Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.

If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.

For our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name.

You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!

Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.

“Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events!

Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,