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21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their otzarot.

22 Hashem possessed me in the reshit of His derech, before His works of old.

23 I was set up [to reign] me’olam (from eternity), from the beginning, or ever eretz was.

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21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.(A)

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work