threescore: Judges 9:2, Judges 9:5, Judges 10:4, Judges 12:9, Judges 12:14; Genesis 46:26; Exodus 1:5; 2 Kings 10:1
of his body begotten: Heb. going out of his thigh
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Judges 8:30
Judges 8:30
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