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    "language": "en",
    "book": "genesis-woh",
    "chapter": 31
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    "n": 31,
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    "title": "Genesis 31 — Ya'aqov's flight from Lavan, the stolen teraphim, and the covenant of Gal-Ed and Mitzpah",
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Approved (Westermann pp. 491-492)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:4","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Narrative connector; no issues."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:5","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Elohei avi hayah imadi* correctly maps to [anokhi-elohei-X-avikha-ancestral-god-formula]; the formula is used by Ya'aqov reporting the deity's own self-disclosure to Lavan's daughters (Alt 1929 framework)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:6","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:7","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Hetel bi* ('deceived me') — defensible per BDB *hatal* II 'mock, trifle with'; the *eseret monim* ('ten times') idiom for 'repeatedly' is standard (Sarna p. 217)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:8","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Narrative continuation; *nequdim* / *aqudim* ('speckled' / 'streaked') stable rendering."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:9","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard ASV-baseline."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:10","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Berudim* ('grizzled / dappled') — defensible per BDB (hapax-ish; cf. Zech 6:3, 6)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:11","status":"approve","citations":["Westermann, *Genesis 12-36*, 1985, pp. 491-493","Speiser, AB *Genesis*, 1964, pp. 245-246"],"reasoning":"**DEFERRED-CORRECTION VERSE — VERIFIED.** Hebrew is *mal'akh ha-Elohim* (with article + *ha-Elohim* register), distinct from *mal'akh YHWH*. Translation 'the messenger of the Elohim' preserves article and *Elohim* lexeme. Glossary refs cite *malakh-elohim-messenger* alone (per Gen 28 separation policy); GEN-WOH-31:11 confirmed removed from *malakh-yhwh-messenger.appliesTo* and added to *malakh-elohim-messenger.appliesTo*. Commentary correctly identifies v 13 self-identification continuity. Westermann pp. 491-493; Speiser AB pp. 245-246."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:12","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Continuation of v 11 speech; no issues."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:13","status":"approve","citations":["Alt, *Der Gott der Väter*, 1929","Cross, *Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic*, 1973, ch. 1"],"reasoning":"*Anokhi ha-El Beit-El* — divine self-identification with cult-site name. Translation 'I am the El of Beit-El' preserves *El* in transliteration over the ASV-baseline 'God of Bethel' that collapses *El*. Defensible within Alt 1929 / Cross 1973 patriarchal-El-religion framework. The [ha-el-beit-el-divine-self-identification] entry is grammatically explicit and properly scoped."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:14","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard rendering of Rachel and Leah's inheritance grievance."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:15","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Nokhriyot necheshavnu lo* ('accounted as foreigners') — standard; the *akhol et kaspeinu* ('consumed our money') marks the bride-price-not-returned grievance (Sarna p. 218)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:16","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:17","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Va-yissa et banav v-et nashav al ha-gemalim* — camel reference triggers [camel-anachronism]; the inferred archaeological-anachronism claim is documented in the entry (Sapir-Hen & Ben-Yosef 2013)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:18","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Padan Aram* preserved; standard rendering of the departure-summary."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:19","status":"approve","citations":["van der Toorn, 'The Nature of the Biblical Teraphim in the Light of the Cuneiform Evidence', *VT* 40 (1990)","Speiser, AB *Genesis*, 1964, pp. 250-251","Albertz, *A History of Israelite Religion*, 1994, vol. 1","Smith, *The Origins of Biblical Monotheism*, 2001","Greenberg, 'Another Look at Rachel's Theft of the Teraphim', *JBL* 81 (1962)"],"reasoning":"**TERAPHIM THEFT — TRANSLATION VERDICT.** Hebrew *va-tignov Rachel et ha-teraphim asher l-aviha* is unambiguous on the lexical and grammatical level. Translation preserves *teraphim* in transliteration over ASV 'images' / NRSV 'household gods' / NIV 'family idols' — defensible since each English rendering preempts contested form-and-function. The [teraphim-household-gods] commentary stays within mainstream modern-critical philology; no WoH-distinctive synthesis leaks into the English text. Cross-corpus (Judg 17-18, 1 Sam 15:23, 19:13-16, 2 Kgs 23:24, Hos 3:4, Ezek 21:26, Zech 10:2), Nuzi-parallel (Speiser AB pp. 250-251), and modern synthesis (van der Toorn VT 40 1990, Albertz 1994, Smith 2001) all properly cited. Greenberg JBL 81 1962 counter-position noted."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:20","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna, *JPS Genesis*, 1989, p. 218"],"reasoning":"*Va-yignov Ya'aqov et lev Lavan ha-Arami* — the *ganav et-lev* idiom for 'outwit by stealth'. ASV-baseline 'stole away unawares' smooths the idiom; literal 'stole the heart of' would read strangely in English. The idiom is documented in [ganav-et-lev-deceive-idiom] with 2 Sam 15:6 cross-corpus citation. Acceptable smoothing."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:21","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard. *Ha-nahar* = the Euphrates (Sarna p. 218)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:22","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:23","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:24","status":"approve","citations":["Honeyman, 'Merismus in Biblical Hebrew', *VT* 2 (1952)","Westermann pp. 495-496"],"reasoning":"*Va-yavo Elohim el Lavan ha-Arami ba-chalom ha-lailah ... mi-tov ad-ra*. The Gen 20:3 verbal parallel ([divine-dream-communication-formula]) is decisive; the *tov-ra* merism ([tov-ra-merism]) is documented (Honeyman VT 2 1952). Translation 'from good to bad' preserves the merism extremes."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:25","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:26","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Va-tignov et levavi* — second *ganav et-lev* idiomatic deployment; properly tagged to [ganav-et-lev-deceive-idiom]."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:27","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Va-tignov oti* — third idiomatic deployment; properly tagged."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:28","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:29","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Yesh l-el yadi* — 'it is in the power of my hand'; defensible per BDB *el* II 'power, might'. The *tov-ra* merism recurs and is properly tagged."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:30","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Lamah ganavta et elohai* — Lavan's terraphim-as-elohim usage. Translation preserves lowercase *elohim* matching the category-noun reading. Sarna pp. 219; Westermann p. 496."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:31","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:32","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna p. 219","Westermann p. 496","Wenham *WBC*, 1994, p. 277","Rashi at Gen 31:32"],"reasoning":"*Im asher timtza et eloheka lo yichye* — Ya'aqov's unwitting death-sentence on Rachel. Commentary on narrative-anticipation of Rachel's death (Gen 35:18-20) is well-attested in classical and modern commentary (Genesis Rabbah 74:9, Rashi, Sarna p. 219, Westermann p. 496, Wenham p. 277)."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:33","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:34","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Bekar ha-gamal* ('in the camel's saddle/cushion') — defensible per BDB *kar* III 'saddle-cushion'; camel-anachronism properly tagged."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:35","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna p. 220","Milgrom, *Leviticus 1-16* AB, 1991 (on Lev 15)","Westermann pp. 496-497"],"reasoning":"*Ki derekh nashim li* — 'for the way of women is upon me'. The menstrual-period-euphemism reading is uncontested (Gen 18:11 *orach k-nashim* parallel; Lev 15:19-30 *niddah* legislation). Commentary on the ritual-purity speech-act and the chapter's deepest narrative-irony (priestly-purity-framework defeats teraphim-discovery) is well-grounded. Sarna p. 220; Milgrom Leviticus 1-16 AB 1991 on Lev 15."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:36","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:37","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:38","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:39","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Terefah* ('torn of beasts') — defensible per BDB; *g-n-v* literal deployment 'stolen by day or stolen by night' properly tagged to [ganav-et-lev-deceive-idiom] cluster."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:40","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:41","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:42","status":"approve","citations":["Alt, *Der Gott der Väter*, 1929","Albright, *JBL* 54 (1935)","Cross, *CMHE*, 1973, ch. 1","Hillers, *JBL* 91 (1972) and *JBL* 92 (1973)","Malul, *VT* 35 (1985)"],"reasoning":"**PACHAD YITZCHAQ — VERIFIED.** *Lulei Elohei avi ... u-Pachad Yitzchaq*. Translation 'the Fear of Yitzchaq' follows the ASV/traditional objective-genitive reading (Alt 1929, Westermann p. 498, Speiser AB). The Albright 1935 JBL 54 'Kinsman' (Arabic *fakhdh*) alternative is preserved in the [pachad-yitzchaq-fear-of-isaac-divine-epithet] entry; Cross 1973 CMHE ch.1 defends Albright; Hillers JBL 91-92 1972-73 disputes the etymology. The editorially-conservative default of 'Fear' is defensible because (i) standard rendering; (ii) *pachad* sense is uncontested elsewhere in HB; (iii) the *fakhdh*-cognate is etymologically contested."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:43","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:44","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard treaty-cutting formula."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:45","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Va-yikach Ya'aqov even va-yrimeha matzevah* — pillar-erection; properly tagged to expanded [matzevah-sacred-pillar-patriarchal-religion]. Cross-corpus with Gen 28:18 anchoring."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:46","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:47","status":"approve","citations":["Speiser AB pp. 247-248","Westermann pp. 498-499","Sarna pp. 221-222"],"reasoning":"**YEGAR SAHADUTA — VERIFIED.** Only continuous Aramaic in Genesis claim is correct. *Yegar Sahaduta* (Imperial-Aramaic *yegar* 'heap' + *sahaduta* 'witness') = morpheme-for-morpheme calque of Hebrew *Gal-Ed* (*gal* + *ed*). Authenticity-question (archaic vs. late insertion) preserved agnostic in entry — matches Speiser AB pp. 247-248 / Westermann pp. 498-499 / Sarna pp. 221-222 scholarly posture. Narrative-functional reading (ethno-linguistic pivot) is mainstream."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:48","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*Ha-gal ha-zeh ed beini u-veinekha* — etymology made explicit."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:49","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna p. 222","Westermann pp. 499-500"],"reasoning":"**MITZPAH RECEPTION-INVERSION — VERIFIED.** *V-ha-Mitzpah ... yitzef YHWH beini u-veinekha ki nisater ish me-re'ehu*. Translation neutral; the inversion-flag is held in commentary and glossary. Original mutual-surveillance treaty-formula force is decisively confirmed by vv 50-52 *l-ra'ah* clauses (non-aggression, no additional wives, no boundary-crossing). The modern Christian *Mizpah blessing* reception (Spurgeon corpus, Mizpah ring/coin traditions) inverts the original force; this is correctly documented in the [mitzpah-blessing-formula] entry without being preempted in the English. Sarna p. 222; Westermann pp. 499-500."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:50","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard; *re'eh Elohim ed beini u-veinekha* reinforces the surveillance-witness reading of v 49."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:51","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard pillar/heap doublet."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:52","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"*L-ra'ah* ('for harm') — the verse explicitly states the mutual-non-aggression purpose, confirming the v 49 surveillance reading against the reception-tradition affectionate sense."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:53","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna p. 220","Westermann pp. 497-498","Alt 1929"],"reasoning":"*Elohei Avraham v-Elohei Nachor yishpetu beineinu Elohei avihem ... va-yishava Ya'aqov b-Pachad aviv Yitzchaq*. Translation preserves the collateral-ancestral-deity formula. Commentary correctly notes (i) Alt 1929 reading of Avraham-and-Nachor-deities as distinct ancestral-deities; (ii) the harmonizing apposition *Elohei avihem* (Sam Pent and some LXX witnesses omit) as Masoretic harmonization; (iii) the *Pachad Yitzchaq* recurrence. Sarna p. 220; Westermann pp. 497-498."},{"refId":"GEN-WOH-31:54","status":"approve","citations":[],"reasoning":"Standard sacrifice-and-meal closing."}],"glossaryReview":[{"glossary_id":"ha-el-beit-el-divine-self-identification","status":"approve","citations":["Alt, *Der Gott der Väter*, 1929","Cross, *Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic*, 1973, ch. 1","Smith, *The Origins of Biblical Monotheism*, 2001"],"reasoning":"Construction *anokhi ha-El Beit-El* is grammatically explicit in MT (re-verified against source-he-31.json v 13). The El-compound divine-naming pattern across Genesis (El Elyon, El Ro'i, El Shaddai, El Olam, El Beit-El, El Elohei Yisra'el) is well-attested and the Alt/Cross patriarchal-El-religion framework is mainstream modern-critical. *direct* claim_type defensible."},{"glossary_id":"teraphim-household-gods","status":"approve","citations":["van der Toorn, *VT* 40 (1990)","Speiser, AB *Genesis*, 1964, pp. 250-251","Albertz 1994","Smith 2001","Greenberg, *JBL* 81 (1962)"],"reasoning":"LOAD-BEARING entry; lens discipline held. The lexeme is grammatically explicit at all five chapter-31 occurrences (vv 19, 30, 32, 34, 35) re-verified against source. Cross-corpus distribution (Judg 17-18, 1 Sam 15:23, 19:13-16, 2 Kgs 23:24, Hos 3:4, Ezek 21:26, Zech 10:2) accurate. Nuzi-parallel (Speiser) and modern synthesis (van der Toorn ancestor-cult-statue reading, Albertz family-religion stratum, Smith household-shrine layer) properly cited; Greenberg counter-position acknowledged. **No WoH-distinctive synthesis (spacecraft-marker, ET-cult-artifact, etc.) leaks into the entry rationale or the English translation** — confirmed by re-read of the entry text and the v 19 paragraph. *direct* claim_type defensible on the documentary-attestation grounds."},{"glossary_id":"ganav-et-lev-deceive-idiom","status":"approve","citations":["BDB *ganav*, *lev*","Sarna p. 218 (chapter's *g-n-v* cluster)"],"reasoning":"Idiom is grammatically explicit at Gen 31:20 and 26, and at 2 Sam 15:6 (re-verified). The chapter's seven *g-n-v* deployments are HB-internal-explicit (re-counted: vv 19, 20, 26, 27, 30, 32, 39 — seven). *direct* claim_type defensible."},{"glossary_id":"tov-ra-merism","status":"approve","citations":["Honeyman, *VT* 2 (1952)","BDB *tov*, *ra*","Sarna p. 219"],"reasoning":"Construction *mi-tov ad-ra* is grammatically explicit at vv 24 and 29 (re-verified). The merism device is foundational in HB rhetorical-criticism literature. Cross-corpus (2 Sam 13:22 *l-me-ra v-ad-tov*, inverted same merism) accurately cited. *direct* claim_type defensible."},{"glossary_id":"derekh-nashim-menstrual-period-euphemism","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna p. 220","Milgrom *Leviticus 1-16* AB, 1991 on Lev 15","Westermann pp. 496-497"],"reasoning":"Construction is grammatically explicit at Gen 31:35. The Gen 18:11 *orach k-nashim* parallel and the Lev 15:19-30 *niddah* legislation are documentary. The ritual-purity-by-association reading of Rachel's speech-act is mainstream modern-critical (Sarna, Westermann, Hamilton, Wenham). *direct* claim_type defensible."},{"glossary_id":"pachad-yitzchaq-fear-of-isaac-divine-epithet","status":"approve","citations":["Alt 1929 *Der Gott der Väter*","Albright *JBL* 54 (1935)","Cross 1973 *CMHE* ch. 1","Hillers *JBL* 91 (1972) and *JBL* 92 (1973)","Malul *VT* 35 (1985)"],"reasoning":"Both readings (traditional 'Fear' objective-genitive and Albright 'Kinsman' Arabic-*fakhdh*-cognate) preserved in parallel without preempting. The editorially-conservative ASV-baseline 'Fear' default is defensible because (i) standard rendering across translation tradition; (ii) *pachad*-as-fear is grammatically uncontested at every other HB occurrence (BDB *pachad*); (iii) the *fakhdh*-cognate etymology remains contested (Hillers). The kinship-reading would be a more substantial departure than the conservative project frame permits at the translation-level; documenting it in the entry rationale is the right place. *direct* claim_type defensible (the construction itself is grammatically explicit at vv 42, 53; the entry documents the two-reading dispute openly)."},{"glossary_id":"yegar-sahaduta-galed-bilingual-witness-heap","status":"approve","citations":["Speiser AB pp. 247-248","Westermann pp. 498-499","Sarna pp. 221-222"],"reasoning":"'Only continuous Aramaic phrase in Genesis' claim re-verified against the canonical Aramaic-in-Pentateuch corpus: isolated Aramaic words occur sparsely (e.g. Gen 31:47 itself; the *bar* lexeme is debated in Prov 31:2 outside the Pentateuch), but *Yegar Sahaduta* is the only continuous two-word Aramaic phrase in Genesis. The morpheme-for-morpheme correspondence (yegar=gal, sahaduta=ed) is verifiable lexically. Authenticity-question (archaic vs. late editorial insertion) properly preserved as agnostic. Narrative-functional reading (ethno-linguistic-pivot) mainstream Speiser/Westermann/Sarna. *direct* claim_type defensible."},{"glossary_id":"mitzpah-blessing-formula","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna p. 222","Westermann pp. 499-500"],"reasoning":"RECEPTION-INVERSION FLAG correctly held. The in-context mutual-surveillance treaty-formula reading is decisively confirmed by the continuation at vv 50-52 (non-aggression, no additional wives, no boundary-crossing *l-ra'ah*). The reception-inversion in the modern Christian *Mizpah blessing* tradition (Spurgeon corpus, Mizpah ring/coin, hymn-traditions) is documented but not preempted in the English translation, which remains neutral. The reception-tradition is well-attested in 19th- and 20th-century Anglo-American devotional literature. The etymology on the *tz-p-h* root (*yitzef* / *mitzpah*) is grammatically explicit. *direct* claim_type defensible."},{"glossary_id":"malakh-yhwh-messenger","status":"approve","citations":["Westermann pp. 491-493"],"reasoning":"DEFERRED-CORRECTION VERIFIED. *appliesTo* no longer contains GEN-31:11 or GEN-WOH-31:11 — re-confirmed against the v2.29.0 production glossary. The verse uses *mal'akh ha-Elohim*, not *mal'akh YHWH*, and the correction (pre-announced in v2.18.0 release-note) is now executed."},{"glossary_id":"malakh-elohim-messenger","status":"approve","citations":["Westermann pp. 491-493"],"reasoning":"DEFERRED-CORRECTION VERIFIED. *appliesTo* now contains GEN-WOH-31:11 — re-confirmed against the v2.29.0 production glossary. Chapter v 11 *glossaryRefs* cites only *malakh-elohim-messenger* (clean separation per Gen 28 / Gen 21:17 policy)."},{"glossary_id":"matzevah-sacred-pillar-patriarchal-religion","status":"approve","citations":["Cross *CMHE* 1973","Alt 1929"],"reasoning":"AppliesTo expansion to GEN-WOH-31:13, 45, 51, 52 verified against production glossary. Each chapter-31 occurrence is grammatically explicit (re-verified against source)."},{"glossary_id":"anokhi-elohei-X-avikha-ancestral-god-formula","status":"approve","citations":["Alt 1929 *Der Gott der Väter*"],"reasoning":"AppliesTo expansion to GEN-WOH-31:5, 29, 42, 53 verified. Each verse contains an ancestral-god-formula deployment of the *Elohei avi* / *Elohei avikha* / *Elohei avihem* shape (re-verified against source)."},{"glossary_id":"divine-dream-communication-formula","status":"approve","citations":["Westermann pp. 495-496 on Gen 20:3 parallel"],"reasoning":"AppliesTo expansion to GEN-WOH-31:24 verified. The verse's *va-yavo Elohim el Lavan ha-Arami ba-chalom ha-lailah* is verbally near-identical to Gen 20:3."},{"glossary_id":"elohim-imkha-divine-presence-formula","status":"approve","citations":["Sarna pp. 217 on Gen 31:3"],"reasoning":"AppliesTo expansion to GEN-WOH-31:3 verified. The verse's *v-eh-yeh imakh* is a YHWH-speaker variant of the canonical *Elohim/YHWH im-X* formula."},{"glossary_id":"camel-anachronism","status":"approve","citations":["Sapir-Hen & Ben-Yosef, 'The Introduction of Domestic Camels to the Southern Levant', *Tel Aviv* 40 (2013): 277-285"],"reasoning":"AppliesTo expansion includes GEN-31:17 and GEN-31:34 (chapter-31 verbal references). Pre-existing *inferred* claim_type is correct (the archaeological consensus is a defensible reading but is not literally in the source). MINOR FORMAL NOTE: the entry's *appliesTo* uses bare GEN- prefix rather than GEN-WOH- — this is a pre-existing inconsistency across the corpus (789 bare GEN- vs. 187 GEN-WOH- references) and is not chapter-31-introduced; flagging for a future glossary cleanup pass rather than blocking sign-off."}],"lens-leakage-flags":[]}},
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:1",
        "text": "And he heard the words of Lavan's sons, saying, Ya'aqov has taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's has he gotten all this wealth."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:2",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov saw the face of Lavan, and behold, it was not toward him as yesterday and the day before."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:3",
        "text": "And YHWH said to Ya'aqov, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:4",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov sent and called Rachel and Le'ah to the field unto his flock,"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:5",
        "text": "and said to them, I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as yesterday and the day before; but the Elohim of my father has been with me."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:6",
        "text": "And you yourselves know that with all my strength I have served your father."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:7",
        "text": "And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but Elohim did not allow him to harm me."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:8",
        "text": "If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages, then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus, The streaked shall be your wages, then all the flock bore streaked."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:9",
        "text": "Thus Elohim has taken away the livestock of your father, and given them to me."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:10",
        "text": "And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:11",
        "text": "And the messenger of the Elohim said to me in the dream, Ya'aqov; and I said, Here am I."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:12",
        "text": "And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Lavan does to you."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:13",
        "text": "I am the El of Beit-El, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me; now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your kindred."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:14",
        "text": "And Rachel and Le'ah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?"
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:15",
        "text": "Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also entirely consumed our money."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:16",
        "text": "For all the riches which Elohim has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's; now then, whatever Elohim has said to you, do."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:17",
        "text": "Then Ya'aqov rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;"
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:18",
        "text": "and he drove away all his livestock, and all his property which he had gathered, the livestock of his acquiring, which he had gathered in Padan-Aram, to go to Yitzchaq his father, to the land of Kena'an."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:19",
        "text": "Now Lavan had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:20",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov stole away unawares to Lavan the Arami, in that he did not tell him that he was fleeing."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:21",
        "text": "So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and crossed the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gil'ad."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:22",
        "text": "And it was told Lavan on the third day that Ya'aqov had fled."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:23",
        "text": "And he took his kinsmen with him, and pursued after him a journey of seven days; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gil'ad."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:24",
        "text": "And Elohim came to Lavan the Arami in a dream of the night, and said to him, Take heed to yourself that you speak not to Ya'aqov from good to bad."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:25",
        "text": "And Lavan overtook Ya'aqov. Now Ya'aqov had pitched his tent in the mountain; and Lavan with his kinsmen encamped in the mountain of Gil'ad."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:26",
        "text": "And Lavan said to Ya'aqov, What have you done, that you have stolen my heart, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?"
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:27",
        "text": "Why did you flee secretly, and steal away from me, and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre?"
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:28",
        "text": "And have not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:29",
        "text": "It is in the power of my hand to do you harm; but the Elohim of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take heed to yourself that you speak not to Ya'aqov from good to bad."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:30",
        "text": "And now, though you would surely go, because you sorely longed for your father's house, yet why have you stolen my elohim?"
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:31",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov answered and said to Lavan, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest you should take your daughters from me by force."
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:32",
        "text": "With whomever you find your elohim, he shall not live. Before our kinsmen, identify for yourself what is with me, and take it. For Ya'aqov did not know that Rachel had stolen them."
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:33",
        "text": "And Lavan went into Ya'aqov's tent, and into Le'ah's tent, and into the tent of the two handmaids; but he did not find them. And he came out of Le'ah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:34",
        "text": "Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Lavan felt about all the tent, but did not find them."
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:35",
        "text": "And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you; for the way of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the teraphim."
      },{
        "n": 36,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:36",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov was angry, and contended with Lavan. And Ya'aqov answered and said to Lavan, What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?"
      },{
        "n": 37,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:37",
        "text": "Whereas you have felt about all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may judge between us two."
      },{
        "n": 38,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:38",
        "text": "These twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock I have not eaten."
      },{
        "n": 39,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:39",
        "text": "That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night."
      },{
        "n": 40,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:40",
        "text": "Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes."
      },{
        "n": 41,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:41",
        "text": "These twenty years have I been in your house: I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock; and you have changed my wages ten times."
      },{
        "n": 42,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:42",
        "text": "Except the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Avraham, and the Fear of Yitzchaq, had been with me, surely now you had sent me away empty. Elohim has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
      },{
        "n": 43,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:43",
        "text": "And Lavan answered and said to Ya'aqov, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?"
      },{
        "n": 44,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:44",
        "text": "And now, come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be a witness between me and you."
      },{
        "n": 45,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:45",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov took a stone, and set it up as a pillar."
      },{
        "n": 46,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:46",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov said to his kinsmen, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap; and they ate there by the heap."
      },{
        "n": 47,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:47",
        "text": "And Lavan called it Yegar-Sahaduta, but Ya'aqov called it Gal-Ed."
      },{
        "n": 48,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:48",
        "text": "And Lavan said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was its name called Gal-Ed,"
      },{
        "n": 49,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:49",
        "text": "and Mitzpah, for he said, YHWH watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another."
      },{
        "n": 50,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:50",
        "text": "If you afflict my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, Elohim is witness between me and you."
      },{
        "n": 51,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:51",
        "text": "And Lavan said to Ya'aqov, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set between me and you."
      },{
        "n": 52,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:52",
        "text": "This heap is witness, and the pillar is witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm."
      },{
        "n": 53,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:53",
        "text": "The Elohim of Avraham, and the Elohim of Nachor, the Elohim of their father, judge between us. And Ya'aqov swore by the Fear of his father Yitzchaq."
      },{
        "n": 54,
        "refId": "GEN-WOH-31:54",
        "text": "And Ya'aqov offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his kinsmen to eat bread. And they ate bread, and lodged on the mountain."
      }
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