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And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

בַּמִּנְחָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “by the”

So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.

בַּלַּֽיְלָה־ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (בַּֽ) Ba. “in the”

And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.

בְּכַף־ (בְּ) be. “<in>”בְּהֵֽאָבְק֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.

בְּכַף־ (בְּ) be. “<in>”בְּגִ֖יד (בְּ) be. “<in>”

And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

בּ֖וֹ (בּ֖) b “<in> <the>”

And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְּבֹא֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

בְּמֵאָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “for”

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

בִּבְנ֥וֹת (בִּ) bi “on”

Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

בְּדִינָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “to”

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (בְ) ve. “in”

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “in <the>”

And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.

בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

בְּמִרְמָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “with”

But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

בְּזֹ֖את (בְּ) be. “in”

And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

בְּבַֽת־ (בְּ) be. “in”

It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (בָ) va. “in the”

But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.

בְּ֠זֹאת (בְּ֠) Be. “in”בְּהִמּ֥וֹל (בְּ) be. “when”