have enough: Genesis 27:39; Proverbs 30:15; Ecclesiastes 4:8
my brother: Genesis 4:9, Genesis 27:41; Judges 20:23; Proverbs 16:7; Acts 9:17, Acts 21:20; Philemon 1:7, Philemon 1:16
keep that thou hast unto thyself: Heb. be that to thee that is thine
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Genesis 33:9
Genesis 33:9
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