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Genesis 44:16

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What shall we say: Deuteronomy 25:1; Ezra 9:10, Ezra 9:15; Job 40:4; Proverbs 17:15; Isaiah 5:3; Daniel 9:7; Acts 2:37

God hath: Genesis 37:18-28, Genesis 42:21-22; Numbers 32:23; Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:18; Judges 1:7; Proverbs 28:17; Matthew 7:2; Luke 12:2

iniquity: Genesis 43:9; Isaiah 27:9; Daniel 9:7

behold: Genesis 44:9, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 37:9

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