And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Judges
History / SamuelThey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Joshua
History / JoshuaOf Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
1 Chronicles
HistoryLord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Leviticus
LawAs touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
Acts
History / LukeAnd their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Exodus
LawAre not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThese two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
Leviticus
LawSurely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Judges
History / SamuelBeginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.