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Genesis 31:49-53

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.

50If thou shalt afflictתְּעַנֶּ֣הte.'a.NehH6031my daughtersבְּנֹתַ֗יbe.no.TaiH1323,or if thou shalt takeתִּקַּ֤חti.KachH3947otherwivesנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802besideעַל־'al-H5921my daughtersבְּנֹתַ֔יbe.no.TaiH1323,no manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376iswith us; seeרְאֵ֕הre.'EhH7200,Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430iswitnessעֵ֖ד'edH5707betwixt me and thee.

51And Labanלָבָ֖ןla.VanH3837saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Jacobלְיַעֲקֹ֑בle.ya.'a.KoH3290,Behold this heapהַגַּ֣לha.GalH1530, and behold thispillarהַמַצֵּבָ֔הha.ma.tze.VahH4676,which I have castיָרִ֖יתִיya.Ri.tiH3384betwixt me and thee;

52This heapהַגַּ֣לha.GalH1530bewitnessעֵ֚ד'edH5707, and thispillarהַמַּצֵּבָ֑הha.ma.tze.VahH4676bewitnessוְעֵדָ֖הve.'e.DahH5713,that I will not pass overאֶֽעֱבֹ֤ר'e.'e.VorH5674this heapהַגַּ֣לha.GalH1530to thee, and that thou shalt not pass overתַעֲבֹ֨רta.'a.VorH5674this heapהַגַּ֥לha.GalH1530and this pillarהַמַּצֵּבָ֥הha.ma.tze.VahH4676unto me, for harmלְרָעָֽה׃le.ra.'AhH7451.

53The Godאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430of Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֜ם'av.ra.HamH85,and the Godוֵֽאלֹהֵ֤יve.lo.HeiH430of Nahorנָחוֹר֙na.chOrH5152,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.HeiH430of their fatherאֲבִיהֶ֑ם'a.vi.HemH1,judgeיִשְׁפְּט֣וּyish.pe.TuH8199betwixt us. And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290swareוַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvai.yi.sha.Va'H7650by the fearבְּפַ֖חַדbe.Fa.chadH6343of his fatherאָבִ֥יו'a.VivH1Isaacיִצְחָֽק׃yitz.ChakH3327.

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