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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

…and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.

And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.

Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.

For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

…and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

…and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

…consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.