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And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:

לַֽאדֹנִ֖י (י) i “my”

And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.

לַֽאדֹנִ֔י (י) i “my”

Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

אָבִ֣י (י) i “my”אָבִ֣י (י) i “my”

I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.

בְמַקְלִ֗י (י) i “my”

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.

אָחִ֖י (י) i “my”

These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.

לְפָנַ֔י (י) i “me”

And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

אָחִ֗י (י) i “my”

Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.

לַֽאדֹנִ֖י (י) i “my”

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.

לְפָנָ֔י (י) i “me”פָנָֽי׃ (י) i “my”

Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

לִשְׁמִ֑י (י) i “my”

And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (י) i “my”

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.

אֲדֹנִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

אָחִ֕י (י) i “my”

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.

מִנְחָתִ֖י (י) i “my”מִיָּדִ֑י (י) i “my”

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.

בִּרְכָתִי֙ (י֙) i “my”

But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.

אֲדֹנִ֤י (י) i “my”

Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.

אֲדֹנִ֖י (י) i “my”לְאִטִּ֗י (י) i “my”לְפָנַי֙ (י֙) i “me”אֲדֹנִ֖י (י) i “my”

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?

אֲדֹנִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

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?

בְּנִ֗י (י) i “my”

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; a

וּבֵיתִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

צָֽרָתִ֔י (י) i “my”

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י (י) i “my”לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

אַחַ֖י (י) i “my”

And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.

בְּנִ֔י (י) i “my”

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

בְּנִ֛י (י) i “my”