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The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
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The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
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The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
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“Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
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May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.
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Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”
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As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.
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His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
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But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
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“My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.” Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased.
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To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.