The Divide

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And God saw - the light,

that - it was good:

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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,

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and God divided the light from - the darkness.

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And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good - for food;

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And they took all - the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, - and - went their way.

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And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth d-evil?

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And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, - and departed.

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yea,

they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword;

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And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the He-brew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

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And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again - his brother Lot,

and his goods,

and the workmen also,

and the people.

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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

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And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him - after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

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And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread - and wine:

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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And he drank of the wine,

and was drunken;

and he was uncovered within his tent.

And Ham,

the father of Canaan,

saw the nakedness of his father,

and told his two brethren without.

And Shem and Japheth took a garment,

and laid it upon both their shoulders,

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And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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and went backward,

and covered the nakedness of their father;

and their faces - were backward,

and they saw not - their father's nakedness.

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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And Noah awoke from - his wine,

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And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread - and wine:

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What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

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And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;

upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

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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 now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

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And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

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And he said, Cursed be Canaan;

a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem;

and Canaan shall be his servant.

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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

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And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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and he was the priest of the most high God.

he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of - the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.

And he gave him tithes of all.

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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;

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And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and - went their way.

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churl

(churl)n. 1. A rude, boorish person. See Synonyms at boor. 2. A miserly person. 3.   A ceorl. A medieval English peasant.

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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and God divided the light - from the darkness.

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And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision,

saying,

Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

ISamuel