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But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
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While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:
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“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.
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When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.
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When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
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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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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
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He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
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“My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.” Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.
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And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.
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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.
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God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
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The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
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The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
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and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
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Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
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But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt,
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Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
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The Plague of Blood
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
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But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
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Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart.
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
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the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.
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But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.
