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Genesis 33:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.


Genesis 33:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 33:1021 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אִםʾimLo!
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome
חֵןḥēnGraciousness
בְּעֵינֶיךָbəʿêneyḵāIn eye
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
מִנְחָתִיminəḥātîDonation
מִיָּדִיmîdîFrom hand
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
רָאִיתִיrāʾîtîSee
פָנֶיךָp̄āneyḵāFace
כִּרְאֹתkirəʾōtLike see
פְּנֵיpənêFace
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַתִּרְצֵנִיwatirəṣēnîAnd be pleased with
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אִםʾimLo!
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome
חֵןḥēnGraciousness
בְּעֵינֶיךָbəʿêneyḵāIn eye
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
מִנְחָתִיminəḥātîDonation
מִיָּדִיmîdîFrom hand
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
רָאִיתִיrāʾîtîSee
פָנֶיךָp̄āneyḵāFace
כִּרְאֹתkirəʾōtLike see
פְּנֵיpənêFace
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
וַתִּרְצֵנִיwatirəṣēnîAnd be pleased with

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