14 Therefore the (A)Lord himself will give you a sign. (B)Behold, the (C)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (D)Immanuel.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

23 (A)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name (B)Immanuel”

(which means, God (C)with us).

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

The Word Became Flesh

(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

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31 And behold, (A)you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and (B)you shall call his name Jesus.

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14 And (A)the Word (B)became flesh and (C)dwelt among us, (D)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[a] from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.

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  1. John 1:14 Or only One, or unique One

35 And the angel answered her, (A)“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of (B)the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born[a] will be called (C)holy—(D)the Son of God.

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  1. Luke 1:35 Some manuscripts add of you

16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

(A)He[a] was manifested in the flesh,
    vindicated[b] by the Spirit,[c]
        (B)seen by angels,
(C)proclaimed among the nations,
    (D)believed on in the world,
        (E)taken up in glory.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:16 Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which
  2. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or justified
  3. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a] and (A)her offspring;
(B)he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.”

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  1. Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis

and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, (A)reaching even to the neck, and its (B)outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, (C)O Immanuel.”

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10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (A)but it will not stand,
    for God (B)is with us.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

22 (A)How long will you waver,
    (B)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
    a woman encircles a man.”

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20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”[a]

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God

Cain and Abel

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten[a] a man with the help of the Lord.” And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.

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  1. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten

To them belong (A)the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, (B)who is God over all, (C)blessed forever. Amen.

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21 And she named the child (A)Ichabod, saying, (B)“The glory has departed[a] from Israel!” because (C)the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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  1. 1 Samuel 4:21 Or gone into exile; also verse 22

Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings[a] I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name (A)Naphtali.[b]

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  1. Genesis 30:8 Hebrew With wrestlings of God
  2. Genesis 30:8 Naphtali sounds like the Hebrew for wrestling

Then Rachel said, “God has (A)judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.[a]

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  1. Genesis 30:6 Dan sounds like the Hebrew for judged

11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,

“Behold, you are pregnant
    and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,[a]
    (A)because the Lord has listened to your affliction.

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  1. Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed[a] for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

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  1. Genesis 4:25 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed

32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben,[a] for she said, “Because the Lord (A)has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

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  1. Genesis 29:32 Reuben means See, a son

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