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highlighted Genesis 39:5 NLT
From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master’s household and property, the LORD began to bless Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:30 NLT
Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:29 NLT
But then he pulled back his hand, and out came his brother! “What!” the midwife exclaimed. “How did you break out first?” So he was named Perez.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:28 NLT
While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child’s wrist, announcing, “This one came out first.”
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:27 NLT
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:18 NLT
“What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied. She answered, “Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:17 NLT
“I’ll send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah promised. “But what will you give me to guarantee that you will send the goat?” she asked.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:16 NLT
So he stopped and propositioned her. “Let me have sex with you,” he said, not realizing that she was his own daughter-in-law. “How much will you pay to have sex with me?” Tamar asked.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:14 NLT
Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow’s clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:10 NLT
But the LORD considered it evil for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the LORD took Onan’s life, too.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:9 NLT
But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 38:7 NLT
But Er was a wicked man in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD took his life.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 37:22 NLT
“Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
Aug 16
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highlighted Genesis 35:10 NLT
saying, “Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel.” So God renamed him Israel.
Aug 15
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highlighted Genesis 26:10 ESV
Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."
Aug 13
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highlighted Genesis 26:9 ESV
So Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
Aug 13
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highlighted Genesis 26:7 ESV
When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.
Aug 13
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highlighted Genesis 25:34 ESV
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Aug 13
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highlighted Genesis 25:33 ESV
Jacob said, "Swear to me now." So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Aug 13
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highlighted Genesis 25:32 ESV
Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"
Aug 13