Then Job answered and said. ] Without taking notice of Bildad's harsh expressions and severe censures, or his unfriendliness to him; he enters directly into the argument, grants some things, confutes others, and defends himself and his conduct.
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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying ,
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Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
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And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed , and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
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And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
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And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers , on the Assyrians her neighbours,