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Genesis 31:6-11

6And yeוְאַתֵּ֖נָהve.'a.Te.nahH859knowיְדַעְתֶּ֑ןye.da'.TenH3045that with all my powerכֹּחִ֔יko.ChiH3581I have servedעָבַ֖דְתִּי'a.Vad.tiH5647your fatherאֲבִיכֶֽן׃'a.vi.KhenH1.

7And your fatherוַאֲבִיכֶן֙va.'a.vi.KhenH1hath deceivedהֵ֣תֶלHe.telH2048me, and changedוְהֶחֱלִ֥ףve.he.che.LifH2498my wagesמַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖יmas.kur.TiH4909tenעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת'a.Se.retH6235timesמֹנִ֑יםmo.NimH4489;but Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430suffered himנְתָנ֣וֹne.ta.NoH5414not to hurtלְהָרַ֖עle.ha.Ra'H7489meעִמָּדִֽי׃'i.ma.DiH5978.

8If he saidיֹאמַ֗רyo.MarH559thus, The speckledנְקֻדִּים֙ne.ku.DimH5348shall be thy wagesשְׂכָרֶ֔ךָse.kha.Re.khaH7939;then all the cattleהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629bareוְיָלְד֥וּve.yal.DuH3205speckledנְקֻדִּ֑יםne.ku.DimH5348:and if he saidיֹאמַ֗רyo.MarH559thus, The ringstrakedעֲקֻדִּים֙'a.ku.DimH6124shall be thy hireשְׂכָרֶ֔ךָse.kha.Re.khaH7939;then bareוְיָלְד֥וּve.yal.DuH3205all the cattleהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629ringstrakedעֲקֻדִּֽים׃'a.ku.DimH6124.

9Thus Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430hath taken awayוַיַּצֵּ֧לvai.ya.TzelH5337the cattleמִקְנֵ֥הmik.NehH4735of your fatherאֲבִיכֶ֖ם'a.vi.KhemH1,and givenוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414them to me.

10And it came to pass at the timeבְּעֵת֙be.'EtH6256that the cattleהַצֹּ֔אןha.TzonH6629conceivedיַחֵ֣םya.ChemH3179,that I lifted upוָאֶשָּׂ֥אva.'e.Sa'H5375mine eyesעֵינַ֛י'ei.NaiH5869,and sawוָאֵ֖רֶאva.'E.re'H7200in a dreamבַּחֲל֑וֹםba.cha.LomH2472,and, behold, the ramsהָֽעַתֻּדִים֙ha.'a.tu.DimH6260which leapedהָעֹלִ֣יםha.'o.LimH5927upon the cattleהַצֹּ֔אןha.TzonH6629wereringstrakedעֲקֻדִּ֥ים'a.ku.DimH6124,speckledנְקֻדִּ֖יםne.ku.DimH5348,and grisledוּבְרֻדִּֽים׃u.ve.ru.DimH1261.

11And the angelמַלְאַ֧ךְmal.'AkhH4397of Godהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430spakeוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me in a dreamבַּחֲל֖וֹםba.cha.LomH2472, saying,Jacobיַֽעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290:And I saidוָאֹמַ֖רva.'o.MarH559, Here am I.

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