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Genesis 25:6

וְ לִ בְנֵי הַ פִּילַגְשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לְ אַבְרָהָם נָתַן אַבְרָהָם מַתָּנֹת וַ יְשַׁלְּחֵם מֵ עַל יִצְחָק בְּנֹו בְּ עֹודֶנּוּ חַי קֵדְמָה אֶל אֶרֶץ קֶדֶם
And to the builders of the Concubines whom are to Father-of-Tumult, Father-of-Tumult has given gifts, and he is sending them forth from-upon He-Laughs his builder, in the continuance of ourselves845 a living-one, front-ward [eastward], toward an earth of the front [east].
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Hebrew בְּעוֹדֶ֣נּוּ be-owd-enu. The suffix is first person plural, although regarded by some as the “energetic nun” third person masculine, dictated by perceived context. This plural suffix is found over 2000 times in the Bible. Only a handful are “interpreted” as masculine singular. See note on Genesis 2:17.