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Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
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And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
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And the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”
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Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!”
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By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
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Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?”
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Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”
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So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.
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So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?”
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Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years.”
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Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years.
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Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done for you.”
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So Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.
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And you know that with all my might I have served your father.
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Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
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So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.
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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.
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Then he washed his face and came out; and he restrained himself, and said, “Serve the bread.”
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So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor.
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And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage—in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
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So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
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So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”
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And you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness”; but indeed, until now you would not hear!
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The Second Plague: Frogs
And the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
