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Genesis 49:6

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O my soul: Judges 5:21; Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 43:5, Psalms 103:1; Jeremiah 4:19; Luke 12:19

come: Genesis 34:30; Psalms 5:10, Psalms 26:4-5, Psalms 28:3, Psalms 94:20-21, Psalms 139:19; Proverbs 1:11, Proverbs 1:15-16, Proverbs 12:5

secret: Deuteronomy 27:24; Psalms 26:9, Psalms 64:2; Jeremiah 15:17

unto their: Psalms 1:1, Psalms 26:9, Psalms 94:20; 2 Corinthians 6:14

honour: Psalms 16:9, Psalms 30:12, Psalms 57:8

a man: Genesis 34:25-26, Genesis 34:30

digged down a wall: or, houghed oxen

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