong="H1288"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \add what happens to\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* continue \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 16  \add During the night\add*, \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w woke|strong="H3364"\w* up \w from|strong="H3068"\w* sleeping, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w thought|strong="H3045"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w aware|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*!”  
\v 17 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w*! \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* lives, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w entrance|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*!”  
\v 18 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stone \w that|strong="H8081"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* end \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w show|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H8081"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* holy \w place|strong="H7760"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* some \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stone \add to dedicate it to God\add*.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \add which means ‘house of God’.\add* \w Previously|strong="H7223"\w* \w its|strong="H5892"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* solemnly \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, saying, “\w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w taking|strong="H1980"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* enough \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w*,  
\v 21 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w safely|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* father’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* worship.  
\v 22 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* stone \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w mark|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* people \w can|strong="H1004"\w* worship \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6237"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\c 29  
\s1 Jacob met Laban’s daughter Rachel at Haran  
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\v 1 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* continued \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* road [MTY], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H7272"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* land \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Canaan.  
\v 2 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \add was surprised to\add* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w were|strong="H6629"\w* \w lying|strong="H7257"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* well. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* well \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* shepherds habitually got \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* stone covering \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* well.  
\v 3 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w were|strong="H6629"\w* gathered \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shepherds \w would|strong="H3605"\w* work \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w roll|strong="H1556"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stone \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* well \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* finished doing \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stone \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* well.   
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\v 4  \add On that day\add*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* asked \w the|strong="H3290"\w* shepherds who \w were|strong="H3290"\w* sitting there, “Where are you \w from|strong="H3290"\w*?” They replied, “We are \w from|strong="H3290"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3045"\w* asked \w them|strong="H1121"\w*, “Do \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w*?” \w They|strong="H3045"\w* replied, “Yes, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w*.”  
\v 6 Jacob asked them, “\w Is|strong="H2009"\w* Laban \w well|strong="H7965"\w*?” \w They|strong="H7965"\w* replied, “\w Yes|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*. \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Here|strong="H2009"\w* \w comes|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H7354"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*!”  
\v 7 Jacob said, “Hey! \w The|strong="H3117"\w* sun \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* sky. \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* gathered \w for|strong="H3117"\w* nighttime. \w Give|strong="H8248"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w then|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H8248"\w* \w back|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* ◄\w graze|strong="H7462"\w*/\w eat|strong="H7462"\w* grass► \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w pastures|strong="H7462"\w*!”  
\v 8 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* gathered \w here|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stone \w is|strong="H3605"\w* removed \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* well. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* came \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w* father’s \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* took care \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w* father’s \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 10 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, \w who|strong="H1323"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* mother’s brother, \add Jacob was so excited that\add* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3290"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \add by himself\add* \w rolled|strong="H1556"\w* \w away|strong="H1556"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stone \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w covered|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* well, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* got \w water|strong="H8248"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* uncle’s \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \add on the cheek\add*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w he|strong="H3290"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w* \add because he was so happy\add*.  
\v 12 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* aunt \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* sister’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w embraced|strong="H2263"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \add on the cheek\add*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3117"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* said \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, “Truly, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* part \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H5973"\w* family!”  
\s1 Jacob \w married|strong="H3427"\w* Leah \w and|strong="H3117"\w* Rachel  
\p \w After|strong="H3117"\w* Jacob \w had|strong="H1320"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* worked \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*,  
\v 15 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* said \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* “◄\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2600"\w* just \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* relative \w of|strong="H5647"\w* \w mine|strong="H5046"\w*!/\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2600"\w* just \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* relative \w of|strong="H5647"\w* \w mine|strong="H5046"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w much|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* want \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w pay|strong="H2600"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”  
\v 16 Well, \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w had|strong="H7354"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. \w The|strong="H8034"\w* \w older|strong="H1419"\w* \w one|strong="H6996"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w one|strong="H6996"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* pretty \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w attractive|strong="H3303"\w* \w figure|strong="H8389"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* ◄\w was|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* love \w with|strong="H5647"\w*/wanted very much \w to|strong="H1323"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* married \w to|strong="H1323"\w*► \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H8141"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w That|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* \w my|strong="H3290"\w* payment \w for|strong="H8141"\w* \w your|strong="H5647"\w* letting me marry \w your|strong="H5647"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* replied, “\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* some other \w man|strong="H2896"\w*!”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w worked|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w Laban|strong="H7651"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* get \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w seemed|strong="H5869"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* loved \w her|strong="H3290"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* much.   
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\v 21 \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* seven \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w ended|strong="H4390"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, “Let \w me|strong="H3051"\w* marry Rachel \w now|strong="H3117"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* agreed \w upon|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3051"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* work \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w ended|strong="H4390"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H3117"\w* marry \w her|strong="H4390"\w*. [EUP]”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* together \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* lived \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w instead|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* Rachel \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Jacob, Laban \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* older \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* because \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* already dark, \w he|strong="H6153"\w* could \w not|strong="H1961"\w* see \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* Rachel, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w he|strong="H6153"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 24 (\w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* already \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w girl|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zilpah|strong="H2153"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w maid|strong="H8198"\w*/\w servant|strong="H8198"\w*.)   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, Jacob \w was|strong="H1961"\w* shocked \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*! \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \add and told him\add* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* angrily, “◄\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* disgusting!/\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*?► [RHQ] \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w worked|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*, \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*? \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* deceive \w me|strong="H6213"\w*?”  
\v 26 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* replied, “\w In|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*, \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w custom|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* daughter \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* married \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1067"\w* daughter.  
\v 27 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* finish \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w week|strong="H7620"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* celebration, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* younger \w one|strong="H7651"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*. \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* return, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* Rachel \w by|strong="H8141"\w* \w working|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. After \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w week|strong="H7620"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* celebration \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w ended|strong="H4390"\w*, Laban \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*, \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wife.  
\v 29 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w girl|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Bilhah|strong="H1090"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w maid|strong="H8198"\w*/\w servant|strong="H8198"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Jacob|strong="H7651"\w* \w had|strong="H7354"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* loved \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w than|strong="H1571"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* loved \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*. \w And|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H7651"\w* \w worked|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H8141"\w* \w Laban|strong="H7651"\w* \w for|strong="H8141"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\s1 Leah gave birth to four sons  
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\v 31 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* Jacob \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* love \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \add very much\add*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* enabled \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* pregnant. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* pregnant.  
\v 32 \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘Look, a son\add*!’ \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* miserable, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* husband \w will|strong="H3068"\w* love \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w giving|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*.”  
\v 33 Later \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* husband doesn’t love \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*, \add which means ‘someone who hears’\add*.  
\v 34 Later \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, finally, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* husband \w will|strong="H1121"\w* hold \w me|strong="H5921"\w* close \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, \add which means ‘hold close’\add*.  
\v 35 Later \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “◄\w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*/\w Now|strong="H6471"\w*► \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘praise’\add*. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H5750"\w* \w give|strong="H3034"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add for several years\add*.   
\c 30  
\s1 Jacob had more sons and a daughter  
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\v 1 \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* becoming pregnant \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w giving|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w any|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* older sister, Leah, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* Leah \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* four \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w She|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “Enable \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* pregnant \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H3051"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add think I will \add*\w die|strong="H4191"\w*!”  
\v 2 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w and|strong="H3290"\w* said, “◄\w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w not|strong="H4513"\w* God!/Am \w I|strong="H4480"\w* God?► [RHQ] \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w is|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* who \w has|strong="H3290"\w* \w prevented|strong="H4513"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* becoming pregnant!”  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* female slave, \w Bilhah|strong="H1090"\w*. ◄Sleep \w with|strong="H5921"\w*/\w Have|strong="H1571"\w* sex \w with|strong="H5921"\w*► [EUP] \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w may|strong="H1571"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* pregnant \w and|strong="H1129"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w though|strong="H1571"\w* ◄\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*/\w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w mine|strong="H4480"\w*►.”  
\v 4 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* she \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w*, \w Bilhah|strong="H1090"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* another wife \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 5 She \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* ◄\w vindicated|strong="H1777"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*/\w judged|strong="H1777"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w case|strong="H3651"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* decided \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*►. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* requests \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’\add*.  
\v 7 Later, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*’s \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w Bilhah|strong="H1090"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w had|strong="H7354"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great struggle \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* children \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H7121"\w* older sister, \w but|strong="H6617"\w* \w truly|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3201"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* son.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’\add*.   
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\v 9 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* becoming pregnant \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w*, \w Zilpah|strong="H2153"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w another|strong="H7200"\w* wife \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Zilpah|strong="H2153"\w* \w soon|strong="H3205"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* pregnant \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w I|strong="H7121"\w* am truly \w fortunate|strong="H1409"\w*!” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \add which means ‘fortunate’\add*.  
\v 12 Later \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*’s \w slave|strong="H8198"\w*, \w Zilpah|strong="H2153"\w*, \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am very happy, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* people \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* happy.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* Asher, \add which means ‘happy\add*.’   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* saw \w some|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w mandrakes|strong="H1736"\w*/\w plants|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* women eat \w to|strong="H3212"\w* help \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* become pregnant►. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* mother \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* saw \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w plants|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* Leah \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3947"\w*! ◄\w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* bad \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w stole|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* husband!/\w Is|strong="H1571"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* bad \w enough|strong="H4592"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w stole|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* husband?► [RHQ] \w Now|strong="H1571"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* going \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*’s mandrake plants?/\w You|strong="H3947"\w* want \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*’s mandrake plants \w also|strong="H1571"\w*, \add so that you can become pregnant\add*!►” [RHQ] \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w All|strong="H7901"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*, Jacob \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w give|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H4592"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*’s mandrake plants.” \add So Leah ◄agreed/gave her some►\add*.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* returned \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* wheat \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H3318"\w* Rachel \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w mandrakes|strong="H1736"\w* \add that enable women to become pregnant\add*, \w to|strong="H3318"\w* pay \w her|strong="H3290"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* allowing \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w her|strong="H3290"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 17 God \w answered|strong="H8085"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*’s prayers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* she \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H8198"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H7939"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* husband \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* another wife \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’\add*.   
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\v 19 \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w precious|strong="H2896"\w* \w gift|strong="H2065"\w*. ◄\w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*/\w Now|strong="H6471"\w*► \w my|strong="H3588"\w* husband \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w*/respect \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* Zebulon, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’\add*.   
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\v 21 Later \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \w Dinah|strong="H1783"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* God \w thought|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* wanted. He \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* prayers \w and|strong="H8085"\w* enabled \w her|strong="H6605"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* become pregnant.  
\v 23 She \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. She said, “God \w has|strong="H1121"\w* caused \w that|strong="H1121"\w* no longer \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* ashamed \add for not having children\add*.”  
\v 24 \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’ \add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, ‘ want \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H3254"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w another|strong="H3254"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.’   
\s1 Jacob tricked Laban and became very wealthy  
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\v 25 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* allow \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w quit|strong="H1961"\w* working \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add for a long time to get my wives\add*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* wives \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w leave|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*, “\w If|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, stay \w here|strong="H4672"\w*, \w because|strong="H1558"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* performing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* magic ritual \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w because|strong="H1558"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* what \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.  
\v 28 Tell \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* continuing \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* is \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 29 Jacob replied, “\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w worked|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* increased greatly \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 30 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w here|strong="H6258"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w increase|strong="H6555"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7230"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w number|strong="H7230"\w* wherever \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* need \w to|strong="H3068"\w* start taking care \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w needs|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.”  
\v 31 Laban replied, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*?” \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* continue \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w care|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 32 Allow \w me|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* look \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5674"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spotted|strong="H2921"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w dark-colored|strong="H2345"\w* \w lamb|strong="H7716"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w spotted|strong="H2921"\w*, \add and keep them for myself\add*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w wages|strong="H7939"\w*.  
\v 33 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* future, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* know whether \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* honest \w regarding|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* paid \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* neither \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w spotted|strong="H2921"\w*, \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3775"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w dark-colored|strong="H2345"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 34 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w agreed|strong="H3863"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “Okay, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.”  
\v 35 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Laban|strong="H5493"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w male|strong="H8495"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w black|strong="H2345"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w white|strong="H3836"\w* stripes \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w spotted|strong="H2921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w female|strong="H5795"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w spotted|strong="H2921"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* partly \w white|strong="H3836"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dark-colored|strong="H2345"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3775"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w separated|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* told \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="H7760"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w took|strong="H7760"\w* \w these|strong="H7760"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* walked \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distance|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* order \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* could \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* far \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w care|strong="H7760"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*’s \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* cut some \w branches|strong="H4731"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w poplar|strong="H3839"\w*, \w almond|strong="H3869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w plane|strong="H6196"\w* \w trees|strong="H6196"\w*/three kinds \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w trees|strong="H6196"\w* \w that|strong="H3947"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w white|strong="H3836"\w* wood►. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w peeled|strong="H6478"\w* strips \w of|strong="H5921"\w* bark \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w branches|strong="H4731"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3947"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bark \w had|strong="H3290"\w* been \w peeled|strong="H6478"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w branches|strong="H4731"\w* \w were|strong="H3290"\w* light \w in|strong="H5921"\w* color.  
\v 38 Then \w he|strong="H4325"\w* \w placed|strong="H3322"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w peeled|strong="H6478"\w* \w branches|strong="H4731"\w* \w in|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w troughs|strong="H8268"\w* where they \w put|strong="H3322"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* animals \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, so \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w branches|strong="H4731"\w* would \w be|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H6629"\w* \w front|strong="H5227"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* when they \w came|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 39 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* animals \w also|strong="H3205"\w* \w mated|strong="H3179"\w* \w in|strong="H6629"\w* front \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w branches|strong="H4731"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* eventually \w they|strong="H3205"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* animals \w that|strong="H6629"\w* \w were|strong="H6629"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w*, or \w to|strong="H3205"\w* animals \w that|strong="H6629"\w* \w were|strong="H6629"\w* \w spotted|strong="H2921"\w*, or \w to|strong="H3205"\w* animals \w that|strong="H6629"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* black \w and|strong="H6629"\w* white stripes \w on|strong="H3205"\w* \w them|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 40 Furthermore, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* female \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* goats \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*’s \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*. \w And|strong="H6629"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* female \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* mated, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w look|strong="H6440"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w black|strong="H2345"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* white stripes \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dark-colored|strong="H2345"\w* animals. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* female \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w would|strong="H3290"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w birth|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H6629"\w* \w striped|strong="H6124"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w dark-colored|strong="H2345"\w*. \w By|strong="H5921"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* bigger \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w separate|strong="H6504"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*’s \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 41 \w In|strong="H6629"\w* addition, \w whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stronger|strong="H7194"\w* female \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w ready|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w mate|strong="H3179"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* peeled \w branches|strong="H4731"\w* \w in|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w troughs|strong="H7298"\w* \w in|strong="H6629"\w* front \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3290"\w* \w mate|strong="H3179"\w* \w in|strong="H6629"\w* front \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w branches|strong="H4731"\w*.  
\v 42 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w weak|strong="H3808"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w ready|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* mate, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* branches \w in|strong="H6629"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* troughs. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w weak|strong="H3808"\w* ones \w became|strong="H1961"\w* part \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*’s \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* strong ones \w became|strong="H1961"\w* part \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 43 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, Jacob \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* rich. He owned \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* goats, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.   
\c 31  
\s1 Jacob’s family fled from Laban  
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\v 1 Someone \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* complaining \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w has|strong="H2088"\w* \w become|strong="H3519"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w rich|strong="H3519"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*.”  
\v 2 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w noticed|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* acting friendly \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* done \w before|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* country \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w relatives|strong="H4138"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*, telling \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* pastures where \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* goats \w were|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 5 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* arrived, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* father \w does|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* friendly \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w previously|strong="H8543"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* God, \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* father worshiped, \w has|strong="H1961"\w* helped \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 6 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* two \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w worked|strong="H5647"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* hard \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* father,  
\v 7 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w times|strong="H4489"\w* [HYP] \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H5414"\w* cheated \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* decreasing \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w wages|strong="H4909"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w harm|strong="H7489"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Laban said, ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wages|strong="H7939"\w*,’ \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H3205"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* changed \w and|strong="H6629"\w* said, ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* black \w and|strong="H6629"\w* white stripes \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wages|strong="H7939"\w*,’ \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H3205"\w* ones \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w striped|strong="H6124"\w*.  
\v 9 \w In|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* way, \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H5414"\w* \w taken|strong="H5337"\w* \w away|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* father \w and|strong="H4735"\w* \w has|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 10 “\w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w mating|strong="H3179"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \add looked up and was surprised to\add* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w some|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w male|strong="H6260"\w* \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w mating|strong="H3179"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* female \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* black \w and|strong="H5869"\w* white stripes \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w some|strong="H6256"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w some|strong="H6256"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w spotted|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 11 An \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* sent \w by|strong="H2472"\w* God said \w to|strong="H4397"\w* \w me|strong="H2472"\w* \w in|strong="H2472"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, ‘\w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*!’ \w I|strong="H2009"\w* replied, ‘\w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w here|strong="H2009"\w*!’  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w male|strong="H6260"\w* \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w mating|strong="H5927"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* black \w and|strong="H5869"\w* white stripes \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w speckled|strong="H5348"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w spotted|strong="H7200"\w*. \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* happening \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* am \w God|strong="H1008"\w* who \w appeared|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w to|strong="H7725"\w* show \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H8033"\w* holy, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w poured|strong="H4886"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H4886"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* stone \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w made|strong="H5087"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* solemn promise \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* land \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w were|strong="H4480"\w* \w born|strong="H4138"\w*.’”   
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\v 14 \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Our|strong="H5750"\w* father \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H5750"\w* \w give|strong="H6030"\w* \w us|strong="H6030"\w* anything \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w when|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* dies [RHQ].  
\v 15 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* treats \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H5237"\w* [RHQ]! \add Your working for him all these years was like a payment\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* gave \w him|strong="H2803"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* inherit \w any|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* got \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* spent \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H1571"\w*!  
\v 16 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wealth|strong="H6239"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* God \w took|strong="H5337"\w* \w away|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*!”   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w put|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* wives \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* go ahead \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*. Besides \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* took along \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3327"\w* \w acquired|strong="H7408"\w* while \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*. \w And|strong="H3327"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* prepared \w to|strong="H3605"\w* return \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region.   
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\v 19 \w Before|strong="H1980"\w* they \w left|strong="H1980"\w*, while \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w was|strong="H6629"\w* \w shearing|strong="H1494"\w* \w his|strong="H1494"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* \w the|strong="H1980"\w* \add small wooden\add* \w idols|strong="H8655"\w* \add that were in her father’s tent\add*.  
\v 20 Furthermore, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w deceived|strong="H1589"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Aram people-group, \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w telling|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3290"\w* planning \w to|strong="H5921"\w* leave.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* Jacob \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* possessions, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w started|strong="H6965"\w* traveling south \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region.   
\s1 Jacob rebuked Laban after Laban caught up with him  
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\v 22 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H1272"\w*, someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* family \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H1272"\w*.  
\v 23 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* relatives \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* started \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H7651"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* continued walking \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* God appeared \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w at|strong="H2472"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* catch \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w be|strong="H3915"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* anything \w at|strong="H2472"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* [HYP] \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w an|strong="H8104"\w* angry manner!”   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H8628"\w* next day, \w by|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* time \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w caught|strong="H5381"\w* \w up|strong="H8628"\w* \w with|strong="H8628"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w his|strong="H3290"\w* household \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w set|strong="H3290"\w* \w up|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3290"\w* tents \w in|strong="H3290"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* hilly \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* region. So \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w his|strong="H3290"\w* relatives \w set|strong="H3290"\w* \w up|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3290"\w* tents \w there|strong="H2022"\w*, too.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w went|strong="H3290"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w*? \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* \w deceived|strong="H1589"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H1589"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5090"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* though \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H2719"\w* [MTY]!  
\v 27 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* run \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w deceive|strong="H1589"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w were|strong="H7892"\w* going \w to|strong="H7971"\w* leave, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* sung while \w people|strong="H3808"\w* played \w music|strong="H7892"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w tambourines|strong="H8596"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w harps|strong="H3658"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* said ‘goodbye’ \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*?  
\v 28 ◄\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* goodbye \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H5203"\w*!/\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5203"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* goodbye \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H5203"\w*?► [RHQ] \w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5528"\w*!  
\v 29 \w My|strong="H8104"\w* relatives \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* last night \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* whom \w your|strong="H8104"\w* father worships \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dream, ‘\w Be|strong="H3426"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w anything|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* angry \w way|strong="H5704"\w*.’  
\v 30 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w long|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \add wooden\add* idols?”   
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\v 31 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1323"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, saying, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3290"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w tell|strong="H6030"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1323"\w* planning \w to|strong="H1323"\w* leave, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* thought \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add if I told you\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3290"\w* forcefully \w take|strong="H1497"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w away|strong="H1497"\w* \w from|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w here|strong="H4672"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* wooden idols, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* execute \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w person|strong="H3045"\w*. \w While|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* relatives \w are|strong="H4100"\w* watching, search \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w see|strong="H5234"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w here|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*!” \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* wooden idols.   
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\v 33 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s tent, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*’s tent, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* tents \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w female|strong="H8147"\w* slaves \w and|strong="H3318"\w* searched \w for|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* idols, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*. \w After|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3290"\w* tents, \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w entered|strong="H3318"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*’s tent.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w had|strong="H7354"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H8655"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w saddle|strong="H3733"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w camel|strong="H1581"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w saddle|strong="H3733"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w searched|strong="H4959"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* inside \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*’s tent, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 35 Rachel said \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* father, “\w Do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, sir, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \add to show respect for you\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* Laban \w searched|strong="H2664"\w* some \w more|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add wooden\add* \w idols|strong="H8655"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w rebuked|strong="H7378"\w* \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w*, saying, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* crime \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* commit? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* committed \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w pursued|strong="H1814"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*?  
\v 37 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w searched|strong="H4959"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H3627"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w from|strong="H7760"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H7760"\w* \w possessions|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w here|strong="H3541"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* relatives \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* relatives, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w decide|strong="H3198"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* right, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*!   
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\v 38 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w time|strong="H8141"\w*, \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w miscarried|strong="H7921"\w*/always given \w birth|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* animals safely►. \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add killed and\add* eaten \w any|strong="H3808"\w* rams \w from|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 39 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H1245"\w* animals \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* mauled/killed \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wild \w animal|strong="H2966"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H2398"\w* \w it|strong="H3915"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* replaced \w the|strong="H3117"\w* dead \w animal|strong="H2966"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* living \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* animals. \w Whenever|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H1245"\w* animals \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w*, \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* demanded \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* replace \w it|strong="H3915"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* animals.  
\v 40 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* suffered \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w heat|strong="H2721"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* cold \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* often \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w even|strong="H5869"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* [PRS]!  
\v 41 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* lived \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w worked|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* 14 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* buy \w your|strong="H2088"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* more \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* buy some \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* goats. During \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w time|strong="H8147"\w*, \w you|strong="H5647"\w* \w changed|strong="H2498"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* reduced \w my|strong="H2498"\w* \w wages|strong="H4909"\w* many \w times|strong="H4489"\w* [HYP].  
\v 42 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* grandfather Abraham worshiped \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w before|strong="H1961"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* trembled \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w*, \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3198"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* helped \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* would \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* ◄\w with|strong="H3198"\w* \w nothing|strong="H7387"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*/owning \w nothing|strong="H7387"\w*►! \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* much \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w suffering|strong="H6040"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* hard \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* working, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w last|strong="H3588"\w* night \w he|strong="H3588"\w* told \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* wrong.”   
\s1 Jacob and Laban made a solemn promise not to harm each other  
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\v 43 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w These|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H6213"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* animals. \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* here \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w mine|strong="H7200"\w* [HYP]! \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ]?  
\v 44 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* cannot do anything \w in|strong="H3212"\w* order \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w keep|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* hey, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*, \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* do something \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* remind \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*.”   
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\v 45 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add large\add* stone \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w set|strong="H7311"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* on \w its|strong="H3947"\w* end.  
\v 46 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* relatives, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* stones.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* rocks \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heap|strong="H1530"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* ate \w some|strong="H8033"\w* food \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heap|strong="H1530"\w*.  
\v 47 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* heap \w the|strong="H7121"\w* Aramaic \w name|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jegar-Sahadutha|strong="H3026"\w*, \add which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’,\add* \w but|strong="H3290"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* rock-pile \w the|strong="H7121"\w* Hebrew \w name|strong="H7121"\w* \w Galeed|strong="H1567"\w*, \add which has the same meaning\add*.  
\v 48 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Jacob, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w pile|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* rocks \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* put \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* help \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* remember \w our|strong="H5921"\w* agreement.” \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* Jacob \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w Galeed|strong="H1567"\w*.  
\v 49 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* named \w the|strong="H3588"\w* place \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’,\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* Laban said, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5641"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* separated \w from|strong="H3068"\w* each \w other|strong="H7453"\w*, \add so that we do not try to harm each other\add*.  
\v 50 \w If|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w mistreat|strong="H6031"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* other \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* be \w your|strong="H3947"\w* wives, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w no|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* tells \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, don’t forget \w that|strong="H7200"\w* God \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1323"\w* doing!”   
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\v 51 \w Laban|strong="H3837"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* said \w to|strong="H3290"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3384"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* large \w stone|strong="H1530"\w* \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w pile|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H4676"\w* rocks \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1530"\w* \w set|strong="H3384"\w* up \w to|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H3290"\w* between \w us|strong="H3384"\w*.  
\v 52 Both \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w pile|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H4676"\w* rocks \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* large \w stone|strong="H1530"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* remind \w us|strong="H5674"\w*, \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* rocks \w to|strong="H5674"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* rocks \w to|strong="H5674"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 53 We \w will|strong="H3290"\w* ask \w the|strong="H8199"\w* God whom \add your grandfather\add* Abraham \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \add his father\add* \w Nahor|strong="H5152"\w* worshiped \w to|strong="H7650"\w* punish [MTY] \w either|strong="H3290"\w* one \w of|strong="H6343"\w* \w us|strong="H8199"\w*, \add if we harm the other one\add*.”  
\p \w So|strong="H7650"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w do|strong="H7650"\w* \w what|strong="H6343"\w* they said \w in|strong="H8199"\w* \w their|strong="H3290"\w* peace agreement. \w And|strong="H3290"\w* \w he|strong="H7650"\w* asked God, \w the|strong="H8199"\w* one before whom \w his|strong="H3327"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* trembled, \w to|strong="H7650"\w* listen \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w what|strong="H6343"\w* they \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*.  
\v 54 \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* God \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* relatives \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w with|strong="H3899"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*. \w After|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* eaten, \w they|strong="H7121"\w* slept \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w*.  
\v 55 The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters \add goodbye\add* and asked God to bless them. Then he \add and his men\add* left them and returned home.   
\c 32  
\s1 Jacob sent gifts to Esau as he prepared to meet him  
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\v 1 \w As|strong="H1121"\w* Jacob \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* family continued traveling, \w some|strong="H4725"\w* angels, whom God \w sent|strong="H7725"\w*, met \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H1980"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w saw|strong="H3290"\w* \w them|strong="H1870"\w*, \w he|strong="H1980"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* God’s army camp!” \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1980"\w* named \w that|strong="H4397"\w* place Mahanaim, \add which means ‘two camps’\add*.   
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\v 3 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* told \w some|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* go ahead \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* older brother Esau, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* living \w in|strong="H8034"\w* Seir, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H8034"\w* Edom lived.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H7971"\w* told \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w This|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* what \w I|strong="H6440"\w* want \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* say \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*: '\w I|strong="H6440"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, want \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* servant \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* want \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* master. \w I|strong="H6440"\w* have been living \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H7971"\w* uncle Laban, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* have stayed \w there|strong="H6440"\w* \w until|strong="H7704"\w* \w now|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* female \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* am sending \w this|strong="H3541"\w* message \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, sir, hoping \w that|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H5650"\w* friendly \w toward|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*/treat \w me|strong="H5973"\w* kindly► \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* arrive.’ “   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H5046"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H5650"\w* message \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Esau. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* they returned \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w*, they said, “\w We|strong="H4672"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* older brother Esau. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w coming|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* 400 \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w coming|strong="H5650"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* afraid \w and|strong="H3967"\w* worried. \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1980"\w* divided \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w were|strong="H3290"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w two|strong="H1980"\w* groups. \w He|strong="H1980"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* divided \w the|strong="H7725"\w* sheep \w and|strong="H3967"\w* goats, \w the|strong="H7725"\w* cattle, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* camels, \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w two|strong="H1980"\w* groups.  
\v 8 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* thinking, “If Esau \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3290"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5971"\w*, perhaps \w one|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H3372"\w* groups \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1241"\w* left \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1241"\w* able \w to|strong="H5971"\w* escape.”  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Jacob prayed, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* God, whom \w my|strong="H1961"\w* grandfather Abraham worshiped \w and|strong="H4264"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* father Isaac worships, \w you|strong="H5221"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5221"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H1961"\w* back \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* land \w and|strong="H4264"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* relatives, \w and|strong="H4264"\w* \w I|strong="H6215"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w cause|strong="H1961"\w* good \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w*/do good \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H1961"\w*► \w you|strong="H5221"\w*.’  
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* worthy \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H7725"\w* kind \w and|strong="H3068"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H7725"\w* many ways, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* servant. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* only \w this|strong="H3068"\w* walking stick \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* crossed \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Jordan \add River on my way to Haran\add*, \w but|strong="H3290"\w* \w now|strong="H3327"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H7725"\w* wealthy \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* two large groups \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* family \w and|strong="H3068"\w* possessions.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* pray \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* rescue \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* [MTY] \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \add older \add* brother Esau, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* afraid \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* attack \w and|strong="H5650"\w* kill \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* children \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* mothers.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* said, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* prosper, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* cause \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* numerous \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* grains \w of|strong="H1121"\w* sand \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* seashore, \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H6435"\w* many \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6435"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* count \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.’”   
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\v 13 \w Jacob|strong="H5608"\w* slept \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* night. \w The|strong="H7760"\w* next morning \w he|strong="H3808"\w* selected some animals \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* brother Esau.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w selected|strong="H3947"\w* 200 female goats \w and|strong="H3027"\w* 20 male goats, 200 female \w sheep|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* 20 male \w sheep|strong="H4480"\w*,  
\v 15 30 \w female|strong="H5795"\w* camels \w and|strong="H3967"\w* their offspring, 40 cows \w and|strong="H3967"\w* ten bulls, 20 \w female|strong="H5795"\w* donkeys \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 10 \w male|strong="H8495"\w* donkeys.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H1121"\w* divided \w them|strong="H1121"\w* into small herds, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* put each herd into \w the|strong="H1121"\w* care \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1121"\w* servants. \w He|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1121"\w* servants, “Go ahead \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* group \w at|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* time, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* keep some space between each herd.”  
\v 17 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w first|strong="H6440"\w* group, “\w When|strong="H5674"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* brother Esau meets \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* asks \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w To|strong="H5414"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* belong, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w these|strong="H7760"\w* animals \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* belong?’  
\v 18 tell \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w They|strong="H3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* servant Jacob. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w sent|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* gift, sir. \w And|strong="H3212"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* coming behind \w us|strong="H6440"\w*.’”   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* said \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w thing|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* taking care \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* second \w and|strong="H7971"\w* third groups, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* other herdsmen. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* meet \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* want \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* say \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w thing|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* told \w the|strong="H7971"\w* first \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 20 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* sure \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* ‘Jacob, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* wants \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w serve|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*, \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w coming|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H1980"\w* \w us|strong="H4672"\w*.’” Jacob \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* thinking, “Perhaps \w these|strong="H2088"\w* gifts \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* sending ahead \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* ◄\w act|strong="H1980"\w* peacefully \w toward|strong="H1980"\w*/stop being angry \w with|strong="H1980"\w*► \w me|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w later|strong="H7992"\w*, \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* see \w him|strong="H4672"\w*, perhaps \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* kind \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w taking|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* [PRS] \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w* stayed \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* camp \w that|strong="H3588"\w* night.   
\s1 Jacob wrestled with Yahweh  
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\v 22 Some \w time|strong="H6440"\w* during \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3885"\w* got \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w took|strong="H5674"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* two wives, \w his|strong="H6440"\w* two female slaves, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* eleven sons \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* daughter, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sent|strong="H5674"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ford|strong="H5674"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Jabbok River.  
\v 23 \w After|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H8198"\w* done \w that|strong="H1931"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sent|strong="H5674"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w slaves|strong="H8198"\w*, carrying \w all|strong="H5674"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* possessions, \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* river.  
\v 24 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Jacob was \w left|strong="H5674"\w* \w there|strong="H5158"\w* alone. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5674"\w* \w came|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* wrestled \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* until dawn.  
\v 25 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* man realized \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w not|strong="H5704"\w* winning \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* struck \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s hip \w and|strong="H5927"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5704"\w* thigh bone \w to|strong="H5704"\w* pull \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* hip socket.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* said, “\w Let|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w go|strong="H3201"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* daylight.” \add Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with\add*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* bless \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H3201"\w*!”  
\v 27 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* man said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w What|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1288"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* name?” \w He|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w*.”  
\v 28 \w The|strong="H8034"\w* man said, “\w Your|strong="H4100"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* no longer \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w Your|strong="H4100"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* Israel, \add which means ‘he struggles with God’,\add* because \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H8034"\w* struggled \w with|strong="H8034"\w* God \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w with|strong="H8034"\w* people, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H8034"\w* won.”  
\v 29 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said, “\w Now|strong="H3588"\w*, please tell \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*!” \w The|strong="H3588"\w* man replied, “◄\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ask \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3290"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w*?/\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* ask \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3290"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w*!►” [RHQ] \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* blessed \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w there|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\v 30 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* Peniel, \add which means ‘God’s face’,\add* saying “\w I|strong="H2088"\w* looked directly \w at|strong="H8033"\w* God, \w but|strong="H3290"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* die \w because|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* doing \w that|strong="H2088"\w*.”   
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\v 31 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* sun \w was|strong="H8034"\w* rising \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* left \w Peniel|strong="H6439"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* limping \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* hip.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* muscle \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hip|strong="H3409"\w* joint \w had|strong="H8121"\w* \w been|strong="H5674"\w* injured. \w So|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* present \w time|strong="H5921"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* happened \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Jacob, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1931"\w* do \w not|strong="H5674"\w* eat \w the|strong="H5921"\w* muscle/tendon \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* attached \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* socket \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hips|strong="H3409"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* animals.   
\c 33  
\s1 Jacob and Esau met peacefully  
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\v 1  \add Then Jacob joined the rest of his family\add*. \add Later that day \add* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* 400 \w men|strong="H3206"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \add Jacob was worried because of that\add*, \w so|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w separated|strong="H2673"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w put|strong="H5375"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*’s \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*’s \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H8198"\w*’ \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* mothers.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H7760"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* two \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H8198"\w* \w and|strong="H7223"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w in|strong="H7760"\w* \w front|strong="H7223"\w*. \w He|strong="H7760"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w and|strong="H7223"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* next. \w He|strong="H7760"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w and|strong="H7223"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* at \w the|strong="H7760"\w* rear.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w continued|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w approach|strong="H5066"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* older brother, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H7323"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Jacob. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w hugged|strong="H5307"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, put \w his|strong="H5921"\w* arms \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, \w and|strong="H7323"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* cheek. \w And|strong="H7323"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Esau|strong="H4310"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* women \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*. \w He|strong="H7200"\w* asked, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* these \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w*?” Jacob replied, “These \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* wives \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w graciously|strong="H2603"\w*/kindly \w given|strong="H2603"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H5066"\w* \w the|strong="H7812"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H8198"\w* \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w their|strong="H7812"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H3206"\w* front \w of|strong="H3206"\w* Esau.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w*. \w Finally|strong="H1571"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Esau|strong="H4310"\w* asked, “\w What|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* saw?” Jacob replied, “\w I|strong="H2088"\w* am giving \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, sir, \w so|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w feel|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* toward \w me|strong="H4672"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* replied, “\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \add younger\add* brother, \w I|strong="H6215"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*! \w Keep|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H1961"\w* yourself \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H3426"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w*!”  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w No|strong="H4672"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w feel|strong="H7200"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* \w these|strong="H3947"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* greeted \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w kindly|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* smiling \w face|strong="H6440"\w* assures \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \add that you have forgiven me\add*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w*!  
\v 11 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w these|strong="H3947"\w* gifts \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* acted kindly toward \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* animals!” Jacob \w kept|strong="H6484"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* urging \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* finally \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w accepted|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H5265"\w* Esau said, “\w Let|strong="H3212"\w*’s continue \w traveling|strong="H5265"\w* together, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H3212"\w* will show \w the|strong="H5048"\w* road \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3212"\w*.”  
\v 13 Jacob \add had no intention to go with Esau\add*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, sir, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w weak|strong="H7390"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w take|strong="H3045"\w* \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* female \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w cows|strong="H1241"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* ◄sucking \w their|strong="H3605"\w* mother’s milk/\w nursing|strong="H5763"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H1241"\w*►. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* force \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* walk fast \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* distance \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w lead|strong="H5095"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* animals slowly, but \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w walk|strong="H5674"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* fast \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* animals \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w walk|strong="H5674"\w*. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* catch \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, \add in the land where the descendants of Edom live\add*.”  
\v 15 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* said, “\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \add to protect you\add*.” \w But|strong="H5971"\w* Jacob replied, “◄\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*?/\w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* need \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*!► [RHQ] \w The|strong="H4480"\w* only \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* want \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w act|strong="H4994"\w* friendly \w toward|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \add instead of going to Seir\add*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w went|strong="H5265"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \add a place called\add* \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*. \w There|strong="H8034"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w shelters|strong="H5521"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*. \w That|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reason|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, \add which means ‘shelters’\add*.   
\p
\v 18  \add Some time later,\add* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* family left \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w* \add in Mesopotamia\add*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* traveled \w safely|strong="H8003"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region. \w There|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w set|strong="H3290"\w* up \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w tents|strong="H2583"\w* \w in|strong="H2583"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* field \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 19 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* area \w was|strong="H1121"\w* named \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w*. \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* several \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="H8033"\w* \w paid|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* 100 \w pieces|strong="H7192"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H7192"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* set \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5186"\w* tents.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* built \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* El-Elohe \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add which means ‘God, the God of Israel\add*.’   
\c 34  
\s1 Hamor’s son Shechem raped Jacob’s daughter Dinah  
\p
\v 1 \w One|strong="H7200"\w* day \w Dinah|strong="H1783"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w visit|strong="H7200"\w* some \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* area.  
\v 2 \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5387"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* area \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Hiv people-group, \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*. \w He|strong="H7200"\w* wanted \w her|strong="H3947"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H7200"\w* grabbed \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* [EUP] \w with|strong="H7901"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* [SYN] \w was|strong="H3820"\w* very \w much|strong="H5921"\w* \w attracted|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w fell|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* love \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* tried \w to|strong="H1696"\w* get \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* love \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* said \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* father \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w*, “Please \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w girl|strong="H3207"\w* \w for|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*. I want \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3947"\w* become \w my|strong="H3947"\w* wife!”   
\p
\v 5 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* found \w out|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Dinah|strong="H1783"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* disgraced/\w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3290"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2790"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* returned home.   
\p
\v 6 \w In|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* meantime, \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*’s father \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.  
\v 7 \w While|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H7901"\w* talking, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* found \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w happened|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* shocked \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w Shechem|strong="H5039"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* something \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w disgraceful|strong="H5039"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, something \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*!”   
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* really likes \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w girl|strong="H1323"\w*. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w*’s \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* agreement: \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* young \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* wives, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* young \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* wives.  
\v 10 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* can \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* anywhere \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* wish. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* can buy \w and|strong="H6440"\w* sell \w things|strong="H1961"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, travel \w around|strong="H6440"\w*) \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* find \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* want, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* can buy \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* Dinah’s father \w and|strong="H5869"\w* brothers, “If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w feel|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* toward \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* what \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am asking \w for|strong="H5869"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* whatever \w you|strong="H5414"\w* ask \w for|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 12 Tell \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4976"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w and|strong="H7235"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* bride price \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want, \w and|strong="H7235"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w ask|strong="H7235"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* just want \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* wife.”   
\s1 Dinah’s brothers got revenge  
\p
\v 13 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* because \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* done \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shameful thing \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H3290"\w* sister \w Dinah|strong="H1783"\w*, \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* deceived \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H2930"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w*  
\v 14 \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* sister \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* wife \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* circumcised, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shameful \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 15 \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w*: \w You|strong="H3605"\w* must \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w circumcising|strong="H4135"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w males|strong="H2145"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* among \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* young \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* wives, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* wives \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* young \w men|strong="H5971"\w*. We \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* people-group.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w agree|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* being \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* sister \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* land.”   
\p
\v 18 \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7927"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*.  
\v 19 Shechem \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* love \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* quickly agreed \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* suggested.  
\v 20 \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w went|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* meeting place near \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H8179"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* leaders, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 21 “\w These|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w friendly|strong="H8003"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w We|strong="H2009"\w* \w should|strong="H1323"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* travel \w around|strong="H3027"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w buy|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H1992"\w*) \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w if|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* want, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w buy|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*. \w Our|strong="H5414"\w* young \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* young \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H2145"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* agree \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* people-group \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w males|strong="H2145"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4735"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* think! \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H4735"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w will|strong="H3808"\w* become ours [RHQ]! \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should agree \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w do|strong="H4735"\w* what \w they|strong="H1992"\w* suggest, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w then|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* us!”  
\v 24 \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most respected person \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s household, \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* suggested. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w male|strong="H2145"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w circumcised|strong="H4135"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* still \w sore|strong="H3510"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* circumcised, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Dinah|strong="H1783"\w*’s \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* entered \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w without|strong="H2145"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* opposing \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 26 \w They|strong="H6310"\w* even \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Dinah|strong="H1783"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* city.  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w went|strong="H3290"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w dead|strong="H2491"\w* bodies \w were|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* ◄looted/took everything \w in|strong="H5921"\w*► \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* get revenge \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* shameful thing \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w been|strong="H2930"\w* done \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* sister.  
\v 28 \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* people’s \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* goats, \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*, \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* everything else \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* wanted \w from|strong="H3947"\w* inside \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w countryside|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 29 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* valuable, even \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w seized|strong="H7617"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* caused \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Now|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Perizzi people-group \w and|strong="H1004"\w* everyone else \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H1004"\w* land \w will|strong="H1004"\w* ◄hate \w me|strong="H5921"\w*/say \w my|strong="H5921"\w* name stinks►! \w I|strong="H5921"\w* do not \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H3427"\w* if \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H4557"\w* gather \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* come \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H4557"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*!”  
\v 31 But \w they|strong="H6213"\w* replied, “◄\w Should|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* have allowed Shechem \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w treat|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H6213"\w* sister \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*?/\w We|strong="H6213"\w* could \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H6213"\w* let Shechem \w treat|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H6213"\w* sister \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*!►” [RHQ]   
\c 35  
\s1 Jacob and his family returned to Bethel  
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\v 1  \add Some time later\add* \w God|strong="H1008"\w* said \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w Build|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* worship \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w God|strong="H1008"\w*, \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H3290"\w* \w fleeing|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* older brother \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*.”  
\v 2 \w So|strong="H5493"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* others \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3290"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H8432"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* idols \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* Mesopotamia. Also, bathe \w yourselves|strong="H8432"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* worship \w God|strong="H1008"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6213"\w* helped \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* greatly distressed \w and|strong="H1980"\w* afraid, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w wherever|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w buried|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* big oak tree \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \add town\add*.   
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\v 5 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* prepared \w to|strong="H1961"\w* leave \w there|strong="H1961"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* extremely afraid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s family [PRS], \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* attack \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w came|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* now called \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region.  
\v 7 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* El-Bethel, \add which means ‘God of Bethel\add*’, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H1008"\w* \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* \w himself|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H8033"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w fleeing|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* older brother Esau.   
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\v 8 \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w*, \w who|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H1008"\w* taken care \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H7121"\w*’s wife \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* when \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small girl, \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w now|strong="H7121"\w* very old. \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H1008"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* oak tree south \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* Allon-Bacuth, \add which means ‘oak of weeping’\add*.   
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\v 9 \w After|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* family returned \w from|strong="H7200"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*/Mesopotamia, \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H3290"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* Bethel, God \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 10 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3588"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* ‘\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* God \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* God \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*. \w Produce|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* children. \w Your|strong="H7235"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H7235"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \add your grandfather\add* Abraham \w and|strong="H3327"\w* \add your father\add* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* also \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* God finished \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* Jacob, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w up|strong="H5324"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large stone \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* God \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w some|strong="H4725"\w* wine \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w some|strong="H4725"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* dedicate \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* God.  
\v 15 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \add which means ‘house of God\add*’, \w because|strong="H8033"\w* \w God|strong="H1008"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
\s1 Rachel died as Benjamin was born  
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\v 16 Jacob \w and|strong="H1008"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* family \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1008"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5265"\w* south toward Ephrath \add town\add*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3205"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w some|strong="H3530"\w* \w distance|strong="H3530"\w* \w from|strong="H5265"\w* Ephrath, \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w severe|strong="H7185"\w* \w childbirth|strong="H3205"\w* pains.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* pain \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* most \w severe|strong="H7185"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w midwife|strong="H3205"\w*/\w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* helped \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*► said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Rachel, “\w Do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!”  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w dying|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \w last|strong="H3588"\w* \w breath|strong="H5315"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Name|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* Benoni,” \add which means ‘son of my sorrow\add*’, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* father \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \add which means ‘son of my right hand\add*’.   
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\v 19 After \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* alongside \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Ephrath, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add now called\add* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w up|strong="H5324"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large stone \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w grave|strong="H6900"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w*, showing \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*’s \w grave|strong="H6900"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 21 Jacob, whose new name \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, continued \w traveling|strong="H5265"\w* \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* family, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H5265"\w* up \w his|strong="H5186"\w* tents \w on|strong="H5265"\w* \w the|strong="H5186"\w* south side \w of|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5186"\w* watchtower \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Eder|strong="H4029"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 22 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* area, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* [EUP] \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w Bilhah|strong="H1090"\w*, \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s ◄\w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*/\w female|strong="H8147"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* secondary wife►. Someone \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* very angry.  
\p ◄\w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3212"\w*/Here \w is|strong="H1931"\w*► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*, \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Zebulon.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.  
\v 25 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w*’s \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w Bilhah|strong="H1090"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*.  
\v 26 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*’s \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slave|strong="H8198"\w* \w Zilpah|strong="H2153"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Asher. All \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, except Benjamin, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w while|strong="H3290"\w* \w he|strong="H1410"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* living \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*/Mesopotamia.   
\s1 Isaac died  
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\v 27 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* returned back home \w to|strong="H8033"\w* see \w his|strong="H3327"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w at|strong="H8033"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* named \w Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w now|strong="H3327"\w* named \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*’s father Abraham \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w until|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 180 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 29 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* very \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, joining \w his|strong="H3327"\w* ancestors \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* previously. \w His|strong="H3327"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H3327"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\s1 The descendants of Esau  
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\v 1 ◄Here \w is|strong="H1931"\w*/\w I|strong="H6215"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* now give you► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H8435"\w* \w the|strong="H1931"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H8435"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, whose other name \w was|strong="H1931"\w* Edom.  
\v 2 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* three \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region: \w Adah|strong="H5711"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Elon \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Heth people-group; Oholibamah, \w who|strong="H6215"\w* \w was|strong="H6215"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Anah|strong="H6034"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zibeon|strong="H6649"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Hiv people-group;  
\v 3 \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w*, \w who|strong="H1323"\w* \w was|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w and|strong="H1323"\w* sister \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Nebaioth|strong="H5032"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife \w Adah|strong="H5711"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* Eliphaz. \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w Reuel|strong="H7467"\w*.  
\v 5 Oholibamah \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jeush|strong="H3274"\w*, \w Jalam|strong="H3281"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Korah|strong="H7141"\w*. All these \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* while \w he|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* living \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region.   
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\v 6-7 Jacob and Esau had very many possessions. The result was that they needed more land for their livestock. The land where they were living was not big enough for both of them. They had too much livestock. So Esau, whose other name was Edom, had taken his wives and sons and daughters and all the other members of his household, his sheep and goats and his other animals, and all the other things he had obtained in Canaan land, and they had moved to an area that was away from Jacob.  
\v 8 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* went \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w*.   
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\v 9 ◄Here \w is|strong="H6215"\w*/\w I|strong="H6215"\w* \w will|strong="H2022"\w* now give \w you|strong="H2022"\w*► another list \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* male descendants \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*. He \w was|strong="H6215"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* Edom people-group \w who|strong="H6215"\w* live \w in|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H2022"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w* \w area|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife \w Adah|strong="H5711"\w* gave birth \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Eliphaz, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w* gave birth \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuel|strong="H7467"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliphaz \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w*, Omar, \w Zepho|strong="H6825"\w*, \w Gatam|strong="H1609"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Eliphaz \w also|strong="H3205"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*/female slave whom \w he|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* secondary wife►. \w Her|strong="H6215"\w* name \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Timna|strong="H8555"\w*. She \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* six \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w grandsons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife \w Adah|strong="H5711"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Reuel|strong="H7467"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Nahath|strong="H5184"\w*, \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*, \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mizzah|strong="H4199"\w*. They \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w grandsons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife Oholibamah, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anah|strong="H6034"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zibeon|strong="H6649"\w*, \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* three \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*: \w Jeush|strong="H3274"\w*, \w Jalam|strong="H3281"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Korah|strong="H7141"\w*.   
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\v 15 ◄Here \w is|strong="H1121"\w*/\w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* now give you► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* people-groups \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*. \w His|strong="H6215"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Eliphaz \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Teman|strong="H8487"\w* people-group, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* Omar people-group, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zepho|strong="H6825"\w* people-group, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w* people-group,  
\v 16 \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Korah|strong="H7141"\w* people-group, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gatam|strong="H1609"\w* people-group, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w* people-group. They \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliphaz \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Esau’s wife \w Adah|strong="H5711"\w*. They lived \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* Edom region.   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuel|strong="H7467"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* ancestors \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nahath|strong="H5184"\w*, \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*, \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mizzah|strong="H4199"\w* people-groups. They \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descended|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w*. They \w also|strong="H1121"\w* lived \w in|strong="H1121"\w* Edom.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*’s wife Oholibamah, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* mother \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anah|strong="H6034"\w*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* ancestors \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeush|strong="H3266"\w*, \w Jalam|strong="H3281"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Korah|strong="H7141"\w* people-groups.   
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\v 19 \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* list \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Esau|strong="H6215"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* people-groups \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* their \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 20 ◄\w This|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w*/\w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* now give \w you|strong="H3427"\w*► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* Hor people-group, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* people-group \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* Edom region: \w Lotan|strong="H3877"\w*, \w Shobal|strong="H7732"\w*, \w Zibeon|strong="H6649"\w*, \w Anah|strong="H6034"\w*,  
\v 21 \w Dishon|strong="H1787"\w*, Ezer, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dishan|strong="H1789"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* seven \w men|strong="H1121"\w* became ancestors \w of|strong="H1121"\w* people-groups. Each \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* people-groups \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* same name \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* name \w of|strong="H1121"\w* their ancestor.   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Lotan|strong="H3877"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hori|strong="H2753"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Heman \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Lotan|strong="H3877"\w*’s sister \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Timna|strong="H8555"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shobal|strong="H7732"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Alvan|strong="H5935"\w*, \w Manahath|strong="H4506"\w*, \w Ebal|strong="H5858"\w*, \w Shepho|strong="H8195"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Onam.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H4672"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zibeon|strong="H6649"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* Aiah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anah|strong="H6034"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w Anah|strong="H6034"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w discovered|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w hot|strong="H3222"\w* \w springs|strong="H3222"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* taking care \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H4672"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zibeon|strong="H6649"\w*’s \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Anah|strong="H6034"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* two \w children|strong="H1121"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* named \w Dishon|strong="H1787"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* named Oholibamah.   
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\v 26 Dishon’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hemdan|strong="H2533"\w*, Eshban, \w Ithran|strong="H3506"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Keran.   
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\v 27 Ezer’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bilhan|strong="H1092"\w*, \w Zaavan|strong="H2190"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Akan|strong="H6130"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Dishan|strong="H1789"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Aran.   
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\v 29-30 The people-groups who were descendants of Hor lived in the Seir/Edom region. The names of the people-groups are Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.   
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\v 31 \w These|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* names \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Edom \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Beor|strong="H1160"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bela|strong="H1106"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* Edom. \w The|strong="H8034"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* where \w he|strong="H8034"\w* lived \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Dinhabah|strong="H1838"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bela|strong="H1106"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jobab|strong="H3103"\w*/\w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H8478"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w* \add city\add*.   
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\v 34 When \w Jobab|strong="H3103"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Husham|strong="H2367"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H8478"\w* \w was|strong="H3103"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* region \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Teman people-group lived.   
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\v 35 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Husham|strong="H2367"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, Bedad’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Hadan \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w Husham|strong="H2367"\w*’s army fought \w the|strong="H5221"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* people-group \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* region \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w Husham|strong="H2367"\w* lived \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Avith|strong="H5762"\w*.   
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\v 36 When \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Samlah|strong="H8072"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H8478"\w* \w was|strong="H1908"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w Masrekah|strong="H4957"\w* \add town\add*.   
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\v 37 When \w Samlah|strong="H8072"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Shaul|strong="H7586"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H8478"\w* \w was|strong="H7586"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w Rehoboth|strong="H7344"\w* \add town\add* along \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \add Euphrates\add* \w river|strong="H5104"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaul|strong="H7586"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
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\v 39 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal-Hanan|strong="H1177"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Hadad|strong="H1924"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w he|strong="H5892"\w* lived \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Pau|strong="H6464"\w*. \w His|strong="H8478"\w* wife’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Mehetabel|strong="H4105"\w*. \w She|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Matred|strong="H4308"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Me-Zahab.   
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\v 40-43 ◄Here is/I will now give you► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list of all the people-groups that were descendants of Esau: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. They all lived in the Edom region. The land where each people-group lived got the same name as the name of the people-group.   
\c 37  
\s1 Joseph had two dreams about himself and his brothers  
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\v 1 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region \w where|strong="H4033"\w* \w his|strong="H3290"\w* father \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* previously.  
\v 2 ◄\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*/\w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* tell \w you|strong="H1961"\w*► \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s family.  
\p \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 17 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* taking care \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w goats|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H1961"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* older \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s ◄concubines/female \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* secondary wives►. \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* sometimes told \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 3 Jacob loved \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* loved \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w born|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* Jacob \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*. Jacob \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3605"\w* pretty \w robe|strong="H3801"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w long|strong="H3605"\w* sleeves.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3808"\w*’s older brothers \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* father loved \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* loved \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* kindly \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 5 One night \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w He|strong="H3130"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* brothers \w about|strong="H3130"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H2088"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w*!  
\v 7 \w In|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* dream, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* tying \w up|strong="H6965"\w* bundles \w of|strong="H7704"\w* wheat \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. \w Suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* bundle \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* straight, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* surprisingly, \w your|strong="H6965"\w* bundles \w gathered|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* bundle \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w it|strong="H8432"\w*!”  
\v 8 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* brothers \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3254"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w think|strong="H8130"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* day \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Are|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add saying that some day\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* going \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*?” [RHQ] \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w even|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H4910"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*.   
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\v 9 Later \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, \w and|strong="H5750"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w his|strong="H5608"\w* older brothers \w about|strong="H5608"\w* \w it|strong="H2009"\w*. \w He|strong="H2009"\w* said, “\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H2472"\w* \w this|strong="H2009"\w*! \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w In|strong="H5750"\w* \w this|strong="H2009"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, \w the|strong="H7812"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H5750"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w and|strong="H5750"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w were|strong="H3556"\w* \w bowing|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H2472"\w* \w me|strong="H2472"\w*!”  
\v 10 \w He|strong="H2088"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w his|strong="H5608"\w* father \w about|strong="H5608"\w* \w it|strong="H4100"\w*. \w His|strong="H5608"\w* father \w rebuked|strong="H1605"\w* \w him|strong="H5608"\w*, saying “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* suggesting \w by|strong="H2472"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* [RHQ]? \w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* think \w it|strong="H4100"\w* means \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* mother \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* older brothers \w will|strong="H4100"\w* some day \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H2472"\w* \w the|strong="H7812"\w* ground \w in|strong="H2088"\w* front \w of|strong="H5608"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?” [RHQ]  
\v 11 Joseph’s older brothers \w were|strong="H1697"\w* furious/angry \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H7065"\w*, but \w his|strong="H8104"\w* father \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* thinking \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* dream meant.   
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\v 12 One day Joseph’s older brothers \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* care \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w their|strong="H3212"\w* father’s \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* goats \w that|strong="H7462"\w* \w were|strong="H6629"\w* eating grass near \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Some|strong="H2009"\w* \w time|strong="H3478"\w* later, \w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H7971"\w* brothers \w are|strong="H3478"\w* taking care \w of|strong="H7462"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* sheep \w and|strong="H3478"\w* goats \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* [RHQ]. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w going|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* replied, “Okay.”  
\v 14 \w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* doing okay, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* doing okay. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w report|strong="H1697"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \add the valley where they were living\add*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* where \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* located, \add to go north\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* brothers.  
\p \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H7725"\w* arrived \w near|strong="H7200"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \add city\add*,  
\v 15 \w while|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H7704"\w* \w wandering|strong="H8582"\w* around \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H1245"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w*/\w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w his|strong="H1245"\w* brothers, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*, “Whom \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w*/\w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w*?”  
\v 16 Joseph replied, “\w I|strong="H5046"\w* am \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* older brothers. \w Can|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w where|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* taking care \w of|strong="H7462"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* sheep \w and|strong="H4994"\w* goats?”  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* replied, “\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3130"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* saying, ‘\w Let|strong="H3212"\w*’s \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* sheep \w and|strong="H3212"\w* goats \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w* \add town\add*.’”  
\s1 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w taken|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Egypt \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* brothers sold \w him|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\p \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* north, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* older brothers near \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w*.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H2962"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H2962"\w* was still \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7350"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H2962"\w* decided \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H1167"\w* said \w to|strong="H2472"\w* each other \add things like\add*, “\w Here|strong="H2009"\w* comes \w that|strong="H2009"\w* \w dreamer|strong="H1167"\w*!”  
\v 20 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* “Hey, \w let|strong="H6258"\w*’s \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* body \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w one|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H2416"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* pits/cisterns. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ferocious/\w wild|strong="H7451"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* attacked \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* ate \w him|strong="H7200"\w*. \w And|strong="H3212"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w whether|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* true/\w make|strong="H7200"\w* sure \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* true►!”   
\p
\v 21 \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* saying, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3027"\w* persuade \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* [MTY] \w Joseph|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*! \w We|strong="H7725"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* pit/cistern \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* [MTY].” \w He|strong="H3027"\w* said \w that|strong="H4616"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, planning \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3808"\w* later \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* father.   
\p
\v 23 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* arrived \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* older brothers \w were|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* seized \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3130"\w* ripped \w off|strong="H6584"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* pretty \w robe|strong="H3801"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w long|strong="H5921"\w* sleeves.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* pit/cistern. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* pit/cistern \w was|strong="H4325"\w* dry; there \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w no|strong="H3947"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w*.   
\p
\v 25 \w After|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄caravan/group \add of traders\add*►, descendants \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Ishmael, \w coming|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* area. \w Their|strong="H5375"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w loaded|strong="H5375"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* bags \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w spices|strong="H5219"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* nice-smelling resins. \w They|strong="H5375"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* sell \w those|strong="H5375"\w* things \w there|strong="H2009"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \add older and younger\add* brothers, “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* younger brother \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w hide|strong="H3680"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* body, ◄\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w gain|strong="H1215"\w*?/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w gain|strong="H1215"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w*!► [RHQ]  
\v 27 \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, \w instead|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* harming \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, \w let|strong="H1961"\w*’s \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w men|strong="H1320"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Ishmael. Don’t forget, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w our|strong="H8085"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* younger brother!” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 28 \w When|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w traders|strong="H5503"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Midian area \w came|strong="H5927"\w* near, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s brothers \w pulled|strong="H4900"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* pit/cistern. \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H5674"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* men \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Midian \w for|strong="H4714"\w* 20 pieces \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w traders|strong="H5503"\w* \w then|strong="H5674"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\p
\v 29 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* pit/cistern, \w he|strong="H7725"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* younger brother \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w so|strong="H7725"\w* grieved \w that|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H7725"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* clothes.  
\v 30 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w and|strong="H7725"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* \w is|strong="H3206"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]   
\p
\v 31  \add Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened\add*. \w They|strong="H3947"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w robe|strong="H3801"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w goat|strong="H5795"\w* \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w robe|strong="H3801"\w* \w in|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w goat|strong="H5795"\w*’s \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 32 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w took|strong="H5234"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* pretty \w robe|strong="H3801"\w* back \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w We|strong="H4994"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w robe|strong="H3801"\w*! \w Look|strong="H4994"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Is|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w robe|strong="H3801"\w*?”  
\v 33 \w He|strong="H3130"\w* \w recognized|strong="H5234"\w* \w it|strong="H5234"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3130"\w* said, “Yes, \w it|strong="H5234"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H2963"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w robe|strong="H3801"\w*! Some ferocious/\w wild|strong="H7451"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* attacked \w and|strong="H1121"\w* killed \w him|strong="H5234"\w*! \w I|strong="H1121"\w* am sure \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w has|strong="H3130"\w* \w torn|strong="H2963"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*!”   
\p
\v 34 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w so|strong="H7760"\w* grieved \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*/\w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* wear \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* mourning \w for|strong="H5921"\w* someone \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* died►. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* mourned/cried \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 35 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* try \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* did \w not|strong="H3588"\w* pay attention \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* said. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w No|strong="H3605"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w*/\w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6965"\w* Joseph’s \w father|strong="H1121"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3381"\w* cry \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\p
\v 36 \w In|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H4376"\w* meantime, \w the|strong="H4376"\w* \w men|strong="H8269"\w*/traders \w from|strong="H4714"\w* Midian \w took|strong="H2876"\w* Joseph \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* him \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Potiphar|strong="H6318"\w*, \w who|strong="H6547"\w* \w was|strong="H6547"\w* one \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H4376"\w* king’s \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*. He \w was|strong="H6547"\w* \w the|strong="H4376"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H4376"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H6547"\w* protected \w the|strong="H4376"\w* king.   
\c 38  
\s1 Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar tricked Judah into making her pregnant  
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\v 1 \w At|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* older \w and|strong="H3063"\w* younger brothers \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* hilly area \w and|strong="H3063"\w* stayed \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Hiram, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8034"\w* Adullam \add town\add*.  
\v 2 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* ◄met/\w became|strong="H7200"\w* acquainted \w with|strong="H3947"\w*► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H3669"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Shua|strong="H7770"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* later \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Er|strong="H6147"\w*.  
\v 4 Later \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* Onan.  
\v 5 Many years \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* family \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* Kezib \add town\add*, Judah’s wife \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7956"\w*.   
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\v 6 When \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’s \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w* \w Er|strong="H6147"\w* \add grew up\add*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Er|strong="H6147"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* something \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w considered|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* very \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H6965"\w* Onan, “\w Your|strong="H6965"\w* older \w brother|strong="H2992"\w* died without having any sons. \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w marry|strong="H2992"\w* \w his|strong="H6965"\w* widow \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H6965"\w* \w her|strong="H6965"\w*. \w That|strong="H3063"\w* \w is|strong="H3063"\w* \w what|strong="H2233"\w* our customs require \w that|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* should \w do|strong="H3063"\w*.”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Onan \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w any|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* would \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w considered|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w every|strong="H5414"\w* \w time|strong="H2233"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* brother’s widow, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w spilled|strong="H7843"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* semen \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get pregnant \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w produce|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* older brother.  
\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7489"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter-in-law|strong="H3618"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, “Return \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* marry \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w else|strong="H6435"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* youngest \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7956"\w* \w grows|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w*, \add he can marry you\add*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add really did not want Shelah to marry her, because\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* afraid \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H1571"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7956"\w* \w would|strong="H3063"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w*, \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* older \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H6435"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \add obeyed Judah and\add* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w her|strong="H3618"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w again|strong="H3212"\w*.   
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\v 12 Several \w years|strong="H3117"\w* later, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’s wife, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shua|strong="H7770"\w*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w mourning|strong="H5162"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* finished, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w decided|strong="H5162"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w*, \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* ◄men \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w shearing|strong="H1494"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*/\w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* being sheared► \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* Hiram, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Adullam, \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 13 Someone said \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H5046"\w* \w father-in-law|strong="H2524"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add the fields near the city of\add* \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* help \w the|strong="H5927"\w* men who \w are|strong="H5927"\w* \w shearing|strong="H1494"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.”  
\v 14  \add She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So\add* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* widow’s clothes, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* head \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w veil|strong="H6809"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w would|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄recognize \w her|strong="H5414"\w*/know \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w*►. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Enaim|strong="H5879"\w* \add town\add*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w head|strong="H6440"\w* \add like prostitutes often did\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add and sat where prostitutes often sat)\add*.  
\v 16 Judah \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter-in-law|strong="H3618"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, “Hey, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*!” \w She|strong="H1931"\w* replied, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* allowing \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*?”  
\v 17 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1423"\w* \w goat|strong="H5795"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w*.” \w She|strong="H5704"\w* \w asked|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* something \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* keep \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w goat|strong="H5795"\w*?”  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* replied, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*?” \w She|strong="H4100"\w* replied, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ring \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* name \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w tied|strong="H6616"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cord|strong="H6616"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* neck, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* walking stick \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* holding \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w she|strong="H4100"\w* became \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w*.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H5493"\w*, \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w veil|strong="H6809"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* widow’s \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w gave|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1423"\w* \w goat|strong="H5795"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* Adullam, \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* woman, \w as|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* promised. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* woman.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* men \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H4725"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prostitute \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* sitting \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Enaim|strong="H5879"\w*?” \w They|strong="H3808"\w* replied, “\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prostitute \w here|strong="H2088"\w*!”  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w went|strong="H3063"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w*. \add Furthermore\add*, \w the|strong="H7725"\w* men \w who|strong="H3063"\w* live \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* town said, ‘\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prostitute \w here|strong="H2088"\w*.’”  
\v 23 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said, “\w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w keep|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w gave|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* search \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*, \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3063"\w* ridicule \w us|strong="H6435"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* tried \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w young|strong="H1423"\w* \w goat|strong="H1423"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w About|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter-in-law|strong="H3618"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H2320"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w*!” \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “Drag \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* city \w and|strong="H3063"\w* kill \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w burning|strong="H8313"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w*!”   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3318"\w* taking \w her|strong="H7971"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*, \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w ring|strong="H2858"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* walking stick \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* told \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Judah, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* say \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w The|strong="H7971"\w* man \w who|strong="H4310"\w* owns \w these|strong="H1931"\w* things \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* caused \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w become|strong="H3318"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w*.” \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H4994"\w* \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w ring|strong="H2858"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w cord|strong="H6616"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* attached \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* walking stick. \w Whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w*?”  
\v 26 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w recognized|strong="H5234"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ring \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stick. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelah|strong="H7956"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3063"\w*.” \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* sex [EUP] \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.   
\p
\v 27 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, \add she was surprised that\add* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* twin boys \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* womb.  
\v 28 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w midwife|strong="H3205"\w* \w fastened|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scarlet|strong="H8144"\w* \w thread|strong="H8144"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wrist, saying, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*.”  
\v 29 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* pulled \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w inside|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* womb, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* brother \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* first. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w break|strong="H6555"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* first!” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Perez|strong="H6557"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘breaking out\add*.’  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* younger brother, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scarlet|strong="H8144"\w* \w thread|strong="H8144"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* wrist, \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘redness of dawn\add*.’   
\c 39  
\s1 In Egypt, Joseph refused to have sex with Potiphar’s wife  
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\v 1 Meanwhile, \w the|strong="H3027"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Ishmael \w took|strong="H3381"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w Potiphar|strong="H6318"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Potiphar|strong="H6318"\w* \w was|strong="H6547"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* \w who|strong="H6547"\w* \w was|strong="H6547"\w* \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* king’s \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* king’s ◄palace guards/guards \w who|strong="H6547"\w* protected \w the|strong="H3027"\w* king►.  
\v 2 \w Because|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* work very well, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* master.  
\v 3 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* master \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* helping \w Joseph|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* enabling \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w personal|strong="H8334"\w* \w servant|strong="H8334"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* possessions.  
\v 5 \w From|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w Potiphar|strong="H6485"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w owned|strong="H3426"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Potiphar|strong="H6485"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w Potiphar|strong="H6485"\w*’s crops \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w grow|strong="H1288"\w* well.  
\v 6 Potiphar allowed \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* owned. Potiphar needed \w to|strong="H1961"\w* decide \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* ate. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w concerned|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* house.  
\p \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* well-built/muscular \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w handsome|strong="H3303"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Because|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*, \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w*, \w his|strong="H5375"\w* master’s wife \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w* fondly \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* day \w she|strong="H5973"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* [EUP] \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*!”  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*, saying \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w*’s wife, “\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w*! \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w concerned|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3045"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w owns|strong="H3426"\w*.  
\v 9 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* authority \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allowed \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* wife! \w So|strong="H6213"\w* ◄\w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* \add that you are asking me to do\add*?/\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w thing|strong="H3972"\w*!► [RHQ] \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*!”  
\v 10 \w She|strong="H5973"\w* \w kept|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* asking \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* [EUP] \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\s1 To get revenge, Potiphar’s wife lied, and Potiphar had Joseph thrown into prison  
\p
\v 11 \w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H1004"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* none \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w servants|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 12 Potiphar’s wife \w grabbed|strong="H8610"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* cloak \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H3027"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* [EUP] \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*!” \w Joseph|strong="H3027"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* house, \w but|strong="H5800"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* cloak \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w still|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*!  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w leaving|strong="H5800"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* cloak \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\v 14 \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* servants. \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*! \w This|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* husband brought \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* ◄insulting/trying \w to|strong="H1004"\w* do something disgraceful \w to|strong="H1004"\w*► \w us|strong="H7200"\w*! \w He|strong="H1004"\w* came \w into|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* tried \w to|strong="H1004"\w* ◄rape \w me|strong="H7200"\w*/\w make|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w sex|strong="H7901"\w* [EUP] \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*►, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w screamed|strong="H7121"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\v 15 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* scream \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* loincloth \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w*!”  
\v 16 \w She|strong="H5704"\w* kept \w the|strong="H5704"\w* loincloth \w beside|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H5704"\w* husband, \w Joseph|strong="H1004"\w*’s master, came \w home|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* she \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* story: “\w That|strong="H1697"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* whom \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w brought|strong="H5650"\w* here \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w into|strong="H1697"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* room \w and|strong="H5650"\w* tried \w to|strong="H1696"\w* rape \w me|strong="H1696"\w*!  
\v 18 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H6963"\w* \w screamed|strong="H7121"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*, \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w*, \w leaving|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* holding \w his|strong="H7121"\w* loincloth!”  
\v 19 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Joseph’s master \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* story \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* “\w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w how|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \w treated|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*,” \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s prisoners \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* stayed \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w prison|strong="H1004"\w* \w warden|strong="H8269"\w*/man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w charge|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*► \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* \w warden|strong="H8269"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w charge|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w charge|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w warden|strong="H8269"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* concerned \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* taking \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w helped|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* well \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\c 40  
\s1 Joseph told two other prisoners the meaning of their dreams  
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\v 1 \w Some|strong="H1697"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, two \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*’s officials \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* displeased \w him|strong="H1961"\w*. \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* chief ◄drink-server/man \w who|strong="H4428"\w* prepared \w the|strong="H1697"\w* wine \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w served|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*►, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* other \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* chief ◄baker/man \w who|strong="H4428"\w* baked bread \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*►.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w became|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* guards. \w That|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w being|strong="H1004"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* two \w men|strong="H6485"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w prison|strong="H4929"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* palace guards \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w servant|strong="H8334"\w*, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w needs|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w One|strong="H8147"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w while|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s drink-server \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H4428"\w* baker \w were|strong="H4714"\w* there \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w each|strong="H2492"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w Each|strong="H2492"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* different meaning.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w next|strong="H7200"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w came|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H1242"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* both \w of|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H3130"\w* \w dejected|strong="H2196"\w*/worried.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H7592"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* do \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w look|strong="H6440"\w* \w so|strong="H7592"\w* \w sad|strong="H7451"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?”  
\v 8 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H4994"\w* answered, “\w We|strong="H4994"\w* both \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* last night, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* there \w is|strong="H3130"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*.” \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3130"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* only \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H5608"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* what \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w dreamed|strong="H2492"\w*, \w and|strong="H4994"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* meaning.”  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*’s \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* drink-server \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. \w He|strong="H6440"\w* said, “\w In|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5608"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* grapevine \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 10 \w On|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w branches|strong="H8299"\w*. \w After|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w branches|strong="H8299"\w* \w budded|strong="H6524"\w*, \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w blossomed|strong="H6524"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w then|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w produced|strong="H1310"\w* clusters \w of|strong="H1612"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H6547"\w* holding \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*’s \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w squeezed|strong="H7818"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* juice \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* drink \w the|strong="H5921"\w* juice.”  
\v 12  \add God immediately told Joseph what the dream meant\add*. \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w him|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* dream: \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w branches|strong="H8299"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* vine \w represent|strong="H7969"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Within|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* release \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* prison. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w cups|strong="H4945"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* wine \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* drink-server.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* everything \w goes|strong="H3318"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.  
\v 15 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w took|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w away|strong="H1589"\w* forcefully \w from|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* fellow \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w* live. \add I did nothing wrong there\add*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* Egypt, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* deserved \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* prison. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* kind \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* tell \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* release \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w from|strong="H1571"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* prison!”   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* baker \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*’s drink-server \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w favorable|strong="H2896"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w baskets|strong="H5536"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w bread|strong="H2751"\w* stacked \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 17 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w basket|strong="H5536"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w were|strong="H7218"\w* many \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* baked \w goods|strong="H4639"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w were|strong="H7218"\w* eating \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w basket|strong="H5536"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H6547"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*!”  
\v 18 God \w again|strong="H6030"\w* told \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* dream meant, \w so|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w baskets|strong="H5536"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* \w represent|strong="H7969"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Within|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w command|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* cut \w off|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w hung|strong="H8518"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* vultures \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w come|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* eat \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ◄king’s \w birthday|strong="H3205"\w*/\w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H3117"\w* older►. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king invited \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w birthday|strong="H3205"\w*. \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* celebration, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king summoned \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* drink-server \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* baker \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prison.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* said \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* drink-server could \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* previous job \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w cups|strong="H4945"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* wine \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 22 But \w he|strong="H3130"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H8518"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* baker should be killed by being \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w*, just as \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* said would happen when \w he|strong="H3130"\w* told \w the|strong="H8518"\w* two \w men|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H8518"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w their|strong="H8518"\w* dreams.   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* drink-server \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H3130"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgot|strong="H7911"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* do \w what|strong="H2142"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* asked \w him|strong="H2142"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* do.   
\c 41  
\s1 Joseph told the king that the meaning of his dreams was that there would be a big famine  
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\v 1 Two complete \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Egypt \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w*. \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 2 \w Suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w healthy|strong="H1277"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w river|strong="H2975"\w*. \w They|strong="H5927"\w* started eating \w the|strong="H4480"\w* grass \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H1320"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* riverbank.  
\v 3 Soon \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w other|strong="H8193"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w*, unhealthy-looking \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w thin|strong="H1851"\w*, \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w behind|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fat|strong="H1320"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w were|strong="H8193"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* riverbank.  
\v 4 Then \w the|strong="H7451"\w* unhealthy \w thin|strong="H1851"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* ate \w the|strong="H7451"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w healthy|strong="H1277"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w*. \w And|strong="H6547"\w* then \w the|strong="H7451"\w* king \w woke|strong="H3364"\w* up.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* king \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w*, \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w dream|strong="H2492"\w*. \w This|strong="H5927"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w* \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H2896"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H2009"\w* full \w of|strong="H2896"\w* kernels \w of|strong="H2896"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w ripe|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w growing|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H2896"\w* \w stalk|strong="H7070"\w*.  
\v 6 \w After|strong="H6779"\w* \w that|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H2009"\w* king \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H2009"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* other \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H7641"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w sprouted|strong="H6779"\w* on \w that|strong="H2009"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, on another) stalk. They \w were|strong="H2009"\w* \w thin|strong="H1851"\w* \w and|strong="H7651"\w* had been dried \w up|strong="H6779"\w* by \w the|strong="H2009"\w* hot \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H6921"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w thin|strong="H1851"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H4392"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* ripe \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* king \w woke|strong="H3364"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*. \w He|strong="H2009"\w* realized \w that|strong="H6547"\w* \w he|strong="H2009"\w* \w had|strong="H6547"\w* been dreaming.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H7971"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* worried \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w magicians|strong="H2748"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H7121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* what \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* dreamed, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w none|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* could \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* two \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* drink-server \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* king, “\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* something \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*! \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mistake \w by|strong="H3117"\w* forgetting \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 10 \w One|strong="H1004"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w two|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* baker \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* guards.  
\v 11 \w While|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* were there, \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w each|strong="H2492"\w* \w of|strong="H2492"\w* us \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w the|strong="H3915"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* different meanings.  
\v 12 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w with|strong="H8033"\w* \w us|strong="H5608"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* palace guards. \w We|strong="H8033"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w him|strong="H5608"\w* what \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H2876"\w* dreamed, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w us|strong="H5608"\w* what \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* meant. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* each \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w us|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w exactly|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* meanings \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* told \w us|strong="H7725"\w*: \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* could \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* previous job \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other man \w was|strong="H1961"\w* killed \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w*. \add The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph\add*.”   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* king heard \w that|strong="H7121"\w*, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* told \w some|strong="H4480"\w* servants \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w bring|strong="H7121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w* \w brought|strong="H7323"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* prison. \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w shaved|strong="H1548"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* better \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w went|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* stood \w in|strong="H7121"\w* front \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* king.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* two \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* no \w one|strong="H8085"\w* can \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* mean. \w But|strong="H8085"\w* someone \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* someone \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* can \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* person \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* means.”  
\v 16 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H6030"\w* king, “No, \w I|strong="H7965"\w* cannot do \w that|strong="H6547"\w*. \w It|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H3130"\w* God \w who|strong="H6547"\w* knows \w the|strong="H6030"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H7965"\w* dreams, \w but|strong="H6030"\w* \w he|strong="H3130"\w* \w will|strong="H6547"\w* enable \w me|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w tell|strong="H6030"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* their meaning, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H7965"\w* \w will|strong="H6547"\w* mean something good.”   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* first \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w was|strong="H6547"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 18 \w Suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w healthy|strong="H1277"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w river|strong="H2975"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* started eating \w the|strong="H4480"\w* grass \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H1320"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* riverbank.  
\v 19 Soon \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w*, \w ugly|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w thin|strong="H7534"\w* \w ones|strong="H7451"\w*, \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* behind \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w such|strong="H2007"\w* \w ugly|strong="H7451"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!  
\v 20 \w The|strong="H7534"\w* \w thin|strong="H7534"\w* \w ugly|strong="H7451"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* ate \w the|strong="H7534"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w came|strong="H6510"\w* up \w first|strong="H7223"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* afterwards, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H7451"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* thin cows ate \w them|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H7451"\w* just \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w ugly|strong="H7451"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H7451"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w woke|strong="H3364"\w* up.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* had \w another|strong="H7200"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H4392"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w*. \w They|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H7070"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w of|strong="H4392"\w* kernels \w of|strong="H4392"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w ripe|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H7070"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w growing|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H2896"\w* \w stalk|strong="H7070"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \add to my surprise\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* other \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H7641"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w that|strong="H2009"\w* \w sprouted|strong="H6779"\w*. They \w were|strong="H2009"\w* \w thin|strong="H1851"\w* \w and|strong="H7651"\w* had been dried \w up|strong="H6779"\w* by \w the|strong="H2009"\w* hot \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H6921"\w*.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="H5046"\w* \w thin|strong="H1851"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H2748"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w*. \w I|strong="H5046"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w these|strong="H5046"\w* dreams \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w magicians|strong="H2748"\w*, \w but|strong="H1104"\w* none \w of|strong="H2748"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* could \w explain|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* they meant.”   
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* king, “Both \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* have \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* meaning. God \w is|strong="H1931"\w* revealing \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 26 \w The|strong="H8141"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* healthy \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w represent|strong="H2007"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w The|strong="H8141"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w also|strong="H1931"\w* \w represent|strong="H2007"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w The|strong="H8141"\w* two \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* both \w have|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H8141"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w meaning|strong="H2007"\w*.  
\v 27 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thin|strong="H7534"\w* \w ugly|strong="H7451"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* behind \w them|strong="H2007"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w worthless|strong="H7386"\w* \w heads|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* dried \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* hot \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H6921"\w* each \w represent|strong="H2007"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* ◄\w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/\w when|strong="H1961"\w* food \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* very scarce►.  
\v 28 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H1697"\w* God \w has|strong="H1697"\w* revealed \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 29 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w which|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7647"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* food \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\v 30 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* ◄\w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/\w when|strong="H3615"\w* food \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* very scarce►. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* people \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w when|strong="H3615"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H7458"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7647"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* food, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w come|strong="H3615"\w* afterward \w will|strong="H4714"\w* ruin \w the|strong="H3605"\w* country.  
\v 31 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* forget \w how|strong="H3588"\w* plentiful food \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3515"\w*.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* God \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H6213"\w* \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \add wants you to know\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w soon|strong="H4116"\w*.   
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\v 33 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* suggest \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H2450"\w* choose \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H6547"\w* \w is|strong="H4714"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w make|strong="H7896"\w* good decisions. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* suggest \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w appoint|strong="H7896"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w direct|strong="H7896"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* affairs \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* whole country.  
\v 34 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H8141"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w supervisors|strong="H6485"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* country, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* order \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* arrange \w to|strong="H6213"\w* collect one-fifth \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* grain \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w is|strong="H4714"\w* harvested during \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* food \w is|strong="H4714"\w* plentiful.  
\v 35 \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w should|strong="H8141"\w* \w collect|strong="H6908"\w* \w this|strong="H8104"\w* amount \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* seven \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* coming, \w when|strong="H6547"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* food. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w should|strong="H8141"\w* supervise \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w store|strong="H6651"\w* \w it|strong="H8104"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 36 \w This|strong="H4714"\w* grain \w should|strong="H8141"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* stored \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* eaten \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* here \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w this|strong="H4714"\w* country \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* die \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*.”   
\s1 The king made Joseph the governor of all of Egypt, to handle the problem of the famine  
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\v 37 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* king \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w plan|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 38 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* king said \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*, “◄\w Can|strong="H5650"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w any|strong="H4672"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* Joseph, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* whom God \w has|strong="H5650"\w* \w given|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H4672"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w*?/\w It|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* likely \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w*, \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* whom God \w has|strong="H5650"\w* \w given|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H4672"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w*!►” [RHQ]   
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\v 39 \w Then|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king said \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H3605"\w* God \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w revealed|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H3644"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H6547"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* decide wisely \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 40 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Egypt must obey \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w* [MTY] \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w authority|strong="H5921"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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\v 41 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w putting|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* country \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.”  
\v 42 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w finger|strong="H2885"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ring|strong="H2885"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* seal \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w finger|strong="H2885"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* robes \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w fine|strong="H8336"\w* \w linen|strong="H8336"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w chain|strong="H7242"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*.  
\v 43 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w arranged|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Joseph \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \add that showed that he was\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* second-most important \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* country. \w When|strong="H5921"\w* Joseph \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* road \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “Get \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* road!” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* Joseph \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* country.   
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\v 44 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* king said \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w I|strong="H4714"\w* am \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* [IDM] if \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* permit \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*.”  
\v 45 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* new \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w Zaphenath-Paneah|strong="H6847"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w also|strong="H8034"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* Asenath \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wife. \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Potiphera|strong="H6319"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* temple \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \add city\add*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w became|strong="H3318"\w* \w known|strong="H3318"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, traveled) \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* 30 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* work \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w To|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* work, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s palace \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w traveled|strong="H5674"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 47 During \w the|strong="H6213"\w* next \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land \w produced|strong="H6213"\w* abundant crops, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* there \w was|strong="H8141"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7647"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* food.  
\v 48 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H6908"\w* supervised \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* helpers \w collected|strong="H6908"\w* one-fifth \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* produced \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w stored|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* helpers store \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w grown|strong="H6908"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 49 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w store|strong="H7235"\w* \w up|strong="H6651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w amount|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* looked \w as|strong="H5704"\w* plentiful \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w on|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w*. \w There|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w so|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w stopped|strong="H2308"\w* keeping records \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w stored|strong="H6651"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* could \w measure|strong="H3966"\w*.   
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\v 50 \w Before|strong="H2962"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* seven \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* started, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s wife Asenath \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* first \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \add which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget\add*’, \w because|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w forget|strong="H5382"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* troubles \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.”  
\v 52 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* son \w Ephraim|strong="H8034"\w*, \add which means ‘to have children\add*’, \w because|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w given|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* children here \w in|strong="H8034"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land where \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* suffered.”   
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\v 53 Finally \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* which \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7647"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* food \w ended|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 54 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* predicted. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H3899"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* nearby lands, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* although \w the|strong="H3605"\w* crops \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* grow, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* stored \w up|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cities.  
\v 55 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* [MTY] \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* eaten \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* begged \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* tells \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 56 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* very bad \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* country, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* ordered \w his|strong="H3605"\w* helpers \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* storehouses. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w sold|strong="H7666"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* storehouses \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* very \w severe|strong="H2388"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 57 \w And|strong="H4714"\w* people \w from|strong="H4714"\w* many [HYP] nearby countries \w came|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H4714"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H7458"\w* very \w severe|strong="H2388"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP].   
\c 42  
\s1 Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain, but didn’t realize they were buying it from their brother  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* someone told \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w grain|strong="H7668"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* buy, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, “◄\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* just sit \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w looking|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* each other?/\w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* just sit \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w looking|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* each other!► [RHQ] \w We|strong="H3588"\w* need some \w grain|strong="H7668"\w*!”  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*, “\w Someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H2421"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w grain|strong="H7668"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* sale \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H3381"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \add older\add* brothers \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* some \w grain|strong="H1250"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \add younger\add* brother, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* others, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* afraid/worried \w that|strong="H3588"\w* something terrible \w might|strong="H6435"\w* \w happen|strong="H7122"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H7122"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Jacob’s other \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Egypt \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w grain|strong="H7666"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* others \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w too|strong="H1961"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H7989"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* Egypt. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sold|strong="H7666"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* many \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries [HYP] \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w*. \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s brothers arrived, \add they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and\add* \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground.  
\v 7 \w As|strong="H1696"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* brothers, \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w recognized|strong="H5234"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* pretended \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w did|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w know|strong="H5234"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*. \w He|strong="H1696"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w harshly|strong="H7186"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, “Where do \w you|strong="H7200"\w* come \w from|strong="H7200"\w*?” \w One|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w We|strong="H7186"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* come \w from|strong="H7200"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* some \w grain|strong="H7666"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w Although|strong="H3808"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w recognized|strong="H5234"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* brothers, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recognize|strong="H5234"\w* \w him|strong="H5234"\w*.  
\v 9 \w And|strong="H7200"\w* \w then|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H2492"\w* \w dreamed|strong="H2492"\w* \w about|strong="H3130"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w many|strong="H7200"\w* years previously. \add But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother\add*. \w He|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H2472"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*! \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w come|strong="H2142"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7270"\w* \w whether|strong="H7200"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3130"\w* be able \w to|strong="H7200"\w* defend ourselves \add if you attack us\add*!”  
\v 10 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* them replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, sir! We \w have|strong="H5650"\w* come \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w grain|strong="H7666"\w*.  
\v 11 \w We|strong="H5168"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*. \w We|strong="H5168"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* honest \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*.”  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, “\add I do not believe you\add*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* come just \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w whether|strong="H7200"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* would \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H7200"\w* defend ourselves \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H7200"\w* attacked!”  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* replied, “No, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H1121"\w* true! Originally \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Our|strong="H5650"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*. \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w has|strong="H5650"\w* died. [EUP]”   
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\v 14 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\add You are lying! I think\add* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H1696"\w* I \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w*. \w You|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H3130"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*!  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6547"\w* determine whether \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are saying \w is|strong="H2088"\w* true. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are spies. \w And|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6547"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H2088"\w* \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*!  
\v 16 \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* group \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* younger brother \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* here. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* prison, \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3808"\w* test \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w whether|strong="H4480"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* telling \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* true. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H6547"\w* goes \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* younger brother here, \w then|strong="H3947"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* clear \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w lying|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H3117"\w* Joseph put \w them|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w prison|strong="H4929"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w went|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* prison \w and|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w fears|strong="H3372"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* God \add will punish me if I do not do what I promise\add*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w spare|strong="H2421"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w lives|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 19 \w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* honest men, \w let|strong="H3651"\w* \w one|strong="H3651"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3651"\w* brothers stay \w here|strong="H3651"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* some \w grain|strong="H7668"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3651"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* who \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* hungry \w because|strong="H3651"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w famine|strong="H7459"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* come back \w here|strong="H3651"\w* again, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* prove \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w true|strong="H3651"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* each \w other|strong="H2063"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w surely|strong="H8085"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w that|strong="H7200"\w* ◄\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w being|strong="H5315"\w* punished/\w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* punishing \w us|strong="H5921"\w*►! \w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* [SYN] \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* distressed \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w pleaded|strong="H2603"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w harm|strong="H5315"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H5315"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*!”   
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\v 22 \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w harm|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* [RHQ], \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*! \w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* being ◄\w paid|strong="H8085"\w* back/punished► \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w killing|strong="H1818"\w* \w him|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY]!”   
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\v 23 \w While|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* talking \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* speaking \w through|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w interpreter|strong="H3887"\w*/someone \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* language \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Egyptian language►, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* speaking \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* own language, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w could|strong="H3045"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* language, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3045"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* saying.  
\v 24  \add Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong\add*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* could \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w keep|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w*, \add and he did not want them to see him crying\add*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w outside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* room \w and|strong="H7725"\w* began \w to|strong="H1696"\w* cry. \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* servants \w to|strong="H1696"\w* tie \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prison \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* others \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* could \w go|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* servants \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w*’s \w sacks|strong="H8242"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w*, \w but|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* top \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sack|strong="H8242"\w*. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H6720"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* eat along \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*. After \w the|strong="H5414"\w* servants \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s older brothers,  
\v 26 \w his|strong="H5375"\w* older brothers \w loaded|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sacks \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w grain|strong="H7668"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w left|strong="H8033"\w*.   
\s1 Joseph’s brothers returned home, frightened because the money they paid was in their sacks  
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\v 27 \w At|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* stopped \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* night, \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sack|strong="H8242"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* get \w some|strong="H2009"\w* grain \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* amazed \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w top|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sack|strong="H8242"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* exclaimed \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* brothers, “Someone \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*! \w Here|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* sack!” \w They|strong="H4100"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* shaking \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w fear|strong="H2729"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* each \w other|strong="H2063"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* God \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*?”   
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\v 29 \w When|strong="H3290"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* returned \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* father \w in|strong="H5046"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* land, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w happened|strong="H7136"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w*. \w One|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* said,  
\v 30 “\w The|strong="H5414"\w* man who governs \w the|strong="H5414"\w* whole land \w of|strong="H1696"\w* Egypt \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* very \w harshly|strong="H7186"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* acted toward \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H5414"\w* though \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* spying \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* country.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* told \w him|strong="H1961"\w*, ‘We \w are|strong="H1961"\w* honest men! We \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*.  
\v 32 Originally \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*. \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* died [EUP], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* our \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* our \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.’  
\v 33 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* governor \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \add did not believe us\add*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* honest \w men|strong="H3947"\w*: \w Leave|strong="H3240"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* brothers \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* some \w grain|strong="H7459"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* starving \w from|strong="H3947"\w* hunger \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* return, \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w in|strong="H5414"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* honest men. \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* release \w your|strong="H5414"\w* brother \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w And|strong="H3045"\w* \w then|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* buy whatever \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* country.’”   
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\v 35 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* emptying \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w sacks|strong="H8242"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* surprised \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3701"\w* each \w man|strong="H7200"\w*’s \w sack|strong="H8242"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w pouch|strong="H6872"\w* \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*! \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* father \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* pouches \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w frightened|strong="H3372"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H7921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* dead, \w and|strong="H3290"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w*! \w And|strong="H3290"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* want \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* suffering \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* happening!”   
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\v 37 \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* responsible \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Benjamin. \add I will take him to Egypt and\add* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* Benjamin \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H7725"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.”  
\v 38 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Jacob said, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H7604"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w His|strong="H3588"\w* \add older\add* brother \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \add one of my wife Rachel’s\add* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*! \w If|strong="H3588"\w* something harms \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* traveling, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* would cause \w me|strong="H5973"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gray-haired|strong="H7872"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*.”   
\c 43  
\s1 Joseph’s brothers returned to Egypt with Benjamin, to buy more grain  
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\v 1 The \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H7458"\w* Canaan got worse.  
\v 2 Finally, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* Jacob \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* family \w had|strong="H1961"\w* eaten \w all|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w grain|strong="H7668"\w* they \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, Jacob said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w some|strong="H4592"\w* \w more|strong="H1961"\w* \w grain|strong="H7668"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*!”  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* sold \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* grain \w warned|strong="H5749"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* sternly, ‘\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* [SYN] \w again|strong="H6440"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* younger brother \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.’  
\v 4 \w So|strong="H7971"\w*, \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H3426"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w our|strong="H7971"\w* younger brother \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H7971"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3426"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* some \w grain|strong="H7666"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w there|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* said \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H7971"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* younger brother \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’”  
\v 6 Jacob \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* cause \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w* trouble \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w telling|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* man \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* younger brother?”  
\v 7 \w One|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* replied, “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H2416"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* family. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H3426"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* father \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*? \w Do|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* brother?’ \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w questions|strong="H1697"\w*. ◄\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H5750"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w here|strong="H3426"\w*, \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* brother \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!’/\w How|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H5750"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w here|strong="H3426"\w*, \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* brother \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!’►” [RHQ]   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* father \w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w our|strong="H7971"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w may|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* grain \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* hunger.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* myself \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w guarantee|strong="H6148"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* return. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w require|strong="H1245"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* what \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am promising [IDM]. \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H2398"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* back \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* safely, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* say \w forever|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w blame|strong="H2398"\w*/\w it|strong="H3322"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w fault|strong="H2398"\w* \add that he did not return to you►\add*.  
\v 10 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* ◄wasted \w so|strong="H7725"\w* much \w time|strong="H6471"\w*/waited \w so|strong="H7725"\w* long►, \w by|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w gone|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w two|strong="H2088"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*!”   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* father Jacob \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*, “\w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w there|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w way|strong="H2063"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*: \w Put|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w sacks|strong="H3627"\w* \w some|strong="H4592"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w best|strong="H2173"\w* \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* grown \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* man \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w*. \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H4592"\w* \w balm|strong="H6875"\w*/perfume \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w spices|strong="H5219"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w myrrh|strong="H3910"\w*/ointment, \w some|strong="H4592"\w* pistachio nuts, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w almonds|strong="H8247"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w twice|strong="H4932"\w* \w as|strong="H4932"\w* \w much|strong="H6310"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w as|strong="H4932"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* previous time, \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* someone \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* tops \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* sacks. Perhaps \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mistake|strong="H4870"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* sacks.  
\v 13 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* younger brother \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H6965"\w* man.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* pray \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* other brother, \w as|strong="H6440"\w* well \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w come|strong="H7971"\w* back here \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. But \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, if \w my|strong="H5414"\w* sons \w are|strong="H7356"\w* \w taken|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w then|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* sons!”   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* Jacob said \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* should \w take|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w twice|strong="H4932"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* amount \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* grain would cost, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* quickly \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.  
\v 16 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w*/\w supervised|strong="H5921"\w*► things \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H7200"\w* \w these|strong="H1004"\w* men \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Slaughter|strong="H2874"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w animal|strong="H2874"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* meal, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*.” \add And he told him in what order they were to be seated\add*.   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* man \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said. \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* took \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* thinking, “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* sacks \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w* \w time|strong="H8462"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w*. \w While|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* eating, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* attack \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w seize|strong="H3947"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H3372"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w our|strong="H3947"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.”   
\s1 Joseph made a feast for his brothers, but they still did not recognize him  
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\v 19 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5066"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* man who \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* things \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 20 one \w of|strong="H8462"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* said \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*, “Please, sir, listen \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w me|strong="H3381"\w*. We \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* here \w previously|strong="H8462"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w bought|strong="H7666"\w* some \w grain|strong="H7666"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* night \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w returning|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* sacks. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* astonished \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w top|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* each \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* sacks \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* exact amount \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w paid|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grain! \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 22 We \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w brought|strong="H3381"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w grain|strong="H7666"\w*. We \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w our|strong="H3045"\w* sacks.”   
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* man replied, \add “Relax\add*! \w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w worry|strong="H3372"\w* \w about|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*! \w I|strong="H5414"\w* received \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w*. \w Your|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* father worships, must \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* sacks.” \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* prison.   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3130"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H4554"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3130"\w* going \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w with|strong="H3899"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w at|strong="H8033"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* men \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* arrived.   
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\v 26 \w When|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w came|strong="H3130"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w they|strong="H3027"\w* presented \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7812"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w brought|strong="H3027"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7812"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3130"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7812"\w* ground \w in|strong="H1004"\w* front \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 27 \w He|strong="H2205"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w them|strong="H7592"\w* if \w they|strong="H7965"\w* \w were|strong="H2205"\w* ◄\w well|strong="H7965"\w*/\w in|strong="H5750"\w* good \w health|strong="H7965"\w*►, \w and|strong="H2205"\w* then \w he|strong="H2205"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w*, “\w How|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H2416"\w* \w the|strong="H7592"\w* \w health|strong="H7965"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w your|strong="H7592"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* father, \w the|strong="H7592"\w* \w one|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w you|strong="H7592"\w* told \w me|strong="H7592"\w* about? \w Is|strong="H2416"\w* \w he|strong="H2205"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*?”  
\v 28 \w One|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w them|strong="H5750"\w* replied, “Yes, \w our|strong="H5650"\w* father, \add who is willing to be\add* \w your|strong="H7965"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w he|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H5650"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w they|strong="H7965"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* front \w of|strong="H5650"\w* him.   
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H1144"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* mother’s \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H1144"\w* asked \w them|strong="H5375"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w whom|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* told \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H5375"\w*?” \w After|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* said “\w Yes|strong="H7200"\w*,” \w he|strong="H1144"\w* said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, “\w Young|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w pray|strong="H5375"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* God \w will|strong="H5869"\w* act kindly toward \w you|strong="H7200"\w*.”  
\v 30 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w left|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w realized|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H1245"\w* cry \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w was|strong="H3130"\w* full \w of|strong="H1245"\w* emotion \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* younger brother/loved \w his|strong="H3588"\w* younger brother \w so|strong="H3588"\w* much►. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3130"\w* \w into|strong="H3130"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* private \w room|strong="H2315"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w*, \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tears \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* controlling \w his|strong="H7760"\w* emotions, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w servants|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Serve|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*!”   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w considered|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* disgraceful \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w with|strong="H3899"\w* \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* servants \w served|strong="H7760"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w served|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* other \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* ate \w with|strong="H3899"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7760"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w served|strong="H7760"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3808"\w*’s older brothers \w and|strong="H3899"\w* younger brother \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7760"\w*.  
\v 33 \w His|strong="H6440"\w* brothers \w were|strong="H3427"\w* \w astonished|strong="H8539"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* see \w that|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* seats \w were|strong="H3427"\w* arranged according \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* ages, \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6810"\w*!  
\v 34 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w when|strong="H7235"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w portions|strong="H4864"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* food \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w served|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3027"\w*’s \w table|strong="H6440"\w*, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*’s \w portion|strong="H4864"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w times|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w*’s \w portion|strong="H4864"\w*! \w So|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* ate food \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* wine \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w became|strong="H7235"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* cheerful.   
\c 44  
\s1 Joseph tricked his brothers by having his cup put in Benjamin’s sack  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* brothers \w were|strong="H1004"\w* ready \w to|strong="H3201"\w* return \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H1004"\w* \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H5375"\w* who \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* things \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, “\w Fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sacks \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* men \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w much|strong="H6310"\w* grain \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \add on their donkeys\add*. \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* each \w man|strong="H5375"\w*’s sack \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w paid|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* grain.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w cup|strong="H1375"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w top|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother’s sack, along \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w paid|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w grain|strong="H7668"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* servant \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w next|strong="H7971"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w at|strong="H7971"\w* \w dawn|strong="H1242"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* started \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w way|strong="H7971"\w* home \w with|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* servant \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, “\w Pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w*. \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w catch|strong="H5381"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, say \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H5892"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w paid|strong="H7999"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w back|strong="H7999"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* something \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*?  
\v 5  \add You have stolen the cup\add* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H6213"\w* master \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w from|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ]! \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w cup|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w uses|strong="H5172"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* find \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w nobody|strong="H3808"\w* knows! \w What|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7489"\w*!’”   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H1697"\w* servant \add left immediately and\add* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w caught|strong="H5381"\w* up \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5381"\w*, \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5381"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* Joseph \w had|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, “Sir, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*? \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* never \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*!  
\v 8 \w We|strong="H2005"\w* \w even|strong="H2005"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* land \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* tops \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H7725"\w* sacks! \w So|strong="H7725"\w* ◄\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7725"\w* would \w not|strong="H7725"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* master’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*!/Why would \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* master’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 9 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H4672"\w* \w discover|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H5650"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5650"\w* cup, \w you|strong="H4672"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H1697"\w* man replied, “Okay, \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w cup|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* executed. Instead, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* return home.”   
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\v 11 Each of \w the|strong="H6605"\w* men \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w lowered|strong="H3381"\w* \w his|strong="H6605"\w* sack \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* donkey \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* ground \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w it|strong="H3381"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* servant \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H2490"\w* \w search|strong="H2664"\w* \w for|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w cup|strong="H1375"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* each sack. \w He|strong="H1144"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w with|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1419"\w* brother’s sack \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w ended|strong="H3615"\w* \w with|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* \w one|strong="H6996"\w*’s sack. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w he|strong="H1144"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w cup|strong="H1375"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*’s sack \w and|strong="H1419"\w* showed \w it|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H2490"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* brothers \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \add because they were so dismayed\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w loaded|strong="H6006"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sacks \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\s1 Back in Egypt, Joseph said that only the one who stole his cup would be his slave  
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H5307"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \add older and younger\add* brothers entered \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* servant told \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* what \w had|strong="H3063"\w* happened. \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* brothers \w threw|strong="H5307"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*? \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w nobody|strong="H3808"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w*?” [RHQ]   
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\v 16 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “Sir, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*? \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* prove \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w*/\w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* steal \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w cup|strong="H1375"\w*►? \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H5650"\w* ◄\w paid|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w* back/punished \w us|strong="H3027"\w*► \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \add we committed many years ago\add*. \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w now|strong="H1571"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*—\w both|strong="H1571"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w whose|strong="H5650"\w* sack \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w cup|strong="H1375"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3027"\w* replied, “\w No|strong="H6213"\w*, \w I|strong="H5650"\w* could never \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7965"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* man \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w whose|strong="H5650"\w* sack \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w cup|strong="H1375"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w rest|strong="H7965"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* return \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* father \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w*.”   
\s1 Judah pleaded that he be allowed to become Joseph’s slave instead of Benjamin  
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Joseph \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “Sir, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* equal \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king himself, \w so|strong="H5066"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H1697"\w* \w command|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* executed; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4994"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 19 \w You|strong="H7592"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w us|strong="H7592"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H3426"\w* \w your|strong="H7592"\w* father still living, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H7592"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w another|strong="H3426"\w* brother?’  
\v 20 \w We|strong="H4191"\w* answered, ‘\w Our|strong="H3426"\w* father \w is|strong="H3426"\w* alive, \w but|strong="H3498"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w an|strong="H3426"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* son \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* born after \w our|strong="H3426"\w* father became \w an|strong="H3426"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* son \w had|strong="H3426"\w* \w an|strong="H3426"\w* \add older\add* brother, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* now \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* son \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* only \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w his|strong="H4191"\w* mother’s \w sons|strong="H3206"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* still alive, \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w his|strong="H4191"\w* father loves \w him|strong="H4191"\w* very \w much|strong="H3498"\w*.’  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* said \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w*, \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* younger brother \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H5650"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.’  
\v 22 \w We|strong="H3201"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w that|strong="H5288"\w*, \w because|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w his|strong="H5800"\w* father. If \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w leaves|strong="H5800"\w* \w his|strong="H5800"\w* father, \w his|strong="H5800"\w* father \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H4191"\w* sorrow.’  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* told \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* back \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*!’  
\v 24 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* father, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 25  \add Months later\add* \w our|strong="H7725"\w* father said, ‘\w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Egypt \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w some|strong="H4592"\w* \w more|strong="H7725"\w* \w grain|strong="H7666"\w*!’  
\v 26 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* back \w by|strong="H3808"\w* ourselves. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* sells grain \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* brother \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*.’  
\v 27 \w Our|strong="H5650"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* replied, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* wife \add Rachel\add* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H3205"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 28 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w disappeared|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* wild animal \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* \w torn|strong="H2963"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*.” \w And|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w since|strong="H2008"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 29 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* am \w an|strong="H3947"\w* \w old|strong="H7872"\w* \w gray-haired|strong="H7872"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w*. If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* something harms \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w would|strong="H7451"\w* cause \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* die \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H7451"\w*.’   
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\v 30 “\w So|strong="H6258"\w* please listen. \w My|strong="H5650"\w* father \w will|strong="H5650"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H5315"\w* only if \w his|strong="H5650"\w* youngest son remains \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 31 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* return \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w gray-haired|strong="H7872"\w* father \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w*.  
\v 32 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* guaranteed/promised \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w would|strong="H5288"\w* return safely. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* told \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* require \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am promising. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H2398"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* back \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* say \w forever|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w blame|strong="H2398"\w*/\w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w fault|strong="H2398"\w*► \add for not bringing him back to you\add*.’   
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\v 33 “\w So|strong="H5927"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H5927"\w* youngest brother, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w return|strong="H8478"\w* home \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* other older brothers.  
\v 34 ◄\w I|strong="H3588"\w* cannot return \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* father \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w with|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*!/\w How|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* return \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* father \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w with|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*?► [RHQ] \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H6435"\w* want \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w miserable|strong="H7451"\w*/\w sad|strong="H7451"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* father \w would|strong="H5288"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w*!”   
\c 45  
\s1 Joseph told his brothers who he was  
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\v 1 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* control \w his|strong="H3605"\w* feelings \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* servants, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* loudly, “\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w*!” \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w*, \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* told \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brothers \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w cried|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w who|strong="H6547"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* outside \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* even \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* king’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* brothers, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*! \w Is|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* father \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*?” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* brothers \w were|strong="H3130"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3130"\w* frightened \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3130"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w his|strong="H4376"\w* brothers, “\w Come|strong="H5066"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*!” \w When|strong="H5066"\w* they \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w closer|strong="H5066"\w*, \w he|strong="H3130"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H4714"\w* am \w your|strong="H4994"\w* brother \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*! \w I|strong="H4714"\w* am \w the|strong="H5066"\w* one \w you|strong="H4994"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* traders \w who|strong="H4376"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w here|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* \w distressed|strong="H2734"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5869"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* save \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* dying \add because of the famine\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* been \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* country \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H2088"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H2568"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w continue|strong="H5750"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* no \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* plow \w ground|strong="H2758"\w*, \w and|strong="H2568"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* no \w crops|strong="H7105"\w* \w to|strong="H8141"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.  
\v 7 But \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w here|strong="H7760"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w keep|strong="H2421"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* starving, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* sure \w that|strong="H1419"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H6413"\w* \w survive|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w*; \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w*! \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* become \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* father \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w charge|strong="H4910"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H4910"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!  
\v 9 \w Now|strong="H3541"\w* return \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* say \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “God \w has|strong="H3605"\w* caused \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* become \w the|strong="H3605"\w* governor \w over|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w immediately|strong="H4116"\w*!  
\v 10 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* region. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w goats|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*, \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w come|strong="H3423"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* starve. [EUP]”’   
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\v 12 “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* closely, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, \w including|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* brother \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* really \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, Joseph, \w who|strong="H3588"\w* am \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father \w about|strong="H3605"\w* how greatly \w I|strong="H4714"\w* am \w honored|strong="H3519"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w And|strong="H4714"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w* \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*. \w And|strong="H4714"\w* \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w*!”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w threw|strong="H5307"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* arms \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*’s \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w*. \w And|strong="H5307"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w hugged|strong="H5307"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w*.  
\v 15 \w And|strong="H1696"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* older brothers \add on their cheeks\add*, \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w*. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brothers started \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\s1 The king invited Joseph’s family to come and live in Egypt  
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\v 16 Someone \w went|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w news|strong="H6963"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s brothers \w had|strong="H3130"\w* come. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* king \w and|strong="H1004"\w* all \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* king said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “Tell \w your|strong="H6213"\w* brothers \w this|strong="H2063"\w*: ‘\w Put|strong="H6213"\w* loads \w of|strong="H6213"\w* grain \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* animals \w and|strong="H3212"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* father \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* here. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w best|strong="H2459"\w* land \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w best|strong="H2459"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w to|strong="H5414"\w* eat.’  
\v 19 “\w Also|strong="H6213"\w* tell \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* brothers: ‘\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* some \w carts|strong="H5699"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* wives, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* father \w and|strong="H4714"\w* come \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* quickly.  
\v 20 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w worry|strong="H2347"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* bringing \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H3627"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w best|strong="H2898"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* yours. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* need \w to|strong="H5921"\w* bring \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Canaan.’”   
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\v 21 Jacob’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w suggested|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w carts|strong="H5699"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w food|strong="H6720"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* ordered.  
\v 22 \w To|strong="H5414"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* new \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w*, \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* 300 pieces \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w sets|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* new \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*!  
\v 23 \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father: \w Ten|strong="H6235"\w* male \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w loaded|strong="H5375"\w* \w with|strong="H4714"\w* some \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w best|strong="H2898"\w* \w goods|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H3899"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* female \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w loaded|strong="H5375"\w* \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father’s trip \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* brothers \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, saying \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* “\w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w quarrel|strong="H7264"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*!”   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3290"\w* father \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w in|strong="H5927"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.  
\v 26 \w One|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*! \w In|strong="H5750"\w* fact, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4910"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!” Jacob \w was|strong="H3820"\w* extremely astonished; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* true.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w carts|strong="H5699"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family \w and|strong="H7971"\w* possessions \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Egypt. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s shock ended.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H2962"\w* said, “\w What|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* said \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* convince \w me|strong="H7200"\w*! \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!”   
\c 46  
\s1 Jacob and his family moved to Egypt  
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\v 1 \w So|strong="H5265"\w* Jacob \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \add Canaan\add*, taking \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family \w and|strong="H3478"\w* possessions. \w When|strong="H5265"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beersheba, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* God, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* whom \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* worshiped.  
\v 2 \w That|strong="H3478"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, God called \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vision|strong="H4759"\w*, saying, “\w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*! \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*!” \w He|strong="H3478"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w here|strong="H2009"\w*!”  
\v 3 God said, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am God, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* father worshiped. \w Do|strong="H3381"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* descendants, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w become|strong="H3372"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* later \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \add your descendants\add* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Canaan \w again|strong="H1571"\w*. \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* [MTY] \w when|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* die.” [IDM]   
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\v 5 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w left|strong="H3478"\w* Beersheba, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, \w their|strong="H5375"\w* wives, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w carts|strong="H5699"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* king \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* travel \w in|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w* \w went|strong="H3290"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3290"\w* \w acquired|strong="H7408"\w* \w in|strong="H2233"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.  
\v 7 Jacob \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandsons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w granddaughters|strong="H1323"\w*—\w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w*.   
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\v 8-25 ◄Here is/I will now give you► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* list of the names of the members of Jacob’s family who went with him to Egypt:  
\li1 Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son;  
\li1 Reuben’s sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;  
\li1 Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a Canaan people-group woman;  
\li1 Levi and his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;  
\li1 Judah and his sons, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in Canaan);  
\li1 Perez and his two sons Hezron and Hamul;  
\li1 Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron;  
\li1 Zebulon and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel;  
\li1 (Those were the sons of Jacob and Leah, and their daughter Dinah, who were born in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia: There were 33 of them, altogether.) They had Gad and his sons Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli;  
\li1 Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and their sister Serah;  
\li1 Beriah’s sons Heber and Malkiel;  
\li1 (Those were the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah: There were 16 of them, altogether.)  
\li1 Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel;  
\li1 (Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph’s two sons. \add They did not go down to Egypt\add* because they were already in Egypt. They were sons of Asenath, the daughter of On, who was the priest in the temple in On \add city\add*.)  
\li1 Benjamin and his sons Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard;  
\li1 (Those were the sons and grandsons of Rachel and Jacob: There were 14 people altogether.)  
\li1 Dan and his son Hushim;  
\li1 Naphtali and his sons Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.  
\li1 (Those were the sons and grandsons of Jacob and Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel: There were seven people altogether.)   
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\v 26 \w Altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* 66 \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H5315"\w* \w does|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* include \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*’ wives.  
\v 27 \w Including|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* 70 \w members|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rest \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* talk \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* ask \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w directions|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* how \w to|strong="H7971"\w* travel \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \add Judah returned to the rest of his family and\add* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H6440"\w* traveled \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* region. \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* arrived \w there|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\v 29 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* ready \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* father. \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* arrived, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w threw|strong="H5307"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* arms \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* father’s \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5750"\w* \w time|strong="H5750"\w*.  
\v 30 Jacob said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*! \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w now|strong="H6471"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am ready \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”   
\s1 Joseph arranged for his family to settle in Goshen  
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \add older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* father’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5046"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* king \w and|strong="H1004"\w* say \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H5046"\w* \add older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H5046"\w* father \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w who|strong="H6547"\w* \w were|strong="H3130"\w* living \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* land, \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* goats \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*.’  
\v 33 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w summons|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H6547"\w* asks, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*?’  
\v 34 answer \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w by|strong="H3427"\w* saying, ‘\w From|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6258"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* young, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* care \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H5650"\w*.’ \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* region.” Joseph told \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* despised \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*.   
\c 47  
\s1 Jacob blessed the king of Egypt  
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\v 1-2 Joseph chose five of his \add older\add* brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced his \add older\add* brothers to the king, and then he said, “My father and my \add older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add* have come from the Canaan region. They have brought all their sheep and goats and cattle and everything else that they own, and they are living now in Goshen region.”  
\v 3 \w The|strong="H1571"\w* king \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* brothers, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*?” \w They|strong="H4100"\w* replied, “We \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*, \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H5650"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w him|strong="H3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w here|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w* land, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* \w severe|strong="H3515"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* animals \w have|strong="H5650"\w* no ◄\w pasture|strong="H4829"\w*/grass \w to|strong="H5650"\w* eat► \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* region.”   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3130"\w* king said \w to|strong="H6547"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “I am happy \w that|strong="H6547"\w* \w your|strong="H3130"\w* father \w and|strong="H6547"\w* \w your|strong="H3130"\w* \add older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add* have come \w to|strong="H6547"\w* you.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* want \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w whole|strong="H6440"\w* country \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w Give|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* father \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* brothers \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w best|strong="H4315"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w*. \w And|strong="H4714"\w* \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w any|strong="H3426"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w any|strong="H3426"\w* special \w ability|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H7760"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, \w too|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w brought|strong="H3130"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* father \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \add into the palace\add* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* introduced \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* asked God \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* king \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*?”  
\v 9 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* traveling around \w for|strong="H3117"\w* 130 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w lived|strong="H2416"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* ancestors, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w troubles|strong="H7451"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 11  \add That is how Joseph enabled his father and older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* start \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w As|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* king \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* property \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w best|strong="H4315"\w* part \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add Goshen, which is now called\add* \w Rameses|strong="H7486"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w also|strong="H2945"\w* \w provided|strong="H3557"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* amounts \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* gave them \w were|strong="H3130"\w* \w according|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* how many \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* them \w had|strong="H3130"\w*.   
\s1 Joseph arranged for people to buy grain from him during the famine  
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\v 13 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* crops growing \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* region, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H7458"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w severe|strong="H3515"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* [MTY] became \w weak|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* did \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w enough|strong="H3966"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w collected|strong="H3950"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* paid \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H7668"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* buying \w from|strong="H4714"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H3130"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 15 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w spent|strong="H8552"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* kept coming \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* saying, “Please \w give|strong="H3051"\w* \w us|strong="H3051"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*! \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w give|strong="H3051"\w* \w us|strong="H3051"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* [RHQ]! \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* buy \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* left!”  
\v 16 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* replied, “Since \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H3701"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* gone, \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*. If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H4735"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* food \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w exchange|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w exchange|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* goats, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w next|strong="H8145"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H8552"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* said, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*: \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4735"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H8145"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4735"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* give \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4735"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*.  
\v 19 ◄\w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* some \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!/\w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?► [RHQ] \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w*, \w our|strong="H5414"\w* fields \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* [IDM]. \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* land \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w exchange|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* king’s \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land. \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w plant|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* grow \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* order \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* order \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* land \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desert.”   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* farms \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* very \w severe|strong="H2388"\w*, \add and they had no other way to get money to buy food\add*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* farms \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*’s farms.  
\v 21 \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w Joseph|strong="H5971"\w* \w caused|strong="H5674"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* country \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w other|strong="H7097"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* become \w the|strong="H5704"\w* king’s \w slaves|strong="H7097"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*’ land, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w received|strong="H5921"\w* \w food|strong="H2706"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* regularly, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w food|strong="H2706"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H6547"\w* \w enough|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reason|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* land \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who sold themselves and their land to him\add*, “\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H7069"\w*! \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H2232"\w* land \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* king. \w So|strong="H7069"\w* \w here|strong="H2005"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w so|strong="H7069"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w can|strong="H2233"\w* \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* \w them|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* ground.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w crop|strong="H8393"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* must \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w one-fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w crop|strong="H8393"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* king. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w crop|strong="H8393"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H2233"\w* \w keep|strong="H1961"\w*, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w plant|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* everyone \w else|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* eat.”  
\v 25 They replied, “\w You|strong="H4672"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w saved|strong="H2421"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w lives|strong="H2421"\w*! \w We|strong="H4672"\w* want \w you|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w*. \w And|strong="H5869"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* king’s \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H2706"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, stating \w that|strong="H3117"\w* one-fifth \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* crops \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* harvested \w belongs|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w law|strong="H2706"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w exists|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*’s land.   
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\v 27 Jacob \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* family started \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* region. \w They|strong="H3478"\w* acquired property \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w Many|strong="H7235"\w* children \w were|strong="H3478"\w* born \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w As|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w their|strong="H7235"\w* population \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*.   
\s1 Jacob made Joseph promise to not bury him in Egypt after he died.  
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\v 28 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* 17 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Altogether|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 147 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 29 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*, \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* solemn \w promise|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w asking|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*: \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w here|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 30 Instead, \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* body \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* Canaan where \w my|strong="H5375"\w* ancestors \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*.” Joseph replied, “\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*.”  
\v 31 Jacob said, “◄\w Swear|strong="H7650"\w*/\w Solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*► \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H7650"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!” \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H7650"\w* \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H7650"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7218"\w* Jacob \w turned|strong="H3478"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* God.   
\c 48  
\s1 Jacob blessed Ephraim and Manasseh  
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\v 1 \w Some|strong="H1697"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, someone \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\add Hey,\add* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w ill|strong="H2470"\w*.” \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* heard \w that|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*!” \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* though \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* difficult \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* do \w that|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H3290"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, God \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. \w He|strong="H3130"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*  
\v 4 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w going|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w become|strong="H6509"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* father \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w become|strong="H6509"\w* \add the ancestors of\add* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* people-groups. \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* possess \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.’   
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\v 5 “\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* consider \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w here|strong="H5704"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w here|strong="H5704"\w*, \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w*/\w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* though \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*►. Ephraim \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add as though they were\add* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* inherit \w my|strong="H1961"\w* possessions, \w just|strong="H6258"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \add and the others\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 6 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w considered|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* grandchildren, \w and|strong="H8034"\w* \add in Canaan\add* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w inherit|strong="H5159"\w* some \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H8034"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* territory \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* brothers \add Ephraim and Manasseh\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w inherit|strong="H5159"\w*.  
\v 7 Many years ago, \w as|strong="H5750"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* returning \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Paddan-Aram|strong="H6307"\w*/Mesopotamia, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* mother \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* region, \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H4191"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* traveling, \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w far|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Ephrath \add town\add*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Ephrath [\w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \w called|strong="H8033"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*].”   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* Jacob \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H3478"\w* asked, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* these boys?”  
\v 9 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* replied, “\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H2088"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* Egypt.” Jacob said, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* close \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 10 Jacob \w was|strong="H3478"\w* almost \w blind|strong="H7200"\w* because \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* very old. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* recognize \w the|strong="H7200"\w* boys. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* sons \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* father, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Jacob \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* hugged \w them|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 11 Jacob said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* expect \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w*! \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* allowed \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w only|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* allowed \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*!”   
\s1 Jacob blessed Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, in a way contrary to what Joseph expected  
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\v 12 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* boys \w from|strong="H3318"\w* alongside Jacob’s \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* face \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* ground.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* boys, putting Ephraim \w on|strong="H3225"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w toward|strong="H8040"\w* Jacob’s \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* putting \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w on|strong="H3225"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w toward|strong="H8040"\w* Jacob’s \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Jacob.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H7971"\w* \add did not do what Joseph wanted him to do. Instead\add*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Ephraim’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* \w son|strong="H6810"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* crossed \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w arms|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* older \w son|strong="H6810"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*/asked God \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w*► \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* sons, saying,  
\q1 “\w My|strong="H7462"\w* grandfather Abraham \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H7462"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* conducted \w their|strong="H6440"\w* lives \w as|strong="H5704"\w* God desired,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* God \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w led|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* taken care \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w leads|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* cares \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* sheep [MET].   
\q1
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H3327"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* kept \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w* \w being|strong="H8034"\w* harmed \w in|strong="H7130"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* God \w will|strong="H5288"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w boys|strong="H5288"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5288"\w* \w will|strong="H5288"\w* never forget \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w about|strong="H3605"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* God does \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w boys|strong="H5288"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5288"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* descendants \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5288"\w* \w live|strong="H8034"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.”   
\p
\v 17 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* father \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w placed|strong="H7896"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Ephraim’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w distressed|strong="H7489"\w*/\w displeased|strong="H7489"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* father’s \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w move|strong="H5493"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* Ephraim’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7760"\w* father, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w*! \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H7760"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* older \w son|strong="H1060"\w*. \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*, saying, “\w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*, \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H4480"\w*. Manasseh’s \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* people-group, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* important. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* brother’s \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w*. \w His|strong="H3045"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* several \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* both \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, saying, “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w use|strong="H1931"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* names \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3117"\w* pray \w that|strong="H3117"\w* God \w will|strong="H3478"\w* help \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* helped Ephraim \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.’” \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w*, Jacob said \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Ephraim \w would|strong="H3478"\w* become more important \w than|strong="H6440"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.   
\p
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Jacob said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* know \w that|strong="H3478"\w* God \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w*/protect \w you|strong="H7725"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* day \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* descendants \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* land \w of|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* ancestors.  
\v 22 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* brothers, \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* fertile hill \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Shechem area. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* land \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Amor people-group, fighting \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w arrows|strong="H7198"\w*.”   
\c 49  
\s1 Jacob prophesied what would happen to his sons and their descendants  
\p
\v 1 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*,   
\q1
\v 2 “\w Gather|strong="H6908"\w* around \w me|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6908"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* happen \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* future.  
\q1 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H8085"\w* am \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, \add Jacob, whom God named\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w*, \w you|strong="H3581"\w* \w are|strong="H5794"\w* \w my|strong="H3581"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3581"\w* were born when \w I|strong="H7613"\w* \w was|strong="H1060"\w* young \w and|strong="H7205"\w* energetic/\w strong|strong="H5794"\w*.  
\b  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3581"\w* \w are|strong="H5794"\w* prouder \w and|strong="H7205"\w* \w stronger|strong="H5794"\w* than all \w the|strong="H7205"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H1060"\w* \w my|strong="H3581"\w* sons.   
\q1
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* uncontrollable \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* [SIM].  
\q1 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H4325"\w* \w my|strong="H2490"\w* most important son,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w climbed|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* onto \w my|strong="H2490"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* sex \w with|strong="H5927"\w* [MTY] \w my|strong="H2490"\w* ◄concubine/slave \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* become \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w my|strong="H2490"\w* wives►.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H3588"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w me|strong="H5927"\w*, \w your|strong="H3588"\w* father, \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* great shame.   
\q1
\v 5 \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w and|strong="H2555"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, you have both acted like criminals.  
\q1 You use your \w swords|strong="H4380"\w* \w to|strong="H3627"\w* act violently.   
\q1
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* evil \w plans|strong="H5475"\w* [DOU].  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* join \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* meetings,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* became very angry,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ◄hamstrung/cut \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tendons \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* legs \w of|strong="H6951"\w*► \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* just \w to|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H3588"\w* fun/see \w them|strong="H2026"\w* suffer►.   
\q1
\v 7 God says, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* ◄curse/cause bad \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3478"\w*► \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* being very \w angry|strong="H5678"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* acting very cruelly \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* very furious.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* descendants [MTY] throughout \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* land.’   
\q1
\v 8 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \add older and younger\add* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w you|strong="H3034"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H3034"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3034"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* thoroughly defeat [MTY] \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w lion|strong="H3833"\w* [SIM] \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* den satisfied  
\q1 \w after|strong="H5927"\w* eating \w the|strong="H5927"\w* animals \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* killed.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3063"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3833"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w lies|strong="H7257"\w* \w down|strong="H7257"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* stretches \w out|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H5927"\w* eating;  
\q1 \w no|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* dare \w to|strong="H5927"\w* disturb \w it|strong="H5927"\w* [RHQ].   
\q1
\v 10 \w There|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* always \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ruler [MTY] \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* [MTY].  
\q1 \w Each|strong="H5971"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* hold \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scepter|strong="H7626"\w*/\w staff|strong="H7626"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* show \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w authority|strong="H7272"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* king.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H5493"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w scepter|strong="H7626"\w* belongs comes,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* bring tribute  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* show \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w obey|strong="H3349"\w* \w him|strong="H5704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* grapevines \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* produce \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* very abundantly.  
\q1 \w As|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w they|strong="H3830"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H1121"\w* object \w to|strong="H1121"\w* tying \w their|strong="H3526"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H5895"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* grapevines  
\q1 \w in|strong="H1121"\w* order \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H5895"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w the|strong="H1121"\w* leaves \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* grapevines.  
\q1 \add Wine will be very plentiful, with the result that\add*  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3830"\w* could \w wash|strong="H3526"\w* \w their|strong="H3526"\w* cloaks \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* red \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* [MET].   
\q1
\v 12 Their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* \w red|strong="H2447"\w* because \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \add drinking too much\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*,  
\q1 but their \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* very \w white|strong="H3836"\w* because \w of|strong="H5869"\w* drinking much \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \add from the cows\add*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seashore|strong="H3220"\w*  
\q1 \w where|strong="H5921"\w* there \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w be|strong="H3220"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* safe harbor \w for|strong="H5921"\w* ships.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* land \w will|strong="H1931"\w* extend north \w as|strong="H5921"\w* \w far|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \add city\add*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, \w your|strong="H7257"\w* descendants will be like \w strong|strong="H1634"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H2543"\w* are \w lying|strong="H7257"\w* \w down|strong="H7257"\w* \w on|strong="H7257"\w* \w the|strong="H3485"\w* ground between \w their|strong="H7257"\w* loads,  
\q1 \add so tired that they cannot get up\add*!   
\q1
\v 15 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* \w resting|strong="H4496"\w* \w place|strong="H4496"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land \w pleases|strong="H2896"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* much.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bend|strong="H5186"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* backs \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w carry|strong="H5445"\w* heavy loads  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* others.   
\q1
\v 16 \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, although \w your|strong="H3478"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* small,  
\q1 \w their|strong="H1835"\w* leaders \w will|strong="H5971"\w* rule \w their|strong="H1835"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* just \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1777"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H7626"\w* other \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* rule \w their|strong="H1835"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w side|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q1 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* poisonous \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* \w lying|strong="H5307"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* strike \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heels|strong="H6119"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w pass|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 causing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* backwards \add as the horses rear up on their hind legs\add*.”   
\p
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* Jacob prayed, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* waiting \w for|strong="H3068"\w* you \w to|strong="H3068"\w* rescue me \add from my enemies\add*.”   
\p
\v 19  \add Then Jacob continued telling his sons what would happen in the future. He said\add*,  
\q1 “\w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, your tribe/descendants \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w be|strong="H1931"\w* attacked \w by|strong="H1416"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H1416"\w* \w bandits|strong="H1416"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H1931"\w* your tribe/descendants \w will|strong="H1931"\w* pursue \w and|strong="H1410"\w* attack \w them|strong="H1931"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 20 Asher, \w your|strong="H5414"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* good-tasting \w food|strong="H3899"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w produce|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* delicious enough \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, \w your|strong="H5414"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* like deer [MET] \w that|strong="H5414"\w* are ◄\w free|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w*/\w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w tied|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* can► run wherever \w they|strong="H5414"\w* wish.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* birth \w to|strong="H7971"\w* children who are good-looking like ◄fawns/baby deer► [MET].   
\q1
\v 22 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* many \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* [MET].  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* many \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6509"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vine \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* water,  
\q1 \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w branches|strong="H1323"\w* extend \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H7791"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w Their|strong="H4843"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H1167"\w* \w attack|strong="H7852"\w* them fiercely,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H2671"\w* shoot at them \w with|strong="H4843"\w* bows \w and|strong="H2671"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w and|strong="H2671"\w* pursue them.   
\q1
\v 24 \w But|strong="H3290"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* hold \w their|strong="H3290"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* steady \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3290"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w strong|strong="H6339"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3290"\w* \w mighty|strong="H2220"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* guides \w and|strong="H3478"\w* provides \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* [MET]  
\q1 \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* guides \w and|strong="H3478"\w* provides \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* sheep.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \add ask Yahweh to protect them\add*,  
\q1 \add like people hide under\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \add overhanging \add*rock \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* protected.   
\q1
\v 25 \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* one whom \w I|strong="H5921"\w* worship, \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* descendants.  
\q1 \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q1 \w by|strong="H5921"\w* sending \w them|strong="H5921"\w* rain \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* giving \w them|strong="H5921"\w* water \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w*/\w far|strong="H5921"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* give \w them|strong="H5921"\w* many cattle \w and|strong="H8064"\w* children [MET] (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* cattle \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* many offspring).   
\q1
\v 26 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w blessings|strong="H1293"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* want God \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1396"\w* \w ones|strong="H5139"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* greater \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blessings|strong="H1293"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eternal|strong="H5769"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2029"\w*,  
\q1 greater \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ones|strong="H5139"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*.  
\q1 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* pray \w that|strong="H5704"\w* these \w blessings|strong="H1293"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*/\w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*►,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \add older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, your descendants \w will|strong="H2061"\w* \w be|strong="H6153"\w* like [MET] vicious/fierce \w wolves|strong="H2061"\w*:  
\q1 \w In|strong="H1144"\w* \w the|strong="H2505"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w they|strong="H1242"\w* \w will|strong="H2061"\w* kill \w their|strong="H1144"\w* enemies  
\q1 like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wolf|strong="H2061"\w* devours ◄its \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*/\w the|strong="H2505"\w* animals \w that|strong="H6153"\w* \w it|strong="H1242"\w* has killed►,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1242"\w* \w in|strong="H1144"\w* \w the|strong="H2505"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w they|strong="H1242"\w* \w will|strong="H2061"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* among \w their|strong="H1144"\w* warriors \w the|strong="H2505"\w* \w spoils|strong="H7998"\w* \w that|strong="H6153"\w* \w they|strong="H1242"\w* seized \w from|strong="H1144"\w* \w their|strong="H1144"\w* enemies.”   
\p
\v 28 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* sons \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* father \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w*, \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* words \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* appropriate \w for|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\s1 Jacob died  
\p
\v 29 \w Then|strong="H6680"\w* Jacob said \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* sons, “\w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* soon die. \w Bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w my|strong="H6912"\w* body where \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w my|strong="H6912"\w* ancestors \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*, \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H7704"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H5971"\w* bought \w from|strong="H5971"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* Heth people-group.  
\v 30 \w That|strong="H4631"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Machpelah|strong="H4375"\w* area, \w east|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w* \add town\add*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* grandfather Abraham \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* use \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burial|strong="H6913"\w* \w place|strong="H6913"\w*.  
\v 31 \w That|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H6912"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w his|strong="H3327"\w* wife \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w*. \w That|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w my|strong="H6912"\w* father \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w his|strong="H3327"\w* wife \w Rebekah|strong="H7259"\w*. \w And|strong="H8033"\w* \w that|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w my|strong="H6912"\w* wife \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*.  
\v 32 \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* bought \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heth|strong="H2845"\w* people-group; so \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* where \w I|strong="H1121"\w* want you \w to|strong="H1121"\w* bury \w me|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
\p
\v 33 \w When|strong="H3615"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w giving|strong="H6680"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H7272"\w* \w lay|strong="H1121"\w* \w down|strong="H6680"\w* \w on|strong="H3615"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* again. \w Then|strong="H6680"\w* \w he|strong="H7272"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w* [IDM].   
\c 50  
\s1 Jacob’s body was taken to Canaan and buried there  
\p
\v 1 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* leaned close \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* father’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* morticians \w to|strong="H3478"\w* ◄\w embalm|strong="H2590"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* father’s body/\w put|strong="H6680"\w* spices \w on|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* father’s body► \w to|strong="H3478"\w* ◄preserve \w it|strong="H6680"\w*/keep \w it|strong="H6680"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* decaying►, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w then|strong="H6680"\w* wrap \w it|strong="H6680"\w* \w with|strong="H3478"\w* strips \w of|strong="H5650"\w* cloth.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* morticians \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H4390"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w embalm|strong="H2590"\w* Jacob’s body, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* amount \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w required|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w embalm|strong="H2590"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* body. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w mourned|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 70 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Jacob’s death.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w mourning|strong="H1068"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* finished, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* king’s officials, “If \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* message \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* king:  
\v 5 ‘\w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* father \w was|strong="H6913"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* told \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* would \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* himself had \w prepared|strong="H3738"\w*. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* father’s \w body|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H8033"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.’”   
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\v 6 \w After|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H5927"\w* gave \w the|strong="H5927"\w* king \w the|strong="H5927"\w* message, \w he|strong="H7650"\w* replied, “Tell \w Joseph|strong="H7650"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w your|strong="H6912"\w* father’s body, \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H5927"\w* ◄\w swore|strong="H7650"\w*/\w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w*► \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H5927"\w* \w would|strong="H6547"\w* \w do|strong="H7650"\w*.’”  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \add up to Canaan\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father’s body. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king’s \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king’s advisors, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H6912"\w*.  
\v 8 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* own \w family|strong="H1004"\w*’s small \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* goats \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* stayed \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Goshen|strong="H1657"\w* region. \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \add older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w went|strong="H3130"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Men|strong="H4264"\w* riding \w in|strong="H5927"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* [MTY] \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H3515"\w* group.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* went \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w east|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3117"\w* Atad. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1637"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* people ◄threshed/\w beat|strong="H5594"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* grain \w to|strong="H5704"\w* separate \w the|strong="H6213"\w* wheat \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* chaff.► \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* \w loudly|strong="H1419"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H7651"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. Joseph \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w mourning|strong="H4553"\w* ceremonies \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* father \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3669"\w* people-group \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* mourning \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sad mourning \w place|strong="H1637"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H1637"\w* Abel-Mizraim, \add which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘mourning of the Egyptians\add*.’   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* Jacob’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 13 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \add crossed the Jordan River and\add* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* Jacob’s body \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Machpelah|strong="H4375"\w*, \w east|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mamre|strong="H4471"\w* \add town\add*. \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H5375"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Heth people-group, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w use|strong="H5375"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burial|strong="H6913"\w* \w place|strong="H6913"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w After|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \add older\add* brothers \add and younger brother\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* others \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3130"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Canaan \w with|strong="H4714"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* funeral \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\s1 Joseph told his brothers that he would not get revenge for what they did to him  
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\v 15 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* Jacob \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s brothers \w became|strong="H7200"\w* worried. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w might|strong="H3863"\w* happen. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* hates \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* tries \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* revenge \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H1580"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w many|strong="H7200"\w* years ago?”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H6680"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w sent|strong="H6680"\w* someone \w to|strong="H6440"\w* tell \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*: “\w Before|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H6680"\w* father \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w*:  
\v 17 ‘\w Say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \add older\add* brothers \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H1580"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H1580"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3130"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*.”’ \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H6588"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* father’s God, ask \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H1580"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* received \w their|strong="H5375"\w* message.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \add older\add* brothers \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w threw|strong="H5307"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Joseph, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w one|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* said, “Please \w listen|strong="H2009"\w*. \w We|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3372"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w*, “Do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*! \add God is the one who punishes people\add*; ◄am \w I|strong="H3588"\w* God?/\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3588"\w* God!► [RHQ]  
\v 20 \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, yes, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w wanted|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* something \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* God \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* something \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w come|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*! \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w wanted|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* dying \w of|strong="H3117"\w* hunger, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w happened|strong="H6213"\w*! \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*!  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \add again\add*, do \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*! \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* make sure \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w have|strong="H5162"\w* enough \w to|strong="H1696"\w* eat.” \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* reassured \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* feel \w much|strong="H5921"\w* \w better|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\s1 Joseph died in Egypt  
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\v 22 \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H1931"\w* father’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* until \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* 110 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 23 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* lived \w long|strong="H5921"\w* \w enough|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* Ephraim’s \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*’s \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* died, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* adopted \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own \w children|strong="H1121"\w* [IDM].  
\v 24 \w One|strong="H4480"\w* day \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H3327"\w* \add older\add* brothers, “\w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w am|strong="H6485"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H4191"\w* God \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w certainly|strong="H4191"\w* ◄\w help|strong="H4480"\w*/\w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w*► \w you|strong="H4480"\w*. \w And|strong="H5927"\w* \add some day\add* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H3290"\w* \w lead|strong="H5927"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \add descendants\add* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* land \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Canaan, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* land \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w give|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.”  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* said, “\w When|strong="H1121"\w* God enables \w you|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*, \w you|strong="H6485"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w my|strong="H5927"\w* \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Canaan.” \w He|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* older \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 110 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*. \w His|strong="H4191"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w embalmed|strong="H2590"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* coffin there.