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Genesis 28:6-9

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;

8And Esauעֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavH6215seeingוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that the daughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667pleasedבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.NeiH5869notרָע֖וֹתra.'otH7451Isaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327his fatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1;

9Then wentH3212Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215unto Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֑אלyish.ma.'ElH3458,and tookוַיִּקַּ֡חvai.yi.KachH3947unto the wivesנָשָׁ֖יוna.ShavH802which he had Mahalathמָחֲלַ֣ת׀ma.cha.LatH4258the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֨אלyish.ma.'ElH3458Abraham’sאַבְרָהָ֜ם'av.ra.HamH85sonבֶּן־ben-H1121,the sisterאֲח֧וֹת'a.ChotH269of Nebajothנְבָי֛וֹתne.va.YotH5032,to be his wifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802.

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