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Genesis 31:7

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31:7 but your father has humiliated 1  me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

Genesis 35:2

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35:2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. 2  Purify yourselves and change your clothes. 3 

Genesis 41:14

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41:14 Then Pharaoh summoned 4  Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

Genesis 31:41

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31:41 This was my lot 5  for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave 6  for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!
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[31:7]  1 tn This rare verb means “to make a fool of” someone. It involves deceiving someone so that their public reputation suffers (see Exod 8:25).

[35:2]  2 tn Heb “which are in your midst.”

[35:2]  3 sn The actions of removing false gods, becoming ritually clean, and changing garments would become necessary steps in Israel when approaching the Lord in worship.

[41:14]  3 tn Heb “and Pharaoh sent and called,” indicating a summons to the royal court.

[31:41]  4 tn Heb “this to me.”

[31:41]  5 tn Heb “served you,” but in this accusatory context the meaning is more “worked like a slave.”



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