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escape

Meaning of “escape”

To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm.

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:17

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Obadiah 1:14
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Obadiah 1:14 · retained source text

Neither shouldest thou haue stood in the crosse way to cut off those of his that did escape, neither shouldest thou haue deliuered vp those of his that did remaine in the day of distresse.

1611 marginal noteOr, shut vp

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