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Genesis 49:15
English Standard Version Anglicised

15 He saw that a resting-place was good,
    and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
    and (A)became a servant at forced labour.

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Genesis 49:15
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15 When he sees how good is his resting place
    and how pleasant is his land,(A)
he will bend his shoulder to the burden(B)
    and submit to forced labor.(C)

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1 Kings 9:21
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21 (A)their descendants who were left after them in the land, (B)whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction[a]—(C)these Solomon drafted to be (D)slaves, and so they are to this day.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:21 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
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1 Kings 9:21
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21 Solomon conscripted the descendants(A) of all these peoples remaining in the land—whom the Israelites could not exterminate[a](B)—to serve as slave labor,(C) as it is to this day.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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