countenance: Genesis 4:5; Deuteronomy 28:54; 1 Samuel 18:9-11; Daniel 3:19
it was: Genesis 30:27
as before: Heb. as yesterday and the day before, Exodus 4:10; Deuteronomy 19:4; 1 Samuel 19:7 *marg.
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Genesis 31:2
Genesis 31:2
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