American Standard Version of 1901
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And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God {Greek: covenanted.}made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, {Genesis 12:3; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14.}And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the {Hebrew: tribes.}tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Do ye thus requite Jehovah,O foolish people and unwise?Is not he thy father that hath {Or, possessed Or, gotten}bought thee?He hath made thee, and established thee.