36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more,(A) and now you want to take Benjamin.(B) Everything is against me!(C)

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14 And may God Almighty[a](A) grant you mercy(B) before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you.(C) As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 43:14 Hebrew El-Shaddai

13 No temptation[a] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;(A) he will not let you be tempted[b] beyond what you can bear.(B) But when you are tempted,[c] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(A) If God is for us,(B) who can be against us?(C)

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28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(A) of those who love him, who[a] have been called(B) according to his purpose.(C)

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  1. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who

31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,”(A) he said, “why did you doubt?”

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13 For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand(A)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help(B) you.
14 Do not be afraid,(C) you worm(D) Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help(E) you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer,(F) the Holy One(G) of Israel.

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10 So do not fear,(A) for I am with you;(B)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen(C) you and help(D) you;
    I will uphold you(E) with my righteous right hand.(F)

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10 I said, “In the prime of my life(A)
    must I go through the gates of death(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?(C)

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By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
    and patience(A) is better than pride.

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Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(A)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(B)

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David Among the Philistines

27 But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

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