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Yet your fatherוַאֲבִיכֶןhas cheatedהֵתֶלmeבִּיand changedוְהֶחֱלִףmy wagesאֶת מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּיtenעֲשֶׂרֶתtimes,מֹנִיםbutוְElohimאֱלֹהִיםdid notלֹאallow himנְתָנוֹto do harmלְהָרַעto me.עִמָּדִי
Genesis 31:7
Study it in the app“Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but Elohim did not allow him to do harm to me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:7, word by word
- Yet your fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- has cheatedהֵתֶלhetel
deceive, mock
Mock, trifle with someone by deceiving them.
Where else “hetel” appears- and changedהֶחֱלִףhechelif
change
To swap something, or regain one's strength.
Where else “hechelif” appears- my wagesמַשְׂכֻּרְתִּmaskurti
wages
Wages, pay.
Where else “maskurti” appears- tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- timesמֹנִיםmonim
time
Time, occasion: "ten times". It occurs only in Genesis 31.
Where else “monim” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- allow himנְתָנnetan
let
To let something happen.
Where else “netan” appears- to do harmהָרַעhara
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “hara” appears- to meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears
The context
6You know that with all my strength I have served your father.
7 · This verse (above)
8If he said this, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said this, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.
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?