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15._o josh_n 1._o 5._o heb._n 13._o 5._o exod._n 3._o 12._o genes_n 26._o 3._o sojourn_v in_o this_o land_n and_o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o will_v bless_v thou_o cap._n 28._o 15._o and_o behold_v i_o be_o with_o thou_o and_o will_v keep_v thou_o in_o all_o place_n whither_o thou_o go_v and_o will_v bring_v thou_o again_o into_o this_o land_n for_o i_o will_v not_o leave_v thou_o etc._n etc._n do_v talk_v of_o thy_o loss_n of_o friend_n for_o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o nor_o do_v it_o talk_v of_o thy_o country_n for_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o this_o land_n which_o be_v the_o paradise_n of_o the_o world_n nor_o do_v it_o talk_v of_o thy_o poverty_n for_o thou_o shall_v spread_v abroad_o to_o the_o west_n and_o to_o the_o east_n and_o to_o the_o north_n and_o to_o the_o south_n verse_n 14._o nor_o do_v it_o talk_v of_o thy_o solitariness_n and_o aloneness_n for_o i_o will_v not_o leave_v thou_o isa_n 91._o 10._o fear_v thou_o not_o for_o i_o be_o with_o thou_o be_v not_o 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