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21     they have not discerned her paths or embraced her.
Not even their children have reached her;
    indeed, they have strayed far from her way.
22 Wisdom has not been heard of in Canaan,
    nor has she been seen in Teman.
23 The descendants of Hagar who seek after worldly wisdom,
    the merchants of Midian and Teman,
    the storytellers and the searchers for understanding—
these have not discovered the way to wisdom
    or even remembered her paths.[a]

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  1. Baruch 3:23 The wisdom of the Phoenicians and Arabians was proverbial.