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and you have risen up against my father’s house today and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
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Verse 18. You are. People are answerable for the injuries which they do not prevent, when they have it in their power. Calmet.—Many of the citizens of Sichem had assisted Abimelech, verse 4.—Brother. The ties of kindred could not hide their ingratitude and cruelty. Bible.
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