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Genesis 30:28-30

28And he saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Appointנָקְבָ֧הna.ke.VahH5344me thy wagesשְׂכָרְךָ֛se.kha.re.KhaH7939,and I will giveוְאֶתֵּֽנָה׃ve.'e.Te.nahH5414it.

29And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Thou knowestיָדַ֔עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045howאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834I have servedעֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָ'a.vad.Ti.khaH5647thee, and howאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thy cattleמִקְנְךָ֖mik.ne.ChaH4735was with me.

30For it waslittleמְעַט֩me.'AtH4592which thou hadst before Iלְפָנַי֙le.fa.NaiH6440came, and it is nowincreasedוַיִּפְרֹ֣ץvai.yif.RotzH6555unto a multitudeלָרֹ֔בla.RoH7230;And Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068hath blessedוַיְבָ֧רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288thee since my comingלְרַגְלִ֑יle.rag.LiH7272:and now whenמָתַ֛יma.TaiH4970shall I provideאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה'e.'e.SehH6213for mine own houseלְבֵיתִֽי׃le.vei.TiH1004also?

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