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This is an unhappy expression, bringing in the name of God where it does not occur. In the O.T. it is chalilah, 'far be it.' Gen. 44: 7, 17, etc. In the N.T. μὴ γένοιτο, 'let it not be.' Rom. 3: 4, 6, 31, etc.