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Genesis 28:5-7

5And Isaacיִצְחָק֙yitz.ChakH3327sent awayוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290:and he wentH3212to Padan–aramפַּדֶּ֣נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307unto Labanלָבָ֤ןla.VanH3837,sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Bethuelבְּתוּאֵל֙be.tu.'ElH1328the Syrianהָֽאֲרַמִּ֔יha.'a.ra.MiH761,the brotherאֲחִ֣י'a.ChiH251of Rebekahרִבְקָ֔הriv.KahH7259,Jacob’sיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290and Esau’sוְעֵשָֽׂו׃ve.'e.SavH6215motherאֵ֥ם'emH517.

6When Esauעֵשָׂ֗ו'e.SavH6215sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that Isaacיִצְחָק֮yitz.ChakH3327had blessedבֵרַ֣ךְve.RakhH1288Jacobיַעֲקֹב֒ya.'a.KoH3290,and sent him awayוְשִׁלַּ֤חve.shi.LachH7971to Padan–aramפַּדֶּ֣נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307,to takeלָקַֽחַת־la.ka.chat-H3947him a wifeאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802from thence; and that as he blessedבְּבָרֲכ֣וֹbe.va.ra.KhoH1288him he gave him a chargeוַיְצַ֤וvay.TzavH6680,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Thou shalt not takeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947a wifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802of the daughtersמִבְּנ֥וֹתmi.be.NotH1323of Canaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667;

7And that Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290obeyedוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1and his motherאִמּ֑וֹ'i.MoH517,and was goneH3212to Padan–aramפַּדֶּ֥נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307;

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