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Genesis 28:1-4

1And Isaacיִצְחָ֛קyitz.ChakH3327calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290,and blessedוַיְבָ֣רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288him, and chargedוַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙vay.tza.Ve.huH6680him, and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Thou shalt not takeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947a wifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802of the daughtersמִבְּנ֥וֹתmi.be.NotH1323of Canaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

2Ariseק֥וּםkumH6965,goH3212to Padan–aramפַּדֶּ֣נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307,to the houseבֵּ֥יתָהBei.tahH1004of Bethuelבְתוּאֵ֖לve.tu.'ElH1328thy mother’sאִמֶּ֑ךָ'i.Me.khaH517fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1;and takeוְקַח־ve.kach-H3947thee a wifeאִשָּׁ֔ה'i.ShahH802from thence of the daughtersמִבְּנ֥וֹתmi.be.NotH1323of Labanלָבָ֖ןla.VanH3837thy mother’sאִמֶּֽךָ׃'i.Me.khaH517brotherאֲחִ֥י'a.ChiH251.

3And Godוְאֵ֤לve.'ElH410Almightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706blessיְבָרֵ֣ךְye.va.RekhH1288thee, and make thee fruitfulוְיַפְרְךָ֖ve.yaf.re.KhaH6509,and multiplyוְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָve.yar.Be.khaH7235thee, that thou mayest be a multitudeלִקְהַ֥לlik.HalH6951of peopleעַמִּֽים׃'a.MimH5971;

4And giveוְיִֽתֶּן־ve.yi.ten-H5414thee the blessingבִּרְכַּ֣תbir.KatH1293of Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85,to thee, and to thy seedוּלְזַרְעֲךָ֣u.le.zar.'a.KhaH2233with thee; that thou mayest inheritלְרִשְׁתְּךָ֙le.rish.te.KhaH3423the landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776wherein thou art a strangerמְגֻרֶ֔יךָme.gu.Rei.khaH4033,which Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430gaveנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414unto Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָֽם׃le.'av.ra.HamH85.

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