Genesis 31:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ן רֹאֶ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י אֲבִיכֶ֔ן כִּֽי־אֵינֶ֥נּוּ אֵלַ֖י כִּתְמֹ֣ל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֔י הָיָ֖ה עִמָּדִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer to-them, rōʾeh ʾānōḵî ʾet-pənê father-your(f.pl) that-not-he to-me as-yesterday three-days-ago, and-ʾĕlōhê father-my hāyâ with-me.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said
*rōʾeh*: Qal participle masculine singular - seeing
*ʾānōḵî*: 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
*ʾet-pənê*: Direct object marker with construct noun - the face of
*ʾĕlōhê*: Masculine plural construct noun - God of
*hāyâ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has been

Word Meanings

*pənê*: face/countenance/presence
*kitmōl šilšōm*: idiom meaning 'as before/previously/formerly'

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 31:2-3 : 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Gen 31:42 : 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
Gen 32:9 : 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Gen 48:15 : 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Gen 50:17 : 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
Gen 31:13 : 13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Gen 21:22 : 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

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