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I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.

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And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

You are fifty years old and would worship a day[old statue!

Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me: He is my brother.

Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

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