Genesis:29-31

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ylt @Genesis:29:1 @And Jacob lifteth up his feet , and goeth towards the land of the sons of the east ; ylt @Genesis:29:2 @and he looketh , and lo , a well in the field , and lo , there three droves of a flock crouching by it , for from that well they water the droves , and the great stone [is ] on the mouth of the well . ylt @Genesis:29:3 @(When thither have all the droves been gathered , and they have rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well , and have watered the flock , then they have turned back the stone on the mouth of the well to its place .) ylt @Genesis:29:4 @And Jacob saith to them , 'My brethren , from whence [are ] ye ?' and they say , 'We [are ] from Haran .' ylt @Genesis:29:5 @And he saith to them , 'Have ye known Laban , son of Nahor ?' and they say , 'We have known .' ylt @Genesis:29:6 @And he saith to them , 'Hath he peace ?' and they say , 'Peace ; and lo , Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock .' ylt @Genesis:29:7 @And he saith , 'Lo , the day [is ] still great , [it is ] not time for the cattle to be gathered ; water ye the flock , and go , delight yourselves .' ylt @Genesis:29:8 @And they say , 'We are not able , till that all the droves be gathered together , and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well , and we have watered the flock .' ylt @Genesis:29:9 @He is yet speaking with them , and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath , for she [is ] shepherdess ; ylt @Genesis:29:10 @and it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel , daughter of Laban his mother 's brother , and the flock of Laban his mother 's brother , that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well , and watereth the flock of Laban his mother 's brother . ylt @Genesis:29:11 @And Jacob kisseth Rachel , and lifteth up his voice , and weepeth , ylt @Genesis:29:12 @and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he [is ] her father 's brother , and that he [is ] Rebekah 's son , and she runneth and declareth to her father . ylt @Genesis:29:13 @And it cometh to pass , when Laban heareth the report of Jacob his sister 's son , that he runneth to meet him , and embraceth him , and kisseth him , and bringeth him in unto his house ; and he recounteth to Laban all these things , ylt @Genesis:29:14 @and Laban saith to him , 'Only my bone and my flesh [art ] thou ;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days . ylt @Genesis:29:15 @And Laban saith to Jacob , 'Is it because thou [art ] my brother that thou hast served me for nought ? declare to me what [is ] thy hire .' ylt @Genesis:29:16 @And Laban hath two daughters , the name of the elder [is ] Leah , and the name of the younger Rachel , ylt @Genesis:29:17 @and the eyes of Leah [are ] tender , and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance . ylt @Genesis:29:18 @And Jacob loveth Rachel , and saith , 'I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter :' ylt @Genesis:29:19 @and Laban saith , 'It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man ; dwell with me ;' ylt @Genesis:29:20 @and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years ; and they are in his eyes as some days , because of his loving her . ylt @Genesis:29:21 @And Jacob saith unto Laban , 'Give up my wife , for my days have been fulfilled , and I go in unto her ;' ylt @Genesis:29:22 @and Laban gathereth all the men of the place , and maketh a banquet . ylt @Genesis:29:23 @And it cometh to pass in the evening , that he taketh Leah , his daughter , and bringeth her in unto him , and he goeth in unto her ; ylt @Genesis:29:24 @and Laban giveth to her Zilpah , his maid-servant , to Leah his daughter , a maid-servant . ylt @Genesis:29:25 @And it cometh to pass in the morning , that lo , it [is ] Leah ; and he saith unto Laban , 'What [is ] this thou hast done to me ? for Rachel have I not served with thee ? and why hast thou deceived me ?' ylt @Genesis:29:26 @And Laban saith , 'It is not done so in our place , to give the younger before the first-born ; ylt @Genesis:29:27 @fulfil the week of this one , and we give to thee also this one , for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years .' ylt @Genesis:29:28 @And Jacob doth so , and fulfilleth the week of this one , and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter , to him for a wife ; ylt @Genesis:29:29 @and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant , for a maid-servant to her . ylt @Genesis:29:30 @And he goeth in also unto Rachel , and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah ; and he serveth with him yet seven other years . ylt @Genesis:29:31 @And Jehovah seeth that Leah [is ] the hated one , and He openeth her womb , and Rachel [is ] barren ; ylt @Genesis:29:32 @and Leah conceiveth , and beareth a son , and calleth his name Reuben , for she said , 'Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction ; because now doth my husband love me .' ylt @Genesis:29:33 @And she conceiveth again , and beareth a son , and saith , 'Because Jehovah hath heard that I [am ] the hated one , He also giveth to me even this [one ];' and she calleth his name Simeon . ylt @Genesis:29:34 @And she conceiveth again , and beareth a son , and saith , 'Now [is ] the time , my husband is joined unto me , because I have born to him three sons ,' therefore hath [one ] called his name Levi . ylt @Genesis:29:35 @And she conceiveth again , and beareth a son , and saith this time , 'I praise Jehovah ;' therefore hath she called his name Judah ; and she ceaseth from bearing . ylt @Genesis:30:1 @And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob , and Rachel is envious of her sister , and saith unto Jacob , 'Give me sons , and if there is none -- I die .' ylt @Genesis:30:2 @And Jacob 's anger burneth against Rachel , and he saith , 'Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb ?' ylt @Genesis:30:3 @And she saith , 'Lo , my handmaid Bilhah , go in unto her , and she doth bear on my knees , and I am built up , even I , from her ;' ylt @Genesis:30:4 @and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife , and Jacob goeth in unto her ; ylt @Genesis:30:5 @and Bilhah conceiveth , and beareth to Jacob a son , ylt @Genesis:30:6 @and Rachel saith , 'God hath decided for me , and also hath hearkened to my voice , and giveth to me a son ;' therefore hath she called his name Dan . ylt @Genesis:30:7 @And Bilhah , Rachel 's maid-servant , conceiveth again , and beareth a second son to Jacob , ylt @Genesis:30:8 @and Rachel saith , 'With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister , yea , I have prevailed ;' and she calleth his name Napthali . ylt @Genesis:30:9 @And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing , and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant , and giveth her to Jacob for a wife ; ylt @Genesis:30:10 @and Zilpah , Leah 's maid-servant , beareth to Jacob a son , ylt @Genesis:30:11 @and Leah saith , 'A troop is coming ;' and she calleth his name Gad . ylt @Genesis:30:12 @And Zilpah , Leah 's maid-servant , beareth a second son to Jacob , ylt @Genesis:30:13 @and Leah saith , 'Because of my happiness , for daughters have pronounced me happy ;' and she calleth his name Asher . ylt @Genesis:30:14 @And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest , and findeth love-apples in the field , and bringeth them in unto Leah , his mother , and Rachel saith unto Leah , 'Give to me , I pray thee , of the love-apples of thy son .' ylt @Genesis:30:15 @And she saith to her , 'Is thy taking my husband a little thing , that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son ?' and Rachel saith , 'Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night , for thy son 's love-apples .' ylt @Genesis:30:16 @And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening ; and Leah goeth to meet him , and saith , 'Unto me dost thou come in , for hiring I have hired thee with my son 's love-apples ;' and he lieth with her during that night . ylt @Genesis:30:17 @And God hearkeneth unto Leah , and she conceiveth , and beareth to Jacob a son , a fifth , ylt @Genesis:30:18 @and Leah saith , 'God hath given my hire , because I have given my maid-servant to my husband ;' and she calleth his name Issachar . ylt @Genesis:30:19 @And conceive again doth Leah , and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob , ylt @Genesis:30:20 @and Leah saith , 'God hath endowed me -- a good dowry ; this time doth my husband dwell with me , for I have borne to him six sons ;' and she calleth his name Zebulun ; ylt @Genesis:30:21 @and afterwards hath she born a daughter , and calleth her name Dinah . ylt @Genesis:30:22 @And God remembereth Rachel , and God hearkeneth unto her , and openeth her womb , ylt @Genesis:30:23 @and she conceiveth and beareth a son , and saith , 'God hath gathered up my reproach ;' ylt @Genesis:30:24 @and she calleth his name Joseph , saying , 'Jehovah is adding to me another son .' ylt @Genesis:30:25 @And it cometh to pass , when Rachel hath borne Joseph , that Jacob saith unto Laban , 'Send me away , and I go unto my place , and to my land ; ylt @Genesis:30:26 @give up my wives and my children , for whom I have served thee , and I go ; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee .' ylt @Genesis:30:27 @And Laban saith unto him , 'If , I pray thee , I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake .' ylt @Genesis:30:28 @He saith also , 'Define thy hire to me , and I give .' ylt @Genesis:30:29 @And he saith unto him , 'Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee [in ], and that which thy substance was with me ; ylt @Genesis:30:30 @for [it is ] little which thou hast had at my appearance , and it breaketh forth into a multitude , and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming ; and now , when do I make , I also , for mine own house ?' ylt @Genesis:30:31 @And he saith , 'What do I give to thee ?' And Jacob saith , 'Thou dost not give me anything ; if thou do for me this thing , I turn back ; I have delight ; thy flock I watch ; ylt @Genesis:30:32 @I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted , and every brown sheep among the lambs , and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire ; ylt @Genesis:30:33 @and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come , when it cometh in for my hire before thy face ; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among [my ] goats , and brown among [my ] lambs -- it is stolen with me .' ylt @Genesis:30:34 @And Laban saith , 'Lo , O that it were according to thy word ;' ylt @Genesis:30:35 @and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats , and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats , every one that [hath ] white in it , and every brown one among the lambs , and he giveth into the hand of his sons , ylt @Genesis:30:36 @and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob ; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban . ylt @Genesis:30:37 @And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar , and of the hazel and chesnut , and doth peel in them white peelings , making bare the white that [is ] on the rods , ylt @Genesis:30:38 @and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink ), over-against the flock , that they may conceive in their coming in to drink ; ylt @Genesis:30:39 @and the flocks conceive at the rods , and the flock beareth ring-straked , speckled , and spotted ones . ylt @Genesis:30:40 @And the lambs hath Jacob parted , and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked , also all the brown in the flock of Laban , and he setteth his own droves by themselves , and hath not set them near Laban 's flock . ylt @Genesis:30:41 @And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive , that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters , to cause them to conceive by the rods , ylt @Genesis:30:42 @and when the flock is feeble , he doth not set [them ]; and the feeble ones have been Laban 's , and the strong ones Jacob 's . ylt @Genesis:30:43 @And the man increaseth very exceedingly , and hath many flocks , and maid-servants , and men-servants , and camels , and asses . ylt @Genesis:31:1 @And he heareth the words of Laban 's sons , saying , 'Jacob hath taken all that our father hath ; yea , from that which our father hath , he hath made all this honour ;' ylt @Genesis:31:2 @and Jacob seeth the face of Laban , and lo , it is not with him as heretofore . ylt @Genesis:31:3 @And Jehovah saith unto Jacob , 'Turn back unto the land of thy fathers , and to thy kindred , and I am with thee .' ylt @Genesis:31:4 @And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock ; ylt @Genesis:31:5 @and saith to them , 'I am beholding your father 's face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore , and the God of my father hath been with me , ylt @Genesis:31:6 @and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father , ylt @Genesis:31:7 @and your father hath played upon me , and hath changed my hire ten times ; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me . ylt @Genesis:31:8 @'If he say thus : The speckled are thy hire , then bare all the flock speckled ones ; and if he say thus : The ring-straked are thy hire , then bare all the flock ring-straked ; ylt @Genesis:31:9 @and God taketh away the substance of your father , and doth give to me . ylt @Genesis:31:10 @'And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving , that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream , and lo , the he-goats , which are going up on the flock , [are ] ring-straked , speckled , and grisled ; ylt @Genesis:31:11 @and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream , Jacob , and I say , Here [am ] I . ylt @Genesis:31:12 @'And He saith , Lift up , I pray thee , thine eyes , and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are ] ring-straked , speckled , and grisled , for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee ; ylt @Genesis:31:13 @I [am ] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar , where thou hast vowed a vow to me ; now , arise , go out from this land , and turn back unto the land of thy birth .' ylt @Genesis:31:14 @And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him , 'Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father ? ylt @Genesis:31:15 @have we not been reckoned strangers to him ? for he hath sold us , and he also utterly consumeth our money ; ylt @Genesis:31:16 @for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father , it [is ] ours , and our children 's ; and now , all that God hath said unto thee -- do .' ylt @Genesis:31:17 @And Jacob riseth , and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels , ylt @Genesis:31:18 @and leadeth all his cattle , and all his substance which he hath acquired , the cattle of his getting , which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram , to go unto Isaac his father , to the land of Canaan . ylt @Genesis:31:19 @And Laban hath gone to shear his flock , and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath ; ylt @Genesis:31:20 @and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean , because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing ; ylt @Genesis:31:21 @and he fleeth , he and all that he hath , and riseth , and passeth over the River , and setteth his face [toward ] the mount of Gilead . ylt @Genesis:31:22 @And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled , ylt @Genesis:31:23 @and he taketh his brethren with him , and pursueth after him a journey of seven days , and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead . ylt @Genesis:31:24 @And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night , and saith to him , 'Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil .' ylt @Genesis:31:25 @And Laban overtaketh Jacob ; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount ; and Laban with his brethren have fixed [theirs ] in the mount of Gilead . ylt @Genesis:31:26 @And Laban saith to Jacob , 'What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart , and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword ? ylt @Genesis:31:27 @Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee , and deceivest me , and hast not declared to me , and I send thee away with joy and with songs , with tabret and with harp , ylt @Genesis:31:28 @and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters ? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing [so ]; ylt @Genesis:31:29 @my hand is to God to do evil with you , but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me , saying , Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil . ylt @Genesis:31:30 @'And now , thou hast certainly gone , because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father ; why hast thou stolen my gods ?' ylt @Genesis:31:31 @And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban , 'Because I was afraid , for I said , Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me ; ylt @Genesis:31:32 @with whomsoever thou findest thy gods -- he doth not live ; before our brethren discern for thyself what [is ] with me , and take to thyself :' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them . ylt @Genesis:31:33 @And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob , and into the tent of Leah , and into the tent of the two handmaidens , and hath not found ; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah , and goeth into the tent of Rachel . ylt @Genesis:31:34 @And Rachel hath taken the teraphim , and putteth them in the furniture of the camel , and sitteth upon them ; and Laban feeleth all the tent , and hath not found ; ylt @Genesis:31:35 @and she saith unto her father , 'Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence , for the way of women [is ] on me ;' and he searcheth , and hath not found the teraphim . ylt @Genesis:31:36 @And it is displeasing to Jacob , and he striveth with Laban ; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban , 'What [is ] my transgression ? what my sin , that thou hast burned after me ? ylt @Genesis:31:37 @for thou hast felt all my vessels : what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house ? set here before my brethren , and thy brethren , and they decide between us both . ylt @Genesis:31:38 @'These twenty years I [am ] with thee : thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried , and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten ; ylt @Genesis:31:39 @the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I , I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it ; I have been deceived by day , and I have been deceived by night ; ylt @Genesis:31:40 @I have been [thus ]: in the day consumed me hath drought , and frost by night , and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes . ylt @Genesis:31:41 @'This [is ] to me twenty years in thy house : I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters , and six years for thy flock ; and thou changest my hire ten times ; ylt @Genesis:31:42 @unless the God of my father , the God of Abraham , and the Fear of Isaac , had been for me , surely now empty thou hadst sent me away ; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen , and reproveth yesternight .' ylt @Genesis:31:43 @And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob , 'The daughters [are ] my daughters , and the sons my sons , and the flock my flock , and all that thou art seeing [is ] mine ; and to my daughters -- what do I to these to-day , or to their sons whom they have born ? ylt @Genesis:31:44 @and now , come , let us make a covenant , I and thou , and it hath been for a witness between me and thee .' ylt @Genesis:31:45 @And Jacob taketh a stone , and lifteth it up [for ] a standing pillar ; ylt @Genesis:31:46 @and Jacob saith to his brethren , 'Gather stones ,' and they take stones , and make a heap ; and they eat there on the heap ; ylt @Genesis:31:47 @and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha ; and Jacob hath called it Galeed . ylt @Genesis:31:48 @And Laban saith , 'This heap [is ] witness between me and thee to-day ;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed ; ylt @Genesis:31:49 @Mizpah also , for he said , 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee , for we are hidden one from another ; ylt @Genesis:31:50 @if thou afflict my daughters , or take wives beside my daughters -- there is no man with us -- see , God [is ] witness between me and thee .' ylt @Genesis:31:51 @And Laban saith to Jacob , 'Lo , this heap , and lo , the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee ; ylt @Genesis:31:52 @this heap [is ] witness , and the standing pillar [is ] witness , that I do not pass over this heap unto thee , and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil ; ylt @Genesis:31:53 @the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor , doth judge between us -- the God of their father ,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac . ylt @Genesis:31:54 @And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount , and calleth to his brethren to eat bread , and they eat bread , and lodge in the mount ; ylt @Genesis:31:55 @and Laban riseth early in the morning , and kisseth his sons and his daughters , and blesseth them ; and Laban goeth on , and turneth back to his place . ylt @Genesis:32:1 @And Jacob hath gone on his way , and messengers of God come upon him ;

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