geneva - Genesis:29-31

geneva@Genesis:29:1 @ Then Jacob (note:)Or, «lifted up his feet».(:note) went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

geneva@Genesis:29:2 @ And he looked, and behold a well in the field, (note:)Thus he was directed by the providence of God, who brought him to Laban's house.(:note) and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well's mouth.

geneva@Genesis:29:3 @ And thither were all the flockes gathered, & they rolled the stone from the welles mouth, and watered the sheepe, and put the stone againe vpon the welles mouth in his place.

geneva@Genesis:29:4 @ And Jacob said unto them, My (note:)It seems that in those days the custom was to call even strangers, brethren.(:note) brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.

geneva@Genesis:29:5 @ Then he sayd vnto them, Know ye Laban the sonne of Nahor? Who said, We know him.

geneva@Genesis:29:6 @ And he said unto them, (note:)Or, «he is in peace?» by which the Hebrews mean prosperity.(:note) [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

geneva@Genesis:29:7 @ Then he sayd, Lo, it is yet hie day, neither is it time that the cattell shoulde be gathered together: water ye the sheepe and go feede them.

geneva@Genesis:29:8 @ But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe.

geneva@Genesis:29:9 @ While he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheepe, for she kept them.

geneva@Genesis:29:10 @ And assoone as Iaakob saw Rahel ye daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, then came Iaakob neere, & rolled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watered ye flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

geneva@Genesis:29:11 @ And Iaakob kissed Rahel, and lift vp his voyce and wept.

geneva@Genesis:29:12 @ (For Iaakob tolde Rahel, that he was her fathers brother, & that he was Rebekahs sonne) then she ranne and tolde her father.

geneva@Genesis:29:13 @ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban (note:)That is, the reason why he departed from his father's house, and what he saw during his journey.(:note) all these things.

geneva@Genesis:29:14 @ And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my (note:)That is, of my blood and kindred.(:note) bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

geneva@Genesis:29:15 @ For Laban sayde vnto Iaakob, Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for nought? tell me, what shalbe thy wages?

geneva@Genesis:29:16 @ Now Laban had two daughters, the elder called Leah, and the yonger called Rahel.

geneva@Genesis:29:17 @ And Leah was tender eyed, but Rahel was beautifull and faire.

geneva@Genesis:29:18 @ And Iaakob loued Rahel, and sayde, I will serue thee seuen yeeres for Rahel thy yonger daughter.

geneva@Genesis:29:19 @ Then Laban answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with me.

geneva@Genesis:29:20 @ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a (note:)Meaning after the years were accomplished.(:note) few days, for the love he had to her.

geneva@Genesis:29:21 @ Then Iaakob sayde to Laban, Giue me my wife, that I may goe in to her: for my terme is ended.

geneva@Genesis:29:22 @ Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

geneva@Genesis:29:23 @ And (note:)The reason Jacob was deceived was that in ancient times the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband as a sign of purity and humbleness.(:note) it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

geneva@Genesis:29:24 @ And Laban gaue his mayde Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her seruant.

geneva@Genesis:29:25 @ But when the morning was come, behold, it was Leah. Then sayde he to Laban, Wherefore hast thou done thus to mee? did not I serue thee for Rahel? wherfore then hast thou beguiled me?

geneva@Genesis:29:26 @ And Laban said, (note:)He valued the profit he had from Jacob's service more than either his promise or the customs of the country, though he used custom for his excuse.(:note) It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

geneva@Genesis:29:27 @ Fulfill seuen yeeres for her, and we wil also giue thee this for the seruice, which thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeeres more.

geneva@Genesis:29:28 @ Then Iaakob did so, and fulfilled her seuen yeeres, so he gaue him Rahel his daughter to be his wife.

geneva@Genesis:29:29 @ Laban also gaue to Rahel his daughter Bilhah his mayde to be her seruant.

geneva@Genesis:29:30 @ So entred he in to Rahel also, and loued also Rahel more then Leah, and serued him yet seuen yeeres mo.

geneva@Genesis:29:31 @ And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he (note:)This declares that often they who are despised by men are favoured by God.(:note) opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.

geneva@Genesis:29:32 @ And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the (note:)By this it appears that she had sought help from God in her affliction.(:note) LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will For children are a great cause of mutual love between man and wife. love me.

geneva@Genesis:29:33 @ And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and sayde, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore giuen me this sonne also, & she called his name Simeon.

geneva@Genesis:29:34 @ And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui.

geneva@Genesis:29:35 @ Moreouer shee conceiued againe and bare a sonne, saying, Nowe will I prayse the Lorde: therefore shee called his name Iudah, and left bearing.

geneva@Genesis:30:1 @ And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.

geneva@Genesis:30:2 @ And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in (note:)It is only God who makes one barren or fruitful, and therefore I am not at fault.(:note) God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

geneva@Genesis:30:3 @ And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my (note:)I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were my own.(:note) knees, that I may also have children by her.

geneva@Genesis:30:4 @ Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.

geneva@Genesis:30:5 @ So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.

geneva@Genesis:30:6 @ Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Daniel.

geneva@Genesis:30:7 @ And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne.

geneva@Genesis:30:8 @ And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, (note:)The arrogancy of man's nature appears in that she condemns her sister, after she has received this benefit from God to bear children.(:note) and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

geneva@Genesis:30:9 @ And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.

geneva@Genesis:30:10 @ And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne.

geneva@Genesis:30:11 @ And Leah said, (note:)That is, God increases me with a multitude of children for so Jacob explains this name Gad (Gen_49:19).(:note) A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

geneva@Genesis:30:12 @ Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne.

geneva@Genesis:30:13 @ Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me; she called his name, Asher.

geneva@Genesis:30:14 @ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found (note:)Which is a kind of herb whose root has a likeness to the figure of a man.(:note) mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

geneva@Genesis:30:15 @ But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes.

geneva@Genesis:30:16 @ And Iaakob came from the fielde in the euening, and Leah went out to meete him, and sayde, Come in to mee, for I haue bought and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night.

geneva@Genesis:30:17 @ And God heard Leah and shee conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakob the fift sonne.

geneva@Genesis:30:18 @ And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my (note:)Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it.(:note) maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

geneva@Genesis:30:19 @ After, Leah conceiued againe, & bare Iaakob the sixt sonne.

geneva@Genesis:30:20 @ Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: & she called his name Zebulun.

geneva@Genesis:30:21 @ After that, shee bare a daughter, and shee called her name Dinah.

geneva@Genesis:30:22 @ And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.

geneva@Genesis:30:23 @ And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my (note:)Because fruitfulness came as God's blessing, who said «Increase and multiply», barrenness was counted as a curse.(:note) reproach:

geneva@Genesis:30:24 @ And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.

geneva@Genesis:30:25 @ And assoone as Rahel had borne Ioseph, Iaakob said to Laban, Sende me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.

geneva@Genesis:30:26 @ Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.

geneva@Genesis:30:27 @ To whom Laban answered, If I haue nowe found fauour in thy sight tarie: I haue perceiued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.

geneva@Genesis:30:28 @ Also he said, Appoynt vnto me thy wages, and I will giue it thee.

geneva@Genesis:30:29 @ But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.

geneva@Genesis:30:30 @ For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall (note:)The order of nature requires that every one provide for his own family.(:note) I provide for mine own house also?

geneva@Genesis:30:31 @ Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.

geneva@Genesis:30:32 @ I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: (note:)That which is spotted, from now on.(:note) and [of such] shall be my hire.

geneva@Genesis:30:33 @ So shall my (note:)God shall attest to my righteous dealing by rewarding my labours.(:note) righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

geneva@Genesis:30:34 @ Then Laban sayde, Goe to, woulde God it might be according to thy saying.

geneva@Genesis:30:35 @ Therefore he tooke out the same day the hee goates that were partie coloured and with great spots, and all the shee goates with litle and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the sheepe, and put them in the keeping of his sonnes.

geneva@Genesis:30:36 @ And hee set three dayes iourney betweene himselfe and Iaakob; Iaakob kept the rest of Labans sheepe.

geneva@Genesis:30:37 @ And Jacob (note:)Jacob used no deceit in this for it was God's commandment as he declares in (Gen_31:9, Gen_31:11).(:note) took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods.

geneva@Genesis:30:38 @ Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke)

geneva@Genesis:30:39 @ And the sheepe were in heate before the rods, and afterward brought forth yong of partie colour, and with small and great spots.

geneva@Genesis:30:40 @ And Iaakob parted these lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towardes these lambes partie coloured and all maner of blacke, among the sheepe of Laban: so hee put his owne flockes by themselues, and put them not with Labans flocke.

geneva@Genesis:30:41 @ And it came to pass, whensoever the (note:)As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March: so the feebler in March and lamb in September.(:note) stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

geneva@Genesis:30:42 @ But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs.

geneva@Genesis:30:43 @ So the man encreased exceedingly, and had many flockes, and maide seruantes, and men seruants, and camels and asses.

geneva@Genesis:31:1 @ And he heard the (note:)The children put in words what the father disguised in his heart for the covetous think that whatever they cannot take, is taken from them.(:note) 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 gotten all this glory.

geneva@Genesis:31:2 @ Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:

geneva@Genesis:31:3 @ And the Lorde had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wilbe with thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:4 @ Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke.

geneva@Genesis:31:5 @ And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the (note:)The God whom my fathers worshipped.(:note) God of my father hath been with me.

geneva@Genesis:31:6 @ And yee knowe that I haue serued your father with all my might.

geneva@Genesis:31:7 @ But your father hath deceiued me, & changed my wages tenne times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.

geneva@Genesis:31:8 @ If he thus sayd, The spotted shall be thy wages, then all the sheepe bare spotted: and if he sayd thus, the party coloured shalbe thy rewarde, then bare all the sheepe particoloured.

geneva@Genesis:31:9 @ Thus (note:)This declares that the thing Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit.(:note) God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

geneva@Genesis:31:10 @ For in ramming time I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, & beholde, ye hee goates leaped vpon the shee goates, that were partie coloured with litle and great spots spotted.

geneva@Genesis:31:11 @ And the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob; I answered, Lo, I am here.

geneva@Genesis:31:12 @ And he sayde, Lift vp nowe thine eyes, and see all the hee goates leaping vpon ye shee goates that are partie coloured, spotted with litle and great spots: for I haue seene all that Laban doeth vnto thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:13 @

geneva@Genesis:31:14 @ Then answered Rahel and Leah, and sayde vnto him, Haue wee any more porcion and inheritance in our fathers house?

geneva@Genesis:31:15 @ Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath (note:)For they were given to Jacob as payment for his service, which was a kind of sale.(:note) sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

geneva@Genesis:31:16 @ Therefore all the riches, which God hath taken from our father, is ours and our childrens: nowe then whatsoeuer God hath saide vnto thee, doe it.

geneva@Genesis:31:17 @ Then Iaakob rose vp, and set his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.

geneva@Genesis:31:18 @ And he caried away all his flockes, & al his substance which he had gotten, to wit, his riches, which he had gotten in Padan Aram, to goe to Izhak his father vnto the land of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:31:19 @ And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the (note:)For so the word here signifies, because Laban calls them gods, (Gen_31:30).(:note) images that [were] her father's.

geneva@Genesis:31:20 @ Thus Iaakob stole away ye heart of Laban the Aramite: for he told him not that he fled.

geneva@Genesis:31:21 @ So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead.

geneva@Genesis:31:22 @ And the third day after was it told Laban, that Iaakob fled.

geneva@Genesis:31:23 @ Then he tooke his brethren with him, & followed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertooke him at mount Gilead.

geneva@Genesis:31:24 @ And God came to Laban the Aramite in a dreame by night, and sayde vnto him, Take heede that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.

geneva@Genesis:31:25 @ Then Laban ouertooke Iaakob, & Iaakob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban also with his brethren pitched vpon mount Gilead.

geneva@Genesis:31:26 @ Then Laban sayde to Iaakob, What hast thou done? thou hast euen stolen away mine heart and caried away my daughters as though they had bene taken captiues with the sworde.

geneva@Genesis:31:27 @ Wherfore diddest thou flie so secretly and steale away from me, and diddest not tel me, that I might haue sent thee foorth with mirth & with songs, with timbrel and with harpe?

geneva@Genesis:31:28 @ But thou hast not suffered me to kisse my sonnes and my daughters: nowe thou hast done foolishly in doing so.

geneva@Genesis:31:29 @ It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the (note:)He was an idolater and therefore would not acknowledge the God of Jacob for his God.(:note) God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

geneva@Genesis:31:30 @ Nowe though thou wentest thy way, because thou greatly longedst after thy fathers house, yet wherefore hast thou stollen my gods?

geneva@Genesis:31:31 @ Then Iaakob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, & thought that thou wouldest haue taken thy daughters from me.

geneva@Genesis:31:32 @ But with whome thou findest thy gods, let him not liue. Search thou before our brethre what I haue of thine, & take it to thee, (but Iaakob wist not that Rahel had stolen them)

geneva@Genesis:31:33 @ Then came Laban into Iaakobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maides tentes, but founde them not. So hee went out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rahels tent.

geneva@Genesis:31:34 @ (Nowe Rahel had taken the idoles, & put them in the camels litter and sate downe vpon them) and Laban searched al the tent, but found them not.

geneva@Genesis:31:35 @ Then said she to her father, My Lord, be not angrie that I cannot rise vp before thee: for the custome of women is vpo me: so he searched, but found not the idoles.

geneva@Genesis:31:36 @ The Iaakob was wroth, and chode with Laban: Iaakob also answered and sayd to Laban, What haue I trespassed? what haue I offended, that thou hast pursued after me?

geneva@Genesis:31:37 @ Seeing thou hast searched all my stuffe, what hast thou foud of all thine houshold stuffe? put it here before my brethren & thy brethren, that they may iudge betweene vs both.

geneva@Genesis:31:38 @ This twenty yere I haue bin with thee: thine ewes & thy goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

geneva@Genesis:31:39 @ Whatsoeuer was torne of beasts, I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stollen by day or stollen by night.

geneva@Genesis:31:40 @ I was in the day consumed with heate, and with frost in the night, and my sleepe departed from mine eyes.

geneva@Genesis:31:41 @ Thus haue I bene twentie yeere in thine house, and serued thee fourteene yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yeeres for thy sheepe, and thou hast changed my wages tenne times.

geneva@Genesis:31:42 @ Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the (note:)That is, the God whom Isaac feared and reverenced.(:note) fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.

geneva@Genesis:31:43 @ Then Laban answered, and saide vnto Iaakob, These daughters are my daughters, & these sonnes are my sonnes, and these sheepe are my sheepe, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or to their sonnes which they haue borne?

geneva@Genesis:31:44 @ Now therefore (note:)His conscience reproved him for his misbehaviour toward Jacob, and therefore moved him to seek peace.(:note) come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:45 @ Then tooke Iaakob a stone, and set it vp as a pillar:

geneva@Genesis:31:46 @ And Iaakob sayde vnto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made an heape, and they did eate there vpon the heape.

geneva@Genesis:31:47 @ And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it (note:)The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue.(:note) Galeed.

geneva@Genesis:31:48 @ For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.

geneva@Genesis:31:49 @ And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD (note:)To punish the trespasser.(:note) watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

geneva@Genesis:31:50 @ If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] (note:)Nature compels him to condemn that vice, to which through covetousness he forced Jacob.(:note) wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:51 @ Moreouer Laban sayd to Iaakob, Beholde this heape, and behold the pillar, which I haue set betweene me and thee,

geneva@Genesis:31:52 @ This heape shall be witnesse, and the pillar shall be witnesse, that I will not come ouer this heape to thee, and that thou shalt not passe ouer this heape and this pillar vnto me for euill.

geneva@Genesis:31:53 @ The God of Abraham, and the God of (note:)Behold, how the idolaters mingle the true God with their false gods.(:note) Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Meaning, by the true God whom Isaac worshipped. fear of his father Isaac.

geneva@Genesis:31:54 @ Then Iaakob did offer a sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eate bread; they did eate bread, and taried all night in the mount.

geneva@Genesis:31:55 @ And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and (note:)We see that there is always some seed of the knowledge of God in the hearts of the wicked.(:note) blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

geneva@Genesis:32:1 @ Nowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.