25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.

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25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her(A) and abused her(B) throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

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19 They (A)have become callous and (B)have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

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19 Having lost all sensitivity,(A) they have given themselves over(B) to sensuality(C) so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.

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From (A)the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
    there they have continued.
    Shall not the war against the unjust[a] overtake them in Gibeah?

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  1. Hosea 10:9 Hebrew the children of injustice

“Since the days of Gibeah,(A) you have sinned,(B) Israel,
    and there you have remained.[a]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?

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  1. Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken

(A)They have deeply corrupted themselves
    as (B)in the days of Gibeah:
(C)he will remember their iniquity;
    he will punish their sins.

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They have sunk deep into corruption,(A)
    as in the days of Gibeah.(B)
God will remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.(D)

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(A)They are all adulterers;
    they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
    from the kneading of the dough
    until it is leavened.
On the day of (B)our king, the princes
    became sick with the heat of wine;
    he stretched out his hand with mockers.
For with hearts like an oven (C)they approach their intrigue;
    all night their anger smolders;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven,
    and they devour their rulers.
All (D)their kings (E)have fallen,
    and none of them calls upon me.

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They are all adulterers,(A)
    burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
    from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
On the day of the festival of our king
    the princes become inflamed with wine,(B)
    and he joins hands with the mockers.(C)
Their hearts are like an oven;(D)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(E)
    and none of them calls(F) on me.

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(A)“How can I pardon you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    (B)and have sworn by those who are no gods.
(C)When I fed them to the full,
    (D)they committed adultery
    (E)and trooped to the houses of whores.
They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
    (F)each neighing (G)for his neighbor's wife.

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“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)
They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
    each neighing for another man’s wife.(E)

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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.”

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

Cain and Abel

Adam[a] made love to his wife(A) Eve,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b](C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.”

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  1. Genesis 4:1 Or The man
  2. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.
  3. Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired