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Genesis 31:25-32

25AndLabanלָבָ֖ןla.VanH3837cameupH853withJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290. NowJacobוְיַעֲקֹ֗בve.ya.'a.KoH3290hadpitchedתָּקַ֤עta.Ka'H8628histentאָהֳלוֹ֙'o.ho.LoH168in themountainבָּהָ֔רba.HarH2022: andLabanוְלָבָ֛ןve.la.VanH3837with hisbrethrenאֶחָ֖יו'e.ChavH251pitchedתָּקַ֥עta.Ka'H8628in themountainבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022ofGileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

26AndLabanלָבָן֙la.VanH3837saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toJacobלְיַעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.KoH3290,WhatH4100hast thoudoneעָשִׂ֔יתָ'a.Si.taH6213, that thou haststolenוַתִּגְנֹ֖בva.tig.NoH1589awayH7617unawares tomeH4100, andcarriedH7617awayH7617mydaughtersבְּנֹתַ֔יbe.no.TaiH1323ascaptivesH7617of theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719?

27Wherefore didst thoufleeלִבְרֹ֔חַliv.Ro.achH1272secretlyנַחְבֵּ֙אתָ֙nach.Be.taH2244, andstealוַתִּגְנֹ֖בva.tig.NoH1589awayוָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ֛va.'a.sha.le.cha.KhaH7971frommeH7971; and didstnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808tellהִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.taH5046meH7971, that I might havesentH7971theeawayH7971withmirthבְּשִׂמְחָ֥הbe.sim.ChahH8057and withsongsוּבְשִׁרִ֖יםu.ve.shi.RimH7892, with tabret and withharpוּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃u.ve.khi.NorH3658;

28and hastnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808sufferedmeנְטַשְׁתַּ֔נִיne.tash.Ta.niH5203to kiss mysonsלְבָנַ֖יle.va.NaiH1121and mydaughtersוְלִבְנֹתָ֑יve.liv.no.TaiH1323?nowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258hast thoudoneעֲשֽׂוֹ׃a.SoH6213foolishlyהִסְכַּ֥לְתָּֽhis.Kal.taH5528.

29It is in thepowerH3027of myhandיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027todoלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213youH5704hurt: but theGodוֵֽאלֹהֵ֨יve.lo.HeiH430of yourfatherאֲבִיכֶ֜ם'a.vi.KhemH1spake untomeאֵלַ֣י'e.LaiH413yesternight,sayingH559,Takeהִשָּׁ֧מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104heedH8104to thyself that thouspeakמִדַּבֵּ֥רmi.da.BerH1696not toJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290eitherH5704goodמִטּ֥וֹבmi.TovH2896orbadH7451.

30Andnowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258,thoughH3588thou wouldest needs begoneH1980,becauseH3588thou sore longedstafterH3588thyfather’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1houseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004, yet wherefore hast thoustolenגָנַ֖בְתָּga.Nav.taH1589mygodsאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430?

31AndJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290answeredH559andsaidH559toLabanלְלָבָ֑ןle.la.VanH3837,BecauseH3588I wasafraidיָרֵ֔אתִיya.Re.tiH3372: for IsaidH559,Lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thou shouldesttakeH1497thydaughtersבְּנוֹתֶ֖יךָbe.no.Tei.khaH1323frommeמֵעִמִּֽי׃me.'i.MiH5973byforceH1497.

32With whomsoever thou findest thygodsאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430, he shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808liveיִֽחְיֶה֒yich.YehH2421:beforeנֶ֣גֶדNe.gedH5048ourbrethrenאַחֵ֧ינוּ'a.Chei.nuH251discernH3045thouwhatמָ֥הmahH4100is thine withmeעִמָּדִ֖י'i.ma.DiH5978, andtakeוְקַֽח־ve.kach-H3947it to thee. ForJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290knewH3045notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808thatRachelרָחֵ֖לra.ChelH7354hadstolenגְּנָבָֽתַם׃ge.na.Va.tamH1589them.

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