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Genesis 28:1-9

1AndIsaacיִצְחָ֛קyitz.ChakH3327calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290, andblessedוַיְבָ֣רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288him, andchargedוַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙vay.tza.Ve.huH6680him, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, Thou shalt nottakeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947awifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802of thedaughtersמִבְּנ֥וֹתmi.be.NotH1323ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

2Ariseק֥וּםkumH6965,goH3212toPadanaramפַּדֶּ֣נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307, to thehouseבֵּ֥יתָהBei.tahH1004ofBethuelבְתוּאֵ֖לve.tu.'ElH1328thymother’sאִמֶּ֑ךָ'i.Me.khaH517fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1; andtakeוְקַח־ve.kach-H3947thee awifeאִשָּׁ֔ה'i.ShahH802from there of thedaughtersמִבְּנ֥וֹתmi.be.NotH1323ofLabanלָבָ֖ןla.VanH3837thymother’sאִמֶּֽךָ׃'i.Me.khaH517brotherאֲחִ֥י'a.ChiH251.

3AndGodוְאֵ֤לve.'ElH410Almightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706blessיְבָרֵ֣ךְye.va.RekhH1288thee, and make theefruitfulוְיַפְרְךָ֖ve.yaf.re.KhaH6509, andmultiplyוְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָve.yar.Be.khaH7235thee, that thou mayest be amultitudeלִקְהַ֥לlik.HalH6951ofpeopleעַמִּֽים׃'a.MimH5971;

4Andgiveוְיִֽתֶּן־ve.yi.ten-H5414thee theblessingבִּרְכַּ֣תbir.KatH1293ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85, to thee, and to thyseedוּלְזַרְעֲךָ֣u.le.zar.'a.KhaH2233with thee; that thou mayestinheritלְרִשְׁתְּךָ֙le.rish.te.KhaH3423thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776in which thou art astrangerמְגֻרֶ֔יךָme.gu.Rei.khaH4033, whichGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430gaveנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414toAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָֽם׃le.'av.ra.HamH85.

5AndIsaacיִצְחָק֙yitz.ChakH3327sentawayוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290: and hewentH3212toPadanaramפַּדֶּ֣נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307toLabanלָבָ֤ןla.VanH3837,sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBethuelבְּתוּאֵל֙be.tu.'ElH1328theSyrianהָֽאֲרַמִּ֔יha.'a.ra.MiH761, thebrotherאֲחִ֣י'a.ChiH251ofRebekahרִבְקָ֔הriv.KahH7259,Jacob’sיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290andEsau’sוְעֵשָֽׂו׃ve.'e.SavH6215motherאֵ֥ם'emH517.

6WhenEsauעֵשָׂ֗ו'e.SavH6215sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200thatIsaacיִצְחָק֮yitz.ChakH3327hadblessedבֵרַ֣ךְve.RakhH1288Jacobיַעֲקֹב֒ya.'a.KoH3290, and sent himawayוְשִׁלַּ֤חve.shi.LachH7971toPadanaramפַּדֶּ֣נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307, totakeלָקַֽחַת־la.ka.chat-H3947him awifeאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802from there; and that as heblessedבְּבָרֲכ֣וֹbe.va.ra.KhoH1288him he gave him achargeוַיְצַ֤וvay.TzavH6680,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Thou shalt nottakeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947awifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802of thedaughtersמִבְּנ֥וֹתmi.be.NotH1323ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667;

7And thatJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290obeyedוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085hisfatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1and hismotherאִמּ֑וֹ'i.MoH517, and wasgoneH3212toPadanaramפַּדֶּ֥נָֽהpa.De.nahH6307;

8AndEsauעֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavH6215seeingוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that thedaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667pleasedבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.NeiH5869notרָע֖וֹתra.'otH7451Isaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1;

9ThenwentH3212Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215toIshmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֑אלyish.ma.'ElH3458, andtookוַיִּקַּ֡חvai.yi.KachH3947to thewivesנָשָׁ֖יוna.ShavH802which he hadMahalathמָחֲלַ֣ת׀ma.cha.LatH4258thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofIshmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֨אלyish.ma.'ElH3458Abraham’sאַבְרָהָ֜ם'av.ra.HamH85sonבֶּן־ben-H1121, thesisterאֲח֧וֹת'a.ChotH269ofNebajothנְבָי֛וֹתne.va.YotH5032, to be hiswifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802.

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