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10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food here into the bedroom, so I may eat from your hand. So Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother.

11 And when she brought them to him, he took hold of her and said, Come lie with me, my sister.

12 She replied, No, my brother! Do not force and humble me, for no such thing should be done in Israel! Do not do this foolhardy, scandalous thing!(A)

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10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. 11 But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed(A) her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”(B)

12 “No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel!(C) Don’t do this wicked thing.(D)

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