At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?
Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.
All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.
And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;
But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;
But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:
From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.
And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.
He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.
But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.
Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.
Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,
And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.
Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:
And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;
And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.
Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.
Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.
And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.
And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.
And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.
So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.
Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.
And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.
And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.
And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.
And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.
And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.
So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.
And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.
Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
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