Genesis 28:2
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
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ASV
Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
KJV
Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ק֥וּם | kum | arise | H6965 → |
| לֵךְ֙ | leKh | go | H1980 → |
| פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה | pa.De.nah | Paddan towards | H6307 → |
| אֲרָ֔ם | 'a.Ram | Aram | H758 → |
| בֵּ֥יתָה | Bei.tah | [the] house of towards | H1004 → |
| בְתוּאֵ֖ל | ve.tu.'El | Bethuel | H1328 → |
| אֲבִ֣י | 'a.Vi | [the] father of | H1 → |
| אִמֶּ֑ךָ | 'i.Me.kha | mother your | H517 → |
| וְקַח־ | ve.kach- | and take | H3947 → |
| לְךָ֤ | le.Kha | for <the> yourself | |
| מִשָּׁם֙ | mi.Sham | from there | H8033 → |
| אִשָּׁ֔ה | 'i.Shah | a wife | H802 → |
| מִבְּנ֥וֹת | mi.be.Not | one of [the] daughters of | H1323 → |
| לָבָ֖ן | la.Van | Laban | H3837 → |
| אֲחִ֥י | 'a.Chi | [the] brother of | H251 → |
| אִמֶּֽךָ׃ | 'i.Me.kha | mother your | H517 → |
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