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Lexicon :: Strong's H2555 - ḥāmās

Aa
חָמָס
Transliteration
ḥāmās
Pronunciation
khaw-mawce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 678a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמָס châmâç, khaw-mawce'; from H2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain:—cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H2555 in the following manner: violence (39x), violent (7x), cruelty (4x), wrong (3x), false (2x), cruel (1x), damage (1x), injustice (1x), oppressor (with H376) (1x), unrighteous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H2555 in the following manner: violence (39x), violent (7x), cruelty (4x), wrong (3x), false (2x), cruel (1x), damage (1x), injustice (1x), oppressor (with H376) (1x), unrighteous (1x).

  1. violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמָס châmâç, khaw-mawce'; from H2554; violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain:—cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
STRONGS H2555: Abbreviations
† חָמָס noun masculinePsalm 7:17 violence, wrong — absolute ח׳ Genesis 6:11+ 44 times; construct חֲמַס Judges 9:24 7 times; suffix חֲמָסִי Genesis 16:5; Jeremiah 51:35 (in both = wrong done to me); חֲמָסוֺ Psalm 7:17; plural חֲמָסִים 2 Samuel 22:49 3 times; — violence, specifically of physical violence Judges 9:24; 2 Samuel 22:3 (not || Psalm 18:3), Obadiah 10; Habakkuk 1:9; Jeremiah 51:35 (of Chaldeans), Habakkuk 2:8, 17 (twice in verse); Joel 4:19; Psalm 72:14; but also wrong, including injurious language, harsh treatment, etc. Genesis 16:5 (J, of wrong done to Sarah by, Hagar), Job 19:7; Malachi 2:16; in general of rude wickedness of men, their noisy, wild, ruthlessness Micah 6:12; Habakkuk 1:2; Zephaniah 1:9; Proverbs 10:6, 11; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 26:6 + Ezekiel 7:11 (si vera lectio, see Co), || שֹׁד Amos 3:10; Habakkuk 1:3; Jeremiah 6:7; Jeremiah 20:8; Ezekiel 45:9; Isaiah 60:18, || רִיב Psalm 55:10, || עָמָל Psalm 7:17, || גַּאֲוָה Psalm 73:6, אֹהֵב ח׳ Psalm 11:5 (|| רָשָׁע), denied, of servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:9, בארץ ח׳ Jeremiah 51:46, compare Genesis 6:11, 13 (P), Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 12:19; מָֽלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּיאֶֿרֶץ נְאוֺת ח׳ Psalm 74:20, הָעִיר מָֽלְאָה ח׳ Ezekiel 7:23; Ezekiel 28:16, שֶׁבֶת ח׳ Amos 6:3 is (probably) enthronement of violence; כְּלֵי ח׳ Genesis 49:5 (poem) instrument, weapons, of violence; — other phrases are: בְּיָדַיִם ח׳ Jonah 3:8; 1 Chronicles 12:17, compare Job 16:17, יְדֵיכֶם ח׳ Psalm 58:3 and בְּכַפֵּיהֶם ח׳ פֹּעַל Isaiah 59:6; עֵד ח׳ i.e. a witness that promotes violence and wrong Exodus 23:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 19:16, עֵדֵי ח׳ Psalm 35:11; עֵדֵי שֶׁקֶר וִיפֵהַ חָמָס Psalm 27:12; שׂנאת ח׳ Psalm 25:19 — violence; אִישׁ חָמָס = violent man Psalm 18:49 (2 Samuel 22:49 has the later חמסים א׳, compare below) Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 16:29; אישׁ חמסים (later) Psalm 140:2; Psalm 140:5; 2 Samuel 22:49; יֵין חֲמָסִים Proverbs 4:17 i.e. wine gained by violence (|| לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:11; 6:11; 6:13; 16:5; 16:5; 49:5

Exodus

23:1

Deuteronomy

19:16

Judges

9:24; 9:24

2 Samuel

22:3; 22:49; 22:49; 22:49

1 Chronicles

12:17

Job

16:17; 19:7

Psalms

7:17; 7:17; 7:17; 11:5; 18:3; 18:49; 25:19; 27:12; 35:11; 55:10; 58:3; 72:14; 73:6; 74:20; 140:2; 140:5; 140:12

Proverbs

3:31; 4:17; 10:6; 10:11; 13:2; 16:29; 26:6

Isaiah

53:9; 59:6; 60:18

Jeremiah

6:7; 20:8; 51:35; 51:35; 51:46

Ezekiel

7:11; 7:23; 8:17; 12:19; 28:16; 45:9

Amos

3:10; 6:3

Obadiah

1:10

Jonah

3:8

Micah

6:12

Habakkuk

1:2; 1:3; 1:9; 2:8; 2:17

Zephaniah

1:9

Malachi

2:16

H2555

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Strong's Number H2555 matches the Hebrew חָמָס (ḥāmās),
which occurs 60 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 6:11–Oba 1:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:11 - Now the earth H776 was corrupt H7843 in the sight H6440 of God, H430 and the earth H776 was filled H4390 with violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:13 - Then God H430 said H559 to Noah, H5146 “The end H7093 of all H3605 flesh H1320 has come H935 before H6440 Me; for the earth H776 is filled H4390 with violence H2555 because H4480 H6440 of them; and behold, H2009 I am about to destroy H7843 them with the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram, H87 “May the wrong H2555 done me be upon you. I gave H5414 my maid H8198 into your [fn]arms, H2436 but when she saw H7200 that she had conceived, H2029 I was despised H7043 in her [fn]sight. H5869 May the LORD H3068 judge H8199 between H996 [fn]you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brothers; H251
Their swords H4380 are implements H3627 of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - “You shall not bear H5375 a false H7723 report; H8088 do not join H7896 your hand H3027 with a wicked H7563 man H7563 to be a malicious H2555 witness. H5707

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - “If H3588 a malicious H2555 witness H5707 rises H6965 up against a man H376 to [fn]accuse H6030 him of [fn]wrongdoing, H5627

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - so that the violence H2555 [fn]done to the seventy H7657 sons H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 might come, H935 and their blood H1818 might be laid H7760 on Abimelech H40 their brother, H251 who H834 killed H2026 them, and on the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 who H834 strengthened H2388 his hands H3027 to kill H2026 his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - [fn]My God, H430 my rock, H6697 in whom I take H2620 refuge, H2620
My shield H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation, H3468 my stronghold H4869 and my refuge; H4498
My savior, H3467 You save H3467 me from violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - Who also brings H3381 me out from my enemies; H340
You even lift H7311 me above H4480 those who rise H6965 up against me;
You rescue H5337 me from the violent H2555 man. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David H1732 went H3318 out to meet H6440 them, and said H559 to them, “If H518 you come H935 peacefully H7965 to me to help H5826 me, my heart H3824 shall be united H3162 with you; but if H518 to betray H7411 me to my adversaries, H6862 since there is no H3808 [fn]wrong H2555 in my hands, H3709 may the God H430 of our fathers H1 look H7200 on it and decide.” H3198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - Although H5921 there is no H3808 violence H2555 in my hands, H3709
And my prayer H8605 is pure. H2134

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - “Behold, H2005 I cry, H6817 ‘Violence!’ H2555 but I get H6030 no H3808 answer; H6030
I shout H7768 for help, H7768 but there H369 is no H369 justice. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief H5999 will return H7725 upon his own head, H7218
And his violence H2555 will descend H3381 upon [fn]his own pate. H6936

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The LORD H3068 tests H974 the righteous H6662 and the wicked, H7563
And the one who loves H157 violence H2555 His soul H5315 hates. H8130

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - He delivers H6403 me from my enemies; H340
Surely H637 You lift H7311 me above H4480 those who rise H6965 up against me;
You rescue H5337 me from the violent H2555 man. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - Look H7200 upon my enemies, H340 for they are many, H7231
And they hate H8130 me with violent H2555 hatred. H8135

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Do not deliver H5414 me over to the [fn]desire H5315 of my adversaries, H6862
For false H8267 witnesses H5707 have risen H6965 against me,
And such as breathe H3307 out violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - Malicious H2555 witnesses H5707 rise H6965 up;
They ask H7592 me of things that I do not know. H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - [fn]Confuse, H1104 O Lord, H136 divide H6385 their tongues, H3956
For I have seen H7200 violence H2555 and strife H7379 in the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - No, H637 in heart H3820 you work H6466 unrighteousness; H5766
On earth H776 you weigh H6424 out the violence H2555 of your hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 - He will [fn]rescue H1350 their [fn]life H5315 from oppression H8496 and violence, H2555
And their blood H1818 will be precious H3365 in his sight; H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:6 - Therefore H3651 pride H1346 is their necklace; H6059
The garment H7897 of violence H2555 covers H5848 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Consider H5027 the covenant; H1285
For the dark H4285 places H4285 of the land H776 are full H4390 of the habitations H4999 of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Rescue H2502 me, O LORD, H3068 from evil H7451 men; H376
Preserve H5341 me from violent H2555 men H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep H8104 me, O LORD, H3068 from the hands H3027 of the wicked; H7563
Preserve H5341 me from violent H2555 men H376
Who H834 have [fn]purposed H2803 to [fn]trip H1760 up my feet. H6471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - “May a [fn]slanderer H376 H3956 not be established H3559 in the earth; H776
May evil H7451 hunt H6679 the violent H2555 man H376 [fn]speedily.” H4073

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Do not envy H7065 a man H376 of violence H2555
And do not choose H977 any H3605 of his ways. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat H3898 the bread H3899 of wickedness H7562
And drink H8354 the wine H3196 of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings H1293 are on the head H7218 of the righteous, H6662
But the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 conceals H3680 violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - The mouth H6310 of the righteous H6662 is a fountain H4726 of life, H2416
But the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 conceals H3680 violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - From the fruit H6529 of a man’s H376 mouth H6310 he [fn]enjoys H398 good, H2896
But the [fn]desire H5315 of the treacherous H898 is violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A man H376 of violence H2555 entices H6601 his neighbor H7453
And leads H1980 him in a way H1870 that is not good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He cuts H7096 off H7096 his own feet H7272 and drinks H8354 violence H2555
Who sends H7971 a message H1697 by the hand H3027 of a fool. H3684

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - His grave H6913 was assigned H5414 with wicked H7563 men, H7563
Yet He was with a rich H6223 man H6223 in His death, H4194
Because H5921 He had done H6213 no H3808 violence, H2555
Nor H3808 was there any deceit H4820 in His mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 - Their webs H6980 will not become H1961 clothing, H899
Nor H3808 will they cover H3680 themselves with their works; H4639
Their works H4639 are works H4639 of iniquity, H205
And an act H6467 of violence H2555 is in their [fn]hands. H3709

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18 - “Violence H2555 will not be heard H8085 again H5750 in your land, H776
Nor H3808 devastation H7701 or destruction H7667 within your borders; H1366
But you will call H7121 your walls H2346 salvation, H3444 and your gates H8179 praise. H8416

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - “As a well H953 [fn]keeps H6979 its waters H4325 fresh, H6979
So H3651 she [fn]keeps H6979 fresh H6979 her wickedness. H7451
Violence H2555 and destruction H7701 are heard H8085 in her;
Sickness H2483 and wounds H4347 are ever H8548 before H5921 H6440 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For each H1767 time H1767 I speak, H1696 I cry H2199 aloud; H2199
I proclaim H7121 violence H2555 and destruction, H7701
Because H3588 for me the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 has [fn]resulted H1961
In reproach H2781 and derision H7047 all H3605 day H3117 long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 - “May the violence H2555 done to me and to my flesh H7607 be upon Babylon,” H894
The [fn]inhabitant H3427 of Zion H6726 will say; H559
And, “May my blood H1818 be upon the inhabitants H3427 of Chaldea,” H3778
Jerusalem H3389 will say. H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:46 - “Now so H6435 that your heart H3824 does not grow H7401 faint, H7401
And you are not afraid H3372 at the report H8052 that will be heard H8085 in the land H776—
For the report H8052 will come H935 [fn]one year, H8141
And after H310 that [fn]another report H8052 in [fn]another year, H8141
And violence H2555 will be in the land H776
With ruler H4910 against H5921 ruler H4910—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:11 - ‘Violence H2555 [fn]has grown H6965 into a rod H4294 of wickedness. H7562 None H3808 of them shall remain, none H3808 of their people, H1995 none H3808 of their wealth, H1991 nor H3808 anything eminent H5089 among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:23 - ‘Make H6213 the chain, H7569 for the land H776 is full H4390 of [fn]bloody H1818 crimes H4941 and the city H5892 is full H4390 of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - He said H559 to me, “Do you see H7200 this, son H1121 of man? H120 Is it too light H7043 a thing H7043 for the house H1004 of Judah H3063 to commit H6213 the abominations H8441 which H834 they have committed H6213 here, H6311 that they have filled H4390 the land H776 with violence H2555 and provoked H3707 Me repeatedly? H7725 For behold, H2009 they are putting H7971 the twig H2156 to their nose. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - “Then say H559 to the people H5971 of the land, H776 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 concerning the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 in the land H127 of Israel, H3478 “They will eat H398 their bread H3899 with anxiety H1674 and drink H8354 their water H4325 with horror, H8078 because H4616 [fn]their land H776 will be [fn]stripped H3456 of its fullness H4393 on account H6440 of the violence H2555 of all H3605 who live H3427 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - “By the abundance H7230 of your trade H7404
[fn]You were internally H8432 filled H4390 with violence, H2555
And you sinned; H2398
Therefore I have cast H2490 you as profane H2490
From the mountain H2022 of God. H430
And I have destroyed H6 you, O [fn]covering H5526 cherub, H3742
From the midst H8432 of the stones H68 of fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 “Enough, H7227 you princes H5387 of Israel; H3478 put H5493 away H5493 violence H2555 and destruction, H7701 and practice H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness. H6666 Stop H7311 your expropriations H1646 from My people,” H5971 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - Egypt H4714 will become H1961 a waste, H8077
And Edom H123 will become H1961 a desolate H8077 wilderness, H4057
Because H4480 of the violence H2555 [fn]done to the sons H1121 of Judah, H3063
In whose H834 land H776 they have shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood. H1818

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - “But they do not know H3045 how to do H6213 what H5228 is right,” H5228 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “these who hoard H686 up [fn]violence H2555 and devastation H7701 in their citadels.” H759

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:3 - Do you put H5077 off H5077 the day H3117 of calamity, H7451
And would you bring H5066 near H5066 the seat H7675 of violence? H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - “Because H4480 of violence H2555 to your brother H251 Jacob, H3290
[fn]You will be covered H3680 with shame, H955
And you will be cut H3772 off H3772 forever. H5769

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