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Genesis Chapter 45: verses 3-7   Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother…

Matthew chapter 15: verses 32 and 33 (NIV)  Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.” His disciples answered, “Where…

Psalm 12 verses 2-4 (NIV) Everyone lies to their neighbour;    they flatter with their lips  but harbour deception in their hearts.    May the Lord silence all flattering lips    and every boastful tongue—   those who say,    “By our tongues we will prevail;    our own lips will defend us—who is lord…

Genesis chapter 40 verses 6-7  When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected.  So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”  Genesis chapter 40 verses 14-15  But when all goes well with you, remember me…

Matthew 13: 54-57 (NIV)  Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?  Aren’t all his sisters…

Matthew 13: 27-30 (NIV)  “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are…

Genesis 35:2-5 (NIV)   So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day…

Proverbs Chapter 2: verses 1-11 (NIV)  My son, if you accept my words    and store up my commands within you,   turning your ear to wisdom    and applying your heart to understanding —    indeed, if you call out for insight    and cry aloud for understanding,   and if you look for…

Genesis chapter 31: verses 29-30 (NIV)   I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’  Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal…

Genesis chapter 29: verse 35 (NIV)  She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.  I wonder if Leah always felt left out? As the older sister, but with weak eyes, did Laban think…