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When Isaac had been there a long time, King Abimelech of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw him fondling his wife Rebekah.

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When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines(A) looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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For as a young man marries a young woman,
    so shall your builder[a] marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
    so shall your God rejoice over you.(A)

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  1. 62.5 Cn: Heb your sons

As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom(A) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice(B) over you.

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For at the window of my house
    I looked out through my lattice,

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At the window of my house
    I looked down through the lattice.

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18 Let your fountain be blessed,
    and rejoice in the wife of your youth,(A)
19     a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
May her breasts satisfy you at all times;
    may you be intoxicated always by her love.(B)

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18 May your fountain(A) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(B)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(C)
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

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28 Out of the window she peered;
    the mother of Sisera gazed[a] through the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’(A)

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  1. 5.28 Gk Compare Tg: Heb exclaimed

28 “Through the window(A) peered Sisera’s mother;
    behind the lattice she cried out,(B)
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’

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Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life that are given you under the sun,[a] because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.(A)

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  1. 9.9 Cn: Heb sun, all the days of your vanity

Enjoy life with your wife,(A) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(B) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

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