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Genesis 37:27

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sell him: Genesis 37:22; Exodus 21:16, Exodus 21:21; Nehemiah 5:8; Matthew 16:26, Matthew 26:15; 1 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 18:13

let not: 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 11:14-17, 2 Samuel 12:9

he is our: Genesis 29:14, Genesis 42:21

were content: Heb. hearkened

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