And he heard [08085] the words [01697] of Laban's [03837] sons [01121], saying [0559], Jacob [03290] hath taken away [03947] all that was our father's [01]; and of that which was our father's [01] hath he gotten [06213] all this glory [03519].
And Jacob [03290] beheld [07200] the countenance [06440] of Laban [03837], and, behold, it was not toward him as [08543] before [08032].as before: Heb. as yesterday and the day before
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Jacob [03290], Return [07725] unto the land [0776] of thy fathers [01], and to thy kindred [04138]; and I will be with thee.
And Jacob [03290] sent [07971] and called [07121] Rachel [07354] and Leah [03812] to the field [07704] unto his flock [06629],
And said [0559] unto them, I see [07200] your father's [01] countenance [06440], that it is not toward me as [08543] before [08032]; but the God [0430] of my father [01] hath been [01961] with me.
And ye [0859] know [03045] that with all my power [03581] I have served [05647] your father [01].
And your father [01] hath deceived [02048] me, and changed [02498] my wages [04909] ten [06235] times [04489]; but God [0430] suffered him [05414] not to hurt [07489] me [05978].
If he said [0559] thus, The speckled [05348] shall be thy wages [07939]; then all the cattle [06629] bare [03205] speckled [05348]: and if he said [0559] thus, The ringstraked [06124] shall be thy hire [07939]; then bare [03205] all the cattle [06629] ringstraked [06124].
Thus God [0430] hath taken away [05337] the cattle [04735] of your father [01], and given [05414] them to me.
And it came to pass at the time [06256] that the cattle [06629] conceived [03179], that I lifted up [05375] mine eyes [05869], and saw [07200] in a dream [02472], and, behold, the rams [06260] which leaped [05927] upon the cattle [06629] were ringstraked [06124], speckled [05348], and grisled [01261].rams: or, he goats
And the angel [04397] of God [0430] spake [0559] unto me in a dream [02472], saying, Jacob [03290]: And I said [0559], Here am I.
And he said [0559], Lift up [05375] now thine eyes [05869], and see [07200], all the rams [06260] which leap [05927] upon the cattle [06629] are ringstraked [06124], speckled [05348], and grisled [01261]: for I have seen [07200] all that Laban [03837] doeth [06213] unto thee.
I am the God [0410] of Beth–el [01008], where thou anointedst [04886] the pillar [04676], and where thou vowedst [05087] a vow [05088] unto me: now arise [06965], get thee out [03318] from this land [0776], and return [07725] unto the land [0776] of thy kindred [04138].
And Rachel [07354] and Leah [03812] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto him, Is there yet any portion [02506] or inheritance [05159] for us in our father's [01] house [01004]?
Are we not counted [02803] of him strangers [05237]? for he hath sold [04376] us, and hath quite [0398] devoured [0398] also our money [03701].
For all the riches [06239] which God [0430] hath taken [05337] from our father [01], that is ours, and our children's [01121]: now then, whatsoever God [0430] hath said [0559] unto thee, do [06213].
Then Jacob [03290] rose up [06965], and set [05375] his sons [01121] and his wives [0802] upon camels [01581];
And he carried away [05090] all his cattle [04735], and all his goods [07399] which he had gotten [07408], the cattle [04735] of his getting [07075], which he had gotten [07408] in Padan–aram [06307], for to go [0935] to Isaac [03327] his father [01] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].
And Laban [03837] went [01980] to shear [01494] his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] the images [08655] that were her father's [01].images: Heb. teraphim
And Jacob [03290] stole away [01589] unawares [03820] to Laban [03837] the Syrian [0761], in that [05921] he told [05046] him not [01097] that he fled [01272].unawares…: Heb. the heart of Laban
So he fled [01272] with all that he had; and he rose up [06965], and passed over [05674] the river [05104], and set [07760] his face [06440] toward the mount [02022] Gilead [01568].
And it was told [05046] Laban [03837] on the third [07992] day [03117] that Jacob [03290] was fled [01272].
And he took [03947] his brethren [0251] with him, and pursued [07291] after him [0310] seven [07651] days' [03117] journey [01870]; and they overtook [01692] him in the mount [02022] Gilead [01568].
And God [0430] came [0935] to Laban [03837] the Syrian [0761] in a dream [02472] by night [03915], and said [0559] unto him, Take heed [08104] that thou speak [01696] not to [05973] Jacob [03290] either good [02896] or [05704] bad [07451].either…: Heb. from good to bad
Then Laban [03837] overtook [05381] Jacob [03290]. Now Jacob [03290] had pitched [08628] his tent [0168] in the mount [02022]: and Laban [03837] with his brethren [0251] pitched [08628] in the mount [02022] of Gilead [01568].
And Laban [03837] said [0559] to Jacob [03290], What hast thou done [06213], that thou hast stolen away [01589] unawares [03824] to me, and carried away [05090] my daughters [01323], as captives [07617] taken with the sword [02719]?
Wherefore didst thou flee away [01272] secretly [02244], and steal away [01589] from me; and didst not tell [05046] me, that I might have sent thee away [07971] with mirth [08057], and with songs [07892], with tabret [08596], and with harp [03658]?steal…: Heb. hast stolen me
And hast not suffered [05203] me to kiss [05401] my sons [01121] and my daughters [01323]? thou hast now done foolishly [05528] in so doing [06213].
It is [03426] in the power [0410] of my hand [03027] to do [06213] you hurt [07451]: but the God [0430] of your father [01] spake [0559] unto me yesternight [0570], saying [0559], Take thou heed [08104] that thou speak not [01696] to Jacob [03290] either good [02896] or bad [07451].
And now, though thou wouldest needs [01980] be gone [01980], because thou sore [03700] longedst [03700] after thy father's [01] house [01004], yet wherefore hast thou stolen [01589] my gods [0430]?
And Jacob [03290] answered [06030] and said [0559] to Laban [03837], Because I was afraid [03372]: for I said [0559], Peradventure [06435] thou wouldest take by force [01497] thy daughters [01323] from me.
With whomsoever [0834] thou findest [04672] thy gods [0430], let him not live [02421]: before [05048] our brethren [0251] discern [05234] thou what is thine with me, and take [03947] it to thee. For Jacob [03290] knew [03045] not that Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] them.
And Laban [03837] went [0935] into Jacob's [03290] tent [0168], and into Leah's [03812] tent [0168], and into the two [08147] maidservants' [0519] tents [0168]; but he found [04672] them not. Then went he out [03318] of Leah's [03812] tent [0168], and entered [0935] into Rachel's [07354] tent [0168].
Now Rachel [07354] had taken [03947] the images [08655], and put [07760] them in the camel's [01581] furniture [03733], and sat [03427] upon them. And Laban [03837] searched [04959] all the tent [0168], but found [04672] them not.searched: Heb. felt
And she said [0559] to her father [01], Let it not displease [05869] [02734] my lord [0113] that I cannot [03201] rise up [06965] before thee [06440]; for the custom [01870] of women [0802] is upon me. And he searched [02664], but found [04672] not the images [08655].
And Jacob [03290] was wroth [02734], and chode [07378] with Laban [03837]: and Jacob [03290] answered [06030] and said [0559] to Laban [03837], What is my trespass [06588]? what is my sin [02403], that thou hast so hotly pursued [01814] after me [0310]?
Whereas [03588] thou hast searched [04959] all my stuff [03627], what hast thou found [04672] of all thy household [01004] stuff [03627]? set [07760] it here [03541] before my brethren [0251] and thy brethren [0251], that they may judge [03198] betwixt [0996] us both [08147].searched: Heb. felt
This twenty [06242] years [08141] have I been with thee; thy ewes [07353] and thy she goats [05795] have not cast their young [07921], and the rams [0352] of thy flock [06629] have I not eaten [0398].
That which was torn [02966] of beasts I brought [0935] not unto thee; I bare the loss [02398] of it; of my hand [03027] didst thou require [01245] it, whether stolen [01589] by day [03117], or stolen [01589] by night [03915].
Thus I was; in the day [03117] the drought [02721] consumed [0398] me, and the frost [07140] by night [03915]; and my sleep [08142] departed [05074] from mine eyes [05869].
Thus have I been twenty [06242] years [08141] in thy house [01004]; I served thee [05647] fourteen [06240] [0702] years [08141] for thy two [08147] daughters [01323], and six [08337] years [08141] for thy cattle [06629]: and thou hast changed [02498] my wages [04909] ten [06235] times [04489].
Except [03884] the God [0430] of my father [01], the God [0430] of Abraham [085], and the fear [06343] of Isaac [03327], had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away [07971] now empty [07387]. God [0430] hath seen [07200] mine affliction [06040] and the labour [03018] of my hands [03709], and rebuked [03198] thee yesternight [0570].
And Laban [03837] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto Jacob [03290], These daughters [01323] are my daughters [01323], and these children [01121] are my children [01121], and these cattle [06629] are my cattle [06629], and all that thou seest [07200] is mine: and what can I do [06213] this day [03117] unto these my daughters [01323], or [0176] unto their children [01121] which they have born [03205]?
Now therefore come thou [03212], let us make [03772] a covenant [01285], I and thou; and let it be for a witness [05707] between me and thee.
And Jacob [03290] took [03947] a stone [068], and set it up [07311] for a pillar [04676].
And Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto his brethren [0251], Gather [03950] stones [068]; and they took [03947] stones [068], and made [06213] an heap [01530]: and they did eat [0398] there upon the heap [01530].
And Laban [03837] called [07121] it Jegar–sahadutha [03026]: but Jacob [03290] called [07121] it Galeed [01567].Jegar–sahadutha: that is, The heap of witness, ChaldeeGaleed: that is, The heap of witness, Heb.
And Laban [03837] said [0559], This heap [01530] is a witness [05707] between me and thee this day [03117]. Therefore was the name [08034] of it called [07121] Galeed [01567];
And Mizpah [04709]; for [0834] he said [0559], The Lord [03068] watch [06822] between me and thee, when we are absent [05641] one [0376] from another [07453].Mizpah: that is, A beacon, or, watchtower
If thou shalt afflict [06031] my daughters [01323], or if thou shalt take [03947] other wives [0802] beside [05921] my daughters [01323], no man [0376] is with us; see [07200], God [0430] is witness [05707] betwixt me and thee.
And Laban [03837] said [0559] to Jacob [03290], Behold this heap [01530], and behold this pillar [04676], which I have cast [03384] betwixt me and thee;
This heap [01530] be witness [05707], and this pillar [04676] be witness [05713], that I will not pass over [05674] this heap [01530] to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over [05674] this heap [01530] and this pillar [04676] unto me, for harm [07451].
The God [0430] of Abraham [085], and the God [0430] of Nahor [05152], the God [0430] of their father [01], judge [08199] betwixt us. And Jacob [03290] sware [07650] by the fear [06343] of his father [01] Isaac [03327].
Then Jacob [03290] offered [02076] sacrifice [02077] upon the mount [02022], and called [07121] his brethren [0251] to eat [0398] bread [03899]: and they did eat [0398] bread [03899], and tarried all night [03885] in the mount [02022].offered…: or, killed beasts
And early [07925] in the morning [01242] Laban [03837] rose up [07925], and kissed [05401] his sons [01121] and his daughters [01323], and blessed [01288] them: and Laban [03837] departed [03212], and returned [07725] unto his place [04725].