31 And he said, “Come in, (A)O blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”

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31 “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord,”(A) he said. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

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10 Then he said, (A)“Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than (B)at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.

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10 “The Lord bless you,(A) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:(B) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

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29 that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. (A)You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ ”

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29 that you will do us no harm,(A) just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.”(B)

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15 May you be (A)blessed by the Lord,
(B)Who made heaven and earth.

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15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(A) and earth.

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And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you (A)put a curse, even saying it in my ears—here is the silver with me; I took it.”

And his mother said, (B)May you be blessed by the Lord, my son!”

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said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”

Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(A) my son!”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms

16 (A)A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.

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16 A gift(A) opens the way
    and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

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A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

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A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
    they think success will come at every turn.(A)

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