Deuteronomy 23:7
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7 “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for (A)he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because (B)you were a sojourner in his land.
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Deuteronomy 10:19
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19 (A)Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 22:21
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21 (A)“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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Leviticus 19:34
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34 (A)You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and (B)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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Exodus 23:9
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9 (A)“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 25:24-26
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24 When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, (A)all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out with (B)his hand holding Esau's heel, so (C)his name was called Jacob.[a] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
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- Genesis 25:26 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats
Numbers 20:14
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Edom Refuses Passage
14 (A)Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to (B)the king of Edom: “Thus says (C)your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:
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Acts 7:10-18
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10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions and (A)gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, (B)who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. 11 Now (C)there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. 12 (D)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit. 13 And (E)on the second visit (F)Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and (G)Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh. 14 And (H)Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, (I)seventy-five persons in all. 15 And (J)Jacob went down into Egypt, and (K)he died, he (L)and our fathers, 16 and (M)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that (N)Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 “But (O)as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, (P)the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king (Q)who did not know Joseph.
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Malachi 1:2
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The Lord's Love for Israel
2 (A)“I have loved you,” says the Lord. (B)But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau (C)Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet (D)I have loved Jacob
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Obadiah 10-12
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Edom's Violence Against Jacob
10 (A)Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
(B)and you shall be cut off forever.
11 (C)On the day that you stood aloof,
(D)on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
(E)and cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
12 (F)But do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
(G)do not rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
(H)do not boast[a]
in the day of distress.
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- Obadiah 1:12 Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth
Psalm 105:23
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Genesis 47:27
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27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, (A)in the land of Goshen. (B)And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
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Genesis 47:12
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12 And Joseph (A)provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
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Genesis 47:6
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6 The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers (A)in the best of the land. (B)Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any (C)able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”
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Genesis 46:7
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7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.
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Genesis 45:17-18
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17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father and your households, and come to me, and (A)I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’
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Genesis 25:30
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30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.[a])
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- Genesis 25:30 Edom sounds like the Hebrew for red
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