New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 31:20-24

20And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290deceivedוַיִּגְנֹ֣בvai.yig.NoH1589Labanלָבָ֖ןla.VanH3837the Arameanהָאֲרַמִּ֑יha.'a.ra.MiH761by not tellingהִגִּ֣ידhi.GidH5046him that he was fleeingבֹרֵ֖חַvo.Re.achH1272.

21So he fledוַיִּבְרַ֥חvai.yiv.RachH1272with allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that he had; and he aroseוַיָּ֖קָםvai.Ya.komH6965and crossedוַיַּעֲבֹ֣רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674the EuphratesRiverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104,and setוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760his faceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440toward the hillהַ֥רharH2022countryH2022ofGileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

22When it was toldוַיֻּגַּ֥דvai.yu.GadH5046Labanלְלָבָ֖ןle.la.VanH3837on the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117that Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290had fledבָרַ֖חva.RachH1272,

23then he tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947hiskinsmenאֶחָיו֙'e.ChavH251with him and pursuedוַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףvai.yir.DofH7291him a distance ofsevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651days’יָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117journeyדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870,and he overtookוַיַּדְבֵּ֥קvai.yad.BekH1692him in the hillבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022countryH2022of Gileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

24Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Labanלָבָ֥ןla.VanH3837the Arameanהָאֲרַמִּ֖יha.'a.ra.MiH761in adreamבַּחֲלֹ֣םba.cha.LomH2472of the nightהַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahH3915and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, “Be carefulהִשָּׁ֧מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104that you do not speakתְּדַבֵּ֥רte.da.BerH1696to Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290eitherH4480goodמִטּ֥וֹבmi.TovH2896orעַד־'ad-H5704badרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.”

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