1:1. After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

1:1. Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.

1:1. God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

1:1. Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,

1:1. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

1:1. In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets;

1:1. God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

1:1. In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

1:1. In the past God spoke to our people through the prophets. He spoke to them many times and in many different ways.

1:1. God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

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