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 \v 1 These are those who descended from Esau, whose other name was Edom, and what happened concerning them.
-\v 2 Esau married three women from the land of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hittite;
+\v 2 Esau married three women from the land of Canaan: Adah, who was the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hittite;
 \v 3 and Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
 
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-\v 37 When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from Rehoboth, that was beside the Euphrates river.
+\v 37 When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from Rehoboth, which was beside the Euphrates river.
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 \v 38 When Shaul died, Akbor's son Baal-Hanan became king.
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 \v 2 Because Yahweh helped Joseph, he was able to do his work very well. He worked in the house of his Egyptian master.
 
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-\v 3 His master saw that Yahweh was helping Joseph and enabling him to be successful in everything that he did.
+\v 3 His master saw that Yahweh was helping Joseph and enabling him to succeed in everything that he did.
 \v 4 Joseph's master was pleased with him, so he appointed him to be his personal servant. Then he appointed him to be the one who would take care of everything in his household and all of his possessions.
 
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-\v 5 So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.
+\v 5 So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.
 \v 6 In this way, Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan.
 \v 7 Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons, his daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters—his whole family. 
 
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 \v 9 Reuben's sons Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
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-\v 10 Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of woman who came from the Canaanite people;
+\v 10 Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a woman who came from the Canaanite people;
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 \v 11 Levi and his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
 
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-\v 12 Judah and his sons, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in the land of Canaan);
+\v 12 Judah and his sons Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in the land of Canaan);
 \li the two sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul;
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 \v 13 Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron;
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-\v 14 Zebulun and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel
+\v 14 Zebulun and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel;
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-\v 15 These were the sons of Jacob and Leah, who were born in Paddan Aram, in addition to Dinah his daughter. There were thirty-three sons and daughters altogether.
+\v 15 (These were the sons of Jacob and Leah, who were born in Paddan Aram, in addition to Dinah his daughter. There were thirty-three sons and daughters altogether.)
 
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 \v 16 Gad and his sons Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli;
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-\v 17 Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and their sister Serah;
+\v 17 Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah and their sister Serah;
 \li Beriah's sons: Heber and Malkiel;
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 \v 18 (Those were the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Zilpah, the slave woman whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah. These were sixteen people altogether.)
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-\v 1-2 Joseph chose five of his brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced them to the king, and then he said, "My father and my brothers have come from the land of Canaan. They have brought all their sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else that they own, and they are living now in region of Goshen."
+\v 1-2 Joseph chose five of his brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced them to the king, and then he said, "My father and my brothers have come from the land of Canaan. They have brought all their sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else that they own, and they are living now in the region of Goshen."
 
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 \v 3 The king asked the brothers, "What work do you do?" They replied to the king, "We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were."
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 \v 5 The king said to Joseph, "So your father and brothers have come to you.
-\v 6 They can live wherever you want in all of of Egypt. Give your father and your brothers the best part of the land. They can live in Goshen. And if you know that any of them have any special ability to work with livestock, have them be in charge of my own livestock, too."
+\v 6 They can live wherever you want in all of Egypt. Give your father and your brothers the best part of the land. They can live in Goshen. And if you know that any of them have any special ability to work with livestock, have them be in charge of my own livestock, too."
 
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 \v 8 When Jacob saw Joseph's sons, he asked, "Who are these boys?"
-\v 9 Joseph replied to his father, "They are the sons that God has given to me here in Egypt." Jacob said, "Bring them close to me so that I can bless them."
+\v 9 Joseph replied to his father, "They are the sons whom God has given to me here in Egypt." Jacob said, "Bring them close to me so that I can bless them."
 \v 10 Jacob was almost blind because he was very old. He could not see well. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father, and Jacob kissed them and hugged them.
 
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 \v 21 Then Jacob said to Joseph, "I am about to die. But I know that God will help you. A day will come when he will take your descendants back to the land of their ancestors.
-\v 22 It is to you, who stands above your brothers that I will give the fertile hill in the area of Shechem. I captured that land from the Amor people. fighting them with my sword and my bow and arrows."
+\v 22 It is to you, who stands above your brothers, that I will give the fertile hill in the area of Shechem. I captured that land from the Amor people. fighting them with my sword and my bow and arrows."
 
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@@ -3139,7 +3139,7 @@ and you hamstrung oxen just to have fun.
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 \v 7 God says, 'I will curse them for being very angry,
 for acting very cruelly when they were very furious.
-I will scatter their descendants throughout Israel land.'
+I will scatter their descendants throughout the land of Israel.'
 
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@@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ Their land will extend north as far as the city of Sidon.
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 \v 14 Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys
-that are lying down between two groups of sheep.
+that are lying down between two groups of sheep,
 so tired that they cannot get up!
 \v 15 They will see that their resting place is good
 and that the land pleases them very much.
@@ -3272,7 +3272,7 @@ and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they se
 \v 6 After they gave the king the message, he replied, "Tell Joseph, 'Go up and bury your father's body, as you swore that you would do.'"
 
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-\v 7 So Joseph went up to Canaan to bury his father's body. All of the king's officials, all the king's advisors, and all the elders in Egypt went with him.
+\v 7 So Joseph went up to Canaan to bury his father's body. All the king's officials, all the king's advisors, and all the elders in Egypt went with him.
 \v 8 His family's small children and their sheep and goats and their cattle stayed in the region of Goshen. But all the rest of Joseph's family and his brothers and his father's family went with him.
 \v 9 Men riding in chariots and on horses also went along. It was a huge group.