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 \v 5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land? Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?"
 \v 6 Abraham said to him, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there!
-\v 7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who promised me with a solemn oath saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you will get a wife for my son from there.
+\v 7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who promised me with a solemn oath saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you will get a wife for my son from there.
 
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 \v 8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine. Only you are not to take my son back there."
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-\v 9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I am thinking about my offenses.
+\v 9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "I have remembered my sins today.
 \v 10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, the chief baker and me.
 \v 11 We dreamed a dream the same night, he and I. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
 
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 \v 6 Now Joseph was the governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
 
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-\v 7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke harshly with them. He said to them, "Where have you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
+\v 7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke severely with them. He said to them, "Where have you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
 \v 8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
 
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 \v 32 The servants served Joseph by himself and the brothers by themselves. The Egyptians there ate with him by themselves because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is detestable to the Egyptians.
 \v 33 The brothers sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth. The men were astonished together.
-\v 34 Joseph sent portions to them from the food in front of him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of his brothers. They drank and were merry with him.
+\v 34 Joseph sent portions to them from the food in front of him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of his brothers. They drank freely and were merry with him.
 
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-\v 26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob, who were his descendants, not counting Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six in all.
-\v 27 With the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, the members of his family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
+\v 26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob, who were his direct descendants, not counting Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six in all.
+\v 27 With the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, the people of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
 
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 \v 7 Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and presented him to Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
 \v 8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How long have you lived?"
-\v 9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my travels are 130. The years of my life have been few and painful. They have not been as long as those of my ancestors."
+\v 9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my sojourning are 130. The years of my life have been few and painful. They have not been as long as the days of my ancestors' sojourning."
 \v 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
 
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-\v 11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them a territory in the land of Egypt, the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
-\v 12 Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father's household, according to the number of their dependents.
+\v 11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
+\v 12 Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father's household, according to the number of their little ones.
 
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 \v 23 Then Joseph said to the people, "See, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you will plant the land.
-\v 24 At the harvest, you must give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field and for food for your households and your children."
+\v 24 At the harvest, you must give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field and for food for your households and your little ones."
 
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 \v 25 They said, "You have saved our lives. May we find favor in your eyes. We will be Pharaoh's servants."
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 \v 5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, they are mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
-\v 6 The children you have after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.
+\v 6 The offspring who are born after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.
 \v 7 But as for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).
 
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 \q Weapons of violence are their swords.
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 \v 6 O my soul, do not come into their council;
-\q do not join in their meetings,
+\q O my glory, do not join in their meetings,
 \q for my heart has too much honor for that.
 \q For in their anger they killed men.
 \q It was for pleasure that they hamstrung oxen.
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 \v 7 May their anger be cursed,
-\q for it was fierce—and their fury, for it was cruel.
+\q for it was fierce—and their fury, for it was severe.
 \q I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
 
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 \v 15 He sees a good resting place and the pleasant land.
 \q He will bend his shoulder to the burden
-\q and become a servant for the task.
+\q and become a servant for forced labor.
 
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 \q a fruitful bough near a spring,
 \q whose branches climb over the wall.
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-\v 23 The archers will attack him
-\q and shoot at him and harass him.
+\v 23 The archers will attack him bitterly
+\q and shoot at him with hostility.
 
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 \v 6 Pharaoh answered, "Go and bury your father, as he made you swear."
 
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-\v 7 Joseph went up to bury his father. All the officials of Pharaoh went with him—the elders of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,
+\v 7 Joseph went up to bury his father. All the servants of Pharaoh went with him—the elders of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,
 \v 8 with all Joseph's household and his brothers, and his father's household. But their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.
 \v 9 Chariots and horsemen also went with him. It was a very large group of people.
 
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 \v 10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned with very great and grievous sorrow. There Joseph made a seven-day mourning for his father.
-\v 11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians." That is why the place was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
+\v 11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians." That is why the name of the place was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
 
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 \v 12 So his sons did for Jacob just as he had instructed them.
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-\v 15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph holds on to anger against us and wants to repay us in full for all the evil we did to him?"
+\v 15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph continues to be angry against us and wants to repay us in full for all the evil we did to him?"
 \v 16 So they commanded the presence of Joseph, saying, "Your father gave instructions before he died, saying,
 \v 17 'Tell Joseph this, "Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin when they did evil to you."' Now please forgive the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.