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14 If I am still alive, show me the faithful love of the Lord, but if I die,[a]

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  1. 20.14 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain

14 But show me unfailing kindness(A) like the Lord’s kindness as long as I live, so that I may not be killed,

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15 never cut off your faithful love from my house, even if the Lord were to cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”(A)

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15 and do not ever cut off your kindness from my family(A)—not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

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49 and the pillar[a] Mizpah, for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other.(A)

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  1. 31.49 Cn: MT lacks pillar

49 It was also called Mizpah,[a](A) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

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  1. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.

53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor[a] judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,(A)

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  1. 31.53 Heb mss Gk: MT adds the God of their father

53 May the God of Abraham(A) and the God of Nahor,(B) the God of their father, judge between us.”(C)

So Jacob took an oath(D) in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.(E)

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