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Exodus 4:20-26

20AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֜הmo.ShehH4872tookוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֣וֹ'ish.ToH802and hissonsבָּנָ֗יוba.NavH1121, andsetוַיַּרְכִּבֵם֙vai.yar.ki.VemH7392them upon adonkeyהַחֲמֹ֔רha.cha.MorH2543, and hereturnedוַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725to thelandאַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714: andMosesמֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872tookוַיִּקַּ֥חvai.yi.KachH3947therodמַטֵּ֥הma.TehH4294ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430in hishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

21And theLORDיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toMosesמֹשֶׁה֒mo.ShehH4872, When thougoestH3212toreturnלָשׁ֣וּבla.ShuvH7725intoEgyptמִצְרַ֔יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714,seeרְאֵ֗הre.'EhH7200that thouperformוַעֲשִׂיתָ֖םva.'a.si.TamH6213all thosewondersהַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ha.mo.fe.TimH4159beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Pharaohפַרְעֹ֑הfar.'OhH6547, which I haveputשַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiH7760in thyhandבְיָדֶ֔ךָve.ya.De.khaH3027: but I willhardenאֲחַזֵּ֣ק'a.cha.ZekH2388hisheartלִבּ֔וֹli.BoH3820, that he shall not let thepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971goיְשַׁלַּ֖חye.sha.LachH7971.

22And thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֖ve.'a.mar.TaH559toPharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547, Thussaithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478is mysonבְּנִ֥יbe.NiH1121, even myfirstbornבְכֹרִ֖יve.kho.RiH1060:

23And Isayוָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.MarH559to thee, Let mysonבְּנִי֙be.NiH1121goשַׁלַּ֤חsha.LachH7971, that he mayserveוְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִיve.ya.'av.De.niH5647me: and if thou shaltrefuseוַתְּמָאֵ֖ןva.te.ma.'EnH3985to let himgoלְשַׁלְּח֑וֹle.sha.le.ChoH7971, behold, I willslayהֹרֵ֔גho.RegH2026thysonבִּנְךָ֖bin.KhaH1121, even thyfirstbornבְּכֹרֶֽךָ׃be.kho.Re.khaH1060.

24And it came to pass by thewayבַדֶּ֖רֶךְva.De.rekhH1870in theinnבַּמָּל֑וֹןba.ma.LonH4411, that theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068metוַיִּפְגְּשֵׁ֣הוּvai.yif.ge.She.huH6298him, andsoughtוַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁvay.va.KeshH1245tokillהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃ha.mi.ToH4191him.

25ThenZipporahצִפֹּרָ֜הtzi.po.RahH6855tookוַתִּקַּ֨חva.ti.KachH3947a sharpstoneצֹ֗רTzorH6864, and cutoffוַתִּכְרֹת֙va.tikh.RotH3772theforeskinעָרְלַ֣ת'a.re.LatH6190of hersonבְּנָ֔הּbe.NahH1121, andcastוַתַּגַּ֖עva.ta.Ga'H5060it at hisfeetלְרַגְלָ֑יוle.rag.LavH7272, andsaidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559, Surely abloodyדָּמִ֛יםda.MimH1818husbandחֲתַן־cha.tan-H2860art thou to me.

26So he let himgoוַיִּ֖רֶףvai.Yi.refH7503: then shesaidאָֽמְרָ֔ה'a.me.RahH559, Abloodyדָּמִ֖יםda.MimH1818husbandחֲתַ֥ןcha.TanH2860thou art, because of thecircumcisionלַמּוּלֹֽת׃ פla.mu.LotH4139.

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