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Genesis 35:1-7

1Then Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, “Ariseק֛וּםkumH6965,goעֲלֵ֥ה'a.LehH5927upH5927toBethelH1008and liveוְשֶׁב־ve.shev-H3427thereשָׁ֑םShamH8033,and makeוַעֲשֵׂה־va.'a.seh-H6213an altarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196thereשָׁ֣םshamH8033toGodלָאֵל֙la.'ElH410,who appearedהַנִּרְאֶ֣הha.nir.'EhH7200to youwhen you fledבְּבָרְחֲךָ֔be.va.re.cha.KhaH1272from your brotherאָחִֽיךָ׃'a.Chi.khaH251Esauעֵשָׂ֥ו'e.SavH6215.”

2So Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to hishouseholdבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004and to allכָּל־kol-H3605whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834were with him, “Removeהָסִ֜רוּha.Si.ruH5493the foreignהַנֵּכָר֙ha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834are amongבְּתֹכְכֶ֔םbe.to.khe.KhemH8432you, andpurifyוְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּve.hi.ta.ha.RuH2891yourselves and changeוְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּve.ha.cha.Li.fuH2498your garmentsשִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃sim.lo.tei.KhemH8071;

3and let’s ariseוְנָק֥וּמָהve.na.Ku.mahH6965and goוְנַעֲלֶ֖הve.na.'a.LehH5927upH5927to BethelH1008,and I will makeוְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ve.'e.'e.seh-H6213an altarמִזְבֵּ֗חַmiz.Be.achH4196thereשָּׁ֣םshamH8033to Godלָאֵ֞לla.'ElH410,who answeredהָעֹנֶ֤הha.'o.NehH6030me on the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of my distressצָֽרָתִ֔יtza.ra.TiH6869andhas beenוַיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961with mewhereverבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥רba.De.rekh 'a.SherH1870 H834I have goneהָלָֽכְתִּי׃ha.La.khe.tiH1980.”

4So they gaveוַיִּתְּנ֣וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290allכָּל־kol-H3605the foreignהַנֵּכָר֙ha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834they hadבְּיָדָ֔םbe.ya.DamH3027and the ringsהַנְּזָמִ֖יםha.ne.za.MimH5141whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834were in their earsבְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.ze.nei.HemH241,and Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290hidוַיִּטְמֹ֤ןvai.yit.MonH2934them underתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478theoakהָאֵלָ֖הha.'e.LahH424whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834was nearעִם־'im-H5973Shechemשְׁכֶֽם׃she.KhemH7927.

5As they journeyedוַיִּסָּ֑עוּvai.yi.Sa.'uH5265, there wasa greatאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430terrorחִתַּ֣תchi.TatH2847upon the citiesהֶֽעָרִים֙he.'a.RimH5892whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834were aroundסְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םse.vi.Vo.tei.HemH5439them, and they did not pursueרָֽדְפ֔וּra.de.FuH7291the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290.

6So Jacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290cameוַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'H935toLuzל֗וּזָהLu.zahH3870(that is, BethelH1008),whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834is in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667,he and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834were with him.

7Thenhe builtוַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129an altarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196thereשָׁם֙shamH8033,and calledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121the placeלַמָּק֔וֹםla.ma.KomH4725El-bethelH416,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588thereשָׁ֗םShamH8033Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430had revealedנִגְל֤וּnig.LuH1540Himself to him when he fledבְּבָרְח֖וֹbe.va.re.ChoH1272from his brotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251.

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