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H6435פֶּן־pen
lestPart of speech: Hebrew Conjunction
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But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went bac
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.
פֶּ֖ן pen “lest”
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
פֶּ֚ן pen “lest”
And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.
פֶּ֨ן־ Pen- “lest”
Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.
פֶּֽן־ pen- “lest”
And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”
I will not send them all out in one year, for fear that their land may become waste, and the beasts of the field be increased overmuch against you.
פֶּן־ pen- “lest”