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Genesis 31:39-42

39I did notלֹא־lo'-H3808bringהֵבֵ֣אתִיhe.Ve.tiH935youאֵלֶ֔יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413anything torn by wild beastsטְרֵפָה֙te.re.FahH2966;Iאָנֹכִ֣י'a.no.KhiH595bore the loss myselfאֲחַטֶּ֔נָּה'a.chat.Te.nahH2398.And you demandedתְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּהte.vak.She.nahH1245payment from meמִיָּדִ֖יmi.ya.DiH3027for what was stolenגְּנֻֽבְתִ֣יge.nuv.TiH1589by dayי֔וֹם וּגְנֻֽבְתִ֖יYom u.ge.nuv.TiH3117 H1589or nightלָֽיְלָה׃La.ye.lahH3915.

40As it wasהָיִ֧יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961,the heatחֹ֖רֶבCho.revH2721consumed meאֲכָלַ֥נִי'a.kha.La.niH398by dayבַיּ֛וֹםvai.YomH3117and the frostוְקֶ֣רַחve.Ke.rachH7140by nightבַּלָּ֑יְלָהba.La.ye.lahH3915,and sleepשְׁנָתִ֖יshe.na.TiH8142fledוַתִּדַּ֥דva.ti.DadH5074from my eyesמֵֽעֵינָֽי׃Me.'ei.NaiH5869.

41Thusזֶה־zeh-H2088for twentyעֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.RimH6242yearsשָׁנָה֮sha.NahH8141I have servedעֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ'a.vad.Ti.khaH5647in your householdבְּבֵיתֶךָ֒be.vei.te.KhaH1004—fourteenאַרְבַּֽע־ עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה'ar.ba'- 'es.RehH702 H6240yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141for your twoבִּשְׁתֵּ֣יbish.TeiH8147daughtersבְנֹתֶ֔יךָve.no.Tei.khaH1323and sixוְשֵׁ֥שׁve.SheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141for your flocksבְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָbe.tzo.Ne.khaH6629—and you have changedוַתַּחֲלֵ֥ףva.ta.cha.LefH2498אֶת־'et-H853my wagesמַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יmas.kur.TiH4909tenעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת'a.Se.retH6235timesמֹנִֽים׃mo.NimH4489!

42If the Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of my fatherאָבִי֩'a.ViH1,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430of Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֜ם'av.ra.HamH85and the Fearוּפַ֤חַדu.Fa.chadH6343of Isaacיִצְחָק֙yitz.ChakH3327,had notלוּלֵ֡יlu.LeiH3884beenהָ֣יָהHa.yahH1961with me,surelyכִּ֥יkiH3588by nowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258you would have sent me awayשִׁלַּחְתָּ֑נִיshi.lach.Ta.niH7971אֶת־'et-H853empty-handedרֵיקָ֣םrei.KamH7387.But Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430has seenרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200my afflictionעָנְיִ֞י'a.ne.YiH6040וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853and the toilיְגִ֧יַעye.Gi.ya'H3018of my handsכַּפַּ֛יka.PaiH3709,and last nightאָֽמֶשׁ׃'A.meshH570He rendered judgmentוַיּ֥וֹכַחvai.Yo.khachH3198.”

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