And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
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Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsOne shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Psalms
PoetryThen the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Acts
History / LukeAnd Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
2 Kings
HistoryThe children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
Ezra
HistoryWhen they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
Leviticus
LawHear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms
PoetryThese be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
LawAnd when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Acts
HistoryLord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there was great joy in that city.
Acts
History / LukeAfter these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
John
Gospels / JohnBut when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Matthew
GospelsHe cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFrom Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
Joshua
HistoryBecause he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms
PoetryThey that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: