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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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If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
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Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
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Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
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Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
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They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
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In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
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Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.
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Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
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“My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
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Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
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So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.
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Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”
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Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?
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Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not sleep with her again.
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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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He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
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“In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.
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Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.”
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They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.
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The steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys.
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After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, “Serve the food.”
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One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
