Verse 9
Joshua 9:9
Geneva Bible
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And they answered him, From a very farre countrey thy seruants are come for the Name of the Lord thy God (Elohim): for we haue heard his fame and all that he hath done in Egypt,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י/ו מֵ/אֶ֨רֶץ רְחוֹקָ֤ה מְאֹד֙ בָּ֣אוּ עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָ לְ/שֵׁ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ כִּֽי שָׁמַ֣עְנוּ שָׁמְע֔/וֹ וְ/אֵ֛ת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה בְּ/מִצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
And they said to me, "From a very far land your servants have come for the name of the LORD your God, for we have heard His fame and all that He did in Egypt."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1
And when all the Kings that were beyonde Iorden, in the mountaines and in the valleis, and by all th...
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They gathered themselues together, to fight against Ioshua, and against Israel with one accord.
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But the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Ioshua had done vnto Iericho, and to Ai.
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And therefore they wrought craftily: for they went, and fayned themselues ambassadours, and tooke ol...
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And olde shoes and clouted vpon their feete: also the raiment vpon them was old, and all their proui...
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6
So they came vnto Ioshua into the hoste to Gilgal, and said vnto him, and vnto the men of Israel, We...
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7
Then the men of Israel said vnto the Hiuites, It may be that thou dwellest among vs, how then can I...
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And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? and whence...
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9
And they answered him, From a very farre countrey thy seruants are come for the Name of the Lord thy...
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And all that he hath done to the two Kings of the Amorites that were beyonde Iorden, to Sihon King o...
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11
Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our countrey spake to vs, saying, Take vitailes wit...
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This our bread we tooke it hote with vs for vittailes out of our houses, the day we departed to come...
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Also these bottels of wine which we filled, were newe, and lo, they be rent, and these our garments...
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14
And the men accepted their tale concerning their vittailes, and counselled not with the mouth of the...
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15
So Ioshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, that he would suffer them to liue: also...
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But at the end of three dayes, after they had made a league with them, they heard that they were the...
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And the children of Israel tooke their iourney, and came vnto their cities the third day, and their...
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18
And the children of Israel slewe them not, because the Princes of the Congregation had sworne vnto t...
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Then all the Princes said vnto all the Congregation, We haue sworne vnto them by the Lord God (Elohi...
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But this we wil doe to them, and let them liue, least the wrath be vpon vs because of the othe which...
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And the Princes sayd vnto them againe, Let them liue, but they shall hewe wood, and drawe water vnto...
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Ioshua then called them, and talked with them, and sayd, Wherefore haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We a...
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23
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of...
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And they answered Ioshua, and sayd, Because it was tolde thy seruants, that the Lord thy God (Elohim...
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And beholde nowe, we are in thine hand: doe as it seemeth good and right in thine eyes to doe vnto v...
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Euen so did he vnto them, and deliuered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they sl...
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And Ioshua appointed them that same day to be hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the Congregat...
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