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24 But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you—leave Jacob alone!”

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24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean(A) in a dream at night and said to him,(B) “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”(C)

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50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “The Lord has obviously brought you here, so there is nothing we can say.

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50 Laban and Bethuel(A) answered, “This is from the Lord;(B) we can say nothing to you one way or the other.(C)

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But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”

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But God came to Abimelek(A) in a dream(B) one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead(C) because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”(D)

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29 I could destroy you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and warned me, ‘Leave Jacob alone!’

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29 I have the power to harm you;(A) but last night the God of your father(B) said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’(C)

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13 ‘Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the Lord.’ I told you that I could say only what the Lord says!

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13 ‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the Lord(A)—and I must say only what the Lord says’?(B)

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42 In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac[a]—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!”

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Footnotes

  1. 31:42 Or and the Fear of Isaac.

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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19 Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Leave that innocent man alone. I suffered through a terrible nightmare about him last night.”

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19 While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat,(A) his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent(B) man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream(C) because of him.”

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22 And though Absalom never spoke to Amnon about this, he hated Amnon deeply because of what he had done to his sister.

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22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad;(A) he hated(B) Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.

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20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.

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20 But after he had considered this, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared to him in a dream(B) and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
    and there he[a] earned a wife by tending sheep.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:12 Hebrew Israel. See note on 10:11b.

12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[a];(A)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

29 And because of your raging against me
    and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
    and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
    by the same road on which you came.”

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29 Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence(A) has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(B) in your nose(C)
    and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
    by the way you came.(D)

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14 Yet he did not let anyone oppress them.
    He warned kings on their behalf:
15 “Do not touch my chosen people,
    and do not hurt my prophets.”

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14 He allowed no one to oppress(A) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:(B)
15 “Do not touch(C) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets(D) no harm.”

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25 Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s,
    firm and youthful again.

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25 let their flesh be renewed(A) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(B)

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