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And he
heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob
hath taken away all that was our father's; and of
that which was our father's hath he gotten all
this glory.
02 And Jacob beheld the countenance of
Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as
before.
03 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return
unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred;
and I will be with thee.
04 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and
Leah to the field unto his flock,
05 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.
06 And ye know that with all my power I
have served your father.
07 And your father hath deceived me, and
changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him
not to hurt me.
08 If he said thus, The speckled shall be
thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and
if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy
hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
09 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of
your father, and given them to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time that the
cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and
saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which
leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked,
speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a
dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and
see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are
ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have
seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
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.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said
unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance
for us in our father's house?
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for
he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our
money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken
from our father, that is ours, and our
children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said
unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and
his wives upon camels;
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 Padanaram,
for to go to Isaac his father in the land of
Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and
Rachel had stolen the images that were her
father's.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban
the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
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 Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day
that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and
pursued after him seven days' journey; and they
overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a
dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that
thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had
pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his
brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou
done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me,
and carried away my daughters, as captives taken
with the sword?
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly,
and steal away from me; and didst not tell me,
that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and
with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons
and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in
so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you
hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me
yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
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30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be
gone, because thou sore longedst after thy
father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my
gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure
thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from
me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods,
let him not live: before our brethren discern
thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.
For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob'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.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put
them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them.
And Laban searched all the tent, but found them
not.
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.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with
Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What
is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so
hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff,
what hast thou found of all thy household stuff?
set it here before my brethren and thy brethren,
that they may judge betwixt us both.
38 This twenty years have I been with thee;
thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their
young, and the rams of thy flock have I not
eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts I brought
not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand
didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or
stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought
consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep
departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy
house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two
daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou
hast changed my wages ten times.
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.
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob,
These daughters are my daughters, and these
children are my children, and these cattle are my
cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what
can I do this day unto these my daughters, or
unto their children which they have born?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a
covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness
between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up
for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather
stones; and they took stones, and made an heap:
and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but
Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness
between me and thee this day. Therefore was the
name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch
between me and thee, when we are absent one from
another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or
if thou shalt take other wives beside my
daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness
betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this
heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast
betwixt me and thee:
52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be
witness, that I will not pass over this heap to
thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap
and this pillar unto me, for harm.
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.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the
mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and
they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the
mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up,
and kissed his sons and his daughters, and
blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned
unto his place.
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