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INDEX OF BIBLICAL VERSES
Genesis
1:1
lii, 90, 92, 249, 327, 428
1:2
20, 100, 205, 206, 213, 396, 483
1:3
lxxii, 20, 32, 76, 82, 85, 89, 90, 122, 137, 247, 256, 296, 411
1:5
88
1:6
90, 95, 104, 134
1:7
90
1:9
95, 105
1:11
95
1:12
92
1:14
95
1:16
112, 114
1:20
95
1:21
145
1:22
102
1:24
95
1:26
109, 116, 134, 160, 161, 162, 263, 272
1:27
lii, 9, 15, 33, 124, 125, 130, 132, 134, 138, 216, 226, 272, 447
1:28
102, 144
1:31
256
2:1
247, 248, 315
2:2
99, 308, 314
2:3
lxxiii, 314
2:4
72, 80
2:4-7
134
2:7
24, 125, 129, 200, 282
2:8
74, 125, 402
2:16-17
434
2:18
11, 143
2:21
143
2:21-22
216
2:21-24
143
2:23
141, 143
2:24
9
3:1
447
3:3
434
3:5
453
3:5-6
441
3:7
130
3:8
51, 402
3:11
lxvi
3:16
499
3:19
386
3:21
437, 438
3:22
125, 162
3:23
440
3:24
lxxv, lxxxv, 165, 179, 226, 404, 435
4:1
447, 448
4:10
231, 386
4:11
236
4:12
449, 451
4:13
lix
4:14
448
4:15
451
4:16
448
4:17
448
4:23-24
452
5:1
253, 254, 363
5:2
102, 138, 424
5:3
215, 443, 448
5:5
445
5:6-11
lxxiii
5:24
155, 156, 157, 172, 198, 363, 370
6:4
458
6:11
455
6:16
85, 86
7:2
462
8:6-7
462
8:7
462
8:22
87
9:13
78, 79, 187, 188
9:27
171
11:1
464
11:5
51
11:7
162, 272
12:5
327
12:6
335
13:27-28
370
14:21
214, 232
15:1-5
330, 333
15:13
522
16:1
335
16:2
336
16:4
60
17:3-4
331
17:5
333
17:6
333
17:15
333
17:19
338
17:21
336
17:22
52
18:1
331
18:12
336
19:14
466
19:26
467
20:2
48
21:2
336
21:6
336
21:24
lxxvii
22:2
338
22:4
338, 339
22:8
lxvii, 342
22:11
lii, 311
22:12
171, 342, 343, 384
22:19
171, 415
24:1
344
24:63
344
25:21
349
27:1
351
27:15
437
27:23
353
28:11
356, 357, 362
28:12
356, 364, 466
28:13
356, 358
28:17
186, 357, 358, 407, 412, 413, 419
29:31
336
30:39
365
31:32
355
31:34
354
32:27
361
32:29
359, 360, 361, 364, 365, 368
32:32
362
33:4
361
37:9-10
345
44:5
86
45:13
378
>
45:26
381
46:2
311
46:6-7
378
46:17
378
49:1
365
49:17
448
49:24
353
50:24-26
380
50:25
379, 380
Exodus
3:4
311
3:6
469
3:14
11, 26, 104
3:16
379, 486
3:21
392
4:22
350
4:24
376
4:25
376
4:25-26
376
6:2-3
26
7:1
388
8:15
lxiv, 29
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