If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
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He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis
LawThen said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Luke
GospelsWhen I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
Exodus
LawThe heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Proverbs
WisdomAlso he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Judges
HistoryFor none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBut when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Acts
HistoryBut as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThere was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
Acts
History / LukeAnd the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Luke
GospelsLet the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel
Minor ProphetsCanst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Job
Wisdom / JobShimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: