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When they didn't count for much, a mere handful, and strangers at that,

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When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,

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When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in it.

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He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

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Wandering from country to country, drifting from pillar to post,

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they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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When they went from one nation to another, From one kingdom to another people,

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They wandered back and forth between nations, from one kingdom to another.

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He permitted no one to abuse them. He told kings to keep their hands off:

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He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

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He permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,

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Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:

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"Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed, don't hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets."

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"Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm."

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Saying, "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm."

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"Do not touch these people I have chosen, and do not hurt my prophets."

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Then he called down a famine on the country, he broke every last blade of wheat.

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He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;

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Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.

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He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.

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But he sent a man on ahead: Joseph, sold as a slave.

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and he sent a man before them- Joseph, sold as a slave.

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He sent a man before them-- Joseph--who was sold as a slave.

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Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them--Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

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They put cruel chains on his ankles, an iron collar around his neck,

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They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,

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They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons.

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There in prison, they bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar.

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Until God's word came to the Pharaoh, and GOD confirmed his promise.

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till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the LORD proved him true.

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Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him.

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Until the time came to fulfill his word, the LORD tested Joseph's character.

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God sent the king to release him. The Pharaoh set Joseph free;

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The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.

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The king sent and released him, The ruler of the people let him go free.

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Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.

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He appointed him master of his palace, put him in charge of all his business

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He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed,

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He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his possessions,

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Joseph was put in charge of all the king's household; he became ruler over all the king's possessions.

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To personally instruct his princes and train his advisors in wisdom.

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to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

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To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.

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He could instruct the king's aides as he pleased and teach the king's advisers.