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16 Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.

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16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

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12 When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him. 13 He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow. 14 He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

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12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold,(A) because the Lord blessed him.(B) 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.(C) 14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants(D) that the Philistines envied him.(E)

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She doesn’t realize it was I who gave her everything she has—
    the grain, the new wine, the olive oil;
I even gave her silver and gold.
    But she gave all my gifts to Baal.

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She has not acknowledged(A) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(B)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(C)
    which they used for Baal.(D)

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12 Look at these wicked people—
    enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.

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12 This is what the wicked are like—
    always free of care,(A) they go on amassing wealth.(B)

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For I envied the proud
    when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.

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For I envied(A) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(B)

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But robbers are left in peace,
    and those who provoke God live in safety—
    though God keeps them in his power.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:6 Or safety—those who try to manipulate God. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(A)
    and those who provoke God are secure(B)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand

47 As predicted, for seven years the land produced bumper crops. 48 During those years, Joseph gathered all the crops grown in Egypt and stored the grain from the surrounding fields in the cities. 49 He piled up huge amounts of grain like sand on the seashore. Finally, he stopped keeping records because there was too much to measure.

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47 During the seven years of abundance(A) the land produced plentifully. 48 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.(B) In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. 49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea;(C) it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

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17 but he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness. For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.”

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17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony:(A) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;(B) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”(C)

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45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

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45 that you may be children(A) of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.(B)

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