Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:1-21

1And he heardH8085 the wordsH1697 of Laban's sonsH1121, sayingH559, JacobH3290 has takenH3947 awayH3947 all that was our father's, and of what was our father's he has acquired all this gloryH3519.

2And JacobH3290 sawH7200 the countenance of LabanH3837, and behold, it was not toward him as previously.

3And Jehovah saidH559 to JacobH3290, ReturnH7725 into 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 fieldsH7704 to his flockH6629,

5and saidH559 to them, I seeH7200 your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the 1GodH430 of my fatherH1 has beenH1961 with me.

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

7And your fatherH1 has mocked me, and has changedH2498 my wagesH4909 tenH6235 times; but 2GodH430 suffered him not to hurt me.

8If he saidH559 thusH3541; The speckled shall beH1961 thy hireH7939, then all the flocksH6629 boreH3205 speckled; and if he saidH559 thusH3541: The ringstraked shall beH1961 thy hireH7939, then all the flocksH6629 boreH3205 ringstraked.

9And 3GodH430 has taken awayH5337 the cattle of your fatherH1, and givenH5414 [them] to me.

10And it came to pass at the timeH6256 of the ardour of the flocksH6629, that I liftedH5375 up mine eyesH5869, and sawH7200 in a dreamH2472, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocksH6629 wereH1961 ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

11And the AngelH4397 of 4GodH430 saidH559 to me in a dreamH2472, JacobH3290! And I saidH559, HereH2009 am I.

12And he saidH559, LiftH5375 up now thine eyesH5869, and seeH7200: all the rams that leap upon the flockH6629 are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seenH7200 all that LabanH3837 does to thee.

13I am the 5GodH410 of Bethel, whereH834 thou anointedst the pillarH4676, whereH834 thou vowedst a vowH5088 to me. NowH6258 ariseH6965, depart out of this landH776, and returnH7725 to the landH776 of thy kindredH4138.

14And RachelH7354 and LeahH3812 answered and saidH559 to him, Is there yetH5750 any portionH2506 or inheritanceH5159 for us in our father's houseH1004?

15Are we not reckonedH2803 of him strangers? for he has soldH4376 us, and has even constantly devouredH398 our moneyH3701.

16For all the wealthH6239 that 6GodH430 has taken from our fatherH1 is ours and our children's; and nowH6258 whatever 7GodH430 has saidH559 to thee do.

17And JacobH3290 roseH6965 up, and setH6965 his sonsH1121 and his wivesH802 upon camelsH1581,

18and carried away all his cattle, and all his propertyH7399 that he had acquired — the cattle of his possessionsH7399 that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to goH935 to IsaacH3327 his fatherH1, into the landH776 of CanaanH3667.

19And LabanH3837 had goneH1980 to shearH1494 his sheepH6629. And RachelH7354 stoleH1589 the teraphimH8655 that [belonged] to her fatherH1.

20And JacobH3290 deceived LabanH3837 the Syrian, in that he did not tellH5046 him that he fledH1272.

21And he fledH1272 with all that he had; and he roseH6965 up and passedH5674 over the riverH5104, and setH7760 his faceH6440 [toward] mount GileadH1568.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:5 31.5 Elohim ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:7 31.7 Elohim ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 31:9 31.9 Elohim ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 31:11 31.11 Elohim ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 31:13 31.13 El ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 31:16 31.16 Elohim ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 31:16 31.16 Elohim ↩

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