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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 44:2

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth--It was a large goblet, as the original denotes, highly valued by its owner, on account of its costly material or its elegant finish and which had probably graced his table at the sumptuous entertainment of the previous day.
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