anger: Genesis 31:36; Exodus 32:19; Matthew 5:22; Mark 3:5; Ephesians 4:26
withheld: Deuteronomy 7:13-14; Psalms 113:9, Psalms 127:3; Luke 1:42
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Genesis 30:2
Genesis 30:2
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