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Genesis 31:24

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the Syrian: Genesis 28:5; Deuteronomy 26:5; Hosea 12:12

dream: Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 20:3, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 41:1; Numbers 12:6, Numbers 22:20, Numbers 22:26; 1 Kings 3:5; Job 33:15-17, Job 33:25; Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 27:19

Take heed: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 24:50; Numbers 24:13; 2 Samuel 13:22; Psalms 105:14-15; Isaiah 37:29

either good or bad: Heb. from good to bad

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