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Genesis 32:3-21

3AndJacobH3290sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִים֙mal.'a.KhimH4397beforehimלְפָנָ֔יוle.fa.NavH6440toEsauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215hisbrotherאָחִ֑יו'a.ChivH251to thelandאַ֥רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776ofSeirשֵׂעִ֖ירse.'IrH8165, thecountryשְׂדֵ֥הse.DehH7704ofEdomאֱדֽוֹם׃'e.DomH123.

4And hecommandedוַיְצַ֤וvay.TzavH6680them,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Thus shall yespeakתֹאמְר֔וּןtom.RunH559to mylordלַֽאדֹנִ֖יla.do.NiH113EsauH6215; Thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֣'av.de.KhaH5650JacobH3290saithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559thus, I havesojournedגַּ֔רְתִּיGar.tiH1481withLabanלָבָ֣ןla.VanH3837, and stayedthereוָאֵחַ֖רva.'e.CharH309till now:

5And I haveoxenשׁ֣וֹרShorH7794, anddonkeysוַחֲמ֔וֹרva.cha.MorH2543,flocksצֹ֖אןtzonH6629, andmaleH5650and femaleservantsוְשִׁפְחָ֑הve.shif.ChahH8198: and I havesentוָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙va.'esh.le.ChahH7971totellלְהַגִּ֣ידle.ha.GidH5046mylordH113, that I mayfindלִמְצֹא־lim.tzo'-H4672graceחֵ֖ןchenH2580in thysightבְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

6And themessengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֔יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397returnedוַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725toJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Wecameבָּ֤אנוּBa.nuH935to thybrotherאָחִ֙יךָ֙'a.Chi.khaH251Esauעֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavH6215, and also he iscomingהֹלֵ֣ךְho.LekhH1980to meettheeH7125, and fourhundredמֵא֥וֹתme.'otH3967menאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376with him.

7ThenJacobH3290wasgreatlyמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966afraidוַיִּירָ֧אvai.yi.Ra'H3372anddistressedוַיֵּ֣צֶרvai.Ye.tzerH3334: and hedividedוַיַּ֜חַץvai.Ya.chatzH2673thepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971that were with him, and theflocksהַצֹּ֧אןha.TzonH6629, andherdsהַבָּקָ֛רha.ba.KarH1241, andcamelsוְהַגְּמַלִּ֖יםve.hag.ge.ma.LimH1581, intotwoלִשְׁנֵ֥יlish.NeiH8147bandsמַחֲנֽוֹת׃ma.cha.NotH4264;

8Andsaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, IfEsauעֵשָׂ֛ו'e.SavH6215shallcomeיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935to theoneהָאַחַ֖תha.'a.ChatH259companyH4264, and smiteitוְהִכָּ֑הוּve.hi.Ka.huH5221, then the othercompanyH4264which isleftהַנִּשְׁאָ֖רha.nish.'ArH7604shallescapeלִפְלֵיטָֽה׃lif.lei.TahH6413.

9AndJacobיַעֲקֹב֒ya.'a.KoH3290saidH559, OGodאֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.HeiH430of myfatherאָבִ֣י'a.ViH1Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85, andGodוֵאלֹהֵ֖יve.lo.HeiH430of myfatherאָבִ֣י'a.ViH1Isaacיִצְחָ֑קyitz.ChakH3327, theLORDיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068whosaidstH559to me,Returnשׁ֧וּבshuvH7725to thycountryלְאַרְצְךָ֛le.'ar.tze.KhaH776, and to thykindredוּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖u.le.mo.lad.te.KhaH4138, and I will dealwellוְאֵיטִ֥יבָהve.'ei.Ti.vahH3190with thee:

10I am not worthy of theleastקָטֹ֜נְתִּיka.To.ne.tiH6994of all themerciesהַחֲסָדִים֙ha.cha.sa.DimH2617, and of all thetruthהָ֣אֱמֶ֔תha.'e.MetH571, which thou hastshownעָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.taH6213to thyservantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaH5650; for with mystaffבְמַקְלִ֗יve.mak.LiH4731I passedoverעָבַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Var.tiH5674thisJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֣ןhai.yar.DenH3383; and now I am becometwoלִשְׁנֵ֥יlish.NeiH8147bandsמַחֲנֽוֹת׃ma.cha.NotH4264.

11Delivermeהַצִּילֵ֥נִיha.tzi.Le.niH5337, I pray thee, from thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of mybrotherאָחִ֖י'a.ChiH251, from thehandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027ofEsauעֵשָׂ֑ו'e.SavH6215: for Ifearיָרֵ֤אya.Re'H3373him, lest he willcomeיָב֣וֹאya.Vo'H935and smitemeוְהִכַּ֔נִיve.hi.Ka.niH5221, and themotherאֵ֖ם'emH517withעַל־'al-H5921thechildrenבָּנִֽים׃ba.NimH1121.

12And thousaidstאָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559, I willsurelyהֵיטֵ֥בhei.TevH3190do theegoodאֵיטִ֖יב'ei.TivH3190, andmakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.TiH7760thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֙zar.'a.KhaH2233as thesandכְּח֣וֹלke.CholH2344of theseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220, which cannot benumberedיִסָּפֵ֖רyi.sa.FerH5608formultitudeמֵרֹֽב׃me.RoH7230.

13And helodgedוַיָּ֥לֶןvai.Ya.lenH3885there that samenightבַּלַּ֣יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915; andtookוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947of that whichcameהַבָּ֧אha.Ba'H935to hishandבְיָד֛וֹve.ya.DoH3027apresentמִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahH4503forEsauלְעֵשָׂ֥וle.'e.SavH6215hisbrotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251;

14Twohundredמָאתַ֔יִםma.Ta.yimH3967femalegoatsעִזִּ֣ים'i.ZimH5795, andtwentyעֶשְׂרִ֑ים'es.RimH6242malegoatsוּתְיָשִׁ֖יםu.te.ya.ShimH8495, twohundredמָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimH3967ewesרְחֵלִ֥יםre.che.LimH7353, andtwentyעֶשְׂרִֽים׃'es.RimH6242ramsוְאֵילִ֥יםve.'ei.LimH352,

15Thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֑יםshe.lo.ShimH7970milkמֵינִיק֛וֹתmei.ni.KotH3243camelsגְּמַלִּ֧יםge.ma.LimH1581with theircoltsוּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.HemH1121,fortyאַרְבָּעִים֙'ar.ba.'ImH705cowsפָּר֤וֹתpa.RotH6510, andtenעֲשָׂרָ֔ה'a.sa.RahH6235bullsוּפָרִ֣יםu.fa.RimH6499,twentyH6242femaledonkeysאֲתֹנֹ֣ת'a.to.NotH860, andtenעֲשָׂרָֽה׃'a.sa.RahH6235foalsוַעְיָרִ֖םva'.ya.RimH5895.

16And hedeliveredוַיִּתֵּן֙vai.yi.TenH5414them into thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of hisservantsעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650, everydroveH5739by themselves; andsaidוַ֤יֹּאמֶרVai.yo.merH559to hisservantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650, Passoverעִבְר֣וּ'iv.RuH5674beforemeלְפָנַ֔יle.fa.NaiH6440, andputתָּשִׂ֔ימוּta.Si.muH7760aspaceוְרֶ֣וַחve.Re.vachH7305betweenבֵּ֥יןbeinH996droveH5739andוּבֵ֥יןu.VeinH996droveH5739.

17And hecommandedוַיְצַ֥וvay.TzavH6680theforemostהָרִאשׁ֖וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223,sayingH559, WhenEsauעֵשָׂ֣ו'e.SavH6215mybrotherאָחִ֗י'a.ChiH251meeteththeeיִֽפְגָּשְׁךָ֞yif.ga.she.KhaH6298, and askeththeeוִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙vish.'e.le.KhaH7592,sayingH559, Whose art thou? and wheregoestH3212thou? and whose are thesebeforeH6440thee?

18Then thou shaltsayH559, They are thyservantלְעַבְדְּךָ֣le.'av.de.KhaH5650Jacob’sלְיַעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.KoH3290; it is apresentמִנְחָ֥הmin.ChahH4503sentשְׁלוּחָ֔הshe.lu.ChahH7971to mylordלַֽאדֹנִ֖יla.do.NiH113EsauH6215: and, behold, also he is behindusאַחֲרֵֽינוּ׃'a.cha.Rei.nuH310.

19AndsoH1571hecommandedוַיְצַ֞וvay.TzavH6680thesecondהַשֵּׁנִ֗יha.she.NiH8145, and thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔יha.she.li.ShiH7992, and all thatfollowedהַהֹ֣לְכִ֔יםha.Ho.le.KhimH1980 H310thedrovesהָעֲדָרִ֖יםha.'a.da.RimH5739,sayingH559, In thismannerכַּדָּבָ֤רka.da.VarH1697shall yespeakתְּדַבְּר֣וּןte.da.be.RunH1696toEsauH6215, when yefindבְּמֹצַאֲכֶ֖םbe.mo.tza.'a.KhemH4672him.

20And sayyeH559moreoverH1571, Behold, thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֥'av.de.KhaH5650Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290is behindusH310. For hesaidH559, I willappeaseאֲכַפְּרָ֣ה'a.kha.pe.RahH3722himפָנָ֗יוfa.NavH6440with thepresentבַּמִּנְחָה֙ba.min.ChahH4503thatgoethH1980beforemeלְפָנָ֔יle.fa.NaiH6440, andafterwardH310I willseeאֶרְאֶ֣ה'er.'EhH7200hisfaceפָנָ֔יוfa.NavH6440; perhaps he willacceptיִשָּׂ֥אyi.Sa'H5375ofmeפָנָֽי׃fa.NaiH6440.

21So thepresentH4503wentoverוַתַּעֲבֹ֥רva.ta.'a.VorH5674beforehimH6440: and he himselflodgedלָ֥ןlanH3885thatnightבַּלַּֽיְלָה־ba.lay.lah-H3915in thecompanyבַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃Ba.ma.cha.NehH4264.

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