Two sons VI

kissed him

And the earth was without form, and void; and  darkness was upon the face of the deep. - And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, . . .

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And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him;

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and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

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They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

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And Israel said unto Joseph,  Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

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And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, - his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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Two sons V

and they wept

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

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And he said, Appoint me - thy wages, and I will give it.

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

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And when he came - to himself, - he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

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And he passed over - before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

And Esau - ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him:

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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:

and they shall be one flesh.

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  And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

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and they wept.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the work-men and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

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And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, - his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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Two sons IV

cause

(koz)n. 1.   The producer of an effect,-  result, or consequence. The one, such as a person, an event, or a condition, that is responsible for an action or a result. 2. A basis for an action or a response; a reason: The doctor's report gave no cause for alarm. 3. A goal or principle served with dedication and zeal: "

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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man;

and he hasted to dress it.

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And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them;

and he stood by them - under the tree, and they did eat.

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And the damsel was very fair to look up-on, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

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And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a v-eil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

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Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

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And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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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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Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, - Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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Two sons III

a-gue

 (agyoo)n. 1. A febrile condition in which there are alternating periods of chills, fever, and sweating. Used chiefly in reference to the fevers associated with malaria. 2. A chill or fit of shivering

fain

 (fan)adv. 1. Happily; gladly: "I would fain improve every opportunity to wonder and worship, as a sunflower welcomes the light" (Henry David Thoreau). 2. Archaic. Preferably; rather.adj. Archaic. 1. Ready; willing. 2. Pleased; happy. 3. Obliged or required.

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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

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I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

I also will do this unto you;

I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

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And when he had spent all,

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

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, **

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

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there arose a mighty famine in that land; -  and he began to be in want.

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 . . . and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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And they said - one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

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And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

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And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

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And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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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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Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

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And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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