And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.

And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.

brethren.

Genesis 31:23,32,37,54 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad. . . .

Gather.

Joshua 4:5-9,20-24 And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel, . . .

Joshua 7:26 And they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day And the wrath of the Lord was turned away from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of Achor, until this day.

2 Samuel 18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and they laid an exceeding great heap of stones upon him: but all Israel fled to their own dwellings.

Ecclesiastes 3:5 A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

an heap.

Genesis 4:5 But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell.

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Genesis 2:1 So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

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Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

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Genesis 3:20 And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

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1 Samuel 7:16 And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the foresaid places.

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1 Samuel 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Galgal, (for I will come down to thee), that thou mayst offer an oblation, and sacrifice victims of peace: seven days shalt thou wait, till I come to thee, and I will shew thee what thou art to do.

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1 Samuel 10:17 And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha:

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1 Samuel 11:15 And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

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1 Samuel 13:7 And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Galaad. And when Saul was yet in Galgal, all the people that followed him were greatly afraid.

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1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.

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2Sa.

1 Samuel 19:15 And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain.

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2Ki.

1 Samuel 2:1 My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation.

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