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So Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםhas taken awayיַּצֵּלthe livestockאֶת מִקְנֵהof your fatherאֲבִיכֶםand given itוַיִּתֶּןto me.לִי
Genesis 31:9
Study it in the app“So Elohim has taken away the livestock of your father and given it to me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:9, word by word
- So Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has taken awayיַּצֵּלyatsel
take away
To take something from the one who has it, to recover it or give it to another.
Where else “yatsel” appears- the livestockמִקְנֵהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- of your fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and given itיִּתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
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.
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?