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Genesis 31:42

לוּלֵי אֶלֹהֵי אָבִי אֶלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וּ פַחַד יִצְחָק הָיָה לִי כִּי עַתָּה רֵיקָם שִׁלַּחְתָּנִי אֶת עָנְיִי וְ אֶת יְגִיעַ כַּפַּי רָאָה אֶלֹהִים וַ יֹּוכַח אָמֶשׁ
If not elohe of my father, elohe of Father-of-Tumult, and the dread of He-Laughs, have become to-myself, then now empty you have sent me forth; אֶת-my misery and אֶת-the work of my palms elohim has seen, and is justifying yesternight.`1014
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justifying yesternight/yesterday. A rare example of an incomplete/complete verb (is justifying) used with the adverb yesterday. By our sense of time the verb should be in the complete tense. Mysteriously, it is not.