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For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive.”

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Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.”

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If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; indeed, I have already cursed them[a] because you do not lay it to heart.(A)

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If you do not listen,(A) and if you do not resolve to honor(B) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(C) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(D) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.

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You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
    you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.(A)

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
    within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
    around your table.(B)
Thus shall the man be blessed
    who fears the Lord.

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You will eat the fruit of your labor;(A)
    blessings and prosperity(B) will be yours.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine(C)
    within your house;
your children(D) will be like olive shoots(E)
    around your table.
Yes, this will be the blessing(F)
    for the man who fears the Lord.(G)

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Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
    the fruit of the womb a reward.(A)
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
    are the sons of one’s youth.
Happy is the man who has
    his quiver full of them.
He shall not be put to shame
    when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.(B)

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Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward(A) from him.
Like arrows(B) in the hands of a warrior
    are children born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
    whose quiver is full of them.(C)
They will not be put to shame
    when they contend with their opponents(D) in court.(E)

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Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and let us be on our way, so that we may live and not die—you and we and also our little ones.

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Then Judah(A) said to Israel(B) his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.(C)

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I have heard,” he said, “that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”(A)

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He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us,(A) so that we may live and not die.”(B)

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57 Moreover, all the world came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine became severe throughout the world.

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57 And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph,(A) because the famine was severe everywhere.(B)

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