כְּתֹ֣נֶת פַּסִּ֔ים

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 \v 2 These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
 
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-\v 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautiful garment.
+\v 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautifully decorated garment.
 \v 4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. They hated him and would not speak kindly to him.
 
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 \v 22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him"—that he might rescue him out of their hand to bring him back to his father.
 
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-\v 23 It came about that when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his beautiful garment.
+\v 23 It came about that when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his beautifully decorated garment.
 \v 24 They took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty with no water in it.
 
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 \v 31 They slaughtered a goat and then took Joseph's garment and dipped it into the blood.
-\v 32 Then they brought it to their father and said, "We found this. Please see whether it is your son's clothing or not."
+\v 32 Then they brought the beautifully decorated garment to their father and said, "We found this. Please see whether it is your son's garment or not."
 \v 33 Jacob recognized it and said, "It is my son's clothing. A wild animal has devoured him. Joseph has certainly been torn to pieces."
 
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-\v 1 It came about after this that Amnon son of David was very attracted to his beautiful half-sister Tamar, who was a full sister of Absalom, another of David's sons.
+\v 1 It came about after this that David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and David's son Amnon loved her.
 \v 2 Amnon was so frustrated that he became sick because of his sister Tamar. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
 
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 \v 10 So Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into my room that I may eat from your hand." So Tamar took the bread that she had made, and brought it into the room of Amnon her brother.
 \v 11 When she had brought the food to him, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister."
-\v 12 She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me, for nothing like this should be done in Israel. Do not do this appalling thing!
+\v 12 She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me, for nothing like this should be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
 
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 \v 13 How could I be rid of my shame? What about you? You would be like one of the fools in Israel! Now, please speak to the king, for he would not keep me from you."
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-\v 15 Then Amnon hated Tamar with extreme hatred. He hated her even more than he had desired her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and go."
+\v 15 Then Amnon hated Tamar with extreme hatred. The hatred with which he hated her was even greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and go."
 \v 16 But she responded to him, "No! Because this great evil of making me leave is even worse than what you did to me!" But Amnon did not listen to her.
 \v 17 Instead, he called his personal servant and said, "Take this woman away from me, and bolt the door after her."
 
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-\v 18 Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her. Tamar was wearing a very decorated robe because the king's daughters who were virgins dressed that way.
-\v 19 Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. She put her hands on her head and walked away, crying aloud as she went.
+\v 18 Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her. Tamar was wearing a beautifully decorated garment because the king's daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes.
+\v 19 Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her beautifully decorated garment. She put her hands on her head and walked away, crying aloud as she went.
 
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