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Genesis 31:21-23

21So he fledוַיִּבְרַ֥חvai.yiv.RachH1272with all that he had; and he rose upוַיָּ֖קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,and passed overוַיַּעֲבֹ֣רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674the riverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104,and setוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760his faceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440towardthe mountהַ֥רharH2022Gileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

22And it was toldוַיֻּגַּ֥דvai.yu.GadH5046Labanלְלָבָ֖ןle.la.VanH3837on the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117that Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290was fledבָרַ֖חva.RachH1272.

23And he tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947his brethrenאֶחָיו֙'e.ChavH251with him, and pursuedוַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףvai.yir.DofH7291after himאַחֲרָ֔יו'a.cha.RavH310sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651days’יָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117journeyדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870;and they overtookוַיַּדְבֵּ֥קvai.yad.BekH1692him in the mountבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022Gileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

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