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[1] Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.” [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, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked. [9] Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me. [10] During mating season, 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 considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money. [16] For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are 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 took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained 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ⓘ 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 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, “Be careful 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, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’ [30] Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for 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] Anyone you find your gods with 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 female 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 around 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 I’m having my period.” 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 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 I have 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 its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. [40] This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes. [41] These twenty years I have 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! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne? [44] Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. 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,ⓘ but Jacob called it Galeed.ⓘ [48] Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” 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 afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to 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.

Footnotes

  1. teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
  2. “Jegar Sahadutha” means “Witness Heap” in Aramaic.
  3. “Galeed” means “Witness Heap” in Hebrew.
King James Version
[1] And he heardH8085(QalImpf) the wordsH1697 of Laban’sH3837 sons,H1121 saying,H559(QalInf) JacobH3290 hath taken awayH3947(QalPerf) all that [was] our father’s;H1 and of [that] which [was] our father’sH1 hath he gottenH6213(QalPerf) all this glory.H3519 [2] And JacobH3290 beheldH7200(QalImpf) the countenanceH6440 of Laban,H3837 and, behold, it [was] not toward him asH8543 before.H8032 [3] And the LordH3068 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Jacob,H3290 ReturnH7725(QalImpv) unto the landH776 of thy fathers,H1 and to thy kindred;H4138 and I will be with thee. [4] And JacobH3290 sentH7971(QalImpf) and calledH7121(QalImpf) RachelH7354 and LeahH3812 to the fieldH7704 unto his flock,H6629 [5] And saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, I seeH7200(QalActPtc) your father’sH1 countenance,H6440 that it [is] not toward me asH8543 before;H8032 but the GodH430 of my fatherH1 hath beenH1961(QalPerf) with me. [6] And yeH859 knowH3045(QalPerf) that with all my powerH3581 I have servedH5647(QalPerf) your father.H1 [7] And your fatherH1 hath deceivedH2048(PielPerf) me, and changedH2498(HiphPerf) my wagesH4909 tenH6235 times;H4489 but GodH430 suffered himH5414(QalPerf) not to hurtH7489(HiphInf) me.H5978 [8] If he saidH559(QalImpf) thus, The speckledH5348 shall be thy wages;H7939 then all the cattleH6629 bareH3205(QalPerf) speckled:H5348 and if he saidH559(QalImpf) thus, The ringstrakedH6124 shall be thy hire;H7939 then bareH3205(QalPerf) all the cattleH6629 ringstraked.H6124 [9] Thus GodH430 hath taken awayH5337(HiphImpf) the cattleH4735 of your father,H1 and givenH5414(QalImpf) [them] to me. [10] And it came to pass at the timeH6256 that the cattleH6629 conceived,H3179(PielInf) that I lifted upH5375(QalImpf) mine eyes,H5869 and sawH7200(QalImpf) in a dream,H2472 and, behold, the ramsH6260 which leapedH5927(QalActPtc) upon the cattleH6629 [were] ringstraked,H6124 speckled,H5348 and grisled.H1261 [11] And the angelH4397 of GodH430 spakeH559(QalImpf) unto me in a dream,H2472 [saying], Jacob:H3290 And I said,H559(QalImpf) Here [am] I. [12] And he said,H559(QalImpf) Lift upH5375(QalImpv) now thine eyes,H5869 and see,H7200(QalImpv) all the ramsH6260 which leapH5927(QalActPtc) upon the cattleH6629 [are] ringstraked,H6124 speckled,H5348 and grisled:H1261 for I have seenH7200(QalPerf) all that LabanH3837 doethH6213(QalActPtc) unto thee. [13] I [am] the GodH410 of Bethel,H1008 where thou anointedstH4886(QalPerf) the pillar,H4676 [and] where thou vowedstH5087(QalPerf) a vowH5088 unto me: now arise,H6965(QalImpv) get thee outH3318(QalImpv) from this land,H776 and returnH7725(QalImpv) unto the landH776 of thy kindred.H4138 [14] And RachelH7354 and LeahH3812 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, [Is there] yet any portionH2506 or inheritanceH5159 for us in our father’sH1 house?H1004 [15] Are we not countedH2803(NiphPerf) of him strangers?H5237 for he hath soldH4376(QalPerf) us, and hath quiteH398(QalInf) devouredH398(QalImpf) also our money.H3701 [16] For all the richesH6239 which GodH430 hath takenH5337(HiphPerf) from our father,H1 that [is] ours, and our children’s:H1121 now then, whatsoever GodH430 hath saidH559(QalPerf) unto thee, do.H6213(QalImpv) [17] Then JacobH3290 rose up,H6965(QalImpf) and setH5375(QalImpf) his sonsH1121 and his wivesH802 upon camels;H1581 [18] And he carried awayH5090(QalImpf) all his cattle,H4735 and all his goodsH7399 which he had gotten,H7408(QalPerf) the cattleH4735 of his getting,H7075 which he had gottenH7408(QalPerf) in Padanaram,H6307 for to goH935(QalInf) to IsaacH3327 his fatherH1 in the landH776 of Canaan.H3667 [19] And LabanH3837 wentH1980(QalPerf) to shearH1494(QalInf) his sheep:H6629 and RachelH7354 had stolenH1589(QalImpf) the imagesH8655 that [were] her father’s.H1 [20] And JacobH3290 stole awayH1589(QalImpf) unawaresH3820 to LabanH3837 the Syrian,H761 in thatH5921 he toldH5046(HiphPerf) him notH1097 that he fled.H1272(QalActPtc) [21] So he fledH1272(QalImpf) with all that he had; and he rose up,H6965(QalImpf) and passed overH5674(QalImpf) the river,H5104 and setH7760(QalImpf) his faceH6440 [toward] the mountH2022 Gilead.H1568 [22] And it was toldH5046(HophImpf) LabanH3837 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117 that JacobH3290 was fled.H1272(QalPerf) [23] And he tookH3947(QalImpf) his brethrenH251 with him, and pursuedH7291(QalImpf) after himH310 sevenH7651 days’H3117 journey;H1870 and they overtookH1692(HiphImpf) him in the mountH2022 Gilead.H1568 [24] And GodH430 cameH935(QalImpf) to LabanH3837 the SyrianH761 in a dreamH2472 by night,H3915 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, Take heedH8104(NiphImpv) that thou speakH1696(PielImpf) not toH5973 JacobH3290 either goodH2896 orH5704 bad.H7451 [25] Then LabanH3837 overtookH5381(HiphImpf) Jacob.H3290 Now JacobH3290 had pitchedH8628(QalPerf) his tentH168 in the mount:H2022 and LabanH3837 with his brethrenH251 pitchedH8628(QalPerf) in the mountH2022 of Gilead.H1568 [26] And LabanH3837 saidH559(QalImpf) to Jacob,H3290 What hast thou done,H6213(QalPerf) that thou hast stolen awayH1589(QalImpf) unawaresH3824 to me, and carried awayH5090(PielImpf) my daughters,H1323 as captivesH7617(QalPasPtc) [taken] with the sword?H2719 [27] Wherefore didst thou flee awayH1272(QalInf) secretly,H2244(NiphPerf) and steal awayH1589(QalImpf) from me; and didst not tellH5046(HiphPerf) me, that I might have sent thee awayH7971(PielImpf) with mirth,H8057 and with songs,H7892 with tabret,H8596 and with harp?H3658 [28] And hast not sufferedH5203(QalPerf) me to kissH5401(PielInf) my sonsH1121 and my daughters?H1323 thou hast now done foolishlyH5528(HiphPerf) in [so] doing.H6213(QalInf) [29] It isH3426 in the powerH410 of my handH3027 to doH6213(QalInf) you hurt:H7451 but the GodH430 of your fatherH1 spakeH559(QalPerf) unto me yesternight,H570 saying,H559(QalInf) Take thou heedH8104(NiphImpv) that thou speak notH1696(PielInf) to JacobH3290 either goodH2896 or bad.H7451 [30] And now, [though] thou wouldest needsH1980(QalInf) be gone,H1980(QalPerf) because thou soreH3700(NiphInf) longedstH3700(NiphPerf) after thy father’sH1 house,H1004 [yet] wherefore hast thou stolenH1589(QalPerf) my gods?H430 [31] And JacobH3290 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and saidH559(QalImpf) to Laban,H3837 Because I was afraid:H3372(QalPerf) for I said,H559(QalPerf) PeradventureH6435 thou wouldest take by forceH1497(QalImpf) thy daughtersH1323 from me. [32] With whomsoeverH834 thou findestH4672(QalImpf) thy gods,H430 let him not live:H2421(QalImpf) beforeH5048 our brethrenH251 discernH5234(HiphImpv) thou what [is] thine with me, and takeH3947(QalImpv) [it] to thee. For JacobH3290 knewH3045(QalPerf) not that RachelH7354 had stolenH1589(QalPerf) them. [33] And LabanH3837 wentH935(QalImpf) into Jacob’sH3290 tent,H168 and into Leah’sH3812 tent,H168 and into the twoH8147 maidservants’H519 tents;H168 but he foundH4672(QalPerf) [them] not. Then went he outH3318(QalImpf) of Leah’sH3812 tent,H168 and enteredH935(QalImpf) into Rachel’sH7354 tent.H168 [34] Now RachelH7354 had takenH3947(QalPerf) the images,H8655 and putH7760(QalImpf) them in the camel’sH1581 furniture,H3733 and satH3427(QalImpf) upon them. And LabanH3837 searchedH4959(PielImpf) all the tent,H168 but foundH4672(QalPerf) [them] not. [35] And she saidH559(QalImpf) to her father,H1 Let it not displeaseH2734(QalImpf) my lordH113 that I cannotH3201(QalImpf) rise upH6965(QalInf) before thee;H6440 for the customH1870 of womenH802 [is] upon me. And he searched,H2664(PielImpf) but foundH4672(QalPerf) not the images.H8655 [36] And JacobH3290 was wroth,H2734(QalImpf) and chodeH7378(QalImpf) with Laban:H3837 and JacobH3290 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and saidH559(QalImpf) to Laban,H3837 What [is] my trespass?H6588 what [is] my sin,H2403 that thou hast so hotly pursuedH1814(QalPerf) after me?H310 [37] WhereasH3588 thou hast searchedH4959(PielPerf) all my stuff,H3627 what hast thou foundH4672(QalPerf) of all thy householdH1004 stuff?H3627 setH7760(QalImpv) [it] hereH3541 before my brethrenH251 and thy brethren,H251 that they may judgeH3198(HiphImpf) betwixtH996 us both.H8147 [38] This twentyH6242 yearsH8141 [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewesH7353 and thy she goatsH5795 have not cast their young,H7921(PielPerf) and the ramsH352 of thy flockH6629 have I not eaten.H398(QalPerf) [39] That which was tornH2966 [of beasts] I broughtH935(HiphPerf) not unto thee; I bare the lossH2398(PielImpf) of it; of my handH3027 didst thou requireH1245(PielImpf) it, [whether] stolenH1589(QalPasPtc) by day,H3117 or stolenH1589(QalPasPtc) by night.H3915 [40] [Thus] I was; in the dayH3117 the droughtH2721 consumedH398(QalPerf) me, and the frostH7140 by night;H3915 and my sleepH8142 departedH5074(QalImpf) from mine eyes.H5869 [41] Thus have I been twentyH6242 yearsH8141 in thy house;H1004 I served theeH5647(QalPerf) fourteenH702 yearsH8141 for thy twoH8147 daughters,H1323 and sixH8337 yearsH8141 for thy cattle:H6629 and thou hast changedH2498(HiphImpf) my wagesH4909 tenH6235 times.H4489 [42] ExceptH3884 the GodH430 of my father,H1 the GodH430 of Abraham,H85 and the fearH6343 of Isaac,H3327 had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me awayH7971(PielPerf) now empty.H7387 GodH430 hath seenH7200(QalPerf) mine afflictionH6040 and the labourH3018 of my hands,H3709 and rebukedH3198(HiphImpf) [thee] yesternight.H570 [43] And LabanH3837 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and saidH559(QalImpf) unto Jacob,H3290 [These] daughtersH1323 [are] my daughters,H1323 and [these] childrenH1121 [are] my children,H1121 and [these] cattleH6629 [are] my cattle,H6629 and all that thou seestH7200(QalActPtc) [is] mine: and what can I doH6213(QalImpf) this dayH3117 unto these my daughters,H1323 orH176 unto their childrenH1121 which they have born?H3205(QalPerf) [44] Now therefore come thou,H3212(QalImpv) let us makeH3772(QalImpf) a covenant,H1285 I and thou; and let it be for a witnessH5707 between me and thee. [45] And JacobH3290 tookH3947(QalImpf) a stone,H68 and set it upH7311(HiphImpf) [for] a pillar.H4676 [46] And JacobH3290 saidH559(QalImpf) unto his brethren,H251 GatherH3950(QalImpv) stones;H68 and they tookH3947(QalImpf) stones,H68 and madeH6213(QalImpf) an heap:H1530 and they did eatH398(QalImpf) there upon the heap.H1530 [47] And LabanH3837 calledH7121(QalImpf) it Jegarsahadutha:H3026 but JacobH3290 calledH7121(QalPerf) it Galeed.H1567 [48] And LabanH3837 said,H559(QalImpf) This heapH1530 [is] a witnessH5707 between me and thee this day.H3117 Therefore was the nameH8034 of it calledH7121(QalPerf) Galeed;H1567 [49] And Mizpah;H4709 forH834 he said,H559(QalPerf) The LordH3068 watchH6822(QalImpf) between me and thee, when we are absentH5641(NiphImpf) oneH376 from another.H7453 [50] If thou shalt afflictH6031(PielImpf) my daughters,H1323 or if thou shalt takeH3947(QalImpf) [other] wivesH802 besideH5921 my daughters,H1323 no manH376 [is] with us; see,H7200(QalImpv) GodH430 [is] witnessH5707 betwixt me and thee. [51] And LabanH3837 saidH559(QalImpf) to Jacob,H3290 Behold this heap,H1530 and behold [this] pillar,H4676 which I have castH3384(QalPerf) betwixt me and thee; [52] This heapH1530 [be] witness,H5707 and [this] pillarH4676 [be] witness,H5713 that I will not pass overH5674(QalImpf) this heapH1530 to thee, and that thou shalt not pass overH5674(QalImpf) this heapH1530 and this pillarH4676 unto me, for harm.H7451 [53] The GodH430 of Abraham,H85 and the GodH430 of Nahor,H5152 the GodH430 of their father,H1 judgeH8199(QalImpf) betwixt us. And JacobH3290 swareH7650(NiphImpf) by the fearH6343 of his fatherH1 Isaac.H3327 [54] Then JacobH3290 offeredH2076(QalImpf) sacrificeH2077 upon the mount,H2022 and calledH7121(QalImpf) his brethrenH251 to eatH398(QalInf) bread:H3899 and they did eatH398(QalImpf) bread,H3899 and tarried all nightH3885(QalImpf) in the mount.H2022 [55] And earlyH7925 in the morningH1242 LabanH3837 rose up,H7925(HiphImpf) and kissedH5401(PielImpf) his sonsH1121 and his daughters,H1323 and blessedH1288(PielImpf) them: and LabanH3837 departed,H3212(QalImpf) and returnedH7725(QalImpf) unto his place.H4725
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