Bible: Isa 42:1; 49:3; 50:10; 52:13

42:1

The Lord Commissions His Special Servant

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“Here is my servant whom I support,

my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.

I have placed my spirit on him;

he will make just decrees 2  for the nations. 3 

49:3 Reuben, you are my firstborn,

my might and the beginning of my strength,

outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad 1  on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. 2  There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.

1:13 There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

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