Burnt offerings VI

God hath taken

away my reproach:

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country,

saw her,

he took her,

and lay with her,

and defiled her.

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Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold:

and the Lord blessed him.

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blade

The flat-edged cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool. 2.   A sword. A swordsman

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Another parable put

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forth unto them, saying,

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,

and went his way.

But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

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    And the Lord said unto Satan,

Whence comest thou?

Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth,

and from walking up and down in it.

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So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

He said unto them,

An enemy hath done this.

The servants said unto him,

Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that,

behold,

every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they - and their father saw the bundles of money,

they were afraid.

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But he said,

Nay;

lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Let both grow together until the harvest:

and in the time of harvest

I

will say to the rleapers,

Gather ye together first the tares,

and bind them in bundles to burn them:

but gather the wheat into my barn.

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hap

(hap)n. 1. Fortune; chance. 2. A happening; an occurrence.

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And she went,

and came,

and gleaned in the field - after the rleapers:

and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

And,

behold,

Boaz came from Bethlehem,

and said unto the rleapers,

The Lord be with you.

And they answered him,

The Lord bless thee.

Then said Boaz unto

his servant that was set over the rleapers,

Whose damsel is this?

And the servant that was set over the rleapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

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And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;

and they sewed fig leaves together,

and made them-selves aprons.

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And the servant ran to meet her,

and said,

Let me,

I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

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And she said,

I pray you,

let me glean and gather after –

the rleapers among the sheaves:

so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

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Then said Boaz unto Ruth,

Hearest thou not, my daughter?

Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after - them:

have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee?

and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

and said unto him,

Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

And Boaz answered

and said unto her,

It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother,

and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Then she said,

Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

And Boaz said unto her,

At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.

And she sat beside the rleapers:

and he reached her parched corn,

and she did eat,

and was sufficed,

and left.

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And God remembered Rachel,

and God hearkened to her,

and opened her womb.

And she conceived,

and bare a son;

and said,

God hath taken away my reproach:

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And when she was risen up to glean,

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re-proach

1. To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone). See Synonyms at admonish. 2. To bring shame upon; disgrace.n. 1. Blame; rebuke. 2. One that causes rebuke or blame. 3. Disgrace; shame. --idiom. beyond reproach. So good as to preclude any possibility of criticism.[Middle English reprochen, from Old French reprochier, from Vulgar Latin *repropiare : Latin re-, re- + Latin prope, near. See per1.]

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Boaz commanded

his young men, saying,

Let her glean even among the shleaves, and reproach her not:

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Burnt Offerings V

And Ruth said,

Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.

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And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:

she shall be called Woman,

because she was taken out of Man.

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And when the workman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make - one wise,

she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;

and they sewed fig leaves together,

and made themselves aprons.

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When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,

then she left speaking unto - her.

So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass,

when they were come to Bethlehem,

that all the city was moved about them,

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So Moses brought Israel - from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

And the people murmured against Moses, saying,

What shall we drink?

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and they said,

Is this Naomi?

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara:

for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

I went out full,

and the Lord hath brought me home again empty:

why then call ye me - Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

So Naomi returned,

and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab:

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Unto Adam also - and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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The sons of Japheth; . . .And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. . . .By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one - after his tongue, - after - their families, in their nations.

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Abraham said of Sarah his wife,

She is my sister:

and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night,

and said to him,

Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the workman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

But Abimelech had not come near her:

and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

Said he not unto me,

She is my sister?

and she,

even she herself said,

He is my brother:

in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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and they came to Bethlehem - in the beginning of barley harvest.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

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And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed:

and,

behold,

he stood by the river.

And,

behold,

there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed;

and they fed in a meadow.

And,

behold,

seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured - and leanfleshed;

and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

And the ill favoured - and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured - and fat kine.

So Pharaoh awoke.

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And he slept and dreamed the second time:

and,

behold,

seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

And,

behold,

seven thin - ears - and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

And the seven thin ears - devoured the seven rank and full ears.

And Pharaoh awoke,

and,

behold,

it was a dream.

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And Ruth the Moabitess

 said unto Naomi,

Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.

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And Laban answered

and said unto Jacob,

These daughters are my daughters,

and these children are my children,

and these cattle are my cattle,

and all that thou seest is mine:

and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, - or unto their children which they have born?

Now therefore come thou,

let us make a covenant,

I and thou;

and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

And Jacob took a stone,

and set it up for a pillar.

And Jacob said unto his brethren,

Gather stones;

and they took stones,

and made an heap:

and they did eat there upon the heap.

And Laban called it

Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

And Laban said,

This heap is a witness - between me and thee this day.

Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

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And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

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