mkjv Genesis:29-31
mkjv@Genesis:29:1 @ And Jacob lifted his feet and went to the land of the sons of the east.
mkjv@Genesis:29:2 @ And he looked, and behold, a well [was] in the field! And, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it, for they watered the flocks out of that well. And a great stone [was] upon the well's mouth.
mkjv@Genesis:29:3 @ And all the flocks were gathered there. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.
mkjv@Genesis:29:4 @ And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where [are] you from? And they said, We [are] from Haran.
mkjv@Genesis:29:5 @ And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].
mkjv@Genesis:29:6 @ And he said to them, [Is] he well? And they said, He [is] well. And, behold, his daughter Rachel comes with the sheep.
mkjv@Genesis:29:7 @ And he said, Lo, the day [is] yet high. [It is] not yet time for gathering the cattle together. Water the sheep, and go feed [them].
mkjv@Genesis:29:8 @ And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered together. And they roll the stone from the well's mouth, then we water the sheep.
mkjv@Genesis:29:9 @ While he still spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
mkjv@Genesis:29:10 @ And it happened when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, then Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flocks of Laban his mother's brother.
mkjv@Genesis:29:11 @ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
mkjv@Genesis:29:12 @ And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's brother, and that he [was] Rebekah's son. And she ran and told her father.
mkjv@Genesis:29:13 @ And it happened when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
mkjv@Genesis:29:14 @ And Laban said to him, Surely you [are] my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him for a month.
mkjv@Genesis:29:15 @ And Laban said to Jacob, Because you [are] my brother, should you then serve me for nothing? Tell me, what [shall be] your wages?
mkjv@Genesis:29:16 @ And Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
mkjv@Genesis:29:17 @ And Leah was weak of eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
mkjv@Genesis:29:18 @ And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
mkjv@Genesis:29:19 @ And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.
mkjv@Genesis:29:20 @ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him a few days, for the love he had for her.
mkjv@Genesis:29:21 @ And Jacob said to Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, so that I may go in to her.
mkjv@Genesis:29:22 @ And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
mkjv@Genesis:29:23 @ And it happened in the evening, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him. And he went in to her.
mkjv@Genesis:29:24 @ And Laban gave Zilpah his slave woman to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
mkjv@Genesis:29:25 @ And it happened in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah! And he said to Laban, What [is] this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you tricked me?
mkjv@Genesis:29:26 @ And Laban said, It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
mkjv@Genesis:29:27 @ Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you shall serve with me still another seven years.
mkjv@Genesis:29:28 @ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
mkjv@Genesis:29:29 @ And Laban gave Bilhah his slave woman to his daughter Rachel, to be her handmaid.
mkjv@Genesis:29:30 @ And he also went in to Rachel. He also loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him still seven more years.
mkjv@Genesis:29:31 @ And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel [was] barren.
mkjv@Genesis:29:32 @ And Leah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Reuben, for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my afflictions. Now therefore my husband will love me.
mkjv@Genesis:29:33 @ And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was hated, He has therefore given me this [son] also. And she called his name Simeon.
mkjv@Genesis:29:34 @ And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will return to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.
mkjv@Genesis:29:35 @ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time I will praise the LORD. Therefore she called his name Judah, and quit bearing.
mkjv@Genesis:30:1 @ And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.
mkjv@Genesis:30:2 @ And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel. And he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
mkjv@Genesis:30:3 @ And she said, Behold my slave woman Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and yea, let me be built up from her, me also.
mkjv@Genesis:30:4 @ And she gave him her slave woman Bilhah to wife. And Jacob went in to her.
mkjv@Genesis:30:5 @ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
mkjv@Genesis:30:6 @ And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Daniel.
mkjv@Genesis:30:7 @ And Rachel's slave woman Bilhah conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
mkjv@Genesis:30:8 @ And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.
mkjv@Genesis:30:9 @ When Leah saw that she had quit bearing, she took her slave woman Zilpah and gave her to Jacob to wife.
mkjv@Genesis:30:10 @ And Leah's slave woman Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
mkjv@Genesis:30:11 @ And Leah said, With fortune. And she called his name Gad.
mkjv@Genesis:30:12 @ And Leah's slave woman Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
mkjv@Genesis:30:13 @ And Leah said, I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed. And she called his name Asher.
mkjv@Genesis:30:14 @ And Reuben went out in the days of the wheat harvest, and found love-apples in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, please give me some of your son's love-apples.
mkjv@Genesis:30:15 @ And she said to her, [Is it] a small matter that you have taken my husband? And would you also take my son's love-apples? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you tonight for your son's love-apples.
mkjv@Genesis:30:16 @ And Jacob came out of the field in the evening. And Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's love-apples. And he lay with her that night.
mkjv@Genesis:30:17 @ And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
mkjv@Genesis:30:18 @ And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my slave to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
mkjv@Genesis:30:19 @ And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.
mkjv@Genesis:30:20 @ And Leah said, God has given me a good present. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
mkjv@Genesis:30:21 @ And afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
mkjv@Genesis:30:22 @ And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
mkjv@Genesis:30:23 @ And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, God has taken away my reproach.
mkjv@Genesis:30:24 @ And she called his name Joseph. And she said, May the LORD add another son to me.
mkjv@Genesis:30:25 @ And when Rachel had borne Joseph, it happened that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away so that I may go into my own place and to my country.
mkjv@Genesis:30:26 @ Give me my wives and my children, [for] whom I have served you, and let me go. For you know my service which I have done you.
mkjv@Genesis:30:27 @ And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay. For I have seen omens, that the LORD has blessed me for your sake.
mkjv@Genesis:30:28 @ And he said, Appoint your wages and I will give.
mkjv@Genesis:30:29 @ He said to him, You know how I have served you, and what your cattle has become with me.
mkjv@Genesis:30:30 @ For you had little before I [came], and it has now increased to a multitude. And the LORD has blessed you since my coming. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?
mkjv@Genesis:30:31 @ And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock.
mkjv@Genesis:30:32 @ I will pass through all the flocks today, taking out all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all of the black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and the speckled among the goats. And these shall be my hire.
mkjv@Genesis:30:33 @ And shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, and it shall come for my hire before your face. Every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, shall be counted stolen with me.
mkjv@Genesis:30:34 @ And Laban said, Yes, truly let it be according to your word.
mkjv@Genesis:30:35 @ And that day he took out the he-goats that were striped and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black from among the lambs, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.
mkjv@Genesis:30:36 @ And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
mkjv@Genesis:30:37 @ And Jacob took rods of green poplar, and of a fresh tree, and the almond and plane tree. And he peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
mkjv@Genesis:30:38 @ And he set the rods which he had peeled by the troughs, by the water troughs, where the flocks came to drink, across from the flocks, and the flocks were in heat when they came to drink.
mkjv@Genesis:30:39 @ And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth striped cattle, speckled, and spotted.
mkjv@Genesis:30:40 @ And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped, and all the black in the flock of Laban. And he put his own flocks by themselves, and did not put them with the flock of Laban.
mkjv@Genesis:30:41 @ And it happened when the stronger flocks conceived, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flocks in the troughs, so that they might conceive among the rods.
mkjv@Genesis:30:42 @ But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put [them] in. And usually it came to be, the weak ones were Laban's and the stronger ones Jacob's.
mkjv@Genesis:30:43 @ And the man increased exceedingly, and [had] many flocks, and maidservants, and male servants, and camels, and asses.
mkjv@Genesis:31:1 @ And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that [was] our father's, and he has gotten all this glory from that which was our father's.
mkjv@Genesis:31:2 @ And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
mkjv@Genesis:31:3 @ And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred, and I will be with you.
mkjv@Genesis:31:4 @ And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flocks.
mkjv@Genesis:31:5 @ And he said to them, I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
mkjv@Genesis:31:6 @ And you know that with all my power I have served your father,
mkjv@Genesis:31:7 @ and your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not allow him to hurt me.
mkjv@Genesis:31:8 @ If he said this, The speckled shall be your wages, then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said this, The striped shall be your hire, then all the flocks bore striped.
mkjv@Genesis:31:9 @ And God has taken away the flocks of your father, and has given them to me.
mkjv@Genesis:31:10 @ And at the time the cattle conceived, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were striped, speckled, and mottled.
mkjv@Genesis:31:11 @ And the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob! And I said, Here I [am].
mkjv@Genesis:31:12 @ And He said, Lift up your eyes and see all the rams which leap upon the cattle, that they [are] striped, speckled, and mottled. For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
mkjv@Genesis:31:13 @ I [am] the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, where you vowed a vow to Me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred.
mkjv@Genesis:31:14 @ And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
mkjv@Genesis:31:15 @ Are we not counted strangers by him? For he has sold us, and has also entirely devoured our silver.
mkjv@Genesis:31:16 @ For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that [is] for us and for our sons. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.
mkjv@Genesis:31:17 @ Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and wives upon camels.
mkjv@Genesis:31:18 @ And he drove away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his property, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, in order to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
mkjv@Genesis:31:19 @ And Laban went to shear his sheep. And Rachel had stolen the images which were her father's.
mkjv@Genesis:31:20 @ And Jacob deceived the heart of Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
mkjv@Genesis:31:21 @ And he fled with all that was his. And he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward Mount Gilead.
mkjv@Genesis:31:22 @ It was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
mkjv@Genesis:31:23 @ And he took his brothers with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. And they overtook him in Mount Gilead.
mkjv@Genesis:31:24 @ And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that you do not speak either good or bad to Jacob.
mkjv@Genesis:31:25 @ Then Laban overtook Jacob. And Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount. And Laban with his brothers pitched in Mount Gilead.
mkjv@Genesis:31:26 @ And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have deceived my heart and carried away my daughters as captives [taken] with the sword?
mkjv@Genesis:31:27 @ Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret and with harp?
mkjv@Genesis:31:28 @ And why have you not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters? You have done foolishly in so doing.
mkjv@Genesis:31:29 @ It is in the power of my hand to do you harm. But the God of your fathers spoke to me last night, saying, Take heed that you do not speak either good or bad to Jacob.
mkjv@Genesis:31:30 @ And now you have gone because you longed after your father's house. Why have you stolen my gods?
mkjv@Genesis:31:31 @ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I [was] afraid, for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters away from me by force.
mkjv@Genesis:31:32 @ With whomever you find your gods, let him not live. Before our brothers, choose what [is] yours with me, and take [it] to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
mkjv@Genesis:31:33 @ And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two slave women, and he did not find. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
mkjv@Genesis:31:34 @ And Rachel had taken the images and put them into the camel's saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all the tent, but did not find them.
mkjv@Genesis:31:35 @ But she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you. For the custom of women [is] upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.
mkjv@Genesis:31:36 @ And Jacob was angry, and rebuked Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? What [is] my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?
mkjv@Genesis:31:37 @ For you have searched all my stuff; what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both.
mkjv@Genesis:31:38 @ I [was] with you these twenty years. Your ewes and she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock I have not eaten.
mkjv@Genesis:31:39 @ That which was mangled I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it at my hand, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night.
mkjv@Genesis:31:40 @ I was there; in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night. And my sleep departed from my eyes.
mkjv@Genesis:31:41 @ And I have been twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six for your flocks. And you have changed my wages ten times.
mkjv@Genesis:31:42 @ Unless the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked [you last] night.
mkjv@Genesis:31:43 @ And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flocks my flocks. All that you see [is] mine. And what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their sons which they have borne?
mkjv@Genesis:31:44 @ And come now, let us make a covenant, you and I. And let it be for a witness between you and me.
mkjv@Genesis:31:45 @ And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.
mkjv@Genesis:31:46 @ And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones. And they took stones and made a heap. And they ate there upon the heap.
mkjv@Genesis:31:47 @ And Laban called it in [Syrian], Heap of the Testimony, and Jacob called it in Hebrew, Heap of Testimony.
mkjv@Genesis:31:48 @ And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between you and me this day. Therefore the name of it was called Heap of Testimony,
mkjv@Genesis:31:49 @ and Watchtower, for he said, The LORD watch between you and me when we are absent from one another.
mkjv@Genesis:31:50 @ If you shall not] afflict my daughters, or if you shall take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us. See! God is witness between you and me.
mkjv@Genesis:31:51 @ And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between you and me.
mkjv@Genesis:31:52 @ This heap [is] a witness, and the pillar [is] a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
mkjv@Genesis:31:53 @ The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
mkjv@Genesis:31:54 @ And Jacob offered sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night in the mountain.
mkjv@Genesis:31:55 @ And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. And Laban departed and returned to his place.
mkjv@Genesis:32:1 @ And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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