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Genesis 31:25-32

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?

31AndJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290answeredוַיַּ֥עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toLabanלְלָבָ֑ןle.la.VanH3837, Because I wasafraidיָרֵ֔אתִיya.Re.tiH3372: for Isaidאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, It maybeפֶּן־pen-H6435thou wouldest take thydaughtersבְּנוֹתֶ֖יךָbe.no.Tei.khaH1323from me byforceתִּגְזֹ֥לtig.ZolH1497.

32Withwhomeverאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834thoufindestתִּמְצָ֣אtim.Tza'H4672thygodsאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430, let him notliveיִֽחְיֶה֒yich.YehH2421:beforeנֶ֣גֶדNe.gedH5048ourbrethrenאַחֵ֧ינוּ'a.Chei.nuH251discernהַֽכֶּר־ha.ker-H5234thou what is thine with me, andtakeוְקַֽח־ve.kach-H3947it to thee. ForJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290knewיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045not thatRachelרָחֵ֖לra.ChelH7354hadstolenגְּנָבָֽתַם׃ge.na.Va.tamH1589them.

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