I will appease: Genesis 43:11; 1 Samuel 25:17-35; Job 42:8-9; Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:14, Proverbs 21:14
peradventure: 1 Samuel 6:5; 1 Kings 20:31; Jonah 3:9; 2 Timothy 2:25
of me: Heb. my face, Job 42:8-9; Proverbs 6:35
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Genesis 32:20
Genesis 32:20
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