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“And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be
with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and
will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so
that I come again unto my father’s house in peace ;
then shall Jehovah be my God: and this stone, which
I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of
all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth
unto thee” (Gen. xxviii, 20-22).

“The blessings of thy father have prevailed above
the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound
of the everlasting hills ; they shall be on the head of
Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was
separate from his brethren” (Gen. xlix. 26),

“Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house,
that thou has brought me hitherto? And this was yet
a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast
spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to
come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ?”
(2 Sam. vii. 18),

“What shall I render unto the Lord for all his
benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation
and calf upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my
vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his
people” (Ps. cxvi. 12-14). ,

“QO Lord, I know that the way of man is not in
himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his
steps” (Jer. x. 23).

“Let your conversation be without covetousness ;

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