Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:17-35

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’sH1.1 20And JacobH3290 stole awayH1589 unawaresH3820 to LabanH3837 the SyrianH761, in thatH5921 he toldH5046 him notH1097 that he fledH1272.2 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. 22And it was toldH5046 LabanH3837 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117 that JacobH3290 was fledH1272. 23And he tookH3947 his brethrenH251 with him, and pursuedH7291 after himH310 sevenH7651 days’H3117 journeyH1870; and they overtookH1692 him in the mountH2022 GileadH1568. 24And GodH430 cameH935 to LabanH3837 the SyrianH761 in a dreamH2472 by nightH3915, and saidH559 unto him, Take heedH8104 that thou speakH1696 not toH5973 JacobH3290 either goodH2896 orH5704 badH7451.3

25Then LabanH3837 overtookH5381 JacobH3290. Now JacobH3290 had pitchedH8628 his tentH168 in the mountH2022: and LabanH3837 with his brethrenH251 pitchedH8628 in the mountH2022 of GileadH1568. 26And LabanH3837 saidH559 to JacobH3290, What hast thou doneH6213, that thou hast stolen awayH1589 unawaresH3824 to me, and carried awayH5090 my daughtersH1323, as captivesH7617 taken with the swordH2719? 27Wherefore didst thou flee awayH1272 secretlyH2244, and steal awayH1589 from me; and didst not tellH5046 me, that I might have sent thee awayH7971 with mirthH8057, and with songsH7892, with tabretH8596, and with harpH3658?4 28And hast not sufferedH5203 me to kissH5401 my sonsH1121 and my daughtersH1323? thou hast now done foolishlyH5528 in so doingH6213. 29It isH3426 in the powerH410 of my handH3027 to doH6213 you hurtH7451: but the GodH430 of your fatherH1 spakeH559 unto me yesternightH570, sayingH559, Take thou heedH8104 that thou speak notH1696 to JacobH3290 either goodH2896 or badH7451. 30And now, though thou wouldest needsH1980 be goneH1980, because thou soreH3700 longedstH3700 after thy father’sH1 houseH1004, yet wherefore hast thou stolenH1589 my godsH430? 31And JacobH3290 answeredH6030 and saidH559 to LabanH3837, Because I was afraidH3372: for I saidH559, PeradventureH6435 thou wouldest take by forceH1497 thy daughtersH1323 from me. 32With whomsoeverH834 thou findestH4672 thy godsH430, let him not liveH2421: beforeH5048 our brethrenH251 discernH5234 thou what is thine with me, and takeH3947 it to thee. For JacobH3290 knewH3045 not that RachelH7354 had stolenH1589 them. 33And LabanH3837 wentH935 into Jacob’sH3290 tentH168, and into Leah’sH3812 tentH168, and into the twoH8147 maidservants’H519 tentsH168; but he foundH4672 them not. Then went he outH3318 of Leah’sH3812 tentH168, and enteredH935 into Rachel’sH7354 tentH168. 34Now RachelH7354 had takenH3947 the imagesH8655, and putH7760 them in the camel’sH1581 furnitureH3733, and satH3427 upon them. And LabanH3837 searchedH4959 all the tentH168, but foundH4672 them not.5 35And she saidH559 to her fatherH1, Let it not displeaseH5869H2734 my lordH113 that I cannotH3201 rise upH6965 before theeH6440; for the customH1870 of womenH802 is upon me. And he searchedH2664, but foundH4672 not the imagesH8655.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 31:19 images: Heb. teraphim. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 31:20 unawares…: Heb. the heart of Laban. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 31:24 either…: Heb. from good to bad. ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 31:27 steal…: Heb. hast stolen me. ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 31:34 searched: Heb. felt. ↩

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