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And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
