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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But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
Read word by wordEsau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
Read word by wordWhen the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
Read word by wordSo now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
Read word by worduntil your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
Read word by wordThen Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
Read word by wordSo Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
Read word by word“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Read word by wordMay God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
Read word by wordAnd may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
Read word by wordNow Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
Read word by wordEsau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
Read word by wordAnd there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Read word by wordLook, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Read word by wordand he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
Read word by wordThen Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
Read word by wordso that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
Read word by wordAnd this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
Read word by wordWhen all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
Read word by word“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
Read word by word“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
Read word by word“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Read word by wordThen Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
Read word by wordHe told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
Read word by wordWhen Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
Read word by wordThen Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
Read word by wordLaban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
Read word by wordNow Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
Read word by wordLaban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
Read word by wordAnd Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
Read word by wordWhen morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
Read word by wordLaban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Read word by wordFinish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
Read word by wordAnd Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Read word by wordLaban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
Read word by wordAgain she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
Read word by wordOnce again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
Read word by wordWhen Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
Read word by wordSo Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
Read word by wordand Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
Read word by wordThen Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
Read word by wordAnd Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
Read word by wordWhen Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
Read word by wordAnd Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
Read word by wordWhen Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
Read word by wordNow during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Read word by wordBut Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
Read word by wordWhen Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
Read word by wordAnd God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
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