Genesis:31:3-42

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* And the LORD said unto Jacob Ya #aqob #, Return unto the land of thy fathers , and to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee . * And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock tso #n #, * And said unto them , I see your fathers countenance , that it is not toward me as before ; but the God of my father hath been with me . * And ye know that with all my power I have served your father . * And your father hath deceived me , and changed my wages ten times ; but God suffered him not to hurt me . * If he said thus , The speckled shall be thy wages ; then all the cattle bare speckled : and if he said thus , The ringstraked shall be thy hire ; then bare all the cattle ringstraked . * Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father , and given them to me . * And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived , that I lifted up mine eyes , and saw in a dream , and , behold , the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked , speckled , and grisled . * And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream , saying , Jacob Ya #aqob #: And I said , Here am I . * And he said , Lift up now thine eyes , and see , all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked , speckled , and grisled : for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee . * I am the God of Bethel Beyth -#El #, where thou anointedst the pillar , and where thou vowedst a vow unto me : now arise , get thee out from this land , and return unto the land of thy kindred . * And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him , Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our fathers house ? * Are we not counted of him strangers ? for he hath sold us , and hath quite devoured also our money . * For all the riches which God hath taken from our father , that is ours , and our childrens : now then , whatsoever God hath said unto thee , do . * Then Jacob rose up , and set his sons and his wives upon camels ; * And he carried away all his cattle , and all his goods which he had gotten , the cattle of his getting , which he had gotten in Padanaram , for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan K @na #an #. * And Laban went to shear his sheep tso #n #: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her fathers . * And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian , in that he told him not that he fled . * So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up , and passed over the river , and set his face toward the mount Gilead Gil #ad #. * And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled . * 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 .

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