¹ 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.

² And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

³ And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

⁴ And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

⁵ 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.

⁶ And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

⁷ And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

⁸ If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked.

⁹ 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 ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

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 ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: 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.

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 labor 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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¹ And he heard ^H8085 the words ^H1697 of Laban's ^H3837 sons, ^H1121 saying, ^H559 Jacob ^H3290 hath taken away ^H3947 all that was our father's; ^H1 and of that which was our father's ^H1 hath he gotten ^H6213 all this glory. ^H3519

² And Jacob ^H3290 beheld ^H7200 the countenance ^H6440 of Laban, ^H3837 and, behold, it was not toward him as ^H8543 before. ^H8032

³ And the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 unto Jacob, ^H3290 Return ^H7725 unto the land ^H776 of thy fathers, ^H1 and to thy kindred; ^H4138 and I will be with thee.

⁴ And Jacob ^H3290 sent ^H7971 and called ^H7121 Rachel ^H7354 and Leah ^H3812 to the field ^H7704 unto his flock, ^H6629

⁵ And said ^H559 unto them, I see ^H7200 your father's ^H1 countenance, ^H6440 that it is not toward me as ^H8543 before; ^H8032 but the God ^H430 of my father ^H1 hath been ^H1961 with me.

⁶ And ye ^H859 know ^H3045 that with all my power ^H3581 I have served ^H5647 your father. ^H1

⁷ And your father ^H1 hath deceived ^H2048 me, and changed ^H2498 my wages ^H4909 ten ^H6235 times; ^H4489 but God ^H430 suffered him ^H5414 not to hurt ^H7489 me. ^H5978

⁸ If he said ^H559 thus, The speckled ^H5348 shall be thy wages; ^H7939 then all the cattle ^H6629 bare ^H3205 speckled: ^H5348 and if he said ^H559 thus, The ringstraked ^H6124 shall be thy hire; ^H7939 then bare ^H3205 all the cattle ^H6629 ringstraked. ^H6124

⁹ Thus God ^H430 hath taken away ^H5337 the cattle ^H4735 of your father, ^H1 and given ^H5414 them to me.

¹⁰ And it came to pass at the time ^H6256 that the cattle ^H6629 conceived, ^H3179 that I lifted up ^H5375 mine eyes, ^H5869 and saw ^H7200 in a dream, ^H2472 and, behold, the rams ^H6260 which leaped ^H5927 upon the cattle ^H6629 were ringstraked, ^H6124 speckled, ^H5348 and grisled. ^H1261

¹¹ And the angel ^H4397 of God ^H430 spake ^H559 unto me in a dream, ^H2472 saying, Jacob: ^H3290 And I said, ^H559 Here am I.

¹² And he said, ^H559 Lift up ^H5375 now thine eyes, ^H5869 and see, ^H7200 all the rams ^H6260 which leap ^H5927 upon the cattle ^H6629 are ringstraked, ^H6124 speckled, ^H5348 and grisled: ^H1261 for I have seen ^H7200 all that Laban ^H3837 doeth ^H6213 unto thee.

¹³ I am the God ^H410 of Bethel, ^H1008 where thou anointedst ^H4886 the pillar, ^H4676 and where thou vowedst ^H5087 a vow ^H5088 unto me: now arise, ^H6965 get thee out ^H3318 from this land, ^H776 and return ^H7725 unto the land ^H776 of thy kindred. ^H4138

¹⁴ And Rachel ^H7354 and Leah ^H3812 answered ^H6030 and said ^H559 unto him, Is there yet any portion ^H2506 or inheritance ^H5159 for us in our father's ^H1 house? ^H1004

¹⁵ Are we not counted ^H2803 of him strangers? ^H5237 for he hath sold ^H4376 us, and hath quite ^H398 devoured ^H398 also our money. ^H3701

¹⁶ For all the riches ^H6239 which God ^H430 hath taken ^H5337 from our father, ^H1 that is ours, and our children's: ^H1121 now then, whatsoever God ^H430 hath said ^H559 unto thee, do. ^H6213

¹⁷ Then Jacob ^H3290 rose up, ^H6965 and set ^H5375 his sons ^H1121 and his wives ^H802 upon camels; ^H1581

¹⁸ And he carried away ^H5090 all his cattle, ^H4735 and all his goods ^H7399 which he had gotten, ^H7408 the cattle ^H4735 of his getting, ^H7075 which he had gotten ^H7408 in Padanaram, ^H6307 for to go ^H935 to Isaac ^H3327 his father ^H1 in the land ^H776 of Canaan. ^H3667

¹⁹ And Laban ^H3837 went ^H1980 to shear ^H1494 his sheep: ^H6629 and Rachel ^H7354 had stolen ^H1589 the images ^H8655 that were her father's. ^H1

²⁰ And Jacob ^H3290 stole away ^H1589 unawares ^H3820 to Laban ^H3837 the Syrian, ^H761 in that ^H5921 he told ^H5046 him not ^H1097 that he fled. ^H1272

²¹ So he fled ^H1272 with all that he had; and he rose up, ^H6965 and passed over ^H5674 the river, ^H5104 and set ^H7760 his face ^H6440 toward the mount ^H2022 Gilead. ^H1568

²² And it was told ^H5046 Laban ^H3837 on the third ^H7992 day ^H3117 that Jacob ^H3290 was fled. ^H1272

²³ And he took ^H3947 his brethren ^H251 with him, and pursued ^H7291 after him ^H310 seven ^H7651 days' ^H3117 journey; ^H1870 and they overtook ^H1692 him in the mount ^H2022 Gilead. ^H1568

²⁴ And God ^H430 came ^H935 to Laban ^H3837 the Syrian ^H761 in a dream ^H2472 by night, ^H3915 and said ^H559 unto him, Take heed ^H8104 that thou speak ^H1696 not to ^H5973 Jacob ^H3290 either good ^H2896 or ^H5704 bad. ^H7451

²⁵ Then Laban ^H3837 overtook ^H5381 Jacob. ^H3290 Now Jacob ^H3290 had pitched ^H8628 his tent ^H168 in the mount: ^H2022 and Laban ^H3837 with his brethren ^H251 pitched ^H8628 in the mount ^H2022 of Gilead. ^H1568

²⁶ And Laban ^H3837 said ^H559 to Jacob, ^H3290 What hast thou done, ^H6213 that thou hast stolen away ^H1589 unawares ^H3824 to me, and carried away ^H5090 my daughters, ^H1323 as captives ^H7617 taken with the sword? ^H2719

²⁷ Wherefore didst thou flee away ^H1272 secretly, ^H2244 and steal away ^H1589 from me; and didst not tell ^H5046 me, that I might have sent thee away ^H7971 with mirth, ^H8057 and with songs, ^H7892 with tabret, ^H8596 and with harp? ^H3658

²⁸ And hast not suffered ^H5203 me to kiss ^H5401 my sons ^H1121 and my daughters? ^H1323 thou hast now done foolishly ^H5528 in so doing. ^H6213

²⁹ It is ^H3426 in the power ^H410 of my hand ^H3027 to do ^H6213 you hurt: ^H7451 but the God ^H430 of your father ^H1 spake ^H559 unto me yesternight, ^H570 saying, ^H559 Take thou heed ^H8104 that thou speak not ^H1696 to Jacob ^H3290 either good ^H2896 or bad. ^H7451

³⁰ And now, though thou wouldest needs ^H1980 be gone, ^H1980 because thou sore ^H3700 longedst ^H3700 after thy father's ^H1 house, ^H1004 yet wherefore hast thou stolen ^H1589 my gods? ^H430

³¹ And Jacob ^H3290 answered ^H6030 and said ^H559 to Laban, ^H3837 Because I was afraid: ^H3372 for I said, ^H559 Peradventure ^H6435 thou wouldest take by force ^H1497 thy daughters ^H1323 from me.

³² With whomsoever ^H834 thou findest ^H4672 thy gods, ^H430 let him not live: ^H2421 before ^H5048 our brethren ^H251 discern ^H5234 thou what is thine with me, and take ^H3947 it to thee. For Jacob ^H3290 knew ^H3045 not that Rachel ^H7354 had stolen ^H1589 them.

³³ And Laban ^H3837 went ^H935 into Jacob's ^H3290 tent, ^H168 and into Leah's ^H3812 tent, ^H168 and into the two ^H8147 maidservants' ^H519 tents; ^H168 but he found ^H4672 them not. Then went he out ^H3318 of Leah's ^H3812 tent, ^H168 and entered ^H935 into Rachel's ^H7354 tent. ^H168

³⁴ Now Rachel ^H7354 had taken ^H3947 the images, ^H8655 and put ^H7760 them in the camel's ^H1581 furniture, ^H3733 and sat ^H3427 upon them. And Laban ^H3837 searched ^H4959 all the tent, ^H168 but found ^H4672 them not.

³⁵ And she said ^H559 to her father, ^H1 Let it not displease ^{H2734 H5869} my lord ^H113 that I cannot ^H3201 rise up ^H6965 before thee; ^H6440 for the custom ^H1870 of women ^H802 is upon me. And he searched, ^H2664 but found ^H4672 not the images. ^H8655

³⁶ And Jacob ^H3290 was wroth, ^H2734 and chode ^H7378 with Laban: ^H3837 and Jacob ^H3290 answered ^H6030 and said ^H559 to Laban, ^H3837 What is my trespass? ^H6588 what is my sin, ^H2403 that thou hast so hotly pursued ^H1814 after me? ^H310

³⁷ Whereas ^H3588 thou hast searched ^H4959 all my stuff, ^H3627 what hast thou found ^H4672 of all thy household ^H1004 stuff? ^H3627 set ^H7760 it here ^H3541 before my brethren ^H251 and thy brethren, ^H251 that they may judge ^H3198 betwixt ^H996 us both. ^H8147

³⁸ This twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 have I been with thee; thy ewes ^H7353 and thy she goats ^H5795 have not cast their young, ^H7921 and the rams ^H352 of thy flock ^H6629 have I not eaten. ^H398

³⁹ That which was torn ^H2966 of beasts I brought ^H935 not unto thee; I bare the loss ^H2398 of it; of my hand ^H3027 didst thou require ^H1245 it, whether stolen ^H1589 by day, ^H3117 or stolen ^H1589 by night. ^H3915

⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the day ^H3117 the drought ^H2721 consumed ^H398 me, and the frost ^H7140 by night; ^H3915 and my sleep ^H8142 departed ^H5074 from mine eyes. ^H5869

⁴¹ Thus have I been twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 in thy house; ^H1004 I served thee ^H5647 fourteen ^{H702 H6240} years ^H8141 for thy two ^H8147 daughters, ^H1323 and six ^H8337 years ^H8141 for thy cattle: ^H6629 and thou hast changed ^H2498 my wages ^H4909 ten ^H6235 times. ^H4489

⁴² Except ^H3884 the God ^H430 of my father, ^H1 the God ^H430 of Abraham, ^H85 and the fear ^H6343 of Isaac, ^H3327 had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away ^H7971 now empty. ^H7387 God ^H430 hath seen ^H7200 mine affliction ^H6040 and the labour ^H3018 of my hands, ^H3709 and rebuked ^H3198 thee yesternight. ^H570

⁴³ And Laban ^H3837 answered ^H6030 and said ^H559 unto Jacob, ^H3290 These daughters ^H1323 are my daughters, ^H1323 and these children ^H1121 are my children, ^H1121 and these cattle ^H6629 are my cattle, ^H6629 and all that thou seest ^H7200 is mine: and what can I do ^H6213 this day ^H3117 unto these my daughters, ^H1323 or ^H176 unto their children ^H1121 which they have born? ^H3205

⁴⁴ Now therefore come thou, ^H3212 let us make ^H3772 a covenant, ^H1285 I and thou; and let it be for a witness ^H5707 between me and thee.

⁴⁵ And Jacob ^H3290 took ^H3947 a stone, ^H68 and set it up ^H7311 for a pillar. ^H4676

⁴⁶ And Jacob ^H3290 said ^H559 unto his brethren, ^H251 Gather ^H3950 stones; ^H68 and they took ^H3947 stones, ^H68 and made ^H6213 an heap: ^H1530 and they did eat ^H398 there upon the heap. ^H1530

⁴⁷ And Laban ^H3837 called ^H7121 it Jegarsahadutha: ^H3026 but Jacob ^H3290 called ^H7121 it Galeed. ^H1567

⁴⁸ And Laban ^H3837 said, ^H559 This heap ^H1530 is a witness ^H5707 between me and thee this day. ^H3117 Therefore was the name ^H8034 of it called ^H7121 Galeed; ^H1567

⁴⁹ And Mizpah; ^H4709 for ^H834 he said, ^H559 The LORD ^H3068 watch ^H6822 between me and thee, when we are absent ^H5641 one ^H376 from another. ^H7453

⁵⁰ If thou shalt afflict ^H6031 my daughters, ^H1323 or if thou shalt take ^H3947 other wives ^H802 beside ^H5921 my daughters, ^H1323 no man ^H376 is with us; see, ^H7200 God ^H430 is witness ^H5707 betwixt me and thee.

⁵¹ And Laban ^H3837 said ^H559 to Jacob, ^H3290 Behold this heap, ^H1530 and behold this pillar, ^H4676 which I have cast ^H3384 betwixt me and thee;

⁵² This heap ^H1530 be witness, ^H5707 and this pillar ^H4676 be witness, ^H5713 that I will not pass over ^H5674 this heap ^H1530 to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over ^H5674 this heap ^H1530 and this pillar ^H4676 unto me, for harm. ^H7451

⁵³ The God ^H430 of Abraham, ^H85 and the God ^H430 of Nahor, ^H5152 the God ^H430 of their father, ^H1 judge ^H8199 betwixt us. And Jacob ^H3290 sware ^H7650 by the fear ^H6343 of his father ^H1 Isaac. ^H3327

⁵⁴ Then Jacob ^H3290 offered ^H2076 sacrifice ^H2077 upon the mount, ^H2022 and called ^H7121 his brethren ^H251 to eat ^H398 bread: ^H3899 and they did eat ^H398 bread, ^H3899 and tarried all night ^H3885 in the mount. ^H2022

⁵⁵ And early ^H7925 in the morning ^H1242 Laban ^H3837 rose up, ^H7925 and kissed ^H5401 his sons ^H1121 and his daughters, ^H1323 and blessed ^H1288 them: and Laban ^H3837 departed, ^H3212 and returned ^H7725 unto his place. ^H4725

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¹ 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.

² And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

³ And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

⁴ And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

⁵ and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.

⁶ And ye know that will all my power I have served your father.

⁷ And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

⁸ If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

⁹ 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 flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.

¹¹ And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

¹² And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

¹³ I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.

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 accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

¹⁶ For all the riches which God hath taken away 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 the camels;

¹⁸ and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.

¹⁹ Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim 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 mountain of 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 he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

²⁴ And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

²⁵ And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain 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 of the sword?

²⁷ Wherefore didst thou flee 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 didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

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 heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

³² With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall 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 tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.

³⁵ And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.

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 hotly pursued after me?

³⁷ Whereas thou hast felt about 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 two.

³⁸ These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks 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 fled from mine eyes.

⁴¹ These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: 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 now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

⁴³ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

⁴⁴ And now come, 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 a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

⁴⁷ And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

⁴⁸ And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

⁴⁹ and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

⁵⁰ If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides 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 the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.

⁵² This heap be witness, and the 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 And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

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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¹ And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'

² and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.

³ And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'

⁴ And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

⁵ and saith to them, `I am beholding your father's face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,

⁶ and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,

⁷ and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

⁸ `If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-straked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-straked;

⁹ and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

¹⁰ `And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, `are' ring-straked, speckled, and grisled;

¹¹ and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here `am' I.

¹² `And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock `are' ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;

¹³ I `am' the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'

¹⁴ And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

¹⁵ have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;

¹⁶ for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it `is' ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee -- do.'

¹⁷ And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,

¹⁸ and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

¹⁹ And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;

²⁰ and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;

²¹ and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face `toward' the mount of Gilead.

²² And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled,

²³ and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.

²⁴ And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'

²⁵ And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed `theirs' in the mount of Gilead.

²⁶ And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

²⁷ Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,

²⁸ and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing `so';

²⁹ my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.

³⁰ `And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?'

³¹ And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;

³² with whomsoever thou findest thy gods -- he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what `is' with me, and take to thyself:' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them.

³³ And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.

³⁴ And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found;

³⁵ and she saith unto her father, `Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women `is' on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.

³⁶ And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `What `is' my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?

³⁷ for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.

³⁸ `These twenty years I `am' with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten;

³⁹ the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;

⁴⁰ I have been `thus': in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.

⁴¹ `This `is' to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;

⁴² unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'

⁴³ And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters `are' my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing `is' mine; and to my daughters -- what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?

⁴⁴ and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'

⁴⁵ And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up `for' a standing pillar;

⁴⁶ and Jacob saith to his brethren, `Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;

⁴⁷ and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.

⁴⁸ And Laban saith, `This heap `is' witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

⁴⁹ Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

⁵⁰ if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters -- there is no man with us -- see, God `is' witness between me and thee.'

⁵¹ And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;

⁵² this heap `is' witness, and the standing pillar `is' witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil;

⁵³ the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

⁵⁴ And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;

⁵⁵ and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place.

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¹ And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and of what was our father's he has acquired all this glory.

² And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as previously.

³ And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

⁴ And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the fields to his flock,

⁵ and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me.

⁶ And you know that with all my power I have served your father.

⁷ And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

⁸ If he said thus; The speckled shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore speckled; and if he said thus: The ringstraked shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore ringstraked.

⁹ And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

¹⁰ And it came to pass at the time of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocks were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

¹¹ And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.

¹² And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the rams that leap upon the flock are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban does to thee.

¹³ I am the ùGod of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.

¹⁴ And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

¹⁵ Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money.

¹⁶ For all the wealth that God has taken from our father is ours and our children's; and now whatever God has said to thee do.

¹⁷ And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,

¹⁸ and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired -- the cattle of his possessions that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father, into the land of Canaan.

¹⁹ And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.

²⁰ And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

²¹ And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] mount Gilead.

²² And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.

²³ And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead.

²⁴ And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

²⁵ And Laban came up with Jacob; and Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; Laban also with his brethren pitched on mount Gilead.

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast deceived me, and hast carried away my daughters as captives of war?

²⁷ Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;

²⁸ and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.

²⁹ It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take care that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

³⁰ And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods?

³¹ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

³² With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine with me, and take [it] to thee. But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

³³ And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two handmaids' tents, and found nothing; and he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them under the camel's saddle; and she sat upon them. And Laban explored all the tent, but found nothing.

³⁵ And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me after the manner of women. And he searched carefully, but did not find the teraphim.

³⁶ And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

³⁷ Whereas thou hast explored all my baggage, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, and let them decide between us both.

³⁸ These twenty years have I been with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten.

³⁹ What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.

⁴⁰ Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

⁴¹ I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

⁴² Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

⁴³ And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth?

⁴⁴ And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.

⁴⁵ And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

⁴⁶ And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.

⁴⁷ And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and 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, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:

⁵⁰ if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters, -- no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and thee!

⁵¹ And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:

⁵² [let] this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap [to go] to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar [to come] to me, for harm.

⁵³ The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us! And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

⁵⁴ And Jacob offered a sacrifice upon the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and lodged on the mountain.

⁵⁵ And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place.

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¹ He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."

² Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

³ Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

⁴ Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

⁵ and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

⁶ You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.

⁷ Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn't allow him to hurt me.

⁸ If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.

⁹ Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

¹⁰ It happened at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

¹¹ The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'

¹² He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

¹³ I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."

¹⁴ Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

¹⁵ Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.

¹⁶ For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."

¹⁷ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,

¹⁸ and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father to the land of Canaan.

¹⁹ Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim{teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.} that were her father's.

²⁰ Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he was running away.

²¹ So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

²² Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

²³ He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

²⁴ God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."

²⁵ Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

²⁶ Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

²⁷ Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;

²⁸ and didn't allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now have you done foolishly.

²⁹ It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'

³⁰ Now, you want to be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"

³¹ Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, 'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'

³² With whoever you find your gods, he shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.

³³ Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.

³⁵ She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me." He searched, but didn't find the teraphim.

³⁶ Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?

³⁷ Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

³⁸ These twenty years have I been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven't eaten the rams of your flocks.

³⁹ That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore the loss of it. Of my hand you required 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 fled from my eyes.

⁴¹ These twenty years have I been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

⁴² Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

⁴³ Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

⁴⁴ Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."

⁴⁵ Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

⁴⁶ Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.

⁴⁷ Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha,{"Jegar Sahadutha" means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic.} but Jacob called it Galeed.{"Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew.}

⁴⁸ Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed

⁴⁹ and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

⁵⁰ If you will afflict my daughters, and if you will take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you."

⁵¹ Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

⁵² May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

⁵³ The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

⁵⁴ Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.

⁵⁵ Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

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¹ Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

² And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

³ Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

⁴ And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

⁵ And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

⁶ And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

⁷ But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

⁸ If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.

⁹ So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

¹⁰ And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

¹¹ And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

¹² And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

¹³ I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

¹⁴ Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

¹⁵ Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

¹⁶ For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

¹⁷ Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;

¹⁸ And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

¹⁹ Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

²⁰ And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

²¹ So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

²² And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

²³ And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

²⁴ Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

²⁵ Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

²⁷ Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

²⁸ You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

²⁹ It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

³⁰ And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

³¹ And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

³² As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

³³ So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

³⁵ And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

³⁶ Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

³⁷ Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

³⁸ These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

³⁹ Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

⁴⁰ This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

⁴¹ These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

⁴² If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

⁴³ Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

⁴⁴ Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

⁴⁵ Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

⁴⁶ And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

⁴⁷ And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

⁴⁸ And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

⁴⁹ And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

⁵⁰ If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

⁵¹ And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

⁵² They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

⁵³ May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

⁵⁴ And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

⁵⁵ And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.