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Genesis

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 ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cat­tle ringstraked. 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 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. 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.