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Job 1:17 — While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

The Chaldeans		Gen 11:28; Isa 23:13; Hab 1:6
fell		Heb. rushed
I only am		Job 1:15; 2Sa 1:3

Correlating Passages

The Chaldeans

	Gen 11:28	And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
	Isa 23:13	Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, [till] the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; [and] he brought it to ruin.
	Hab 1:6	For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, [that] bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces [that are] not theirs.

I only am

	Job 1:15	And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
	2Sa 1:3	And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 1:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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