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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.
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God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
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This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”
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Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
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Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”
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And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
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Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The Lord your God gave me success,” he replied.
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Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;
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He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
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Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
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Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”
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Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.
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Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
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yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.
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Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?
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Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.
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But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.
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No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”
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When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.
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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
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And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
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They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.”
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“Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.
