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Genesis 35:1-8

1AndGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430saidH559untoJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,Ariseק֛וּםkumH6965,goעֲלֵ֥ה'a.LehH5927uptoBeth-el,anddwellוְשֶׁב־ve.shev-H3427there:andmakeוַעֲשֵׂה־va.'a.seh-H6213thereanaltarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196untoGodH430,whoappearedהַנִּרְאֶ֣הha.nir.'EhH7200unto theewhenthou fleddestfromthefaceH6440ofEsauעֵשָׂ֥ו'e.SavH6215thybrotherאָחִֽיךָ׃'a.Chi.khaH251.

2ThenJacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidH559untohishouseholdבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004,andtoallthatwerewithhim,PutawayH5493theforeigngodsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430thatareamongyou,andpurifyוְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּve.hi.ta.ha.RuH2891yourselves,andchangeוְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּve.ha.cha.Li.fuH2498yourgarmentsH8071:

3andletusariseוְנָק֥וּמָהve.na.Ku.mahH6965,andgoH1980uptoBeth-el;andIwillmakeוְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ve.'e.'e.seh-H6213thereanaltarמִזְבֵּ֗חַmiz.Be.achH4196untoGodלָאֵ֞לla.'ElH410,whoansweredהָעֹנֶ֤הha.'o.NehH6030meinthedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117ofmydistressצָֽרָתִ֔יtza.ra.TiH6869,andwasH1961withmeinthewayH1870whichIwentH1980.

4AndtheygaveH5414untoJacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290alltheforeigngodsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430whichwereintheirhandבְּיָדָ֔םbe.ya.DamH3027,andtheringsהַנְּזָמִ֖יםha.ne.za.MimH5141whichwereintheirearsבְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.ze.nei.HemH241;andJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290hidוַיִּטְמֹ֤ןvai.yit.MonH2934themundertheoakהָאֵלָ֖הha.'e.LahH424whichwasbyShechemשְׁכֶֽם׃she.KhemH7927.

5Andtheyjourneyed:andaterrorofGodאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430wasH1961uponthecitiesהֶֽעָרִים֙he.'a.RimH5892thatwereroundH5439aboutthem,andtheydidnotpursueH7291afterthesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290.

6SoJacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290cameH935toLuzל֗וּזָהLu.zahH3870,whichisinthelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667(thesameisBeth-el),heandallthepeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971thatwerewithhim.

7AndhebuiltH1129thereanaltarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196,andcalledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121theplaceלַמָּק֔וֹםla.ma.KomH4725El-beth-el;becausethereGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430wasrevealedנִגְל֤וּnig.LuH1540untohim,whenhefledH1272fromthefaceH6440ofhisbrotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

8AndDeborahדְּבֹרָה֙de.vo.RahH1683Rebekah’snursediedH4191,andshewasburiedH6912belowBeth-elundertheoakהָֽאַלּ֑וֹןha.'a.LonH437:andthenameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034ofitwascalledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Allon-bacuth.

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