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Genesis 45:20

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regard not: Heb. let not your eye spare, etc. Deuteronomy 7:16, Deuteronomy 19:13, Deuteronomy 19:21; Isaiah 13:18; Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9, Ezekiel 9:5, Ezekiel 20:17

stuff: Exodus 22:7; Joshua 7:11; 1 Samuel 10:22, 1 Samuel 25:13, 1 Samuel 30:24; Ezekiel 12:3-4; Matthew 24:17; Luke 17:31

the good: Genesis 45:18, Genesis 20:15; Ezra 9:12; Isaiah 1:19

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