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and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob `is' behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

בַּמִּנְחָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “by the”

and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

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

And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;

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

therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which `is' on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob's thigh, against the sinew which shrank.

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

And he saith, `What to thee `is' all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all `things';' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,

בּ֖וֹ (בּ֖) b “<in> <the>”

And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who `are' with me;' and he said, `Why `is' this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which `is' in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,

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

and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;

בְּמֵאָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “for”

And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

בִּבְנ֥וֹת (בִּ) bi “on”

and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

בְּדִינָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “to”

And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it `is' very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (בְ) ve. “in”

And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade `in' it, and have possessions in it.'

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “in <the>”

And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, `Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

בְּמִרְמָ֖ה (בְּ) be. “with”

`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

בְּזֹ֖את (בְּ) be. “in”

And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;

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

and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

בְּבַֽת־ (בְּ) be. “in”

`These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade `in' it; and the land, lo, `is' wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (בָ) va. “in the”

`Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

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