Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:1-21

1And he heardH8085 the wordsH1697 of Laban’sH3837 sonsH1121, sayingH559, JacobH3290 hath taken awayH3947 all that was our father’sH1; and of that which was our father’sH1 hath he gottenH6213 all this gloryH3519. 2And JacobH3290 beheldH7200 the countenanceH6440 of LabanH3837, and, behold, it was not toward him asH8543 beforeH8032.1 3And YhwhH3068 saidH559 unto JacobH3290, ReturnH7725 unto the landH776 of thy fathersH1, and to thy kindredH4138; and I will be 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 countenanceH6440, that it is not toward me asH8543 beforeH8032; but the GodH430 of my fatherH1 hath beenH1961 with me. 6And yeH859 knowH3045 that with all my powerH3581 I have servedH5647 your fatherH1. 7And your fatherH1 hath deceivedH2048 me, and changedH2498 my wagesH4909 tenH6235 timesH4489; but GodH430 suffered himH5414 not to hurtH7489 meH5978. 8If he saidH559 thus, The speckledH5348 shall be thy wagesH7939; then all the cattleH6629 bareH3205 speckledH5348: and if he saidH559 thus, The ringstrakedH6124 shall be thy hireH7939; then bareH3205 all the cattleH6629 ringstrakedH6124. 9Thus GodH430 hath taken awayH5337 the cattleH4735 of your fatherH1, and givenH5414 them to me. 10And it came to pass at the timeH6256 that the cattleH6629 conceivedH3179, that I lifted upH5375 mine eyesH5869, and sawH7200 in a dreamH2472, and, behold, the ramsH6260 which leapedH5927 upon the cattleH6629 were ringstrakedH6124, speckledH5348, and grisledH1261.2 11And the angelH4397 of GodH430 spakeH559 unto me in a dreamH2472, saying, JacobH3290: And I saidH559, Here am I. 12And he saidH559, Lift upH5375 now thine eyesH5869, and seeH7200, all the ramsH6260 which leapH5927 upon the cattleH6629 are ringstrakedH6124, speckledH5348, and grisledH1261: for I have seenH7200 all that LabanH3837 doethH6213 unto thee. 13I am the GodH410 of Beth–elH1008, where thou anointedstH4886 the pillarH4676, and where thou vowedstH5087 a vowH5088 unto me: now ariseH6965, get thee outH3318 from this landH776, and returnH7725 unto the landH776 of thy kindredH4138. 14And RachelH7354 and LeahH3812 answeredH6030 and saidH559 unto him, Is there yet any portionH2506 or inheritanceH5159 for us in our father’sH1 houseH1004? 15Are we not countedH2803 of him strangersH5237? for he hath soldH4376 us, and hath quiteH398 devouredH398 also our moneyH3701. 16For all the richesH6239 which GodH430 hath takenH5337 from our fatherH1, that is ours, and our children’sH1121: now then, whatsoever GodH430 hath saidH559 unto thee, doH6213.

17Then JacobH3290 rose upH6965, and setH5375 his sonsH1121 and his wivesH802 upon camelsH1581; 18And he carried awayH5090 all his cattleH4735, and all his goodsH7399 which he had gottenH7408, the cattleH4735 of his gettingH7075, which he had gottenH7408 in Padan–aramH6307, for to goH935 to IsaacH3327 his fatherH1 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667. 19And LabanH3837 wentH1980 to shearH1494 his sheepH6629: and RachelH7354 had stolenH1589 the imagesH8655 that were her father’sH1.3 20And JacobH3290 stole awayH1589 unawaresH3820 to LabanH3837 the SyrianH761, in thatH5921 he toldH5046 him notH1097 that he fledH1272.4 21So he fledH1272 with all that he had; and he rose upH6965, and passed overH5674 the riverH5104, and setH7760 his faceH6440 toward the mountH2022 GileadH1568.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:2 as before: Heb. as yesterday and the day before. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:10 rams: or, he goats. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 31:19 images: Heb. teraphim. ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 31:20 unawares…: Heb. the heart of Laban. ↩

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