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Genesis 31:14-19

14And Rachelרָחֵל֙ra.ChelH7354and Leahוְלֵאָ֔הve.le.'AhH3812answeredוַתַּ֤עַןva.Ta.'anH6030and saidוַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָהva.to.Mar.nahH559unto him, Is thereyet any portionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506or inheritanceוְנַחֲלָ֖הve.na.cha.LahH5159for us in our father’sאָבִֽינוּ׃'a.Vi.nuH1houseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004?

15Are we not countedנֶחְשַׁ֥בְנוּnech.Shav.nuH2803of him strangersנָכְרִיּ֛וֹתna.khe.ri.YotH5237?for he hath soldמְכָרָ֑נוּme.kha.Ra.nuH4376us, and hath quiteוַיֹּ֥אכַלvai.Yo.khalH398devouredאָכ֖וֹל'a.KholH398also our moneyכַּסְפֵּֽנוּ׃kas.Pe.nuH3701.

16For all the richesהָעֹ֗שֶׁרha.'O.sherH6239which Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430hath takenהִצִּ֤ילhi.TzilH5337from our fatherמֵֽאָבִ֔ינוּme.'a.Vi.nuH1, that isours, and our children’sוּלְבָנֵ֑ינוּu.le.va.Nei.nuH1121:now then, whatsoever Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430hath saidאָמַ֧ר'a.MarH559unto thee, doעֲשֵֽׂה׃'a.SehH6213.

17Then Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290rose upוַיָּ֖קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,and setוַיִּשָּׂ֛אvai.yi.Sa'H5375his sonsבָּנָ֥יוba.NavH1121and his wivesנָשָׁ֖יוna.ShavH802upon camelsהַגְּמַלִּֽים׃ha.ge.ma.LimH1581;

18And he carried awayוַיִּנְהַ֣גvai.yin.HagH5090all his cattleמִקְנֵ֗הוּmik.Ne.huH4735,and all his goodsרְכֻשׁוֹ֙re.khu.ShoH7399which he had gottenרָכָ֔שׁra.KhashH7408,the cattleמִקְנֵה֙mik.NehH4735of his gettingקִנְיָנ֔וֹkin.ya.NoH7075,which he had gottenרָכַ֖שׁra.KhashH7408in Padan–aramבְּפַדַּ֣ןbe.fa.DanH6307,for to goלָב֛וֹאla.Vo'H935to Isaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1in the landאַ֥רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776of Canaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

19And Labanוְלָבָ֣ןve.la.VanH3837wentהָלַ֔ךְha.LakhH1980to shearלִגְזֹ֖זlig.ZozH1494his sheepצֹאנ֑וֹtzo.NoH6629:and Rachelרָחֵ֔לra.ChelH7354had stolenוַתִּגְנֹ֣בva.tig.NoH1589the imagesהַתְּרָפִ֖יםha.te.ra.FimH8655that wereher father’sלְאָבִֽיהָ׃le.'a.Vi.haH1.

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