Genesis 16:12

World English Bible (2000)

He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."

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  • Gen 25:18 : 18 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
  • Job 39:5-8 : 5 "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey, 6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? 7 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.
  • Gen 21:20 : 20 God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
  • Gen 27:40 : 40 By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."
  • Job 11:12 : 12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

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