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Genesis

Chapter 31

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.