H3588A–כִּי–ki

For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

כִּ֡י ki “for”

And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

כִּ֚י ki “that”

And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

כִּ֥י ki “that”

And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

כִּ֥י ki “that”

And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

כִּ֣י ki “that”כִּ֣י ki “for”

As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

כִּ֥י ki “that”

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

כִּ֣י ki “that”כִּי־ ki- “for”

Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

כִּ֥י ki “that”

Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

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.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

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.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

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?

כִּ֣י ki “that”

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.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

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.

כִּ֣י ki “that”

And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

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

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”