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‘Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.’
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Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.”
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When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”
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But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
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Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.
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So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.
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When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.
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When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.
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When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.
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When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.
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When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.
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When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.
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Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s household until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s household.
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After a long time Judah’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.
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He continued, “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.”
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But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do.
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Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.
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If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die; and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves.”
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And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’
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sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.
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And Israel said, “I’m convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”
