12 And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for (A)I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

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12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted,(A) for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.(B)

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Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

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The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(A) the misery(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(C) about their suffering.(D)

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15 (A)You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), (B)lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

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15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor(A) and are counting on it.(B) Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.(C)

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42 (A)If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the (B)Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. (C)God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and (D)rebuked you last night.”

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42 If the God of my father,(A) the God of Abraham(B) and the Fear of Isaac,(C) had not been with me,(D) you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands,(E) and last night he rebuked you.(F)

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Masters, do the same to them, (A)and stop your threatening, knowing that (B)he who is both their Master[a] and yours is in heaven, and that (C)there is no partiality with him.

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  1. Ephesians 6:9 Greek Lord

And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours(A) is in heaven, and there is no favoritism(B) with him.

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34 (A)I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and (B)have heard their groaning, and (C)I have come down to deliver them. (D)And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

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34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’[a](A)

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  1. Acts 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10

The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

(A)If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, (B)do not be amazed at the matter, (C)for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

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Riches Are Meaningless

If you see the poor oppressed(A) in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

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You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.

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You discern my going out(A) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(B)

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“Because (A)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
    (B)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
    “I will place him in the (C)safety for which he longs.”

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“Because the poor are plundered(A) and the needy groan,(B)
    I will now arise,(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(D) from those who malign them.”

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13 (A)“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. (B)The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

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13 “‘Do not defraud or rob(A) your neighbor.(B)

“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker(C) overnight.(D)

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And now, behold, (A)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the (B)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

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And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing(A) them.

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37 Then (A)Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. 38 He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, the (B)watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink, 39 the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Laban's flock. 41 Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks, 42 but for the feebler of the flock he would not lay them there. So the feebler would be Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 Thus the man (C)increased greatly and (D)had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

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37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond(A) and plane trees(B) and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.(C) 38 Then he placed the peeled branches(D) in all the watering troughs,(E) so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat(F) and came to drink, 39 they mated in front of the branches.(G) And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.(H) 40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals(I) that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals. 41 Whenever the stronger females were in heat,(J) Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,(K) 42 but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.(L) 43 In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.(M)

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