if you should see among them ¹  an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,

clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people ¹  to myself.”

He sprouted up like a twig before God, ¹  like a root out of parched soil; ²  he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, ³  no special appearance that we should want to follow him. ⁴ 

Then he became very attached ¹  to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. ² 

For wisdom will enter your heart, ¹  and moral knowledge ²  will be attractive ³  to you. ⁴ 

So ¹  they will give ²  life to you, ³  and grace to adorn ⁴  your neck. ⁵ 

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated ¹  from his friend. ² 

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. ¹  She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.

At that time ¹  Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, ²  the typical life span of a king. ³  At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song: ⁴ 

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, ¹  in order to bring credit to ²  the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” ¹  He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, ²  “The men of this place will kill me to get ³  Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”

the sons of God ¹  saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

Leah’s eyes were tender, ¹  but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.) ² 

seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, ¹  and they grazed in the reeds.

The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. ¹ 

‘How ¹  beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!

The king’s servants who attended him said, “Let a search be conducted in the king’s behalf for attractive young women. ¹