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Genesis 38:16-18
He didn’t realize that she was his daughter- in- law. He went over to her by the side of the road. He said,“ Come. Let me sleep with you.”“ What will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.“ I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” he said.“ Will you give me something that belongs to you?” she asked.“ I’ll keep it until you send the goat.”He said,“ What should I give you?”“ Give me your official seal and the string that it hangs from,” she answered.“ And give me your walking stick.” So he gave them to her. Then he slept with her. And she became pregnant by him.
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Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us. We feel sure we have done what is right. We desire to live as we should in every way.
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2 Samuel 20 20
“ I would never do anything like that!” Joab said.“ I would never swallow up or destroy what belongs to the Lord!
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Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that area, Reuben went in and slept with Bilhah. She was the concubine of Reuben’s father. And Israel heard about it. Here are the 12 sons Jacob had.
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Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than fine perfume. People can learn more from mourning when someone dies than from being happy when someone is born.
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Genesis 34:25-31
Three days later, all of them were still in pain. Then Simeon and Levi took their swords. They were Jacob’s sons and Dinah’s brothers. They attacked the city when the people didn’t expect it. They killed every male.They also used their swords to kill Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.Jacob’s other sons found the dead bodies. They robbed the city where their sister had been raped.They took the flocks and herds and donkeys. They took everything in the city and in the fields.They carried everything away. And they took all the women and children. They took away everything in the houses.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“ You have brought trouble on me. Now I’m like a very bad smell to the Canaanites and Perizzites who live in this land. There aren’t many of us. They may join together against me and attack me. Then I and my family will be destroyed.”But they replied,“ Should Shechem have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
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Proverbs 22:1
You should want a good name more than you want great riches. To be highly respected is better than having silver or gold.
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Joshua 22:22-29
They said,“ The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And we want Israel to know! Have we opposed the Lord? Have we refused to obey him? If we have, don’t spare us today.Have we built our own altar so we can turn away from the Lord? Have we built it to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it? Have we built it to sacrifice friendship offerings on it? If we have, may the Lord himself hold us accountable.“ No! We built it because we were afraid. Someday your children might speak to our children. We were afraid they might say,‘ What do you have to do with the Lord? What do you have to do with the God of Israel?The Lord has made the Jordan River a border between us and you. You people of Reuben! You people of Gad! You don’t have anything to do with the Lord.’ If your children say that, they might cause our children to stop worshiping the Lord.“ That’s why we said to ourselves,‘ Let’s get ready and build an altar. But let’s not build it to offer burnt offerings or sacrifices on it.’So just the opposite is true. The altar will be a witness between us and you. It will be a witness between our children and yours after us. It will also be a witness that we will worship the Lord at his sacred tent. We’ll worship him there with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and friendship offerings. Then in days to come your children won’t be able to say to ours,‘ You don’t have anything to do with the Lord.’“ So we said to ourselves,‘ Suppose they say that to us sometime. Or suppose they say it to our children after us. Then we’ll answer,“ Look at this altar. It’s exactly like the Lord’ s altar. Our people built it. They didn’t build it to offer burnt offerings and sacrifices on it. Instead, they built it to be a witness between us and you.” ’“ We would never refuse to obey the Lord. We would never turn away from him now. We wouldn’t build an altar to offer burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices on it. We wouldn’t use any altar other than the altar of the Lord our God. That altar stands in front of his holy tent.”
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2 Kings 8 13
Hazael said,“ How could I possibly do a thing like that? I’m nothing but a dog. I don’t have that kind of power.”“ You will become king of Aram,” Elisha answered.“ That’s what the Lord has shown me.”
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Genesis 37:18-32
But they saw him a long way off. Before he reached them, they made plans to kill him.“ Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.“ Come. Let’s kill him. Let’s throw him into one of these empty wells. Let’s say that a wild animal ate him up. Then we’ll see whether his dreams will come true.”Reuben heard them talking. He tried to save Joseph from them.“ Let’s not take his life,” he said.“ Don’t spill any of his blood. Throw him into this empty well here in the desert. But don’t harm him yourselves.” Reuben said that to save Joseph from them. He was hoping he could take him back to his father.When Joseph came to his brothers, he was wearing his beautiful robe. They took it away from him.And they threw him into the well. The well was empty. There wasn’t any water in it.Then they sat down to eat their meal. As they did, they saw some Ishmaelite traders coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, lotion and myrrh. They were on their way to take them down to Egypt.Judah said to his brothers,“ What will we gain if we kill our brother and try to cover up what we’ve done?Come. Let’s sell him to these traders. Let’s not harm him ourselves. After all, he’s our brother. He’s our own flesh and blood.” Judah’s brothers agreed with him.The traders from Midian came by. Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the well. They sold him to the Ishmaelite traders for eight ounces of silver. Then the traders took him to Egypt.Later, Reuben came back to the empty well. He saw that Joseph wasn’t there. He was so upset that he tore his clothes.He went back to his brothers and said,“ The boy isn’t there! Now what should I do?”Then they got Joseph’s beautiful robe. They killed a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.They took the robe back to their father. They said,“ We found this. Take a look at it. See if it’s your son’s robe.”
