a cunning: Genesis 10:9, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 27:3-5, Genesis 27:40
a plain man: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 28:10-11, Genesis 31:39-41, Genesis 46:34; Job 1:1, Job 1:8, Job 2:3; Psalms 37:37
dwelling: Hebrews 11:9
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Genesis 25:27
Genesis 25:27
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