ma.tsa H4672

מָצָא (ma.tsa) means “to find” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מָצָא Hebrew · H4672 455 tagged occurrences in 425 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw-tsaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4672

מָצָא · ma.tsa · to find

1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

KJV glosses: [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

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How translators render H4672

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	22
i have found	22
find	10
and found	9
is found	9
was found	9
be found	8
they found	8
find them	7
finds	7
find him	5
he found	5
i find	5
were found	5
who were present	5
and find	4
and they found	4
are found	4
finding	4
i found	4
to find	4
we have found	4
you will find	4
could be found	3
find her	3
he found him	3
is caught	3
met	3
that was found	3
to be found	3
we found	3
and he was found	2
and you will find	2
brought him	2
but i found	2
can be found	2
can find	2
discover	2
encounters	2
find anything	2
found him	2
has found	2
have been found	2
have you found	2
he will be found	2
i encountered	2
i have discovered	2
if you find	2
overtook him	2
that had been found	2
that still survives	2
there	2
to comprehend	2
we will find	2
who were found	2
will be found	2
will find	2
would they have enough	2
you find	2
you found	2
acquired	1
afford	1
among	1
an ever-present	1
and acquires	1
and all that was found	1
and discover	1
and find me	1
and found them	1
and have found	1
and he found	1
and i find	1
and i found	1
and i have found you	1
and if i have found	1
and spreads	1
and strikes	1
and there it was found	1
and there were found to be	1
and they are discovered	1
and verified	1
and you have found	1
are stained	1
befell him	1
brought	1
but find	1
but finds	1
but found	1
but he found	1
but i discovered	1
can fathom it	1
can we find	1
can you fathom	1
caught	1
come upon us	1
comes	1
could lift	1
delivered you	1
demands	1
did you ever find	1
discovered	1
encounters her	1
enough	1
fathom	1
find elijah	1
find it	1
find its meaning	1
find me	1
find the donkeys	1
find you	1
finding them	1
finds me	1
for they could find	1
found you	1
god finds	1
grant me this favor	1
had	1
had been found	1
had found	1
had gained	1
happened to us	1
has been found	1
has befallen us	1
has come upon us	1
has exposed	1
has found the courage	1
have come upon them	1
have found	1
have found me	1
have happened to you	1
have i found	1
have solved	1
he accomplishes this	1
he brings consequences	1
he could find a place	1
he finds	1
he found her	1
he found them	1
he has	1
he has found	1
he is caught	1
he reaped	1
he who finds	1
he will find	1
i am pleased with	1
i can find a place	1
i discovered that	1
i have found you out	1
i have here	1
i have indeed found	1
i may find	1
i was confronted	1
i was found	1
i will be found	1
if i found you	1
in attendance	1
in their path	1
is actually found	1
is it found	1
it is attained	1
it was found	1
lay a hand on	1
let me find	1
lies	1
like one who brings	1
like one who finds	1
may be captured	1
may i continue to find	1
may i find	1
met him	1
more room is found	1
now his men found	1
obtain	1
one is found	1
or seeking	1
or the man is found	1
our reach	1
overcame me	1
reached	1
receive	1
remains	1
seized	1
shall find me	1
so that i may find	1
so they found	1
so you have found me out	1
that find	1
that had happened	1
that has been found	1
then the prophet found	1
then you will find	1
there is	1
there they found	1
they brought	1
they can find	1
they had encountered	1
they have been found	1
they reach	1
they took	1
they will find her	1
those present	1
those who found	1
to detect	1
to fall	1
to those who find	1
to those who find them	1
trying to find	1
was he ever found among thieves	1
we find him	1
we have lived	1
were	1
whatever can be found	1
when you meet	1
where to find him	1
while he may be found	1
who are here	1
who are present	1
who can be found	1
who finds	1
who found him	1
who found them	1
who was found	1
whoever finds me	1
whoever had	1
will apprehend	1
will befall him	1
will befall them	1
will find you out	1
will meet you	1
will overtake us	1
will seize	1
would befall	1
would overwhelm	1
yet if caught	1
you are able	1
you can find	1
you can find it	1
you can spare	1
you do	1
you find here	1
you find it	1
you have found	1
you may be found	1
you meet	1
you were found	1
you will find it again	1
your fugitives	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	31
and found	17
be found	10
find	10
that was found	8
is found	7
and they found	6
findeth	6
hath found	5
i have found	5
present	5
that they found	5
that were found	5
that were present	5
were found	5
but found	4
find out	4
shall be found	4
shall find	4
are found	3
have i found	3
if i find	3
if i have found	3
if now i have found	3
they found	3
to find	3
and all that was found	2
and find	2
and he found	2
and i find	2
and i have found	2
but they found	2
but they shall not find	2
for them to suffice	2
hast thou found	2
have found	2
him but i found	2
him he will be found	2
hit	2
i found	2
it be found	2
let me find	2
met	2
presented	2
shall find out	2
that i have found	2
that is found	2
they shall find	2
to find out	2
unto him if now i have found	2
was found	2
which were found	2
who can find	2
all that are found	1
all that found	1
also find	1
among all those have i not found	1
and all that came to hand	1
and all that were present	1
and catch	1
and could not find	1
and every man with whom was found	1
and find out	1
and foundest	1
and have not delivered	1
and he cannot find	1
and he caused all that were present	1
and he was found	1
and i found	1
and i will be found	1
and if i have found	1
and if she be not able to bring	1
and it was found	1
and lighteth	1
and made all that were present	1
and met	1
and not be found	1
and now if i have found	1
and received	1
and shall not be found	1
and shall not find	1
and that which was found	1
and there shall meet	1
and therein was found	1
and they presented	1
and they shall not be found	1
and they that found	1
and thou hast also found	1
and thou hast found	1
and thou hast not found	1
and what hast thou found	1
and wherefore have i not found	1
and ye shall find	1
and yet so they sufficed	1
any finding	1
are befallen	1
are come	1
as occasion	1
as one that findeth	1
as one that found	1
be certainly	1
be not found	1
be with us why then is all this befallen	1
because he hath found	1
because in him there is found	1
because they had found	1
behold he findeth	1
behold i have	1
but he found	1
but he found her	1
but i find	1
but i found	1
but it was not found	1
but lo i will deliver	1
but they were not found	1
can find out	1
can we find	1
canst thou find	1
come	1
every one that findeth me	1
every one that is found	1
every one that shall be found	1
for all that were present	1
for and there were found	1
for he found	1
for i cannot find	1
for i have not found	1
for thou hast found	1
for thou shalt find	1
for whoso findeth	1
found her	1
found him	1
from them but i found	1
gat hold	1
had gotten	1
hath found out	1
hath gotten	1
hath not been found	1
have taken hold	1
have they not sped	1
he be found	1
he causeth it to come	1
he found	1
her and it come to pass that she find	1
her but they found	1
him but he could not be found	1
him but i could not find	1
him he could not be found	1
him he was found	1
him lest he get	1
him or if he be found	1
i am found	1
i have found me out	1
i have not found	1
i may find	1
i pray thee whatsoever cometh	1
i shall find	1
i should find	1
if i have now found	1
if i shall find	1
if there be found	1
if thou meet	1
if ye find	1
is not enough	1
it but i found	1
it was found out	1
let us find	1
me and find	1
me findeth	1
me for he hath found	1
nay i pray thee if now i have found	1
needeth it let me find	1
nor finding	1
now there was found	1
now therefore i pray thee if i have found	1
of all that he hath	1
of them he found	1
of them they found	1
on them for they are found	1
or have found	1
or what there is present	1
out	1
ready	1
shall befall	1
shall he get	1
shall not be found	1
shall not find	1
shalt find	1
shalt find occasion	1
she findeth	1
should find	1
so shalt thou find	1
so that there shall not be found	1
that are left	1
that are present	1
that befell	1
that found	1
that had come	1
that hath befallen	1
that i may find	1
that is left	1
that shall come	1
that shall come on	1
that she shall not find	1
that they came to	1
that thou findest	1
that thou hast found	1
that ye have not found	1
thee that hath come	1
thee that i may find	1
them and shalt not find	1
them and they were found	1
them but shall not find	1
them that they may find	1
themselves to find	1
then he found	1
then thou shalt find	1
thence and found	1
thence he lighted	1
there and find	1
there shall not be found	1
there was not found	1
there were found	1
therein and ye shall find	1
thereof if ye can find	1
thereof neither is it found	1
thereon it shall not be found	1
they if we have found	1
this have i found	1
this have we found	1
thou art found	1
thou find	1
thou findest	1
thou hast found	1
thou shalt find	1
to her i found	1
to redeem	1
to restore	1
to them that find	1
until i find out	1
unto him he found	1
unto him i pray thee if i have found	1
unto him we have found	1
unto him why have i found	1
unto thee was he found	1
unto those that find	1
upon me i found	1
was not found	1
was there found	1
we cannot find him out	1
we found	1
we have found	1
we have found out	1
we may find	1
we shall find	1
what hast thou found	1
when he is found	1
when they can find	1
when thou hast found	1
when thou mayest be found	1
when ye find	1
where he could find	1
where he shall be found	1
where i may find	1
where i might find	1
which are here	1
which are present	1
which he found	1
which shall be found	1
which they found	1
which was found	1
which we found	1
while he may be found	1
who can find it out	1
will come	1
will find you out	1
with her and they be found	1
with them and among them all was found	1
with whom was found	1
ye can find	1
ye find	1
ye had not found out	1
ye shall find	1
ye shall not find	1
yet he shall not find	1
you that ye may find	1

Verses containing H4672

Page 1 of 9. 425 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Genesis 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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Genesis 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
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Genesis 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
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Genesis 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
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Genesis 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
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Genesis 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
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Genesis 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
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Genesis 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
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Genesis 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
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Genesis 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
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Genesis 18:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
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Genesis 18:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
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Genesis 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
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Genesis 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
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Genesis 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
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Genesis 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
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Genesis 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
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Genesis 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
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Genesis 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
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Genesis 26:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
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Genesis 27:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
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Genesis 30:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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Genesis 30:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
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Genesis 31:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
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Genesis 31:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
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Genesis 31:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
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Genesis 31:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
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Genesis 31:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
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Genesis 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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Source alternate reference: 32.6
Genesis 32:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
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Source alternate reference: 32.20
Genesis 33:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
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Genesis 33:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
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Genesis 33:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
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Genesis 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
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Genesis 36:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
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Genesis 37:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
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Genesis 37:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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Genesis 37:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
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Genesis 38:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
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Genesis 38:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
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Genesis 38:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
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Genesis 39:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
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Genesis 41:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
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Genesis 44:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
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Genesis 44:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
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Genesis 44:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
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Genesis 44:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
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Genesis 44:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
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Genesis 44:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
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Genesis 44:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
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