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And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;

And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.

And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.

Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.

And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:

Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

So he overtook them and said these words to them.