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Genesis 31

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1 And he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s, he has gotten all this glory.

1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”

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

2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.

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

3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

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

4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were.

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 has been with me.

5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

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

6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,

7 And your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

7 yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

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

8 If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked young.

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

9 So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.

10 And it came to pass at the time that the sheep conceived, that I lifted up my eyes and saw in dreams, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the females were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

10 “In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.

11 And the angel of God spoke unto me in dreams, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the sheep are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled; for I have seen all that Laban has done unto thee.

12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the pillar and where thou didst vow a vow unto me. Now arise, go out from this land and return unto the land of thy nature.

13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.’ ”

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

14 Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?

15 Are we not counted of him strangers? For he has sold us and has even devoured all our price.

15 Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.

16 For all the riches which God has taken from our father, is ours and our son’s; now then, whatever God has said unto thee, do.

16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

17 Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,

18 and he carried away all his livestock and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, to return unto Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

19 And Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the idols of her father.

19 When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods.

20 And Jacob stole away the heart of Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

20 Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.

21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed the river and set his face toward Mount Gilead.

21 So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

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

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

23 Then he took his brethren with him and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in Mount Gilead.

23 Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

24 And God came to Laban the Aramean in dreams by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything 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 Mount Gilead.

25 Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too.

26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away my heart and carried away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.

27 Why 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 tambourine and with harp?

27 Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?

28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

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

29 I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

30 And now, that thou art leaving, because thy desire is after thy father’s house, yet why hast thou stolen my gods?

30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”

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

31 Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.

32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let them not live; before our brethren discern what is thine with me and take it to thee. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.

33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and came to Rachel’s tent.

33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.

34 Now Rachel took the images and put them in a camel’s saddle and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent but did not find them.

34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.

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 did not find the images.

35 Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period.” So he searched but could not find the household gods.

36 Then Jacob was wroth and contended 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?

36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?

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 between us both.

37 Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.

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

38 “I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

39 That which was torn of beasts I did not bring unto thee; I bore the sin; thou didst require of my hand that which was stolen, whether by day or by night.

39 I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night.

40 By day the drought consumed me, and by night, the frost; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my 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 flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

41 It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times.

42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, were not with me, surely thou would send me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the work of my hands and rebuked thee last night.

42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”

43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these sons are my sons, and these sheep are my sheep, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their sons unto whom they have given birth?

43 Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne?

44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

44 Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”

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

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

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

46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

47 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;

48 Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

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

49 It was also called Mizpah, because he said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.

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 between me and thee.

50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

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

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.

52 let this heap be witness and this pillar be witness that I will not pass over this heap against thee and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar against me, for harm.

52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.

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

53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.

54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount and called his brethren to eat bread; and they ate bread and slept in the mount.

54 He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

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.

55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.

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