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Therefore Abimeleck rose early in the morning and called all of his servants and told them all these words; and the men were exceedingly afraid.

And it came to pass, when he saw the earrings and the bracelets on his sisters hands and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me, he came to the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the well.

And it came to pass that, when Abrahams servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out bitterly, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; so she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau is threatening to kill you.

AND Jacob heard the words of Labans sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our fathers; and of that which was our fathers has he acquired all of this wealth.

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamors son.

And his brothers said to him, Are you indeed going to reign over us? Or are you going to have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us, came in to disgrace me;

And when the master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your servant to me; his wrath was kindled.

Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you shall be bound in prison, so that your words may be proved, to see if your statements are true; and if they are not true, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.

But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so.

And they said, The man asked us straitly about ourselves and our kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you another brother? And we told him simply because of these words; could we have known in advance that he would say to us that we should bring our brother down?

And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.

They said to him, Let not our lord speak such words. Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing;

And he said to them, Now also let it be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and the rest of you shall be blameless.

Then Judah came near to him and said, I beg you, O my lord, let your servant speak a few words in my lords presence, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh.

And when we came up to your servant our father, we told him the words of my lord.

And they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, their father Jacob was content.

Naphtali is a swift messenger; he gives goodly words.