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 \v 1 Up to that time, Abram's wife Sarai had not given birth to any children for Abram. But she had a female slave from Egypt, whose name was Hagar.
 \v 2 Sarai said to Abram, "Listen to me! Yahweh has not allowed me to become pregnant. So sleep with my slave Hagar. Perhaps she will bear children whom I can consider to be mine." Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.
-\v 3 This happened ten years after Abram and Sarai went to live in Canaan land. In this way Abram took Hagar, Sarai's slave from Egypt, to be his second wife.
+\v 3 This happened ten years after Abram and Sarai went to live in the land of Canaan. In this way Abram took Hagar, Sarai's slave from Egypt, to be his second wife.
 \v 4 So he slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress Sarai.
 
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 \v 5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be very afraid of Jacob's family, so that they did not pursue them.
 
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-\v 6 Jacob and all those who were with him went to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in Canaan land.
+\v 6 Jacob and all those who were with him went to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the land of Canaan.
 \v 7 There he built an altar. He named the place El Bethel, which means "God of Bethel," because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
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 \v 8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac's wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon Bakuth, which means "oak of weeping."
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 \v 1 These are those who descended from Esau, whose other name was Edom, and what happened concerning them.
-\v 2 Esau married three women from Canaan land: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hittite;
+\v 2 Esau married three women from the land of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hittite;
 \v 3 and Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
 
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 \v 4 Esau's wife Adah gave birth to Eliphaz. Basemath gave birth to Reuel.
-\v 5 Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons of Esau were born while he was living in Canaan land.
+\v 5 Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons of Esau were born while he was living in the land of Canaan.
 
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-\v 6-7 Jacob and Esau had very many possessions. For this reason, they needed more land for their livestock. The land where they were living was not big enough for all their livestock. So Esau, whose other name was Edom, had taken his wives and sons and daughters and all the other members of his household, his sheep and goats and his other animals, and all the other things he had obtained in Canaan land, and they had moved to an area that was away from Jacob.
+\v 6-7 Jacob and Esau had very many possessions. For this reason, they needed more land for their livestock. The land where they were living was not big enough for all their livestock. So Esau, whose other name was Edom, had taken his wives and sons and daughters and all the other members of his household, his sheep and goats and his other animals, and all the other things he had obtained in the land of Canaan, and they had moved to an area that was away from Jacob.
 \v 8 They went to live in the hill country of Seir.
 
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-\v 1 Jacob continued to live in Canaan land, where his father had lived previously.
+\v 1 Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived previously.
 \v 2 This is what happened to Jacob's family.
 \p When his son Joseph was seventeen years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father's concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. Joseph told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
 
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 \v 1 At that time, Judah left his older and younger brothers and went down from the hill country and stayed with a man who lived in Adullam. His name was Hiram.
-\v 2 There he met a woman who was the daughter of a man from Canaan land named Shua. He married her and slept with her.
+\v 2 There he met a woman who was the daughter of a man from the land of Canaan named Shua. He married her and slept with her.
 
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 \v 3 She became pregnant and later gave birth to a son. His father named him Er.
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 \v 6 At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries to buy grain. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
 
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-\v 7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, "Where do you come from?" One of them replied, "We have come from Canaan land, to buy some grain."
+\v 7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, "Where do you come from?" One of them replied, "We have come from the land of Canaan, to buy some grain."
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 \v 8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
 
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-\v 29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
+\v 29 When they returned to their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
 \v 30 "The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
 \v 31 But we told him, 'We are honest men! We are not spies.
 \v 32 Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died, and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.'
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 \v 16 Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph's brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
-\v 17 The king said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers this: 'Put loads of grain on your animals and return to Canaan land.
+\v 17 The king said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers this: 'Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
 \v 18 Then bring your father and your families back here. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you will have the best food in the land to eat.'
 
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 \v 24 Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them "Do not quarrel along the way!"
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-\v 25 So the brothers left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan land.
+\v 25 So the brothers left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
 \v 26 One of them told him, "Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is the governor over all of Egypt!" Jacob was extremely astonished; he could not believe that it was true.
 
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-\v 12 Judah and his sons, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in Canaan land);
+\v 12 Judah and his sons, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in the land of Canaan);
 \li the two sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul;
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 \v 13 Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron;
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-\v 31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to the rest of his father's family, "I will go to the king and say to him, 'My brothers and my father and the rest of his family, who were living in Canaan land, have all come to me.
+\v 31 Then Joseph said to his brothers and to the rest of his father's family, "I will go to the king and say to him, 'My brothers and my father and the rest of his family, who were living in the land of Canaan, have all come to me.
 \v 32 The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep, goats, and cattle, and everything else that they own.'
 
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-\v 1-2 Joseph chose five of his brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced them to the king, and then he said, "My father and my brothers have come from Canaan land. They have brought all their sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else that they own, and they are living now in region of Goshen."
+\v 1-2 Joseph chose five of his brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced them to the king, and then he said, "My father and my brothers have come from the land of Canaan. They have brought all their sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else that they own, and they are living now in region of Goshen."
 
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 \v 3 The king asked the brothers, "What work do you do?" They replied to the king, "We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were."
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 \v 4 When the time of mourning was finished, Joseph said to the king's officials, "If you are pleased with me, please take this message to the king:
-\v 5 'When my father was about to die, he told me to solemnly promise that I would bury his body in Canaan land, in the tomb that he himself had prepared. So please let me go up to Canaan and bury my father's body. Then I will return.'"
+\v 5 'When my father was about to die, he told me to solemnly promise that I would bury his body in the land of Canaan, in the tomb that he himself had prepared. So please let me go up to Canaan and bury my father's body. Then I will return.'"
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 \v 6 After they gave the king the message, he replied, "Tell Joseph, 'Go up and bury your father's body, as you swore that you would do.'"
 
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 \v 12 Then Jacob's sons did for him what their father had commanded.
-\v 13 They crossed the Jordan River and carried Jacob's body into Canaan land. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre town. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people , to use as a burial place.
+\v 13 They crossed the Jordan River and carried Jacob's body into the land of Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre town. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people , to use as a burial place.
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 \v 14 After he had buried his father, Joseph and his brothers and all the others who had gone up to Canaan with him for the funeral returned to Egypt.
 

04-NUM.usfm

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 \v 33 Your children will wander around in this wilderness as shepherds for forty years. Because you adults were not loyal to me, your children will suffer until you all die in the wilderness.
 
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-\v 34 You will suffer for your sins for forty years. That will be one year for each of the forty days that the twelve men explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you.
+\v 34 You will suffer for your sins for forty years. That will be one year for each of the forty days that the twelve men explored the land of Canaan. And I will be like an enemy to you.
 \v 35 This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! I will do these things to every one in this group that has plotted against me. They will all die right here in this wilderness!'"
 
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 \v 52 Then Yahweh said to Moses,
-\v 53 "Divide Canaan land among the tribes. Distribute the land according to the number of people in each tribe that are on your lists.
+\v 53 "Divide the land of Canaan among the tribes. Distribute the land according to the number of people in each tribe that are on your lists.
 
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 \v 54-56 Decide by casting lots to determine which group will get which area, but give the largest areas to the groups with the most people."
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 \v 31 The leaders of the tribes of Gad and Reuben replied, "We will do what you have said and what Yahweh has said.
-\v 32 We will cross the river into Canaan land, and we will do what Yahweh desires and be prepared for battle. But our land will be here on the east side of the Jordan River."
+\v 32 We will cross the river into the land of Canaan, and we will do what Yahweh desires and be prepared for battle. But our land will be here on the east side of the Jordan River."
 
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 \v 1 Yahweh said to Moses,
-\v 2 "Tell this to the Israelite people, 'You will soon enter Canaan land, and it will become yours. The following will be the borders of the land.
+\v 2 "Tell this to the Israelite people, 'You will soon enter the land of Canaan, and it will become yours. The following will be the borders of the land.
 \v 3 On the south you will receive part of the wilderness of Zin, near the border of the region of Edom. On the east side, the border will start at the south end of the Dead Sea.
 
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