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Genesis 31:17-24

17Then Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290stoodH6965upH6965and putוַיִּשָּׂ֛אvai.yi.Sa'H5375his childrenבָּנָ֥יוba.NavH1121and his wivesנָשָׁ֖יוna.ShavH802on camelsהַגְּמַלִּֽים׃ha.ge.ma.LimH1581;

18and he droveH5090awayH5090allכָּל־kol-H3605his livestockמִקְנֵ֗הוּmik.Ne.huH4735and allכָּל־kol-H3605his propertyרְכֻשׁוֹ֙re.khu.ShoH7399whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he had acquiredרָכָ֔שׁra.KhashH7408,the livestockמִקְנֵה֙mik.NehH4735he possessedקִנְיָנ֔וֹkin.ya.NoH7075whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he had acquiredרָכַ֖שׁra.KhashH7408in Paddan-aramבְּפַדַּ֣ןbe.fa.DanH6307,to goלָב֛וֹאla.Vo'H935to the landאַ֥רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776of Canaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667to his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1Isaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327.

19Labanוְלָבָ֣ןve.la.VanH3837had goneהָלַ֔ךְha.LakhH1980to shearלִגְזֹ֖זlig.ZozH1494his flockצֹאנ֑וֹtzo.NoH6629,and Rachelרָחֵ֔לra.ChelH7354stoleוַתִּגְנֹ֣בva.tig.NoH1589thehouseholdH8655idolsH8655that were her father’sלְאָבִֽיהָ׃le.'a.Vi.haH1.

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 gotH6965upH6965and crossedוַיַּעֲבֹ֣רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674the EuphratesRiverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104,and setוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760out for the hillהַ֥רharH2022countryH2022ofGileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

22When Labanלְלָבָ֖ןle.la.VanH3837was informedוַיֻּגַּ֥דvai.yu.GadH5046on the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117that Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290had fledבָרַ֖חva.RachH1272,

23he tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947his kinsmenאֶחָיו֙'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.

24However,Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Labanלָבָ֥ןla.VanH3837the Arameanהָאֲרַמִּ֖יha.'a.ra.MiH761in adreamבַּחֲלֹ֣םba.cha.LomH2472of the nightהַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahH3915and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, “BeH8104carefulH8104that you do not speakתְּדַבֵּ֥רte.da.BerH1696to Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290eitherH4480goodמִטּ֥וֹבmi.TovH2896orעַד־'ad-H5704badרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.”

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