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Genesis 31:46-49

46Jacobיַעֲקֹ֤בya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his relativesלְאֶחָיו֙le.'e.ChavH251, “Gatherלִקְט֣וּlik.TuH3950stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68.”So they tookוַיִּקְח֥וּvai.yik.ChuH3947stonesאֲבָנִ֖ים'a.va.NimH68and madeוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213a heapגָ֑לGalH1530,and they ateוַיֹּ֥אכְלוּvai.Yo.khe.luH398thereשָׁ֖םshamH8033by the heapהַגָּֽל׃ha.GalH1530.

47Now Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837calledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121itJegar-sahaduthaH3026,but Jacobוְיַֽעֲקֹ֔בve.ya.'a.KoH3290calledקָ֥רָאKa.ra'H7121itGaleedגַּלְעֵֽד׃gal.'EdH1567.

48Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Thisהַזֶּ֥הha.ZehH2088heapהַגַּ֨לha.GalH1530is a witnessעֵ֛ד'edH5707betweenH996you and me this dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117.”Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֥ן'al- kenH5921 H3651it was namedקָרָֽא־ שְׁמ֖וֹka.ra'- she.MoH7121 H8034Galeedגַּלְעֵֽד׃gal.'EdH1567,

49andMizpahוְהַמִּצְפָּה֙ve.ha.mitz.PahH4709,for he saidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559, “May the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068keepיִ֥צֶףYi.tzefH6822watchH6822betweenH996you and me whenכִּ֥יkiH3588we areabsentנִסָּתֵ֖רni.sa.TerH5641oneאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376from the otherמֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃me.re.'E.huH7453.

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