Genesis:31:23-47

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* And he took his brethren with him , and pursued after him seven days journey ; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead Gil #ad #. * And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night , and said unto him , Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad . * Then Laban overtook Jacob Ya #aqob #. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount : and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead Gil #ad #. * And Laban said to Jacob Ya #aqob #, What hast thou done , that thou hast stolen away unawares to me , and carried away my daughters , as captives taken with the sword ? * Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly , and steal away from me ; and didst not tell me , that I might have sent thee away with mirth , and with songs , with tabret , and with harp ? * And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters ? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing . * It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight , saying , Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad . * And now , though thou wouldest needs be gone , because thou sore longedst after thy fathers house , yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods ? * And Jacob answered and said to Laban , Because I was afraid : for I said , Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me . * With whomsoever thou findest thy gods , let him not live : before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me , and take it to thee . For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them . * And Laban went into Jacobs tent , and into Leahs tent , and into the two maidservants tents ; but he found them not . Then went he out of Leahs tent , and entered into Rachels tent . * Now Rachel had taken the images , and put them in the camels furniture , and sat upon them . And Laban searched all the tent , but found them not . * And she said to her father , Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee ; for the custom of women is upon me . And he searched , but found not the images . * And Jacob was wroth , and chode with Laban : and Jacob answered and said to Laban , What is my trespass ? what is my sin chatta #ah #, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me ? * Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff , what hast thou found of all thy household stuff ? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren , that they may judge betwixt us both . * This twenty years have I been with thee ; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young , and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten . * That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou require it , whether stolen by day , or stolen by night . * Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me , and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes . * Thus have I been twenty years in thy house ; I served thee fourteen #H6240years for thy two daughters , and six years for thy cattle tso #n #: and thou hast changed my wages ten times . * Except the God of my father , the God of Abraham , and the 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 . * And Laban answered and said unto Jacob Ya #aqob #, These daughters are my daughters , and these children are my children , and these cattle are my cattle tso #n #, and all that thou seest is mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters , or unto their children which they have born ? * Now therefore come thou , let us make a covenant , I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee . * And Jacob took a stone , and set it up for a pillar . * And Jacob said unto his brethren , Gather stones ; and they took stones , and made an heap : and they did eat there upon the heap . * And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha Y @gar : but Jacob called it Galeed Gal #ed #.

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