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Lexicon :: Strong's H6258 - ʿatâ

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עַתָּה
Transliteration
ʿatâ
Pronunciation
at-taw'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1650c

Strong’s Definitions

עַתָּה ʻattâh, at-taw'; from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive:—henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6258 in the following manner: now, whereas, henceforth, this time forth, straightway.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6258 in the following manner: now, whereas, henceforth, this time forth, straightway.

  1. now

    1. now

    2. in phrases

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַתָּה ʻattâh, at-taw'; from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive:—henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
STRONGS H6258: Abbreviations
עַתָּ֫ה 435 (also Ezekiel 23:43; Psalm 74:6 עת Kt, Qr עַתָּה), עָ֑֫תָּה Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4] +, adverb of time, now (properly accusative of [`int], עֵת (Köii. 260), at the time, in particular of the present time, i.e. now; compare German zur Zeit, Arabic bdb077401at the time, i.e. now); — now:
1.
a. Genesis 12:19 ועתה הנה אשׁתך and now, behold thy wife, Genesis 22:12 ידעתי עתה ידעתי now, I know (so Exodus 18:11; Judges 17:13; H20881 Kings 17:24 [עַתָּה זֶה], Psalm 20:7 [Psalm 20:6]), Genesis 26:22, Genesis 26:29; H2088Genesis 27:36; Genesis 31:13, Genesis 31:28, etc., Exodus 5:5 הך רבים עתה עם הארץ; whether in opposed to past time, as Genesis 32:11 [Genesis 32:10]; Joshua 14:11 כְּכֹחִי אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָ֑תָּה, Judges 11:8; 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 1:21 ועתה מרצחים, Isaiah 16:14; Hosea 2:9 [Hosea 2:7] כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מַעָ֑תָּה, Hosea 13:2, Job 30:1 +, or to future, as Numbers 24:17 אֶרְאֶנּוּ ולא עתה, Judges 8:6 חֲכַף עַתָּה־בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ זֶבַח וצ׳, 1 Samuel 2:16 כִּי עַתָּה תִּתֵּן; = after all Numbers 22:38; Judges 8:2; = now at last 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 19:25; Hosea 7:2; Jeremiah 4:12; and in the phrase מעתה ועד עולם Isaiah 9:6 [Isaiah 9:7]; Isaiah 59:21; Micah 4:7 (see below), Psalm 113:2; Psalm 115:18; Psalm 121:8; Psalm 125:2; Psalm 131:3.
b. of the imminent or impending future: Genesis 19:9 מֵהֶם לְךָ נָרַע עַתָּה. Genesis 29:32 כי עתה יאהבני אישׁי, Genesis 29:34; Exodus 6:1 עתה תראה, Numbers 11:23; Numbers 22:4; 2 Samuel 20:6; Isaiah 33:10 (Psalm 12:6 [Psalm 12:5]), Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 49:19; Amos 6:7 לכן עתה יִגְלוּ, Isaiah 49:19; Micah 7:4, Micah 7:10; Daniel 10:20; and especially ἀσυνδέτως in Hosea, introducing a punishment, Hosea 4:16 וגו׳ עתה יִרְעֵם י׳ Hosea 5:7; Hosea 8:8, Hosea 8:13 (Jeremiah 14:10), Jeremiah 10:2.
c. of a time ideally present (= then, from our point of view): Isaiah 29:22 לא עתה יבושׁ יעקב, Isaiah 29:22b Hosea 10:3; Micah 4:9, Micah 4:10, Micah 4:11; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; Micah 5:3 [Micah 5:4].
d. describing a present state = as things are: 1 Samuel 8:5 thou art old, etc., עתה שִׂימָה לנו מלך, 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 13:12; 1 Samuel 14:30; 1 Samuel 25:7b; 1 Samuel 27:1 now I shall be swept away one day, etc., 2 Kings 18:20, 2 Kings 18:25; Job 6:21; Job 14:16; Job 16:7.
e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed, Genesis 31:13 צא קום עתה, Exodus 18:19 עתה שְׁמַע בקולי, Numbers 22:11; Deuteronomy 2:13; Isaiah 30:8.
2. Phrases:
a. עַתָּה זֶה (זֶה 4h) H2088 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 5:22.
b. ועתה and, now, or now, therefore (וְ 4), drawing a conclusion, especially (compare 1e) a practical one, from what has been stated: Genesis 3:22 and now (since man has once been disobedient), lest he put forth his hand, etc., Genesis 20:7; Genesis 20:23 וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעָה לִי הֵ֫נָּה, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 27:8 ועתה בני שְׁמַע בקולי, Genesis 30:30; Genesis 31:16, Genesis 31:44; Genesis 37:20 + often, Isaiah 5:3, Isaiah 5:5; Psalm 2:10; Genesis 11:6 וגו׳ מֵהֶם לֹא־יִבָּצֵר ועתה, Genesis 31:30; Genesis 45:8; 2 Samuel 19:11 [2 Samuel 19:10]; Psalm 39:8 [Psalm 39:7] אֲדֹנָי מַה־קִּוִּיתִי ועתה , Isaiah 52:5.
c. וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה stating the ground on which some conclusion or action is to be based, Exodus 3:9; Joshua 14:10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Samuel 24:21 [1 Samuel 24:20]; 1 Kings 1:18; Jeremiah 40:4 (with ועתה usually repeated afer the הנה-clause).
†d. גם עתה Genesis 44:10; 1 Samuel 12:16; 1 Kings 14:14; Joel 2:12; Job 16:19.
†e. מֵעַתָּה from now, henceforth, Jeremiah 3:4; Isaiah 48:6; Daniel 10:17 (according to some, here = from just now), 2 Chronicles 16:9; מעתה עולם ועד , see above 1a end.
f. עַדעַֿתָּה until now, Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4], עד־ע׳ וָאֵחַר, Deuteronomy 12:9 אל הנחלה לא באתם עד ע׳ (opposed to the future), H57042 Kings 13:23; especially after clause with מִן, 2Ki 46:34 מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ וְעַדעֿ׳ (2 Samuel 19:8 [2 Samuel 19:7]; Ezekiel 4:14), Exodus 9:18; 2 Kings 8:6; Ruth 2:7.
g. כִּי עַתָּה for in this case, in our idiom, for then (עתה pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr§ 141, 142);
† (a) Exodus 9:15 כי עתה שׁלחתי וגו׳ for then (if the intention expressed in Exodus 9:14 had not existed) I should have put forth my hand, etc., Numbers 22:29 כי עתה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ, 1 Samuel 13:13; Job 3:13; followed by imperfect Job 6:3 for then (if it were weighed, Job 6:2) it would be heavier, etc., Job 13:19 for then would I be silent and die;
(b) after a protasis, surely then Genesis 31:42 + (see כִּי 1d b, p. 472).
—Note. Read כְּמוֺ עַתָּ) (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate) as now, for כְּמוֺ עֵת Ezekiel 16:57, עַתָּ נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate) now art thou broken ! for עֵת נִשְׁבֶּרֶת Ezekiel 27:34, and probably עַתָּ בָּא (Hi We Kö Now, compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version) for עֶתבּֿאֹ Haggai 1:2; also עַתָּה for אַתָּה 1 Kings 1:20, and אַתָּה for עַתָּה 1 Kings 1:18b 2 Samuel 18:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:22; 11:6; 12:19; 19:9; 20:7; 22:12; 26:22; 26:29; 27:3; 27:8; 27:36; 29:32; 29:34; 30:30; 31:13; 31:13; 31:16; 31:28; 31:30; 31:42; 31:44; 32:4; 32:4; 32:10; 37:20; 44:10; 45:8

Exodus

3:9; 5:5; 6:1; 9:14; 9:15; 9:18; 18:11; 18:19

Numbers

11:23; 22:4; 22:11; 22:29; 22:38; 24:17

Deuteronomy

2:13; 12:9

Joshua

14:10; 14:11

Judges

8:2; 8:6; 11:8; 17:13

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

2:16; 8:5; 9:6; 12:2; 12:16; 13:12; 13:13; 14:30; 24:20; 25:7; 27:1

2 Samuel

18:3; 19:7; 19:10; 20:6; 24:16

1 Kings

1:18; 1:18; 1:20; 12:4; 14:14; 17:24; 17:24; 19:4

2 Kings

5:22; 8:6; 13:23; 18:20; 18:25; 19:25

2 Chronicles

16:9

Job

3:13; 6:2; 6:3; 6:21; 13:19; 14:16; 16:7; 16:19; 30:1

Psalms

2:10; 12:5; 20:6; 39:7; 74:6; 113:2; 115:18; 121:8; 125:2; 131:3

Isaiah

1:21; 5:3; 5:5; 9:7; 16:14; 29:22; 29:22; 30:8; 33:10; 43:19; 48:6; 49:19; 49:19; 52:5; 59:21

Jeremiah

3:4; 4:12; 10:2; 14:10; 40:4

Ezekiel

4:14; 16:57; 23:43; 27:34

Daniel

10:17; 10:20

Hosea

2:7; 4:16; 5:7; 7:2; 8:8; 8:13; 10:3; 13:2

Joel

2:12

Amos

6:7

Micah

4:7; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 5:1; 5:4; 7:4; 7:10

Haggai

1:2

H6258

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6258 matches the Hebrew עַתָּה (ʿatâ),
which occurs 435 times in 422 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 9 (Gen 3:22–Exo 9:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - And Jehovah God saith, 'Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people is one, and one pronunciation is to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why hast thou said, She is my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - And they say, 'Come nigh hither;' they say also, 'This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than to them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:7 - and now send back the man's wife, for he is inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - and He saith, 'Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - 'And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, 'For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:8 - 'And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - And he saith, 'Is it because one called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;' he saith also, 'Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, 'Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, 'Now is the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,' therefore hath one called his name Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - for it is little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I am the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:16 - for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it is ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee -- do.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing so;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - 'And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - and commandeth them, saying, 'Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant -- for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - 'And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:10 - for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - And he saith, 'Now, also, according to your words, so it is; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - 'And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - 'And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - that ye have said, Thy servants have been men of cattle from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, -- in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is every one feeding a flock.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - and they say unto Pharaoh, 'To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous is the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - 'And now, thy two sons, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they are; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - 'And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - and now, come, and I send thee unto Pharaoh, and bring thou out My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - 'And they have hearkened to thy voice, and thou hast entered, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye have said unto him, Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:12 - and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - Pharaoh also saith, 'Lo, numerous now is the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Now dost thou see that which I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he doth send them away, yea, with a strong hand he doth cast them out of his land.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - for now I have put forth My hand, and I smite thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou art hidden from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - lo, I am raining about this time to-morrow hail very grievous, such as hath not been in Egypt, even from the day of its being founded, even until now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - 'And, now, send, strengthen thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; every man and beast which is found in the field, and is not gathered into the house -- come down on them hath the hail, and they have died.'

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