Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

42 When (A)Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

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Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt

42 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt,(A) he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”

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12 (A)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

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12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.(A)

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The Sin of Achan

10 So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

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10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face?

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But on the contrary, (A)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised (B)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter

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On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task(A) of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[a](B) just as Peter(C) had been to the circumcised.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:7 That is, Gentiles
  2. Galatians 2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9

13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (A)wound,
Then Ephraim went (B)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.

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13 “When Ephraim(A) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(B)
    and sent to the great king for help.(C)
But he is not able to cure(D) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(E)

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14 “Why do we sit still?
(A)Assemble yourselves,
And let us enter the fortified cities,
And let us be silent there.
For the Lord our God has put us to silence
And given us (B)water[a] of gall to drink,
Because we have sinned against the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:14 Bitter or poisonous water

14 Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(A)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water(B) to drink,
    because we have sinned(C) against him.

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Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. (A)Be of good courage, and do it.

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Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”

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It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land. Then the king talked with (A)Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done.”

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At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to appeal to the king for her house and land. The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, “Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.”

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And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

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Elijah was afraid[a] and ran(A) for his life.(B) When he came to Beersheba(C) in Judah, he left his servant there,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 19:3 Or Elijah saw

The People Afraid of God’s Presence

18 Now (A)all the people (B)witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain (C)smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

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18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet(A) and saw the mountain in smoke,(B) they trembled with fear.(C) They stayed at a distance

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19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You shall not reduce any bricks from your daily quota.”

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19 The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.”

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And he said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may (A)live and not die.”

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He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us,(A) so that we may live and not die.”(B)

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57 (A)So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to (B)buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.

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57 And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph,(A) because the famine was severe everywhere.(B)

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