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Genesis 31:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.


Genesis 31:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 31:311 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
שׁוּבšûvTurn
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲבוֹתֶיךָʾăvwōteyḵāFather
וּלְמוֹלַדְתֶּךָûləmwōladəteḵāAnd to nativity
וְאֶהְיֶהwəʾehəyehAnd exist
עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
שׁוּבšûvTurn
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲבוֹתֶיךָʾăvwōteyḵāFather
וּלְמוֹלַדְתֶּךָûləmwōladəteḵāAnd to nativity
וְאֶהְיֶהwəʾehəyehAnd exist
עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

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