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success_n and_o love_v and_o reward_v he_o for_o it_o deut._n 15.1_o 14._o prov._n 27.18_o col._n 4.1_o gal._n 3.28_o 2._o he_o do_v not_o take_v away_o josephs_n life_n in_o a_o rage_n his_o benefit_n he_o have_v a_o honourable_a office_n his_o cross_n he_o have_v a_o lewd_a woman_n to_o his_o wife_n potiphars_n wife_n no_o good_a in_o she_o her_o fault_n 1._o she_o be_v a_o adulterous_a woman_n 2._o impudent_a and_o earnest_a in_o her_o filthiness_n 3._o most_o malicious_a pharaoh_n butler_n and_o baker_n 1._o their_o good_a deed_n 1._o they_o bear_v their_o imprisonment_n patient_o and_o cheerful_o gen._n 40.7_o 2._o they_o despise_v not_o josephs_n youth_n or_o mean_a
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