And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
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A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
Exodus
LawThe earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Judges
HistoryAnd Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
Genesis
LawAnd the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
Leviticus
LawAnd when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
Ezra
HistoryAnd I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Acts
HistoryFor thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Psalms
PoetryAnd I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
Acts
HistoryOur holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielSo shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWe accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
Acts
History / LukeAnd thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Exodus
LawAnd Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.