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What was torn by beastsטְרֵפָהI did notלֹאbringהֵבֵאתִיto you;אֵלֶיךָIאָנֹכִיbore the loss of it;אֲחַטֶּנָּהfrom my handמִיָּדִיyou required it,תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּהwhether stolenגְּנֻבְתִיby dayיוֹםor stolenוּגְנֻבְתִיby night.לָיְלָה
Genesis 31:39
Study it in the app“What was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:39, word by word
- What was torn by beastsטְרֵפָהterefa
torn animal
An animal torn by a wild beast.
Where else “terefa” appears- bringהֵבֵאתִיheveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appears- bore the loss of itאֲחַטֶּachate
miss
To miss the target, fail to hit.
Where else “achate” appears- from my handיָּדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- you required itתְּבַקְשֶׁtevakshe
require
To hold someone answerable.
Where else “tevakshe” appears- whether stolenגְּנֻבְתִיgenuvti
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “genuvti” appears- by dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- by nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
38These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flock I have not eaten.
39 · This verse (above)
40This is how I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
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?