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The
Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
The
Lord saw that the
wickedness of
man was
great in the
earth, and that
every intention of the
thoughts of his
heart was
only evil continually.
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The
Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: ‘Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
And when the
Lord smelled the
pleasing aroma, the
Lord said in his
heart, “I will
never again curse the
ground because of
man,
for the
intention of
man’s heart is
evil from his
youth.
Neither will I ever
again strike down every living creature as I have
done.
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The
Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
And the
Lord said, “Behold, they are
one people, and they have
all one language, and this is only the
beginning of what they
will do. And
nothing that they
propose to
do will now be
impossible for them.
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From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the
Lord and called on the name of the
Lord.
From there he
moved to the
hill country on the
east of
Bethel and
pitched his
tent, with
Bethel on the
west and
Ai on the
east. And there he
built an
altar to the
Lord and
called upon the
name of the
Lord.
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After this, the word of the
Lord came to Abram in a vision:
‘Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward.’
After these
things the
word of the
Lord came to
Abram in a
vision:
“
Fear not,
Abram, I am your
shield; your
reward shall be
very great.”
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Abram believed the
Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
And he
believed the
Lord, and he
counted it to him as
righteousness.
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Is anything too hard for the
Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.’
Is
anything too
hard for the
Lord?
At the
appointed time I will
return to you, about this
time next year, and
Sarah shall have a
son.”
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Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.’
Behold, I have
two daughters who have not
known any
man. Let me
bring them out to you, and
do to them as you
please.
Only do nothing to
these men, for they have
come under the
shelter of my
roof.”
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He said to him, ‘Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
He
said to him, “
Behold, I
grant you
this favor also, that I will not
overthrow the
city of
which you have
spoken.
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But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.’ (That is why the town was called Zoar. )
Escape there quickly, for I
can do nothing till you
arrive there.”
Therefore the
name of the
city was
called Zoar.
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Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.
So
Abimelech rose
early in the
morning and
called all his
servants and
told them all these
things. And the
men were very
much afraid.
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And Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?’
And
Abimelech said to
Abraham, “
What did you
see, that you
did this
thing?”
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The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
And the
thing was
very displeasing to Abraham on
account of his
son.
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But Abimelek said, ‘I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.’
Abimelech said, “I do not
know who has
done this
thing; you did
not tell me, and I have
not heard of it
until today.”
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Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’
‘Here I am,’ he replied.
After these
things God tested Abraham and
said to him, “
Abraham!” And he
said, “
Here I am.”
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and said, ‘I swear by myself, declares the
Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
and
said,
“By myself I have
sworn,
declares the
Lord,
because you have
done this and have
not withheld your
son, your
only son,
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Some time later Abraham was told, ‘Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
Now
after these
things it was
told to
Abraham, “
Behold,
Milcah also has
borne children to your
brother Nahor:
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So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
So the
servant put his
hand under the
thigh of
Abraham his
master and
swore to him
concerning this matter.
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May it be that when I say to a young woman, “Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,” and she says, “Drink, and I’ll water your camels too” – let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.’
Let the
young woman to whom I shall
say, ‘
Please let
down your
jar that I may
drink,’ and who shall
say, ‘
Drink, and I will
water your
camels’—let her be the one whom you have
appointed for your
servant Isaac.
By this I shall
know that you have
shown steadfast love to my
master.”
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The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
Then the
young woman ran and
told her
mother’s household about these
things.
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Then food was set before him, but he said, ‘I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.’
‘Then tell us,’ Laban said.
Then food was
set before him to
eat. But he
said, “I will not
eat until I have
said what I have to
say.” He
said, “Speak
on.”
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Laban and Bethuel answered, ‘This is from the
Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
Then
Laban and
Bethuel answered and
said, “The
thing has
come from the
Lord; we
cannot speak to you
bad or good.
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Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.
And the
servant told Isaac all the
things that he had
done.
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Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the
Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
So he
built an
altar there and
called upon the
name of the
Lord and
pitched his
tent there. And there
Isaac’s servants dug a
well.
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As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.
As soon as
Laban heard the
news about
Jacob, his
sister’s son,
he
ran to
meet him and
embraced him and
kissed him and
brought him to his
house. Jacob
told Laban all these
things,
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‘What shall I give you?’ he asked.
‘Don’t give me anything,’ Jacob replied. ‘But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:
He
said, “
What shall I
give you?”
Jacob said, “You shall
not give me anything. If you
will do this for me, I will
again pasture your
flock and
keep it:
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‘Agreed,’ said Laban. ‘Let it be as you have said.’
Laban said, “
Good! Let it
be as you have
said.”
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Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, ‘Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.’
Now Jacob
heard that the
sons of
Laban were
saying, “
Jacob has
taken all that was our
father’s, and
from what was our
father’s he has
gained all this wealth.”
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Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.
Are we
not regarded by him as
foreigners? For he has
sold us, and he has
indeed devoured our
money.
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For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
And
from the
sons of
Hamor,
Shechem’s father,
he
bought for a
hundred pieces of
money the
piece of
land on
which he had
pitched his
tent.
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They said to them, ‘We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
They
said to them, “We
cannot do this thing, to
give our
sister to
one who is
uncircumcised, for that would be a
disgrace to us.
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The young man, who was the most honoured of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
And the
young man did
not delay to
do the
thing, because he
delighted in
Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the
most honored of
all his
father’s house.
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Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
Israel journeyed on and
pitched his
tent beyond the
tower of
Eder.
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At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
It happened at that
time that
Judah went down from his
brothers and
turned aside to a
certain Adullamite, whose
name was
Hirah.
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Not realising that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, ‘Come now, let me sleep with you.’
‘And what will you give me to sleep with you?’ she asked.
He
turned to her at the
roadside and
said, “
Come,
let me
come in to you,” for he did
not know that she was his
daughter-in-law. She
said, “
What will you
give me, that you may
come in to me?”
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and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, ‘Come to bed with me!’
And
after a
time his
master’s wife cast her
eyes on
Joseph and
said, “
Lie with me.”
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the
Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favour in the eyes of the prison warder.
But the
Lord was with
Joseph and
showed him
steadfast love and
gave him
favor in the
sight of the
keeper of the
prison.
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Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.
Some time
after this, the
cupbearer of the
king of
Egypt and his
baker committed an offense against their
lord the
king of
Egypt.
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
In three days Pharaoh will lift
up your
head and
restore you to your
office, and you shall
place Pharaoh’s cup in his
hand as
formerly, when you were his
cupbearer.
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‘It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
It is as I
told Pharaoh;
God has
shown to
Pharaoh what he is about to
do.
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The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.
And the
doubling of
Pharaoh’s dream means that the
thing is
fixed by God, and
God will
shortly bring it
about.
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‘Very well, then,’ he said, ‘let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.’
He
said, “
Let it be
as you
say: he who is
found with it shall be my
servant, and the rest of you shall be
innocent.”
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Some time later Joseph was told, ‘Your father is ill.’ So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.
After this,
Joseph was
told, “
Behold, your
father is
ill.” So he
took with him his
two sons,
Manasseh and
Ephraim.
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Let me not enter their council,
let me not join their assembly,
for they have killed men in their anger
and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
Let my
soul come not into their
council;
O my
glory,
be
not joined to their
company.
For in their
anger they
killed men,
and in their
willfulness they
hamstrung oxen.
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When he sees how good is his resting place
and how pleasant is his land,
he will bend his shoulder to the burden
and submit to forced labour.
He
saw that a
resting place was
good,
and
that the
land was
pleasant,
so he
bowed his
shoulder to
bear,
and became a
servant at
forced labor.
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You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
As for you, you
meant evil against me, but
God meant it for
good,
to bring it
about that
many people should be kept
alive, as they are
today.
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Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, ‘Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?’
So the
king of
Egypt called the
midwives and
said to them, “
Why have you
done this, and let the male
children live?”
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The man said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?’ Then Moses was afraid and thought, ‘What I did must have become known.’
He
answered,
“
Who made you a
prince and a
judge over us? Do you
mean to
kill me as you
killed the
Egyptian?” Then
Moses was
afraid, and
thought, “
Surely the
thing is
known.”
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When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
When
Pharaoh heard of
it, he
sought to
kill Moses. But
Moses fled from Pharaoh and
stayed in the
land of
Midian. And he
sat down by a
well.
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Moses said to the
Lord, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’
But
Moses said to the
Lord, “
Oh, my
Lord, I am not
eloquent,
either in the
past or
since you have
spoken to your
servant, but I am
slow of
speech and
of tongue.”
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Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.”’
Go and
get your
straw yourselves wherever you can
find it,
but your
work will not be
reduced in the
least.’”
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The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, ‘Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.’
The
taskmasters were
urgent,
saying, “
Complete your
work, your
daily task each
day, as when there
was straw.”
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The Israelite overseers realised they were in trouble when they were told, ‘You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.’
The
foremen of the
people of
Israel saw that they were in
trouble when they
said, “You shall by no means
reduce your number of
bricks, your
daily task each
day.”
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‘Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
Say therefore to the
people of
Israel,
‘I am the
Lord, and I will
bring you out from
under the
burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will
deliver you from
slavery to them, and I will
redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with
great acts of
judgment.
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And the Egyptians will know that I am the
Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.’
The
Egyptians shall
know that I am the
Lord, when I
stretch out my
hand against
Egypt and
bring out the
people of
Israel from
among them.”
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The
Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron, “Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt – over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs – and they will turn to blood.” Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone.’
And the
Lord said to
Moses, “
Say to
Aaron, ‘
Take your
staff and
stretch out your
hand over the
waters of
Egypt, over their
rivers, their
canals, and their
ponds, and all their
pools of
water, so that they may become
blood, and there shall be
blood throughout all the
land of
Egypt, even in vessels of
wood and in vessels of
stone.’”
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Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron, “Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.”’
And the
Lord said to
Moses, “
Say to
Aaron,
‘
Stretch out your
hand with your
staff over the
rivers,
over the
canals and
over the
pools, and make
frogs come up on the
land of
Egypt!’”
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So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land.
So
Aaron stretched out his
hand over the
waters of
Egypt, and the
frogs came up and
covered the
land of
Egypt.
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‘Tomorrow,’ Pharaoh said.
Moses replied, ‘It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the
Lord our God.
And he
said, “
Tomorrow.” Moses
said, “Be it as you
say, so
that you may
know that there is no
one like the
Lord our
God.
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Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron, “Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,” and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.’
Then the
Lord said to
Moses, “
Say to
Aaron,
‘Stretch
out your
staff and
strike the
dust of the
earth, so that it may become
gnats in
all the
land of
Egypt.’”
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