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Genesis 29:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.


Genesis 29:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:49 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָהֶםlāhemTo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אַחַיʾaḥayBrother
מֵאַיִןmēʾayinFrom where?
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
מֵחָרָןmēḥārānFrom Charan
אֲנָחְנוּʾănāḥənûWe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָהֶםlāhemTo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אַחַיʾaḥayBrother
מֵאַיִןmēʾayinFrom where?
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
מֵחָרָןmēḥārānFrom Charan
אֲנָחְנוּʾănāḥənûWe

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