soul: Ruth 1:14; 1 Samuel 18:1
kindly unto the damsel: Heb. to the heart of the damsel, 2 Samuel 19:7; 2 Chronicles 30:22; Isaiah 40:2; Hosea 2:14 *marg.
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Genesis 34:3
Genesis 34:3
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