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01-GEN.usfm

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 \v 1 So Jacob left, taking with him all his family and possessions. When they arrived at Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to God, the one whom his father Isaac worshiped.
 \v 2 That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, "Jacob! Jacob!" He replied, "I am here!"
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 \v 5 So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.
 \v 6 In this way, Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan.
 \v 7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons, his daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters—his whole family. 
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 \v 8 This is a list of the names of the members of Jacob's family who went with him to Egypt:
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 \v 30 Jacob said to Joseph, "I have seen you, and now I know that you are still alive! So I am ready to die."
 
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 \v 31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to the rest of his father's family, "I will go to the king and say to him, 'My brothers and my father and the rest of his family, who were living in Canaan land, have all come to me.
 \v 32 The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep, goats, and cattle, and everything else that they own.'
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 \v 33 When the king summons you and asks, 'What work do you do?'
 \v 34 answer by saying, 'From the time when we were young, we have taken care of livestock, just as our ancestors did.' If you tell him that, he will let you live in the region of Goshen." Joseph told them to say that because the people of Egypt despised shepherds.
 
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 \v 1-2 Joseph chose five of his brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced them to the king, and then he said, "My father and my brothers have come from Canaan land. They have brought all their sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else that they own, and they are living now in region of Goshen."
 
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 \v 27 Jacob and his family started to live in Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there. Many children were born to them there. As a result, their population increased greatly.
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 \v 28 Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years. Altogether he lived 147 years.
 
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 \v 30 Instead, when I die and join my ancestors who have died previously, take my body out of Egypt, and bury it in Canaan where they are buried." Joseph replied, "I will do what you have said."
 \v 31 Jacob said, "Swear to me that you will do it!" So Joseph swore to do it. Then Jacob bowed down as he worshiped God, near the head of his bed.
 
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 \v 1 Some time after this, someone told Joseph, "Your father is ill." When Joseph heard that, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to see his father.
 \v 2 When someone told Jacob, "Look, your son Joseph has come to see you!" Jacob, also called Israel, made an effort and sat up on the bed, even though it was difficult for him to do that.
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 \v 11 Jacob said to Joseph, "I did not expect to see your face again, but look at this! God has allowed me to see you, and he has allowed me to see your children, too!"
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 \v 12 Joseph took the boys from Jacob's knees. Then he bowed down with his face to the ground.
 \v 13 Then Joseph took both of the boys, putting Ephraim on his right side toward Jacob's left hand, and putting Manasseh on his left side toward Jacob's right hand, and brought them close to Jacob.
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 \v 15 Then he blessed Joseph and his sons, saying,
 "My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac conducted their lives as God desired,
 and to this very day God has led me and taken care of me as a shepherd leads and cares for his sheep.
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 \v 16 The angel whom he sent has kept me from being harmed in any way.
 \q I pray that God will bless these boys.
 \q I pray that people will think about me and my ancestors, Abraham and Isaac, because of what God does for them.
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 \v 21 Then Jacob said to Joseph, "I am about to die. But I know that God will help you. Some day he will take your descendants back to the land of their ancestors.
 \v 22 It is to you, who stands above your brothers that I will give the fertile hill in the area of Shechem. I captured that land from the Amor people group, fighting them with my sword and my bow and arrows."
 
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 \v 1 Jacob summoned all his sons and said to them,
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 \v 2 "Gather around close to me in order that I can tell you what will happen in the future.
 My sons, come and listen to me.
 I am your father, Jacob.
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 \v 3 Reuben, you are my oldest son.
 You were born when I was young and energetic.
 When I became a grown man, you were my first child. You are prouder and stronger than all the rest of my sons.
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 \v 4 But you were as unstable as ocean waves.
 So now you will not be my most important son,
 because you climbed up onto my bed and slept with my concubine. That caused me, your father, to have great shame.
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 \v 5 Simeon and Levi, you two brothers have both acted like criminals.
 You use your swords to act violently.
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 \v 6 I do not want to be with you when you make evil plans.
 I am too honorable to join you in your meetings,
 because you killed people when you became very angry,
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 \v 14 Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys
 that are lying down between two groups of sheep.
 so tired that they cannot get up!
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 \v 15 They will see that their resting place is good
 and that the land pleases them very much.
 But they will bend their backs to carry heavy loads
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 \v 16 Dan, although your tribe will be small,
 your leaders will rule their people just as the leaders of other tribes of Israel will rule their people.
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 \v 17 Your descendants will be like snakes at the side of a road,
 like poisonous snakes lying beside a path.
 They will strike the heels of horses that pass by,
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 \v 1 Joseph fell on his father's face and he cried over him and kissed him.
 \v 2 Joseph commanded his servants who prepared the dead for burial to embalm his father's body.
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 \v 20 As for you, yes, you wanted to do something very evil to me. But God caused something good to come from it! He wanted to save many people from dying of hunger, and that is what happened! Today they are alive!
 \v 21 So I say again, do not be afraid! I will make sure that you and your children have enough to eat." In this way he reassured them as he spoke to them.
 
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 \v 22 Joseph lived with his father's family in Egypt until he was 110 years old.

04-NUM.usfm

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 \v 54 So the Israelite people did everything just like Yahweh had commanded Moses.
 
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh said this to Aaron and Moses,
 \v 2 "When the Israelites set up their tents, they are to set them up in areas that surround the sacred tent, but not close to it. The people of each tribe must set up their tents in a different area. Each tribe must put up a flag in that area that identifies their tribe.
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 \v 34 The Israelites did everything that Yahweh had told Moses. They set up their tents close to their tribal flags, and when they traveled to a new location, they walked with their own clans and family groups.
 
 
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 \v 1 These are some of the things that happened to Aaron and Moses when Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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41-MAT.usfm

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 \v 10 "Be sure not to look down on even one of these children. I tell you truly that the angels who protect them can always go to my Father and report to him if you mistreat the children.
-\v 11 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have the phrase that appears as v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.\f*
+\v 11 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have the phrase that appears as v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 12 What do you think you would do in the following situation? If you had one hundred sheep and one of them got lost, you would surely leave the ninety-nine sheep that were on the hillside and go and search for the lost one, would you not?

42-MRK.usfm

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 \v 14 Then Jesus again called the crowd to come closer. Then he said to them, "All of you people listen to me! Try to understand what I am about to tell you.
 \v 15 Nothing that people eat causes God to consider them to be defiled. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people's inner beings that causes God to consider them to be defiled."
-\v 16 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have the phrase that appears as v. 16. \fqa If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.\f*
+\v 16 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have the phrase that appears as v. 16. \fqa Every one of you should think carefully about what you heard me say \fqa* . \f*
 
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43-LUK.usfm

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 \v 7 Some of the seeds fell on ground that contained seeds of thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up together with the young grain plants and crowded them out so that they could not grow.
-\v 8 But some of the grain seeds fell on fertile soil, and grew so well that they produced a crop that had a hundred times as many seeds." After saying these things, Jesus called out to them, "All of you should think carefully about what you just heard me say!"
+\v 8 But some of the grain seeds fell on fertile soil, and grew so well that they produced a crop that had a hundred times as many seeds." After saying these things, Jesus called out to them, "Every one of you should think carefully about what you just heard me say!"
 
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 \v 34 Jesus also said, "You are like salt, which is very useful. But if salt were to lose its saltiness, could it ever be made to taste salty again?
-\v 35 If salt does not taste salty anymore, it is no longer any good even for the soil or manure heap. People just throw it away. Every one of you should listen carefully to what I am telling you!"
+\v 35 If salt does not taste salty anymore, it is no longer any good even for the soil or manure heap. People just throw it away. Every one of you should think carefully about what you just heard me say!"
 
 
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45-ACT.usfm

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 \v 33 After Judas and Silas had stayed there for some time and were ready to return to Jerusalem, the believers at Antioch wished them well, and then they left.
-\v 34 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have verse 34 (see Acts 15:40). Vs. 34, \fqa But Silas thought it would be best for him to stay there.\f*
+\v 34 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have verse 34 (see Acts 15:40). Vs. 34, \fqa But Silas thought it would be best for him to stay there \fqa* . \f*
 \v 35 However, Paul and Barnabas continued to stay in Antioch. While they were there, they, along with many others, were teaching people and preaching to them the message about the Lord Jesus.
 
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47-1CO.usfm

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 \v 2 But people are tempted very often to be sexually immoral. So each husband should have his own wife, and each wife should have her own husband.
 
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-\v 3 And each married believer should have the right to sleep with with his or her spouse.
+\v 3 And each married believer should have the right to sleep with his or her spouse.
 \v 4 For the husband gives control of his body to his wife. And the wife gives control of her body to her husband.
 
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