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and he looketh, and lo, a well in the field, and lo, there three droves of a flock crouching by it, for from that well they water the droves, and the great stone `is' on the mouth of the well.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “[was] in the”

And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'

בְּרָחֵ֥ל (בְּ) be. “for”

and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

בְּרָחֵ֖ל (בְּ) be. “for”בְעֵינָיו֙ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;

בָעֶ֔רֶב (בָ) va. “in the”

And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it `is' Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What `is' this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?'

בַבֹּ֔קֶר (בַ) va. “in the”בְרָחֵל֙ (בְ) ve. “for”

And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;

בִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּ (בִּ) bi “in”

fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.'

בַּעֲבֹדָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “for”

and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'

בְּעָנְיִ֔י (בְּ) be. “on”

And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ (בַּ) ba. “of”

And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

בְּרָחֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “on”

and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;' therefore hath she called his name Dan.

בְּקֹלִ֔י (בְּ) be. “to”

and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.

בְּאָשְׁרִ֕י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.'

בִּימֵ֣י (בִּ) bi. “in”בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.

בָּעֶרֶב֒ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּדוּדָאֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “for”בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee.'

בָּהֵ֖ן (בָּ) ba. “for”

And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'

בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ׃ (בִּ) bi “on”

I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”בָּעִזִּ֑ים (בָּ) ba. “among the”

and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among `my' goats, and brown among `my' lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

בִּ֤י (בִּ֤) b “for”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בָּֽעִזִּ֗ים (בָּֽ) ba. “among the”בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”

and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that `hath' white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons,

בַּיּוֹם֩ (בַּ) ba “on the”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “[was] on <the>”בַּכְּשָׂבִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that `is' on the rods,

בָּהֵן֙ (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;

בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים (בָּ) bo. “in the”בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֹאָ֥ן (בְּ) be. “when”

And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock.

בְּצֹ֣אן (בְּ) be. “among”

And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים (בָּ) bo. “in the”בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “at the”

and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set `them'; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.

וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף (בְ) ve. “when”

and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”