34 (A)Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was (B)five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry[a] with him.

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  1. Genesis 43:34 Hebrew and became intoxicated

34 When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s.(A) So they feasted(B) and drank freely with him.

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22 To each and all of them he gave (A)a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[a] of silver and (B)five changes of clothes.

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  1. Genesis 45:22 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

22 To each of them he gave new clothing,(A) but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[a] of silver and five sets of clothes.(B)

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  1. Genesis 45:22 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms

Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and (A)wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king.

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Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.”(A) So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

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10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

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10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

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19 The Son of Man came (A)eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, (B)a friend of (C)tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”[a]

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  1. Matthew 11:19 Some manuscripts children (compare Luke 7:35)

19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’(A) But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”

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For behold, (A)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
    that bitter and hasty nation,
(B)who march through the breadth of the earth,
    (C)to seize dwellings not their own.

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I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.(C)

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  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans

19 Bread is made for laughter,
    and (A)wine gladdens life,
    and (B)money answers everything.

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19 A feast is made for laughter,
    wine(A) makes life merry,
    and money is the answer for everything.

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Enjoy Life with the One You Love

Go, (A)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

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Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(A) with a joyful heart,(B) for God has already approved what you do.

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Give strong drink to the one who (A)is perishing,
    and wine to (B)those in bitter distress;[a]

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  1. Proverbs 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul

Let beer be for those who are perishing,
    wine(A) for those who are in anguish!

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22 Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’” 24 So the cook took up (A)the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.”[a]

So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

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  1. 1 Samuel 9:24 Hebrew appointed, saying, ‘I have invited the people’

22 Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and seated them at the head of those who were invited—about thirty in number. 23 Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the piece of meat I gave you, the one I told you to lay aside.”

24 So the cook took up the thigh(A) with what was on it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, “Here is what has been kept for you. Eat, because it was set aside for you for this occasion from the time I said, ‘I have invited guests.’” And Saul dined with Samuel that day.

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But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.[a]

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:5 Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb

But to Hannah he gave a double portion(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.(B)

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