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By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
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But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.
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When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.
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He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
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After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
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Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
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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.”
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When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.
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Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.
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Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”
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Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
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After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.
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Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
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so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord will be my God
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When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
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Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”
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Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.”
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But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”
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Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”
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Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
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When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
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Jacob Returns to Bethel
Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”
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After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
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When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
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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?”
