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 11 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.
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.2
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.4
He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.5
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.6
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.7
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.8
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.9
Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.10
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.11
Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.14
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.17
He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.18
then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.19
He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.20
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.21
He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.24
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.25
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.26
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.30
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.32
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
Read word by wordEsau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
Read word by wordWhen Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
Read word by word“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
Read word by word“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
Read word by wordPlease accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
Read word by wordThen Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
Read word by wordPlease let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
Read word by word“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
Read word by wordSo that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,
Read word by wordbut Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
Read word by wordThere he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Read word by wordNow Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
Read word by wordSo Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
Read word by wordWhen Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
Read word by wordBut Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
Read word by wordIntermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.
Read word by wordYou may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
Read word by wordDemand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
Read word by word“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
Read word by wordWe will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
Read word by wordThen we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
Read word by wordBut if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
Read word by wordThe young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
Read word by wordSo Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
Read word by word“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
Read word by wordBut only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
Read word by wordWill not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
Read word by wordThey killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
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