Genesis 31:40
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Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
In other translations
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
Hebrew words
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