"Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
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And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Our fathers were sinners and are dead; and the weight of their evil-doing is on us.
Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; We have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.