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Genesis 28:1

וַיִּקְרָ֥א
qârâʼ
and — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
יִצְחָ֛ק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
אֶֽל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ
bârak
and — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
אֹת֑וֹ
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
וַיְצַוֵּ֨הוּ֙
tsâvâh
and — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)
ל֔וֹ
le-
to/for him/his/it
לֹֽא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
תִקַּ֥ח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אִשָּׁ֖ה
ʼishshâh
a woman
מִבְּנ֥וֹת
bath
from — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
כְּנָֽעַן
Kᵉnaʻan
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
Genesis 28:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan.
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So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan.
Genesis 28:1
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