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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶן“Iאָנֹכִיseeרֹאֶהthe faceאֶת פְּנֵיof your father,אֲבִיכֶןthatכִּיit is notאֵינֶנּוּtoward meאֵלַיas before;כִּתְמֹל שִׁלְשֹׁםbut the Elohimוֵאלֹהֵיof my fatherאָבִיhas beenהָיָהwith me.עִמָּדִי
Genesis 31:5
Study it in the app“He said to them, “I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before; but the Elohim of my father has been with me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:5, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- seeרֹאֶהroe
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “roe” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of your fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- as beforeתְמֹלtemol
formerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appears- as beforeשִׁלְשֹׁםshilshom
day before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appears- but the Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- has beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears
The context
4So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock.
5 · This verse (above)
6You know that with all my strength I have served your father.
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?