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Genesis 48:1-22

48:1

And it came to pass after
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these things
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that [one] told
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Joseph
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Behold, thy father
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[is] sick
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and he took
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with him his two
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sons
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Manasseh
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and Ephraim
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48:2

And [one] told
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Jacob
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and said
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Behold, thy son
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Joseph
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cometh
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unto thee: and Israel
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strengthened
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himself, and sat
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upon the bed
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48:3

And Jacob
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said
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unto Joseph
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God
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Almighty
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appeared
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unto me at Luz
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in the land
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of Canaan
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and blessed
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me,

48:4

And said
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unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful
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and multiply
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thee, and I will make
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of thee a multitude
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of people
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and will give
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this land
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to thy seed
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after thee
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[for] an everlasting
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possession
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48:5

And now thy two
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sons
<01121>_,

Ephraim
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and Manasseh
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which were born
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unto thee in the land
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of Egypt
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before
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I came
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unto thee into Egypt
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[are] mine; as Reuben
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and Simeon
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they shall be mine.

48:6

And thy issue
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which thou begettest
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after
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them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called
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after
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the name
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of their brethren
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in their inheritance
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48:7

And as for me, when I came
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from Padan
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Rachel
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died
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by me in the land
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of Canaan
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in the way
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when
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yet [there was] but a little
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way
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to come
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unto Ephrath
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and I buried her
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there in the way
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of Ephrath
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the same [is] Bethlehem
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48:8

And Israel
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beheld
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Joseph's
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sons
<01121>_,

and said
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Who [are] these?

48:9

And Joseph
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said
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unto his father
<01>_,

They [are] my sons
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whom God
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hath given
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me in this [place]. And he said
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Bring them
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I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless
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them.

48:10

Now the eyes
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of Israel
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were dim
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for age
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[so that] he could
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not see
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And he brought them near
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unto him; and he kissed
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them, and embraced
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them. {dim: Heb. heavy}

48:11

And Israel
<03478>

said
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unto Joseph
<03130>_,

I had not thought
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to see
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thy face
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and, lo, God
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hath shewed
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me also thy seed
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48:12

And Joseph
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brought them out
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from between
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his knees
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and he bowed
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himself with his face
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to the earth
<0776>_.

48:13

And Joseph
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took
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them both
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Ephraim
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in his right hand
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toward Israel's
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left hand
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and Manasseh
<04519>

in his left hand
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toward Israel's
<03478>

right hand
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and brought [them] near
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unto him.

48:14

And Israel
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stretched out
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his right hand
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and laid
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[it] upon Ephraim's
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head
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who [was] the younger
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and his left hand
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upon Manasseh's
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head
<07218>_,

guiding
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his hands
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wittingly
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for Manasseh
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[was] the firstborn
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48:15

And he blessed
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Joseph
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and said
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God
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before
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whom my fathers
<01>

Abraham
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and Isaac
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did walk
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the God
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which fed
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me all my life long
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unto this day
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48:16

The Angel
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which redeemed
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me from all evil
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bless
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the lads
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and let my name
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be named
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on them, and the name
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of my fathers
<01>

Abraham
<085>

and Isaac
<03327>_;

and let them grow
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into a multitude
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in the midst
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of the earth
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{grow: Heb. as fishes do increase}

48:17

And when Joseph
<03130>

saw
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that his father
<01>

laid
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his right
<03225>

hand
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upon the head
<07218>

of Ephraim
<0669>_,

it displeased
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him: and he held up
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his father's
<01>

hand
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to remove
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it from Ephraim's
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head
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unto Manasseh's
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head
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{displeased...: was evil in his eyes}

48:18

And Joseph
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said
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unto his father
<01>_,

Not so, my father
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for this [is] the firstborn
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put
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thy right hand
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upon his head
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48:19

And his father
<01>

refused
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and said
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I know
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[it], my son
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I know
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[it]: he also shall become a people
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and he also shall be great
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but truly
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his younger
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brother
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shall be greater
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than he, and his seed
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shall become a multitude
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of nations
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{multitude: Heb. fulness}

48:20

And he blessed
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them that day
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saying
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In thee shall Israel
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bless
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saying
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God
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make
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thee as Ephraim
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and as Manasseh
<04519>_:

and he set
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Ephraim
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before
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Manasseh
<04519>_.

48:21

And Israel
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said
<0559> (8799)

unto Joseph
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Behold, I die
<04191> (8801)_:

but God
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shall be with you, and bring you again
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unto the land
<0776>

of your fathers
<01>_.

48:22

Moreover I have given
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to thee one
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portion
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above thy brethren
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which I took
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out of the hand
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of the Amorite
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with my sword
<02719>

and with my bow
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