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Genesis 31:19-30

19AndLabanוְלָבָ֣ןve.la.VanH3837wentהָלַ֔ךְha.LakhH1980toshearלִגְזֹ֖זlig.ZozH1494hissheepצֹאנ֑וֹtzo.NoH6629: andRachelרָחֵ֔לra.ChelH7354hadstolenוַתִּגְנֹ֣בva.tig.NoH1589theimagesהַתְּרָפִ֖יםha.te.ra.FimH8655that were herfather’sלְאָבִֽיהָ׃le.'a.Vi.haH1.

20AndJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290stoleawayוַיִּגְנֹ֣בvai.yig.NoH1589unawaresלֵ֥בlevH3820toLabanלָבָ֖ןla.VanH3837theSyrianהָאֲרַמִּ֑יha.'a.ra.MiH761, inthatעַל־'al-H5921hetoldהִגִּ֣ידhi.GidH5046himnotבְּלִי֙be.LiH1097that he wasfleeingבֹרֵ֖חַvo.Re.achH1272.

21So hefledוַיִּבְרַ֥חvai.yiv.RachH1272with all that he had; and hearoseוַיָּ֖קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, and passedoverוַיַּעֲבֹ֣רvai.ya.'a.VorH5674theriverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104, andsetוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760hisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440toward themountהַ֥רharH2022Gileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

22And it wastoldוַיֻּגַּ֥דvai.yu.GadH5046Labanלְלָבָ֖ןle.la.VanH3837on thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117thatJacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290hadfledבָרַ֖חva.RachH1272.

23And hetookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947hisbrethrenאֶחָיו֙'e.ChavH251with him, andpursuedוַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףvai.yir.DofH7291afterhimאַחֲרָ֔יו'a.cha.RavH310sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117’journeyדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870; and theyovertookוַיַּדְבֵּ֥קvai.yad.BekH1692him in themountבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022Gileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

24AndGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'H935toLabanלָבָ֥ןla.VanH3837theSyrianהָאֲרַמִּ֖יha.'a.ra.MiH761in adreamבַּחֲלֹ֣םba.cha.LomH2472bynightהַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahH3915, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, Takeheedהִשָּׁ֧מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104that thouspeakתְּדַבֵּ֥רte.da.BerH1696nottoעִֽם־'im-H5973Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290eithergoodמִטּ֥וֹבmi.TovH2896orעַד־'ad-H5704badרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.

25ThenLabanלָבָ֖ןla.VanH3837overtookוַיַּשֵּׂ֥גvai.ya.SegH5381Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290. NowJacobוְיַעֲקֹ֗בve.ya.'a.KoH3290hadpitchedתָּקַ֤עta.Ka'H8628histentאָהֳלוֹ֙'o.ho.LoH168in themountבָּהָ֔רba.HarH2022: andLabanוְלָבָ֛ןve.la.VanH3837with hisbrethrenאֶחָ֖יו'e.ChavH251pitchedתָּקַ֥עta.Ka'H8628in themountבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022ofGileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

26AndLabanלָבָן֙la.VanH3837saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toJacobלְיַעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.KoH3290, What hast thoudoneעָשִׂ֔יתָ'a.Si.taH6213, that thou hast stolenawayוַתִּגְנֹ֖בva.tig.NoH1589unawaresלְבָבִ֑יle.va.ViH3824to me, and carriedawayוַתְּנַהֵג֙va.te.na.HegH5090mydaughtersבְּנֹתַ֔יbe.no.TaiH1323, ascaptivesכִּשְׁבֻי֖וֹתkish.vu.YotH7617taken with theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719?

27Why didst thou fleeawayלִבְרֹ֔חַliv.Ro.achH1272secretlyנַחְבֵּ֙אתָ֙nach.Be.taH2244, and stealawayוַתִּגְנֹ֖בva.tig.NoH1589from me; and didst nottellהִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.taH5046me, that I might have sent theeawayוָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ֛va.'a.sha.le.cha.KhaH7971withmirthבְּשִׂמְחָ֥הbe.sim.ChahH8057, and withsongsוּבְשִׁרִ֖יםu.ve.shi.RimH7892, withtimbrelבְּתֹ֥ףbe.TofH8596, and withharpוּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃u.ve.khi.NorH3658?

28And hast notpermittedנְטַשְׁתַּ֔נִיne.tash.Ta.niH5203me tokissלְנַשֵּׁ֥קle.na.ShekH5401mysonsלְבָנַ֖יle.va.NaiH1121and mydaughtersוְלִבְנֹתָ֑יve.liv.no.TaiH1323? thou hast now donefoolishlyהִסְכַּ֥לְתָּֽhis.Kal.taH5528in sodoingעֲשֽׂוֹ׃a.SoH6213.

29Itisיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426in thepowerלְאֵ֣לle.'ElH410of myhandיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027todoלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213youharmרָ֑עRa'H7451: but theGodוֵֽאלֹהֵ֨יve.lo.HeiH430of yourfatherאֲבִיכֶ֜ם'a.vi.KhemH1spokeאָמַ֧ר'a.MarH559to me lastnightאֶ֣מֶשׁ׀'E.meshH570,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Take thouheedהִשָּׁ֧מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104that thou speaknotמִדַּבֵּ֥רmi.da.BerH1696toJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290eithergoodמִטּ֥וֹבmi.TovH2896orbadרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.

30And now, though thou wouldestneedsהָלֹ֣ךְha.LokhH1980begoneהָלַ֔כְתָּha.Lakh.taH1980, because thou didst earnestlylongH3700after thyfather’sאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1houseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004, yet why hast thoustolenגָנַ֖בְתָּga.Nav.taH1589mygodsאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430?

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