I asked him why he would want to leave me and the only thing he could say was that we have nothing in common except our daughter.

我问他为什么想要离开我，他告诉我说除了我们有共同的女儿外，我们没有一点共同点。

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"I will not let thee go, except thou bless me... and he blessed him there." gen.32:26.

“你不给我祝福，我就不容你去……于是在那里给雅各祝福”(创三十二：26,29)。

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If there's nobody except him and me, dead men tell no tales.

CNN: AUGUST 28

When he showed up again the next day at noon, I paid him and sent him off to whatever else he was destined to do with his life except work for me.

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