So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. ] Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.
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Let us go , we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell . And he answered , Go ye.
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And one said , Be content , I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered , I will go .
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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
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But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried , and said , Alas, master! for it was borrowed .
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And the man of God said , Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim .