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Genesis 9:9

וַ אֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵקִים אֶת בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם וְ אֶת זַרְעֲכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם
`And myself, behold-me causing to stand-up338 אֶת-my cut-out-one with yourselves, and with your seed of your back,339
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Rest and his builders are spoken to as a corporate body or tribe. The Hebrew זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם zarekem, “seed of yourselves” is found 18 times (Gen. 9:9, Ex. 32:13 twice, Lev. 22:3, Lev. 26:16, Deut. 1:8, 11:9 Isa. 61:9, 66:22, Esther 9:27, 28, 31; 1 Sam. 8:15, Ezra 2:59, Neh. 7:61, Ps. 21:10, Ps. 102:28, Job 21:8)