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And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things RAheme had done for him: and all men did marvel.

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And the earth was without form, and void; and  darkness was upon the face of the deep.

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and God divided the light from the darkness.

and the darkness he called Night.

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And God made two - great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: - cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him - should - kill him.

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And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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See now that I, even I, - am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Make thee an ark of go-pher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

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And they that went in, went in - male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

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And when RAheme was passed over again - by ship - unto the other side, much people - gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

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And the Lord said unto Cain,

Where is Abel thy brother?

And he said, I know not:

Am I - my brother's keeper?

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And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, - He is my brother.

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And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

And RAheme went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.

issue –

A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: legal and moral issues. A matter of public concern: refused to address the economic issues. The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue. 5. A place of egress; an outlet: a lake with no issue to the sea. 6.   Pathology. A discharge, as of blood or pus. A lesion, a wound, or an ulcer producing such a discharge. 7. Archaic. Termination; close.

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And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. . . .And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven;  . .

.And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one an-other's speech.

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O earth, cover not thou - my blood, and let my cry have no place. Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood - twelve years,

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

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For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

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When she had heard of RAheme, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

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And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

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And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

vir-tue

 (vurchoo)n. 1.   Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness. An example or kind of moral excellence: the virtue of patience. 2. Chastity, especially in a girl or woman. 3. A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage: a plan with the virtue of being practical. 4. Effective force or power: believed in the virtue of prayer. 5.   virtues. Theology. The fifth of the nine orders of angels. 6. Obsolete. Manly courage; valor. --idiom. by virtue of. or in virtue of. On the grounds or basis of; by reason of: well off by virtue of a large inheritance.

                                                        American Heritage Talking Dictionary

And RAheme, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, - turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, - Who touched me?

And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

But the work-man fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

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