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Genesis 2:7

7 Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
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Genesis 2:10

10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
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Genesis 2:24

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
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Genesis 3:22

22 And the LORD God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
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Genesis 4:3

3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.
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Genesis 4:8

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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Genesis 6:1

1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
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Genesis 7:6

6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.
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Genesis 7:10

10 And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.
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Genesis 7:12

12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
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Genesis 7:17

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
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Genesis 8:6

6 After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark
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Genesis 8:13

13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
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Genesis 9:14

14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
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Genesis 9:15

15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
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Genesis 10:8

8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
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Genesis 10:19

19 and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
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Genesis 10:30

30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
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Genesis 11:1

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
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Genesis 11:2

2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
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Genesis 11:3

3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
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Genesis 12:11

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are.
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Genesis 12:14

14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.
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Genesis 12:16

16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
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Genesis 13:3

3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
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Genesis 13:5

5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
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Genesis 14:1

1 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim,
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Genesis 15:1

1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield,your very great reward. ”
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Genesis 15:17

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
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Genesis 17:16

16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
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Genesis 18:12

12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
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Genesis 18:18

18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
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Genesis 19:14

14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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Genesis 19:26

26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
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Genesis 19:29

29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
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Genesis 20:12

12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.
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Genesis 20:13

13 And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
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Genesis 21:20

20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.
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Genesis 21:22

22 At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.
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Genesis 22:1

1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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Genesis 22:20

20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
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Genesis 23:1

1 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.
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Genesis 24:60

60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies.”
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Genesis 24:67

67 Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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Genesis 25:11

11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
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Genesis 25:27

27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
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Genesis 26:1

1 Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
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Genesis 26:8

8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
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Genesis 26:14

14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
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Genesis 26:28

28 They answered, “We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you
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Genesis 26:32

32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”
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Genesis 26:35

35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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Genesis 27:1

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.
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Genesis 27:30

30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
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Genesis 27:40

40 You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.”
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Genesis 28:3

3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.
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Genesis 29:20

20 So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
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Genesis 29:25

25 When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?”
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Genesis 30:25

25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland.
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Genesis 30:29

29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.
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Genesis 30:30

30 The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?”
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Genesis 30:43

43 In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
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Genesis 31:5

5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.
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Genesis 31:10

10 “In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.
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Genesis 31:42

42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”
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Genesis 32:5

5 I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.’ ”
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Genesis 32:10

10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
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Genesis 33:9

9 But Esau said, “I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
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Genesis 34:15

15 We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.
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Genesis 34:16

16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.
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Genesis 34:22

22 But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.
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Genesis 34:25

25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
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Genesis 35:3

3 Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”
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Genesis 35:11

11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty ; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
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Genesis 35:18

18 As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
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Genesis 35:22

22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:
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Genesis 36:7

7 Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.
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Genesis 37:20

20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”
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Genesis 37:23

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—
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Genesis 37:27

27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
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Genesis 38:1

1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
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Genesis 38:21

21 He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here,” they said.
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Genesis 38:22

22 So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here.’ ”
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Genesis 38:23

23 Then Judah said, “Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.”
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Genesis 38:27

27 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
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Genesis 38:28

28 As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, “This one came out first.”
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Genesis 38:29

29 But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.
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Genesis 39:2

2 The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
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Genesis 39:5

5 From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the LORD was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.
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Genesis 39:7

7 and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”
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Genesis 39:11

11 One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.
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Genesis 40:1

1 Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.
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Genesis 40:20

20 Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
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Genesis 41:1

1 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,
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Genesis 41:13

13 And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.”
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Genesis 41:36

36 This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.”
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Genesis 41:48

48 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.
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Genesis 41:53

53 The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end,
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Genesis 42:35

35 As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened.
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Genesis 43:2

2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
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Genesis 43:21

21 But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver—the exact weight—in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us.
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Genesis 44:24

24 When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.
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Genesis 46:32

32 The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’
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Genesis 46:34

34 you should answer, ‘Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
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Genesis 47:9

9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”
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Genesis 47:20

20 So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
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Genesis 47:26

26 So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.
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Genesis 48:1

1 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.
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Genesis 48:19

19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”
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Genesis 49:15

15 When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.
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