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Ifאִםyou afflictתְּעַנֶּהmy daughters,אֶת בְּנֹתַיor ifוְאִםyou takeתִּקַּחwivesנָשִׁיםbesidesעַלmy daughters,בְּנֹתַיthough noאֵיןoneאִישׁis with us,עִמָּנוּsee,רְאֵהElohimאֱלֹהִיםis witnessעֵדbetween meבֵּינִיand you.”וּבֵינֶךָ
Genesis 31:50
Study it in the app“If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, though no one is with us, see, Elohim is witness between me and you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:50, word by word
- you afflictתְּעַנֶּהteane
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “teane” appears- my daughtersבְּנֹתַbenota
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benota” appears- you takeתִּקַּחtikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “tikach” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- is witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears
The context
49and Mizpah, for he said, “May YHWH watch between me and you when we are hidden each of us from the other.
50 · This verse (above)
51Laban said to Jacob, “Look at this heap, and look at the standing stone that I have set up between me and 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?