and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.

Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons;

And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,

And Jacob saith unto Joseph, 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,

and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi to Ataroth,

and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it is Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down to Atroth-Addar, by the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-Horon;

and the house of Joseph cause men to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz -- it is its name unto this day.

To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.'

And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal is glad within him, and he is drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

Now, be it known to the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls finished, toll, tribute, and custom they do not give; and at length to the kings it doth cause loss.

so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city is a rebellious city, and causing loss to kings and provinces, and makers of sedition are in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.

And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?'

for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'

How much less do I -- I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?

How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!

Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!

He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.

Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel is first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.

'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

And there were also women afar off beholding, among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

'And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- 'Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he hasted, if it were possible for him, on the day of the Pentecost to be at Jerusalem.

and having sailed over the sea over-against Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,

and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called 'Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city of Lasaea.

and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you -- but of the ship;

'The greater shall serve the less;'

if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.

and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,

and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ,

The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

Thou didst make him some little less than messengers, with glory and honour Thou didst crown him, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands,

and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.

and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --

See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who speaketh from heaven,

See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;