Genesis:31

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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 .

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