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Genesis 22:16-18

16And saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,By myself have I swornנִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnish.Ba'.tiH7650,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,for becauseיַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֤רYa.'an 'a.SherH834 H3282thou hast doneעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙'a.Si.taH6213this thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697,and hast notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808withheldחָשַׂ֖כְתָּcha.Sakh.taH2820thy sonבִּנְךָ֥bin.KhaH1121,thine onlyיְחִידֶֽךָ׃ye.chi.De.khaH3173son:

17That in blessingבָרֵ֣ךְva.RekhH1288I will blessאֲבָרֶכְךָ֗'a.va.rekh.KhaH1288thee, and in multiplyingוְהַרְבָּ֨הve.har.BahH7235I will multiplyאַרְבֶּ֤ה'ar.BehH7235thy seedזַרְעֲךָ֙zar.'a.KhaH2233as the starsכְּכוֹכְבֵ֣יke.chokh.VeiH3556of the heavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and as the sandוְכַח֕וֹלve.kha.CholH2344which isupon the seaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220shoreשְׂפַ֣תse.FatH8193;and thy seedזַרְעֲךָ֔zar.'a.KhaH2233shall possessוְיִרַ֣שׁve.yi.RashH3423the gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179of his enemiesאֹיְבָֽיו׃'o.ye.VavH341;

18And in thy seedבְזַרְעֲךָ֔ve.zar.'a.KhaH2233shall all the nationsגּוֹיֵ֣יgo.YeiH1471of the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776be blessedוְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּve.hit.ba.ra.KhuH1288;becauseעֵ֕קֶב אֲשֶׁ֥ר'E.kev 'a.SherH6118 H834thou hast obeyedשָׁמַ֖עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085my voiceבְּקֹלִֽי׃be.ko.LiH6963.

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