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Genesis 35:1-8

1And Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,Ariseק֛וּםkumH6965,go upעֲלֵ֥ה'a.LehH5927to Beth–elH1008,and dwellוְשֶׁב־ve.shev-H3427there: and makeוַעֲשֵׂה־va.'a.seh-H6213there an altarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196unto Godלָאֵל֙la.'ElH410,that appearedהַנִּרְאֶ֣הha.nir.'EhH7200unto thee when thou fleddestבְּבָרְחֲךָ֔be.va.re.cha.KhaH1272from the faceמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of Esauעֵשָׂ֥ו'e.SavH6215thy brotherאָחִֽיךָ׃'a.Chi.khaH251.

2Then Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his householdבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004, and to all that werewith him, Put awayהָסִ֜רוּha.Si.ruH5493the strangeהַנֵּכָר֙ha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430that areamong youבְּתֹכְכֶ֔םbe.to.khe.KhemH8432,and be cleanוְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּve.hi.ta.ha.RuH2891,and changeוְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּve.ha.cha.Li.fuH2498your garmentsשִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃sim.lo.tei.KhemH8071:

3And let us ariseוְנָק֥וּמָהve.na.Ku.mahH6965,and go upוְנַעֲלֶ֖הve.na.'a.LehH5927to Beth–elH1008;and I will makeוְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ve.'e.'e.seh-H6213there an altarמִזְבֵּ֗חַmiz.Be.achH4196unto Godלָאֵ֞לla.'ElH410,who answeredהָעֹנֶ֤הha.'o.NehH6030me in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of my distressצָֽרָתִ֔יtza.ra.TiH6869,and was with me in the wayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870which I wentהָלָֽכְתִּי׃ha.La.khe.tiH1980.

4And they gaveוַיִּתְּנ֣וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414unto Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290all the strangeהַנֵּכָר֙ha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430which werein their handבְּיָדָ֔םbe.ya.DamH3027, and all theirearringsהַנְּזָמִ֖יםha.ne.za.MimH5141which werein their earsבְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.ze.nei.HemH241;and Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290hidוַיִּטְמֹ֤ןvai.yit.MonH2934them under the oakהָאֵלָ֖הha.'e.LahH424which wasby Shechemשְׁכֶֽם׃she.KhemH7927.

5And they journeyedוַיִּסָּ֑עוּvai.yi.Sa.'uH5265:and the terrorחִתַּ֣תchi.TatH2847of Godאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430was upon the citiesהֶֽעָרִים֙he.'a.RimH5892that wereround aboutסְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םse.vi.Vo.tei.HemH5439them, and they did not pursueרָֽדְפ֔וּra.de.FuH7291afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290.

6So Jacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290cameוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Luzל֗וּזָהLu.zahH3870, which isin the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667, that is,Beth–elH1008,he and all the peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971that were with him.

7And he builtוַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129there an altarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196,and calledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121the placeלַמָּק֔וֹםla.ma.KomH4725El–beth–elH416:because there Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430appearedנִגְל֤וּnig.LuH1540unto him, when he fledבְּבָרְח֖וֹbe.va.re.ChoH1272from the faceמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440of his brotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

8But Deborahדְּבֹרָה֙de.vo.RahH1683Rebekah’sרִבְקָ֔הriv.KahH7259nurseמֵינֶ֣קֶתmei.Ne.ketH3243diedוַתָּ֤מָתva.Ta.motH4191,and she was buriedוַתִּקָּבֵ֛רva.ti.ka.VerH6912beneath Beth–elH1008under an oakהָֽאַלּ֑וֹןha.'a.LonH437:and the nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034of it was calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Allon–bachuthH439.

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