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Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever.

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highlighted Psalms 23:5 NLT

You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.

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highlighted Psalms 23:4 NLT

Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

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highlighted Psalms 23:3 NLT

He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.

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highlighted Psalms 23:1 NLT

The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need.

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So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: “The people of Israel will use your names when they give a blessing. They will say, ‘May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In this way, Jacob put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

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highlighted Genesis 48:21-22 NLT

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to Canaan, the land of your ancestors.

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highlighted Genesis 48:19 NLT

But his father refused. “I know, my son; I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

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highlighted Genesis 48:18 NLT

“No, my father,” he said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

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highlighted Genesis 48:15 NLT

Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham and my father, Isaac, walked— the God who has been my shepherd all my life, to this very day,

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highlighted Genesis 48:16 NLT

the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may he bless these boys. May they preserve my name and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants multiply greatly throughout the earth.”

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highlighted Genesis 48:1 NLT

One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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highlighted Genesis 47:23-24 NLT

Then Joseph said to the people, “Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will provide you with seed so you can plant the fields.

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highlighted Genesis 47:22 NLT

The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of food directly from Pharaoh, so they didn’t need to sell their land.

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highlighted Genesis 47:20-21 NLT

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh.

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highlighted Genesis 47:16 NLT

Joseph replied, “Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

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highlighted Genesis 47:11 NLT

So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt—the region of Rameses—to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

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highlighted Genesis 47:30 NLT

When I die, please take my body out of Egypt and bury me with my ancestors.” So Joseph promised, “I will do as you ask.”

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highlighted Genesis 47:28 NLT

Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.

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finished reading Proverbs 17 in Proverbs In 31 Days:

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife....

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