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And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
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Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
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The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
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Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
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But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.
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So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
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Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
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Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”
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Then Abimelech took sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him.
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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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Then he put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
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Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.
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Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
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And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
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The Brothers Return to Canaan
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.
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So he said to his brothers, “My money has been restored, and there it is, in my sack!” Then their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to one another, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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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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Joseph Revealed to His Brothers
Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
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He saw that rest was good, And that the land was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden, And became a band of slaves.
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And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom again.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, it was restored like his other flesh.
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And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”
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And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them.
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Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ”
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So the people rested on the seventh day.
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For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
