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In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
