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Thenוַthe angelמַלְאַךְof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםsaidיֹּאמֶרto meאֵלַיin the dream,בַּחֲלוֹם‘Jacob!’יַעֲקֹבAnd I said,וָאֹמַר‘Here I am.’הִנֵּנִי
Genesis 31:11
Study it in the app“Then the angel of Elohim said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:11, word by word
- the angelמַלְאַךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- in the dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appears- ‘Jacob!’יַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears
The context
10It happened at the time when the flock was in heat that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and look, the male goats that were mounting the flock were streaked, speckled, and mottled.
11 · This verse (above)
12He said, ‘Lift up, please, your eyes and see: all the male goats that are mounting the flock are streaked, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?