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Genesis 33:8-11

8And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, What meanestthou by all this droveהַמַּחֲנֶ֥הha.ma.cha.NehH4264which I metפָּגָ֑שְׁתִּיpa.Ga.she.tiH6298?And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, These areto findלִמְצֹא־lim.tzo'-H4672graceחֵ֖ןchenH2580in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of my lordאֲדֹנִֽי׃'a.do.NiH113.

9And Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,I haveיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426enoughרָ֑בRavH7227,my brotherאָחִ֕י'a.ChiH251; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

10And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Nay, I pray thee, if now I have foundמָצָ֤אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672graceחֵן֙chenH2580in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,then receiveוְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve.la.kach.TaH3947my presentמִנְחָתִ֖יmin.cha.TiH4503at my handמִיָּדִ֑יmi.ya.DiH3027:for therefore I have seenרָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiH7200thy faceפָנֶ֗יךָfa.Nei.khaH6440,as though I had seenכִּרְאֹ֛תkir.'OtH7200the faceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,and thou wast pleased with meוַתִּרְצֵֽנִי׃va.tir.Tze.niH7521.

11Takeקַח־kach-H3947,I pray thee, my blessingבִּרְכָתִי֙bir.kha.TiH1293that is broughtהֻבָ֣אתhu.VatH935to thee; because Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430hath dealt graciously with meחַנַּ֥נִיcha.Na.niH2603,and becauseH3605I haveיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426enoughH3605.And he urgedוַיִּפְצַר־vai.yif.tzar-H6484him, and he tookוַיִּקָּֽח׃vai.yi.KachH3947it.

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