<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Catch<n id="1" /> the foxes<n id="2" /> for us,p> <p class="poetry">the little foxes,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">that ruin the vineyards<n id="4" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">for our vineyard is in bloom.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved&#8217;s Brothers:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">We have a little sister,p> <p class="poetry">and as yet she has no breasts.p> <p class="poetry">What shall we do for our sisterp> <p class="poetry">on the day when she is spoken for?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The least of you will multiply into<n id="1" /> a thousand;p> <p class="poetry">the smallest of you will become a large nation.p> <p class="poetry">When the right time comes, I the <sc>Lordsc> will quickly do this!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, look! The <sc>Lordsc> is giving the command.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will smash the large house to bits,p> <p class="poetry">and the small house into little pieces.p>

<p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;Sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, stop!p> <p class="poetry">How can Jacob survive?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He is too weak!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The people<n id="1" /> of Nineveh believed in God,<n id="2" /> and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.<n id="3" />

But we replied, &#8216;We cannot go down there.<n id="1" /> If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go,<n id="2" /> for we won&#8217;t be permitted to see the man&#8217;s face if our youngest brother is not with us.&#8217;p>

God made two great lights<n id="1" /> &#8211; the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.<n id="2" />

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest,<n id="1" /> with blindness. The men outside<n id="2" /> wore themselves out trying to find the door.

Then Rebekah took her older son Esau&#8217;s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

They replied, &#8220;Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers.<n id="1" /> We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time,<n id="2" /> and one is no longer alive.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives,<n id="1" /> you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father.<n id="1" /> One is no longer alive,<n id="2" /> and the youngest is with our father at this time<n id="3" /> in the land of Canaan.&#8217;p>

Then put<n id="1" /> my cup &#8211; the silver cup &#8211; in the mouth of the youngest one&#8217;s sack, along with the money for his grain.&#8221; He did as Joseph instructed.<n id="2" />p>

We said to my lord, &#8216;We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old.<n id="1" /> The boy&#8217;s<n id="2" /> brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother&#8217;s sons left,<n id="3" /> and his father loves him.&#8217;p>

But you said to your servants, &#8216;If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.&#8217;

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring<n id="1" /> to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.p>

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb&#8217;s younger brother,<n id="1" /> captured it, Caleb<n id="2" /> gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.p>

Her father said, &#8220;I really thought<n id="1" /> you absolutely despised<n id="2" /> her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!&#8221;<n id="3" />

His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him at regular intervals when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.