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of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n unto_o the_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o this_o be_v a_o hard_a commandment_n abraham_n be_v then_o almost_o fourscore_o year_n old_a and_o he_o must_v begin_v to_o travel_v and_o which_o may_v grieve_v he_o the_o more_o he_o must_v travel_v into_o a_o far_a country_n but_o he_o know_v not_o whither_o 12.5_o gen._n 12.5_o yet_o abraham_n do_v it_o and_o so_o he_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o god_n have_v appoint_v he_o but_o it_o may_v be_v when_o he_o come_v thither_o this_o be_v a_o place_n to_o seat_n himself_o in_o and_o better_o it_o may_v be_v then_o in_o his_o own_o country_n he_o be_v no_o soon_o come_v thither_o 12.10_o gen._n 12.10_o but_o he_o be_v welcome_v into_o the_o land_n with_o a_o extreme_a famine_n insomuch_o that_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o shift_v for_o himself_o and_o to_o fly_v into_o egypt_n and_o his_o wife_n with_o he_o yet_o abraham_n be_v content_v 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