King James Version

Genesis 31:9

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

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וַיַּצֵּ֧לvayatseland defendנָצַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and defend”, the next action in the storyH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).אֱלֹהִ֛יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מִקְנֵ֥הmiqnehcattleמִקְנֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “cattle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisitioncattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.אֲבִיכֶ֖םavikhemfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.וַיִּתֶּןvayitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Young’s Literal Translation

and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

World English Bible

Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.

Darby Translation

And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

Douay-Rheims

And God hath taken your father’s substance, and given it to me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφείλετο ὁ Θεὸς πάντα τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι αὐτά.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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