Genesis 30:42 — King James Version← Study notes
“But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.”
Genesis 30:42 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 30:429 words
וּבְהַעֲטִיףûvəhaʿăṭîp̄And in shroud
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
לֹאlōʾNot
יָשִׂיםyāśîmPut
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הָעֲטֻפִיםhāʿăṭup̄îmThe shroud
לְלָבָןləlāvānTo Laban
וְהַקְּשֻׁרִיםwəhaqəšurîmAnd the tie
לְיַעֲקֹבləyaʿăqōvTo Jacob
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