TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 10 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
Read word by wordAgain Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
Read word by word“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
Read word by wordShe named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
Read word by wordNow after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
Read word by wordIndeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
Read word by word“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
Read word by wordSo my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
Read word by wordJacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
Read word by wordThen he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
Read word by wordJacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
Read word by wordWhenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
Read word by wordBut if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
Read word by wordThus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
Read word by wordNow Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
Read word by wordSo Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
Read word by wordand he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
Read word by wordAnd although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Read word by wordThus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
Read word by word‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
Read word by wordI am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
Read word by wordAnd Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
Read word by wordAre we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
Read word by wordSurely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
Read word by wordand he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
Read word by wordNow while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
Read word by wordMoreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
Read word by wordSo he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
Read word by wordOn the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
Read word by wordBut that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
Read word by wordThen Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
Read word by wordWhy did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
Read word by wordBut you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
Read word by wordI have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
Read word by wordNow you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
Read word by word“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
Read word by wordIf you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
Read word by wordRachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
Read word by wordThen Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
Read word by wordThus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
Read word by wordIf the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
Read word by wordBut Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
Read word by wordCome now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
Read word by wordand he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
Read word by wordLaban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
Read word by wordLaban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
Read word by wordThis mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
Read word by wordThen Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
Read word by wordEarly the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.1
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