This week’s parashat is the 7th parashat in the book of B’reisheet also called Genesis, and is called Vayetze which means ‘And He Went Out’.
Bullet Point Summary
– On the way to Charan Ya’akov had a dream, he saw a ladder to heaven and YHWH told him He would give him the land he was in
– Ya’akov set up a pillar and poured oil on it and made a vow to YHWH
– Ya’akov saw a well on his journey and there were 3 flocks by it
– Ya’akov asked why the men weren’t watering the flocks and they said they won’t move the stone over the well until all the flocks are gathered
– Rachel approached with Lavan’s flocks and Ya’akov moved the stone and kissed Rachel
– Lavan came to meet Ya’akov and asked him what his wages should be if he works for him
– Ya’akov said I will serve 7 years for Rachel
– Ya’akov finished his years and asked for his wife so Lavan made a feast
– In the morning Ya’akov realized Lavan tricked him and gave him leah instead of Rachel
– Lavan offered Rachel also if Ya’akov would work another 7 years
– When YHWH saw Leah was hated he opened her womb and Rachel was barren
– Leah had Re’uven saying, YHWH has seen my affliction
– Leah had Shimon saying, YHWH has heard I was hated
– Leah had Levi saying, now my husband will be joined to me seeing I gave him 3 sons
– Leah had Yahudah saying, now I will praise YHWH
– Rachel said to Ya’akov give me children lest I die and this angered Ya’akov
– Rachel gave Ya’akov Bilhah her maid to have children and she had Dan saying, YHWH has judged me
– Bilhah had Naftali and Rachel said, I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed
– Leah gave Zilpah her maid to Ya’akov to have children and she had Gad saying a troop comes
– Zilpah had Ashur and Leah said Happy am I
– Re’uven found mandrakes in the field and Rachel offered a night with Ya’akov to Leah for the mandrakes
– Leah had her 5th son named Yissakhar saying Elohim has given me my hire
– Leah bore her 6th son Zevulun saying now my husband will dwell with me
– Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah
– Elohim opened Rachel’s womb and she had Yosef saying Elohim has taken away my reproach
– Ya’akov tells Lavan he is going to leave but Lavan asks him to stay
– Ya’akov says he will stay if Lavan will give him all the speckled and spotted cattle and goats, and brown sheep
– Lavan agreed and removed the spotted, and speckled from his herd and gave them to his sons
– Ya’akov peeled white streaks in rods and put them where the animals were watered and they bore speckled and spotted babies
– YHWH told Ya’akov to return to his father’s land Ya’akov told Leah and Rachel what happened
– Rachel and Leah said all they had of their father for inheritance Ya’akov now has and to obey YHWH
– When Ya’akov was getting ready to leave Rachel stole her fathers idols
– Ya’akov took all he had and left without telling Lavan
– When Lavan found out he took his brethren and went after Ya’akov
– Elohim came to Lavan in a dream and told him not to harm Ya’akov
– Lavan asks Ya’akov why he stole his idols and Ya’akov says let him die whoever has your idols
– Rachel sat on the idols and when they searched she told her father she could not get up because she was unclean
– Ya’akov was angry with Lavan and told him that it was him who was not fair
– Lavan said let’s make a covenant not to harm each other and they set up stones for a sign
– They agreed and in the morning Lavan blessed his sons and daughters and left
– When Ya’akov went his way the angels of YHWH met him
– Haftarah – Efrayim is lost but shall be saved if he returns to the ways of YHWH
Parashat Text with Readers and Daily Portions (Reader 1 Starts on Saturday Evening)
Vayetze “And He Went Out”
Gen 28:10 – 32:3 , Hosea 12:12 – 14:9
Reader 1 (Evening Portion)
Gen 28:10 And Ya’akov went out from Be’er-sheva, and went toward Haran.
Gen 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was
set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in
that place to sleep.
Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to
heaven: and behold the angels of Elohim ascending and descending on it.
Gen 28:13 And, behold, YHWH stood above it, and said, I am YHWH Elohim of Avraham your
father, and the Elohim of Yitzchak: the land whereon you liest, to you will I give it, and to
your seed;
Gen 28:14 And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your seed shall all
the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 28:15 And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will
bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have
spoken to you of.
Gen 28:16 And Ya’akov awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely YHWH is in this place; and
I knew it not.
Gen 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the
house of Elohim, and this is the gate of heaven.
(Morning Portion)
Gen 28:18 And Ya’akov rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his
pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Gen 28:19 And he called the name of that place Beit-El: but the name of that city was called
Luz at the first.
Gen 28:20 And Ya’akov vowed a vow, saying, If Elohim will be with me, and will keep me in this
way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Gen 28:21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall YHWH be my Elohim:
Gen 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be Elohim’s house: and of all that
you shall give me I will surely give the tenth unto you.
Reader 2 (Evening Portion)
Gen 29:1 Then Ya’akov went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
Gen 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep
lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s
mouth.
Gen 29:3 And there were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s
mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
Gen 29:4 And Ya’akov said unto them, My brethren, whence be you? And they said, Of Haran
are we.
Gen 29:5 And he said unto them, Know you Lavan the son of Nahor? And they said, We know
him.
Gen 29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his
daughter comes with the sheep.
Gen 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered
together: water you the sheep, and go and feed them.
Gen 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll
the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
Gen 29:9 And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept
them.
(Morning Portion)
Gen 29:10 And it came to pass, when Ya’akov saw Rachel the daughter of Lavan his mother’s
brother, and the sheep of Lavan his mother’s brother, that Ya’akov went near, and rolled the
stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Lavan his mother’s brother.
Gen 29:11 And Ya’akov kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen 29:12 And Ya’akov told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rivkah’s
son: and she ran and told her father.
Gen 29:13 And it came to pass, when Lavan heard the tidings of Ya’akov his sister’s son, that he
ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he
told Lavan all these things.
Gen 29:14 And Lavan said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he abode with
him the space of a month.
Gen 29:15 And Lavan said unto Ya’akov, Because you are my brother, should you therefore
serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall your wages be?
Gen 29:16 And Lavan had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the
younger was Rachel.
Gen 29:17 Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
Reader 3 (Evening Portion)
Gen 29:18 And Ya’akov loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your
younger daughter.
Gen 29:19 And Lavan said, It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to
another man: abide with meGen 29:20 And Ya’akov served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few
days, for the love he had to her.
Gen 29:21 And Ya’akov said unto Lavan, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may
go in unto her.
Gen 29:22 And Lavan gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Gen 29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her
to him; and he went in unto her.
Gen 29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for a handmaid.
Gen 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Lavan,
What is this you have done unto me? did not I serve with you for Rachel? wherefore then
have you beguiled me?
Gen 29:26 And Lavan said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before
the firstborn.
Gen 29:27 Fulfill her week, and we will give you this also for the service which you shall serve
with me yet seven other years.
Gen 29:28 And Ya’akov did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to
wife also.
Gen 29:29 And Lavan gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
Gen 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and
served with him yet seven other years.
Gen 29:31 And when YHWH saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was
barren.
Gen 29:32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Re’uven: for she said,
Surely YHWH hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Gen 29:33 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Because YHWH has heard that I
was hated, he has therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Shim’on.
Gen 29:34 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband
be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Gen 29:35 And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise YHWH:
therefore she called his name Yahudah; and left bearing.
(Morning Portion)
Gen 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Ya’akov no children, Rachel envied her sister; and
said unto Ya’akov, Give me children, or else I die.
Gen 30:2 And Ya’akov’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in Elohim’s stead,
who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
Gen 30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my
knees, that I may also have children by her.
Gen 30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Ya’akov went in unto her.
Gen 30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Ya’akov a son.
Gen 30:6 And Rachel said, Elohim has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given
me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Gen 30:7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bore Ya’akov a second son.
Gen 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have
prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Gen 30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her
Ya’akov to wife.
Gen 30:10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Ya’akov a son.
Gen 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Gen 30:12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Ya’akov a second son.
Gen 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his
name Asher.
Reader 4 (Evening Portion)
Gen 30:14 And Re’uven went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field,
and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of
thy son’s mandrakes.
Gen 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and
would you take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with
you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.
Gen 30:16 And Ya’akov came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him,
and said, You must come in unto me; for surely I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.
And he lay with her that night.
Gen 30:17 And Elohim hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Ya’akov the fifth son.
Gen 30:18 And Leah said, Elohim has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my
husband: and she called his name Yissakhar.
Gen 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Ya’akov the sixth son.
Gen 30:20 And Leah said, Elohim has endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband
dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zevulun.
Gen 30:21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
(Morning Portion)
Gen 30:22 And Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim hearkened to her, and opened her
womb.
Gen 30:23 And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, Elohim hath taken away my reproach:
Gen 30:24 And she called his name Yosef; and said, YHWH shall add to me another son.
Gen 30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Yosef, that Ya’akov said unto Lavan,
Send me away, that I may go unto my own place, and to my country.
Gen 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go: for
you know my service which I have done you.
Gen 30:27 And Lavan said unto him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry: for I
have learned by experience that YHWH has blessed me for your sake.
Reader 5 (Evening Portion)
Gen 30:28 And he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.
Gen 30:29 And he said unto him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle was
with me.
Gen 30:30 For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased unto a
multitude; and YHWH has blessed you since my coming: and now when shall I provide for
my own house also?
Gen 30:31 And he said, What shall I give you? And Ya’akov said, You shall not give me any
thing: if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock:
Gen 30:32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and
spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled
among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
Gen 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my
hire before your face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and
brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Gen 30:34 And Lavan said, Behold, I would it might be according to your word.
Gen 30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all
the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and
all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
Gen 30:36 And he set three days’ journey between himself and Ya’akov: and Ya’akov fed the
rest of Lavan’s flocks.
Gen 30:37 And Ya’akov took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and
peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Gen 30:38 And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the
watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came
to drink.
Gen 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked,
speckled, and spotted.
Gen 30:40 And Ya’akov did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the
ringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Lavan; and he put his own flocks by
themselves, and put them not unto Lavan’s cattle.
Gen 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Ya’akov laid
the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Gen 30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Lavan’s, and
the stronger Ya’akov’s.
Gen 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and
menservants, and camels, and donkeys.
Gen 31:1 And he heard the words of Lavan’s sons, saying, Ya’akov has taken away all that was
our father’s; and of that which was our father’s has he gotten all this glory.
Gen 31:2 And Ya’akov beheld the countenance of Lavan, and, behold, it was not toward him as
before.
(Morning Portion)
Gen 31:3 And YHWH said unto Ya’akov, Return unto the land of your fathers, and to your
kindred; and I will be with you.
Gen 31:4 And Ya’akov sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
Gen 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as
before; but the Elohim of my father has been with me.
Gen 31:6 And you know that with all my power I have served your father.
Gen 31:7 And your father have deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but Elohim
suffered him not to hurt me.
Gen 31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and
if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstreaked.
Gen 31:9 Thus Elohim hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Gen 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and
saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstreaked,
speckled, and grizzled.
Gen 31:11 And the angel of Elohim spoke unto me in a dream, saying, Ya’akov: And I said, Here
am I.
Gen 31:12 And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle
are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Lavan does unto you.
Gen 31:13 I am the Elohim of Beit-El, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a
vow unto me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return unto the land of your
kindred.
Gen 31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or
inheritance for us in our father’s house?
Gen 31:15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has quite devoured also
our money.
Gen 31:16 For all the riches which Elohim has taken from our father, that is ours, and our
children’s: now then, whatsoever Elohim has said unto you, do.
Reader 6 (Evening Portion)
Gen 31:17 Then Ya’akov rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Gen 31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of
his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Yitzchak his father in the land of
Kena’an.
Gen 31:19 And Lavan went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her
father’s.
Gen 31:20 And Ya’akov stole away unawares to Lavan the Syrian, in that he told him not that he
fled.
Gen 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his
face toward the mount Gil’ad.
Gen 31:22 And it was told Lavan on the third day that Ya’akov was fled.
Gen 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and
they overtook him in the mount Gil’ad.
Gen 31:24 And Elohim came to Lavan the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take
heed that thou speak not to Ya’akov either good or bad.
Gen 31:25 Then Lavan overtook Ya’akov. Now Ya’akov had pitched his tent in the mount: and
Lavan with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gil’ad.
Gen 31:26 And Lavan said to Ya’akov, What have you done, that you have stolen away unawares
to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
Gen 31:27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I
might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Gen 31:28 And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done
foolishly in so doing.
Gen 31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the Elohim of your father spoke
unto me last night, saying, Take you heed that you speak not to Ya’akov either good or bad.
Gen 31:30 And now, though you would needs be gone, because you sore longed after your
father’s house, yet why have you stolen my elohim?
Gen 31:31 And Ya’akov answered and said to Lavan, Because I was afraid: for I said,
Peradventure you would take by force your daughters from me.
Gen 31:32 With whomsoever you find your elohim, let him not live: before our brethren discern
you what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Ya’akov knew not that Rachel had stolen
them.
Gen 31:33 And Lavan went into Ya’akov’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two
maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered
into Rachel’s tent.
Gen 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat
upon them. And Lavan searched all the tent, but found them not.
Gen 31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before
thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
Gen 31:36 And Ya’akov was wroth, and chided with Lavan: and Ya’akov answered and said to
Lavan, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?
Gen 31:37 Whereas you have searched all my stuff, what have you found of all your household
stuff? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us
both.
Gen 31:38 This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not cast
their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.
Gen 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto you; I bore the loss of it; of my
hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
Gen 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my
sleep departed from my eyes.
Gen 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your
two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times.
Gen 31:42 Except the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Avraham, and the fear of Yitzchak,
had been with me, surely you had sent me away now empty. Elohim has seen my affliction
and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.
Reader 7 (6th Day Morning Portion)
Gen 31:43 And Lavan answered and said unto Ya’akov, These daughters are my daughters, and
these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that you see is mine:
and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have
born?
Gen 31:44 Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a
witness between me and you.
Gen 31:45 And Ya’akov took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Gen 31:46 And Ya’akov said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made
an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
Gen 31:47 And Lavan called it Yegar-sahaduta: but Ya’akov called it Gal’ed.
Gen 31:48 And Lavan said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was
the name of it called Gal’ed;
Gen 31:49 And Mitzpah; for he said, YHWH watch between me and you, when we are absent
one from another.
Gen 31:50 If you shall afflict my daughters, or if you shall take other wives beside my
daughters, no man is with us; see, Elohim is witness between me and you.
Gen 31:51 And Lavan said to Ya’akov, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast
between me and you;
Gen 31:52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to
you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
Gen 31:53 The Elohim of Avraham, and the Elohim of Nahor, the Elohim of their father, judge
between us. And Ya’akov swore by the fear of his father Yitzchak.
Gen 31:54 Then Ya’akov offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread:
and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
Gen 31:55 And early in the morning Lavan rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and
blessed them: and Lavan departed, and returned unto his place.
Gen 32:1 And Ya’akov went on his way, and the angels of Elohim met him.
Gen 32:2 And when Ya’akov saw them, he said, This is Elohim’s army: and he called the name
of that place Mahanaim.
Gen 32:3 And Ya’akov sent messengers before him to Esav his brother unto the land of Se’ir,
the country of Edom.
Haftarah (Shabbat Evening Portion)
Hos 12:13 And by a prophet YHWH brought Yisra’el out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he
preserved.
Hos 12:14 Efrayim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon
him, and his reproach shall his Adonai return unto him.
Hos 13:1 When Efrayim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Yisra’el; but when he offended
in Ba’al, he died.
Hos 13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver,
and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say
of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Hos 13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away,
as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the
chimney.
Hos 13:4 Yet I am YHWH your Elohim from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no El but
me: for there is no savior beside me.
Hos 13:5 I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Hos 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was
exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hos 13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Hos 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of
their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Hos 13:9 O Yisra’el, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help.
Hos 13:10 I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your
judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?
Hos 13:11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Hos 13:12 The lawlessness of Efrayim is bound up; his sin is hid.
Hos 13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he
should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Hos 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of She’ol; I will redeem them from death: O
death, I will be your plagues; O grave She’ol, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be
hid from my eyes.
Hos 13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of
YHWH shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain
shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Hos 13:16 Shomron shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her Elohim: they shall
fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be
ripped up.
Hos 14:1 O Yisra’el, return unto YHWH your Elohim; for you have fallen by your lawlessness.
Hos 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to YHWH: say unto him, Take away all lawlessness,
and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Hos 14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to
the work of our hands, You are our elohim: for in you the fatherless finds mercy.
Hos 14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from
him.
Hos 14:5 I will be as the dew unto Yisra’el: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as
Levanon.
Hos 14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as
Levanon.
Hos 14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and grow
as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Levanon.
Hos 14:8 Efrayim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and
observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is your fruit found.
Hos 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them?
for the ways of YHWH are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall
fall therein.
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