Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(A)

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Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

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Then I said:

“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
(A)Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”

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So the Lord relented.(A)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(B)

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The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.

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So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

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