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But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."

Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.

All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father bewailed him.

But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord , and the Lord put him to death.

But since Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, he spilled his semen on the ground whenever he went in to his brother's wife, so that he would not give offspring to his brother.

He asked the townspeople, "Where is the temple prostitute who was at Enaim by the wayside?" But they said, "No prostitute has been here."

But just then he drew back his hand, and out came his brother; and she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" Therefore he was named Perez.

So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge; and, with him there, he had no concern for anything but the food that he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking.

But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand.

she caught hold of his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.

but as soon as I raised my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me, and fled outside."

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love; he gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.

But remember me when it is well with you; please do me the kindness to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this place.

and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head."

but the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

In the morning his spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had done so, for they were still as ugly as before. Then I awoke.

and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. But when I told it to the magicians, there was no one who could explain it to me."

and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was bread.