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Death and Burial of Sarah
Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years; this was the length of the life of Sarah.
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The days of Abraham’s life were a hundred and seventy-five years.
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Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years; then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
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Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you [as a hired workman] for seven years [in return] for [the privilege of marrying] Rachel your younger daughter.”
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So Jacob served [Laban] for seven years for [the right to marry] Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
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But in the morning [when Jacob awoke], it was Leah [who was with him]! And he said to Laban, “What is this that you have done to me? Did I not work for you [for seven years] for Rachel? Why have you deceived and betrayed me [like this]?”
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Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years.”
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So Jacob consummated his marriage and lived with Rachel [as his wife], and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.
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So he took his relatives with him and pursued him for seven days, and they overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
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Then Jacob crossed over [the stream] ahead of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times [bowing and moving forward each time], until he approached his brother.
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These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers [Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher]; the boy was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s [secondary] wives; and Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
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And lo, there came up out of the Nile seven [healthy] cows, sleek and handsome and fat; and they grazed in the reed grass [in a marshy pasture].
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Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, ugly and gaunt and raw-boned, and stood by the fat cows on the bank of the Nile.
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Then the ugly and gaunt and raw-boned cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
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Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.
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Then behold, seven ears [of grain], thin and dried up by the east wind, sprouted after them.
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Then the thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream.
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and seven fat, sleek and handsome cows came up out of the river, and they grazed in the reed grass [of a marshy pasture].
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Lo, seven other cows came up after them, very ugly and gaunt [just skin and bones]; such emaciated animals as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.
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And the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
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I saw in my [second] dream, seven ears [of grain], plump and good, growing on a single stalk;
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and lo, seven [other] ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them;
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and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. Now I told this to the magicians and soothsayers, but there was no one who could explain it [to me].”
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The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the [two] dreams are one [and the same].
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The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years; and also the seven thin ears, dried up and scorched by the east wind, they are seven years of famine and hunger.