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Genesis 33:16-20

16So thatהַה֥וּאha.Hu'H1931dayבַּיּ֨וֹםbai.YomH3117Esauעֵשָׂ֛ו'e.SavH6215started on his wayלְדַרְכּ֖וֹle.dar.KoH1870backוַיָּשָׁב֩vai.ya.ShavH7725to Seirשֵׂעִֽירָה׃se.'I.rahH8165,

17but Jacobוְיַעֲקֹב֙ve.ya.'a.KoH3290went onנָסַ֣עna.Sa'H5265to Succothסֻכֹּ֔תָהsu.Ko.tahH5523,where he builtוַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129a houseבָּ֑יִתBa.yitH1004for himselfand sheltersסֻכֹּ֔תsu.KotH5521for his livestockוּלְמִקְנֵ֙הוּ֙ עָשָׂ֣הu.le.mik.Ne.hu 'a.SahH4735 H6213;that is whyעַל־ כֵּ֛ן'al- kenH5921 H3651the placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725was calledקָרָ֥א שֵׁם־ka.Ra' shem-H7121 H8034Succothסֻכּֽוֹת׃ סsu.KotH5523.

18After Jacobיַעֲקֹ֨בya.'a.KoH3290had comeוַיָּבֹא֩vai.ya.Vo'H935from Paddan-aramמִפַּדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑םmi.pa.Dan 'a.RamH6307 H758,he arrivedבְּבֹא֖וֹbe.vo.'OH935safelyשָׁלֵ֜םsha.LemH8003at the cityעִ֣יר'irH5892of Shechemשְׁכֶ֗םshe.KhemH7927אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667,and he campedוַיִּ֖חַן אֶת־vai.Yi.chan 'et-H2583 H854just outsideפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440the cityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

19And the plotחֶלְקַ֣תchel.KatH2513of groundהַשָּׂדֶ֗הha.sa.DehH7704whereאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834he pitchedנָֽטָה־ שָׁם֙na.tah- shamH5186 H8033his tentאָהֳל֔וֹ'o.ho.LoH168,he purchasedוַיִּ֜קֶןvai.Yi.kenH7069אֶת־'et-H853fromמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027the sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Hamorחֲמ֖וֹרcha.MorH2544,Shechem’sשְׁכֶ֑םshe.KhemH7927fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1,for a hundredבְּמֵאָ֖הbe.me.'AhH3967pieces of silverקְשִׂיטָֽה׃ke.si.TahH7192.

20Thereשָׁ֖םshamH8033he set upוַיַּצֶּב־vai.ya.tzev-H5324an altarמִזְבֵּ֑חַmiz.Be.achH4196and calledוַיִּ֨קְרָא־vai.Yik.ra'-H7121itEl-Elohe-Israelאֵ֖ל אֱלֹהֵ֥י'el 'e.lo.HeiH410 H430 H3478.

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