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Genesis 31:46-49

46And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֤בya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his brethrenלְאֶחָיו֙le.'e.ChavH251,Gatherלִקְט֣וּlik.TuH3950stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68;and they tookוַיִּקְח֥וּvai.yik.ChuH3947stonesאֲבָנִ֖ים'a.va.NimH68,and madeוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213an heapגָ֑לGalH1530:and they did eatוַיֹּ֥אכְלוּvai.Yo.khe.luH398there upon the heapהַגָּֽל׃ha.GalH1530.

47And Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837calledוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121it Jegar–sahaduthaH3026:but Jacobוְיַֽעֲקֹ֔בve.ya.'a.KoH3290calledקָ֥רָאKa.ra'H7121it Galeedגַּלְעֵֽד׃gal.'EdH1567.

48And Labanלָבָ֔ןla.VanH3837saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,This heapהַגַּ֨לha.GalH1530isa witnessעֵ֛ד'edH5707between me and thee this dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117.Therefore was the nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034of it calledקָרָֽא־ka.ra'-H7121Galeedגַּלְעֵֽד׃gal.'EdH1567;

49And Mizpahוְהַמִּצְפָּה֙ve.ha.mitz.PahH4709;forאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he saidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559,Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068watchיִ֥צֶףYi.tzefH6822between me and thee, when we are absentנִסָּתֵ֖רni.sa.TerH5641oneאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376from anotherמֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃me.re.'E.huH7453.

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