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Genesis 16:6-9

6But Abramאַבְרָ֜ם'av.RamH87saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Saraiשָׂרַ֗יsa.RaiH8297,Behold, thy maidשִׁפְחָתֵךְ֙shif.cha.teKhH8198isin thy handבְּיָדֵ֔ךְbe.ya.DekhH3027;doעֲשִׂי־'a.si-H6213to her as it pleaseth theeהַטּ֣וֹב בְּעֵינָ֑יִךְha.Tov be.'ei.Na.yikhH5869 H2896.And when Saraiשָׂרַ֔יsa.RaiH8297dealt harshly withוַתְּעַנֶּ֣הָva.te.'a.Ne.haH6031her, she fledוַתִּבְרַ֖חva.tiv.RachH1272from her faceמִפָּנֶֽיהָ׃mi.pa.Nei.haH6440.

7And the angelמַלְאַ֧ךְmal.'AkhH4397of Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068found herוַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּvai.yim.tza.'AhH4672by a fountainעֵ֥ין'einH5869of waterהַמַּ֖יִםha.Ma.yimH4325in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057,by the fountainהָעַ֖יִןha.'A.yinH5869in the wayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870to Shurשֽׁוּר׃ShurH7793.

8And he saidוַיֹּאמַ֗רvai.yo.MarH559,Hagarהָגָ֞רha.GarH1904,Sarai’sשָׂרַ֛יsa.RaiH8297maidשִׁפְחַ֥תshif.ChatH8198,whenceאֵֽי־'ei-H335camest thouבָ֖אתvatH935?and whither wilt thou goH3212?And she saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559,I fleeבֹּרַֽחַת׃bo.Ra.chatH1272from the faceמִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.NeiH6440of my mistressגְּבִרְתִּ֔יge.vir.TiH1404Saraiשָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiH8297.

9And the angelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto her, Returnשׁ֖וּבִיShu.viH7725to thy mistressגְּבִרְתֵּ֑ךְge.vir.TekhH1404,and submitוְהִתְעַנִּ֖יve.hit.'a.NiH6031thyself under her handsיָדֶֽיהָ׃ya.Dei.haH3027.

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