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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Esau&#8217;s Descendants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">These are the names of Esau&#8217;s sons:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="content">Eliphaz, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="content">Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Esau&#8217;s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="content">Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="content">Jeush, Jalam and Korah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs among Esau&#8217;s descendants:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Korah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:16 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have </span><span class="fq">Korah</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s son Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="content">Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="content">Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sons of Lotan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="content">Hori and Homam.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hemam, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Homam </span><span class="ft">(see 1 Chron. 1:39)</span></span></span><span class="content"> Timna was Lotan&#8217;s sister.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Shobal:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="content">Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Zibeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="content">Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:24 </span><span class="ft">Vulgate; Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discovered water; </span><span class="ft">the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The children of Anah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="content">Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:26 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dishan, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Dishon</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="content">Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sons of Ezer:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="content">Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="content">Uz and Aran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">These were the Horite chiefs:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rulers of Edom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:39 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Hadar</span></span></span><span class="content"> succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife&#8217;s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="content">Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="GEN.36.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="GEN.36.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="content">This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph&#8217;s Dreams</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.37.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is the account of Jacob&#8217;s family line.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="content">Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father&#8217;s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.</span></span></span><span class="content"> robe for him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.37.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;Listen to this dream I had: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.37.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His brothers said to him, &#8220;Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?&#8221; And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.37.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. &#8220;Listen,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, &#8220;What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Sold by His Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.37.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now his brothers had gone to graze their father&#8217;s flocks near Shechem, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he said to him, &#8220;Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.&#8221; Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.37.14"><span class="content">When Joseph arrived at Shechem, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, &#8220;What are you looking for?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.37.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;They have moved on from here,&#8221; the man answered. &#8220;I heard them say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s go to Dothan.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.37.17"><span class="content">So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.37.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here comes that dreamer!&#8221; they said to each other. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come now, let&#8217;s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we&#8217;ll see what comes of his dreams.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.37.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. &#8220;Let&#8217;s not take his life,&#8221; he said. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don&#8217;t lay a hand on him.&#8221; Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe&#8212;the ornate robe he was wearing&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.37.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.37.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.37.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.37.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Judah said to his brothers, &#8220;What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.37.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Come, let&#8217;s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.&#8221; His brothers agreed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.37.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.37.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:28 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.37.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.37.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.37.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He went back to his brothers and said, &#8220;The boy isn&#8217;t there! Where can I turn now?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.37.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.37.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then they got Joseph&#8217;s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.37.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, &#8220;We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son&#8217;s robe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.37.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.37.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He recognized it and said, &#8220;It is my son&#8217;s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.37.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.37.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.37.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. &#8220;No,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.&#8221; So his father wept for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.37.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.37.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the Midianites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:36 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Medanites</span></span></span><span class="content"> sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh&#8217;s officials, the captain of the guard.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah and Tamar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But Er, Judah&#8217;s firstborn, was wicked in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sight; so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put him to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Judah said to Onan, &#8220;Sleep with your brother&#8217;s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother&#8217;s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">What he did was wicked in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sight; so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put him to death also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, &#8220;Live as a widow in your father&#8217;s household until my son Shelah grows up.&#8221; For he thought, &#8220;He may die too, just like his brothers.&#8221; So Tamar went to live in her father&#8217;s household.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After a long time Judah&#8217;s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Tamar was told, &#8220;Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">she took off her widow&#8217;s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, &#8220;Come now, let me sleep with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.38.16"><span class="content">&#8220;And what will you give me to sleep with you?&#8221; she asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;I&#8217;ll send you a young goat from my flock,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.38.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?&#8221; she asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;What pledge should I give you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.38.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand,&#8221; she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow&#8217;s clothes again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He asked the men who lived there, &#8220;Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.38.21"><span class="content">&#8220;There hasn&#8217;t been any shrine prostitute here,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So he went back to Judah and said, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, &#8216;There hasn&#8217;t been any shrine prostitute here.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.38.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Judah said, &#8220;Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn&#8217;t find her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.38.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">About three months later Judah was told, &#8220;Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.38.24"><span class="content">Judah said, &#8220;Bring her out and have her burned to death!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.38.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. &#8220;I am pregnant by the man who owns these,&#8221; she said. And she added, &#8220;See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.38.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Judah recognized them and said, &#8220;She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn&#8217;t give her to my son Shelah.&#8221; And he did not sleep with her again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.38.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, &#8220;This one came out first.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, &#8220;So this is how you have broken out!&#8221; And he was named Perez.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:29 </span><span class="fq">Perez </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">breaking out.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:30 </span><span class="fq">Zerah </span><span class="ft">can mean </span><span class="fq">scarlet </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">brightness.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph and Potiphar&#8217;s Wife</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh&#8217;s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When his master saw that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with him and that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave him success in everything he did, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph&#8217;s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.39.6"><span class="content">Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and after a while his master&#8217;s wife took notice of Joseph and said, &#8220;Come to bed with me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But he refused. &#8220;With me in charge,&#8221; he told her, &#8220;my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">She caught him by his cloak and said, &#8220;Come to bed with me!&#8221; But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">she called her household servants. &#8220;Look,&#8221; she said to them, &#8220;this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.39.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then she told him this story: &#8220;That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.39.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, &#8220;This is how your slave treated me,&#8221; he burned with anger. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Joseph&#8217;s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king&#8217;s prisoners were confined.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.39.20"><span class="content">But while Joseph was there in the prison, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph&#8217;s care, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">40</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cupbearer and the Baker</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.40.4"><span class="content">After they had been in custody for some time, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">each of the two men&#8212;the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison&#8212;had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So he asked Pharaoh&#8217;s officials who were in custody with him in his master&#8217;s house, &#8220;Why do you look so sad today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;We both had dreams,&#8221; they answered, &#8220;but there is no one to interpret them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.40.8"><span class="content">Then Joseph said to them, &#8220;Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, &#8220;In my dream I saw a vine in front of me, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Pharaoh&#8217;s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh&#8217;s cup and put the cup in his hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what it means,&#8221; Joseph said to him. &#8220;The three branches are three days. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh&#8217;s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, &#8220;I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">three wicker baskets</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.40.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what it means,&#8221; Joseph said. &#8220;The three baskets are three days. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.40.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now the third day was Pharaoh&#8217;s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh&#8217;s hand&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">but he impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.40.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Pharaoh&#8217;s Dreams</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted&#8212;thin and scorched by the east wind. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, &#8220;Today I am reminded of my shortcomings. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.41.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.41.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;I cannot do it,&#8221; Joseph replied to Pharaoh, &#8220;but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.41.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After them, seven other cows came up&#8212;scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.41.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">After them, seven other heads sprouted&#8212;withered and thin and scorched by the east wind. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.41.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, &#8220;The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.41.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.41.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.41.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.41.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.41.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.41.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.41.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.41.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.41.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.41.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.41.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.41.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.41.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.41.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.41.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">So Pharaoh asked them, &#8220;Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of the gods</span></span></span><span class="content">?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.41.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.41.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.41.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph in Charge of Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.41.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="GEN.41.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">So Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="GEN.41.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph&#8217;s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.41.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:43 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the chariot of his second-in-command</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">in his second chariot</span></span></span><span class="content"> and people shouted before him, &#8220;Make way</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:43 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Bow down</span></span></span><span class="content">!&#8221; Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.41.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="GEN.41.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="GEN.41.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:45 </span><span class="ft">That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50</span></span></span><span class="content"> to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="GEN.41.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="GEN.41.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh&#8217;s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="GEN.41.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="GEN.41.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="GEN.41.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="GEN.41.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="GEN.41.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="GEN.41.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:51 </span><span class="fq">Manasseh </span><span class="ft">sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">forget</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father&#8217;s household.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="GEN.41.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">The second son he named Ephraim</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:52 </span><span class="fq">Ephraim </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fqa">twice </span><span class="fq">fruitful</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="GEN.41.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="GEN.41.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="GEN.41.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="GEN.41.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, &#8220;Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="GEN.41.55"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="GEN.41.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="GEN.41.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph&#8217;s Brothers Go to Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, &#8220;Why do you just keep looking at each other?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He continued, &#8220;I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then ten of Joseph&#8217;s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph&#8217;s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So Israel&#8217;s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph&#8217;s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. &#8220;Where do you come from?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.42.7"><span class="content">&#8220;From the land of Canaan,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;to buy food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.42.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, &#8220;You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord,&#8221; they answered. &#8220;Your servants have come to buy food. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.42.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;No!&#8221; he said to them. &#8220;You have come to see where our land is unprotected.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.42.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But they replied, &#8220;Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.42.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Joseph said to them, &#8220;It is just as I told you: You are spies! </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And he put them all in custody for three days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.42.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.42.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the third day, Joseph said to them, &#8220;Do this and you will live, for I fear God: </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.42.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.42.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.&#8221; This they proceeded to do.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.42.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.42.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They said to one another, &#8220;Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that&#8217;s why this distress has come on us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.42.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.42.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Reuben replied, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn&#8217;t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.42.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.42.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.42.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.42.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.42.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man&#8217;s silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.42.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.42.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.42.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.42.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;My silver has been returned,&#8221; he said to his brothers. &#8220;Here it is in my sack.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.42.28"><span class="content">Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, &#8220;What is this that God has done to us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.42.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.42.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. They said, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.42.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.42.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But we said to him, &#8216;We are honest men; we are not spies. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.42.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.42.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.42.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, &#8216;This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.42.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:34 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">move about freely</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.42.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.42.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man&#8217;s sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.42.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Their father Jacob said to them, &#8220;You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.42.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.42.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Then Reuben said to his father, &#8220;You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.42.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.42.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But Jacob said, &#8220;My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Elihu continued:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bear with me a little longer and I will show you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">that there is more to be said in God&#8217;s behalf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I get my knowledge from afar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">I will ascribe justice to my Maker.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Be assured that my words are not false;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">one who has perfect knowledge is with you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is mighty, but despises no one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He does not keep the wicked alive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">but gives the afflicted their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He does not take his eyes off the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">he enthrones them with kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">and exalts them forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But if people are bound in chains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">held fast by cords of affliction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he tells them what they have done&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">that they have sinned arrogantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes them listen to correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">and commands them to repent of their evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they obey and serve him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">and their years in contentment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if they do not listen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">they will perish by the sword</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will cross the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">and die without knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The godless in heart harbor resentment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They die in their youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">among male prostitutes of the shrines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">he speaks to them in their affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is wooing you from the jaws of distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to a spacious place free from restriction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">judgment and justice have taken hold of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Be careful that no one entices you by riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">do not let a large bribe turn you aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">sustain you so you would not be in distress?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not long for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">to drag people away from their homes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:20 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Beware of turning to evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">which you seem to prefer to affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is exalted in his power.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">Who is a teacher like him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Who has prescribed his ways for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">or said to him, &#8216;You have done wrong&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Remember to extol his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">which people have praised in song.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">All humanity has seen it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">mortals gaze on it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">How great is God&#8212;beyond our understanding!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">The number of his years is past finding out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;He draws up the drops of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">which distill as rain to the streams</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">distill from the mist as rain</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the clouds pour down their moisture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">and abundant showers fall on mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">how he thunders from his pavilion?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">See how he scatters his lightning about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">bathing the depths of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This is the way he governs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nourishes</span></span></span><span class="content"> the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">and provides food in abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He fills his hands with lightning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">and commands it to strike its mark.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">His thunder announces the coming storm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="content">even the cattle make known its approach.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">announces his coming&#8212; / the One zealous against evil</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;At this my heart pounds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">and leaps from its place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">and sends it to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After that comes the sound of his roar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he thunders with his majestic voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">When his voice resounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he holds nothing back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God&#8217;s voice thunders in marvelous ways;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">he does great things beyond our understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to the snow, &#8216;Fall on the earth,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">and to the rain shower, &#8216;Be a mighty downpour.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So that everyone he has made may know his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">he stops all people from their labor.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">work, / he fills all people with fear by his power</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The animals take cover;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">they remain in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The tempest comes out from its chamber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">the cold from the driving winds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The breath of God produces ice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">and the broad waters become frozen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He loads the clouds with moisture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">he scatters his lightning through them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At his direction they swirl around</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">over the face of the whole earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">to do whatever he commands them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He brings the clouds to punish people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">or to water his earth and show his love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to this, Job;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">stop and consider God&#8217;s wonders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do you know how God controls the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">and makes his lightning flash?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do you know how the clouds hang poised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You who swelter in your clothes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">when the land lies hushed under the south wind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">can you join him in spreading out the skies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">hard as a mirror of cast bronze?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us what we should say to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Should he be told that I want to speak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now no one can look at the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">bright as it is in the skies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">after the wind has swept them clean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">God comes in awesome majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore, people revere him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="content">for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Speaks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that obscures my plans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">with words without knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where were you when I laid the earth&#8217;s foundation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">Tell me, if you understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On what were its footings set,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">or who laid its cornerstone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">while the morning stars sang together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">and all the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted for joy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who shut up the sea behind doors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">when it burst forth from the womb,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when I made the clouds its garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">when I fixed limits for it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">and set its doors and bars in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I said, &#8216;This far you may come and no farther;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">here is where your proud waves halt&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you ever given orders to the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">or shown the dawn its place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">that it might take the earth by the edges</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">and shake the wicked out of it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">its features stand out like those of a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked are denied their light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">and their upraised arm is broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have the gates of death been shown to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">Tell me, if you know all this.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is the way to the abode of light?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">And where does darkness reside?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can you take them to their places?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely you know, for you were already born!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">You have lived so many years!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">or seen the storehouses of the hail,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">which I reserve for times of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">for days of war and battle?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">and a path for the thunderstorm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">to water a land where no one lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">an uninhabited desert,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to satisfy a desolate wasteland</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">and make it sprout with grass?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Does the rain have a father?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">Who fathers the drops of dew?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From whose womb comes the ice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">when the waters become hard as stone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">when the surface of the deep is frozen?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you bind the chains</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:31 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Pleiades?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">Can you loosen Orion&#8217;s belt?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the morning star in its season</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">or lead out the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> with its cubs?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do you know the laws of the heavens?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">Can you set up God&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">their</span></span></span><span class="content"> dominion over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you raise your voice to the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">and cover yourself with a flood of water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">Do they report to you, &#8216;Here we are&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Who gives the ibis wisdom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">or gives the rooster understanding?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">when the dust becomes hard</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">and the clods of earth stick together?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you hunt the prey for the lioness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">and satisfy the hunger of the lions</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">when they crouch in their dens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">or lie in wait in a thicket?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Who provides food for the raven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">when its young cry out to God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">and wander about for lack of food?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do you count the months till they bear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">Do you know the time they give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They crouch down and bring forth their young;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">their labor pains are ended.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">they leave and do not return.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who let the wild donkey go free?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">Who untied its ropes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I gave it the wasteland as its home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">the salt flats as its habitat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It laughs at the commotion in the town;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">it does not hear a driver&#8217;s shout.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It ranges the hills for its pasture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">and searches for any green thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the wild ox consent to serve you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">Will it stay by your manger at night?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">Will it till the valleys behind you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Will you rely on it for its great strength?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">Will you leave your heavy work to it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Can you trust it to haul in your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">and bring it to your threshing floor?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">though they cannot compare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">with the wings and feathers of the stork.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She lays her eggs on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">and lets them warm in the sand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">unmindful that a foot may crush them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">that some wild animal may trample them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">she cares not that her labor was in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for God did not endow her with wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">or give her a share of good sense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">she laughs at horse and rider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you give the horse its strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you make it leap like a locust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">striking terror with its proud snorting?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">and charges into the fray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">it does not shy away from the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The quiver rattles against its side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">along with the flashing spear and lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, &#8216;Aha!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">It catches the scent of battle from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">the shout of commanders and the battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">and spread its wings toward the south?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Does the eagle soar at your command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">and build its nest on high?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">a rocky crag is its stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From there it looks for food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">its eyes detect it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its young ones feast on blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="content">and where the slain are, there it is.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">40</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Job:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="content">Let him who accuses God answer him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Job answered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am unworthy&#8212;how can I reply to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">I put my hand over my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I spoke once, but I have no answer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">twice, but I will say no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Would you discredit my justice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">Would you condemn me to justify yourself?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do you have an arm like God&#8217;s,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">and can your voice thunder like his?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Unleash the fury of your wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">look at all who are proud and bring them low,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">look at all who are proud and humble them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">crush the wicked where they stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Bury them all in the dust together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">shroud their faces in the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I myself will admit to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">that your own right hand can save you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look at Behemoth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">which I made along with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">and which feeds on grass like an ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">What strength it has in its loins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">what power in the muscles of its belly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Its tail sways like a cedar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Its bones are tubes of bronze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">its limbs like rods of iron.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">It ranks first among the works of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The hills bring it their produce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">and all the wild animals play nearby.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Under the lotus plants it lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">hidden among the reeds in the marsh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">the poplars by the stream surround it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A raging river does not alarm it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Can anyone capture it by the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="content">or trap it and pierce its nose?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">41 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="content">or tie down its tongue with a rope?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Can you put a cord through its nose</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="content">or pierce its jaw with a hook?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Will it keep begging you for mercy?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="content">Will it speak to you with gentle words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Will it make an agreement with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="content">for you to take it as your slave for life?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Can you make a pet of it like a bird</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="content">or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Will traders barter for it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="content">Will they divide it up among the merchants?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Can you fill its hide with harpoons</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="content">or its head with fishing spears?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you lay a hand on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="content">you will remember the struggle and never do it again!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Any hope of subduing it is false;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="content">the mere sight of it is overpowering.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">No one is fierce enough to rouse it.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="content">Who then is able to stand against me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Who has a claim against me that I must pay?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="content">Everything under heaven belongs to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will not fail to speak of Leviathan&#8217;s limbs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="content">its strength and its graceful form.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who can strip off its outer coat?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="content">Who can penetrate its double coat of armor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:13 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">double bridle</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who dares open the doors of its mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="content">ringed about with fearsome teeth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Its back has</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Its pride is its</span></span></span><span class="content"> rows of shields</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="content">tightly sealed together;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">each is so close to the next</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="content">that no air can pass between.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They are joined fast to one another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="content">they cling together and cannot be parted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Its snorting throws out flashes of light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="content">its eyes are like the rays of dawn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Flames stream from its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="content">sparks of fire shoot out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Smoke pours from its nostrils</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="content">as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Its breath sets coals ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="content">and flames dart from its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Strength resides in its neck;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="content">dismay goes before it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="content">they are firm and immovable.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Its chest is hard as rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="content">hard as a lower millstone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="content">they retreat before its thrashing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sword that reaches it has no effect,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="content">nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Iron it treats like straw</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="content">and bronze like rotten wood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Arrows do not make it flee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="content">slingstones are like chaff to it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A club seems to it but a piece of straw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="content">it laughs at the rattling of the lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its undersides are jagged potsherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="content">leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="content">and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">It leaves a glistening wake behind it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="content">one would think the deep had white hair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Nothing on earth is its equal&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="content">a creature without fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.41.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">It looks down on all that are haughty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.41.34"><span class="content">it is king over all that are proud.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I know that you can do all things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="content">no purpose of yours can be thwarted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You asked, &#8216;Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">things too wonderful for me to know.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;You said, &#8216;Listen now, and I will speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My ears had heard of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="content">but now my eyes have seen you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore I despise myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="content">and repent in dust and ashes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Epilogue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, &#8220;I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> told them; and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> accepted Job&#8217;s prayer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">After Job had prayed for his friends, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him a kesitah</span><span class="ft">; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and a gold ring.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.42.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blessed the latter part of Job&#8217;s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And he also had seven sons and three daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job&#8217;s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.42.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And so Job died, an old man and full of years.</span></span></div>
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