All nations must serve him and his son and grandson<n id="1" /> until the time comes for his own nation to fall.<n id="2" /> Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon.<n id="3" />

For the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel who rules over all<n id="1" /> says, &#8220;I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations<n id="2" /> so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />

Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety.<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not be afraid to submit to the Babylonians.<n id="2" /> Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.

&#8220;Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar<n id="1" /> of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre.<n id="2" /> Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

Then she gave birth<n id="1" /> to his brother Abel.<n id="2" /> Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.<n id="3" />p>

When you try to cultivate<n id="1" /> thep> <p class="bodytext">ground it will no longer yield<n id="2" /> its best<n id="3" /> for you. You will be a homeless wanderer<n id="4" /> on the earth.&#8221;

Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Abram, &#8220;Know for certain<n id="1" /> that your descendants will be strangers<n id="2" /> in a foreign country.<n id="3" /> They will be enslaved and oppressed<n id="4" /> for four hundred years.

and the <sc>Lordsc> said to her,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Two nations<n id="1" /> are in your womb,p> <p class="poetry">and two peoples will be separated from within you.p> <p class="poetry">One people will be stronger than the other,p> <p class="poetry">and the older will serve the younger.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">May peoples serve youp> <p class="poetry">and nations bow down to you.p> <p class="poetry">You will be<n id="1" /> lord<n id="2" /> over your brothers,p> <p class="poetry">and the sons of your mother will bow down to you.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">May those who curse you be cursed,p> <p class="poetry">and those who bless you be blessed.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">You will live by your swordp> <p class="poetry">but you will serve your brother.p> <p class="poetry">When you grow restless,p> <p class="poetry">you will tear off his yokep> <p class="poetry">from your neck.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah!<n id="1" /> So Jacob<n id="2" /> said to Laban, &#8220;What in the world have you done to me!<n id="3" /> Didn&#8217;t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked<n id="4" /> me?&#8221;

Complete my older daughter&#8217;s bridal week.<n id="1" /> Then we will give you the younger one<n id="2" /> too, in exchange for seven more years of work.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Jacob<n id="1" /> had marital relations<n id="2" /> with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban<n id="3" /> for seven more years.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">When he sees<n id="1" /> a good resting place,p> <p class="poetry">and the pleasant land,p> <p class="poetry">he will bend his shoulder to the burdenp> <p class="poetry">and become a slave laborer.<n id="2" />p>

They made their lives bitter<n id="1" /> by<n id="2" /> hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service<n id="3" /> in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.<n id="4" />p>

and I said to you, &#8216;Let my son go that he may serve<n id="1" /> me,&#8217; but since you have refused to let him go,<n id="2" /> I will surely kill<n id="3" /> your son, your firstborn!&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;p>

I<n id="1" /> have also heard<n id="2" /> the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving,<n id="3" /> and I have remembered my covenant.<n id="4" />

Tell him, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc>, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Release my people, that they may serve me<n id="2" /> in the desert!&#8221; But until now<n id="3" /> you have not listened.<n id="4" />

<v id="(7:26)" /><n id="1" /> Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Go to Pharaoh and tell him, &#8216;Thus says the <sc>Lordsc>: &#8220;Release my people in order that they may serve me!

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Go to Pharaoh and tell him, &#8216;Thus says the <sc>Lord,sc> the God of the Hebrews, &#8220;Release my people that they may serve me!