For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

耶和华要怜恤雅各，必再捡选以色列，将他们安置在本地。寄居的必与他们联合，紧贴雅各家。

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It comes from the fact that the kitchen is more informal than most of the house, and most families don't entertain strangers there.

它来自这样一个事实：厨房比房子里的大部分房间都更加非正式，而且大多数家庭都不会在厨房里招待不熟悉的客人。

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Through his blog and thekindness of strangers, MacDonald made 14 swaps over the classifieds website, upgrading one item to a more valuable one until he ended up with a house a yearlater.

通过博客和好心人的帮助，麦克唐纳在分类网上共进行了14次物品交换，每次通过交换不断给物品升值，终于在一年之后换到了房子。

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