Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:1-13

1And he heardH8085 the wordsH1697 of Laban’s sonsH1121, sayingH559, JacobH3290 hath takenH3947 awayH3947 all that was our father’sH1; and of that which was our father’sH1 hath he gotten all this gloryH3519.

2And JacobH3290 beheld the countenance of LabanH3837, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

3And Jehovah saidH559 unto JacobH3290, ReturnH7725 unto the landH776 of thy fathersH1, and to thy kindredH4138; and I will beH1961 with thee.

4And JacobH3290 sentH7971 and calledH7121 RachelH7354 and LeahH3812 to the fieldH7704 unto his flockH6629,

5and saidH559 unto them, I seeH7200 your father’sH1 countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the GodH430 of my fatherH1 hath beenH1961 with me.

6And ye knowH3045 that with all my powerH3581 I have servedH5647 your fatherH1.

7And your fatherH1 hath deceived me, and changedH2498 my wagesH4909 tenH6235 times; but GodH430 suffered him not to hurt me.

8If he saidH559 thusH3541, The speckled shall beH1961 thy wagesH7939; then all the flockH6629 bare speckled: and if he saidH559 thusH3541, The ringstreaked shall beH1961 thy wagesH7939; then bare all the flockH6629 ringstreaked.

9Thus GodH430 hath taken awayH5337 the cattle of your fatherH1, and givenH5414 them to me.

10And it came to pass at the timeH6256 that the flockH6629 conceive, that I liftedH5375 up mine eyesH5869, and sawH7200 in a dreamH2472, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flockH6629 wereH1961 ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.

11And the angelH4397 of GodH430 saidH559 unto me in the dreamH2472, JacobH3290: and I saidH559, HereH2009 am I.

12And he saidH559, LiftH5375 up now thine eyesH5869, and seeH7200: all the he-goats which leap upon the flockH6629 are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seenH7200 all that LabanH3837 doeth unto thee.

13I am the GodH410 of Beth-el, whereH834 thou anointedst a pillarH4676, whereH834 thou vowedst a vowH5088 unto me: nowH6258 ariseH6965, get thee out from this landH776, and returnH7725 unto the landH776 of thy nativity.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain