Genesis 31
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Genesis 31:1-13

1And 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 obtained all this glory.

2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.1

3And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field to his flock,

5And said to 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.

6And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God allowed him not to hurt me.

8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The striped shall be thy hire; then all the cattle bore striped.

9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were striped, speckled, and spotted.2

11And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

12And he said, Lift up now thy eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are striped, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban doeth to thee.

13I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the pillar, and where thou didst vow to me a vow: now arise, depart from this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.

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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 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 31

Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain