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Genesis
Chapter 31
1
And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying,
"Jacob
has taken away all that was our father's;
and
of that which was our father's has he gotten all this glory."
2
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and,
behold,
it was not toward him as before.
3
And Jehovah/God said unto Jacob,
"Return
unto the land of your fathers,
and
to your kindred;
and
I will be with you."
4-7
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah
to
the field unto his flock,
and
said unto them,
"I
see your father's face,
that
it is not toward me as before . . .
but
the 'Elohiym/Godhead 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 deceived me,
and
changed my wages ten times . . .
but
'Elohiym/Godhead suffered him not to hurt me.
8
If he said thus,
"The
speckled shall be your wages;
then
all the cattle bare speckled . . .
and
if he said thus,
'The
ringstraked shall be your wages . . .
then
bare all the cattle ringstraked.'
9
Thus 'Elohiym/Godhead has 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 my 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 'Elohiym/Godhead spoke unto me in a dream, saying, "Jacob."
And I said, "I am here."
12
And he said,
"Lift
up now your eyes, and see,
all
the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked,
speckled,
and grisled
for
I have seen all that Laban does to you. 13
I
am the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Bethel,
where
you anointed the pillar,
and
where you vowed a vow unto Me.
Now
arise, get you out from this land,
and
return unto the land of your kindred."
14-16
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 has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money. 16
For
all the riches which 'Elohiym/Godhead has taken from our father,
that
is ours, and our children's.
Now then, whatsoever 'Elohiym/Godhead has said unto you . . . do."
17-18
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 'small household idols' {t@raphiym}
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 'Elohiym/Godhead came to Laban the Syrian
in
a dream by night,
and
said unto him,
"Take
heed that you 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.
26-30
And Laban said to Jacob,
"What
have you done,
that
you have stolen away unaware to me,
and
carried away my daughters,
as
captives taken with the sword? 27
Why
did you flee away secretly,
and
steal away from me . . .
and
did not tell me,
that
I might have sent you away with mirth,
and
with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28
And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
You have now done foolishly in so doing. 29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt.
But
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of your father spoke unto me
yesterday
night, saying,
'Take
you heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.' 30
And
now, though you would needs be gone,
because
you sore longed after your father's house,
yet
why have you stolen my 'elohiym/gods?"
31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
"Because
I was afraid . . .
for
I said, Perhaps you would take by force
your
daughters from me. 32
With
whomsoever you find your 'elohiym/gods,
let
him not live . . .
before
our brethren discern you what is yours that is with me,
and
take it to you
(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 idols,
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 you . . .
for
the 'way of women' {her menstruation} is upon me.
And he searched, but found not the idols.
36-42
And Jacob was angry,
and
verbally contended {riyb} with Laban
and
Jacob answered and said to Laban,
"What
is my trespass?
What is my sin . . . that you have so hotly pursued after me? 37
Where
as you have searched all my stuff,
what
have you found of all your household stuff?
Set
it here before my brethren and your brethren,
that
they may judge between us both. 38
This twenty years have I been with you.
Your
ewes and your she goats have not cast their young,
and
the rams of your flock have I not eaten. 39
That
which was torn of animals I brought not unto you . . .
I
bare the loss of it.
Of
my hand did you 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 my eyes. 41
Thus have I been twenty years in your house.
I
served you fourteen years for your two daughters,
and
six years for your cattle.
And you have changed my wages ten times. 42
Except
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of my father,
the
'Elohiym/Godhead of Abraham,
and
the respect/awe/fear of Isaac had been with me,
surely
you had sent me away now empty.
'Elohiym/Godhead
has seen my affliction
and
the labor of my hands,
and
rebuked you yesterday night."
43-44
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 you see 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 you . . . let us make a covenant,
I
and you.
And let it be for a witness between me and you.
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 pile.
And they did eat there upon the heap.
47
And Laban called it Jegar-Sahadutha
{name means 'witness heap'}.
But Jacob called it Galeed {name means 'witness heap'}.
48
And Laban said,
"This
heap is a witness between me and you this day.
Therefore was the name of it called Galeed."
49 And Mizpah {name means 'watchtower'}.
For
he said,
"Jehovah/God
watch between me and you,
when
we are absent one from another. 50
If
you shall afflict my daughters,
or
if you shall take other wives beside my daughters,
no
man is with us.
See, 'Elohiym/Godhead is witness between me and you.
51
And Laban said to Jacob,
"Behold
this heap, and behold this pillar,
which
I have cast between me and you. 52
This
heap be witness,
and
this pillar be witness,
that
I will not pass over this heap to you,
and
that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me,
for
harm.
53
The 'Elohiym/Godhead of Abraham,
and
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Nahor,
the
'Elohiym/Godhead/gods of their father,
judge
between us."
And Jacob swore by the respect/awe/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 delayed 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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