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and Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father,
And Esau saw how Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padanaram, to take a wife from there for himself, and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,
Esau went unto Ishmael and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
So let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as desirous of the things of others.
Who is she that shows herself forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and imposing as the standard-bearer of the army?
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD has planted, and as cedars beside the waters.
Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb and as the showers upon the grass.
And they cast lots, ward against ward, the small as well as the great, the one with understanding as well as the disciple.
His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as desirable as Jerusalem, imposing as the standard-bearer of the army.
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law
Therefore there sprang even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, but, behold, we live; as chastened, but not killed;
And it shall be, as with the people so with the priest; as with the slave so with his master; as with the maid so with her mistress; as with the buyer so with the seller; as with the lender so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury so with the giver of usury to him.
As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto him.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Ask me for as much dowry and gift as ye desire, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.