Genesis 31

1 ♥ 📝 A nd he heard^H8085 the words^H1697 of Laban's^H3837 sons,^H1121 saying,^H559 Jacob^H3290 hath taken away^H3947 all that was our father's;^H1 and of that which was our father's^H1 hath he gotten^H6213 all this glory.^H3519

2 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 beheld^H7200 the countenance^H6440 of Laban,^H3837 and, behold, it was not toward him as^H8543 beforetime.^H8032

3 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto Jacob,^H3290 Return^H7725 unto the land^H776 of thy fathers,^H1 and to thy kindred;^H4138 and I will be with thee.

4 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 sent^H7971 and called^H7121 Rachel^H7354 and Leah^H3812 to the field^H7704 unto his flock,^H6629

5 ♥ 📝 and said^H559 unto them, I see^H7200 your father's^H1 countenance,^H6440 that it is not toward me as^H8543 beforetime;^H8032 but the God^H430 of my father^H1 hath been^H1961 with me.

6 ♥ 📝 And ye^H859 know^H3045 that with all my power^H3581 I have served^H5647 your father.^H1

7 ♥ 📝 And your father^H1 hath deceived^H2048 me, and changed^H2498 my wages^H4909 ten^H6235 times;^H4489 but God^H430 suffered him^H5414 not to hurt^H7489 me.^H5978

8 ♥ 📝 If he said^H559 thus, The speckled^H5348 shall be thy wages;^H7939 then all the flock^H6629 bare^H3205 speckled:^H5348 and if he said^H559 thus, The ringstreaked^H6124 shall be thy wages;^H7939 then bare^H3205 all the flock^H6629 ringstreaked.^H6124

9 ♥ 📝 Thus God^H430 hath taken away^H5337 the cattle^H4735 of your father,^H1 and given^H5414 them to me.

10 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass at the time^H6256 that the flock^H6629 conceive,^H3179 that I lifted up^H5375 mine eyes,^H5869 and saw^H7200 in a dream,^H2472 and, behold, the he-goats^H6260 which leaped^H5927 upon the flock^H6629 were ringstreaked,^H6124 speckled,^H5348 and grizzled.^H1261

11 ♥ 📝 And the angel^H4397 of God^H430 said^H559 unto me in the dream,^H2472 Jacob:^H3290 and I said,^H559 Here am I.

12 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Lift up^H5375 now thine eyes,^H5869 and see:^H7200 all the he-goats^H6260 which leap^H5927 upon the flock^H6629 are ringstreaked,^H6124 speckled,^H5348 and grizzled:^H1261 for I have seen^H7200 all that Laban^H3837 doeth^H6213 unto thee.

13 ♥ 📝 I am the God^H410 of Beth-el,^H1008 where thou anointedst^H4886 a pillar,^H4676 where thou vowedst^H5087 a vow^H5088 unto me: now arise,^H6965 get thee out^H3318 from this land,^H776 and return^H7725 unto the land^H776 of thy nativity.^H4138

14 ♥ 📝 And Rachel^H7354 and Leah^H3812 answered^H6030 and said^H559 unto him, Is there yet any portion^H2506 or inheritance^H5159 for us in our father's^H1 house?^H1004

15 ♥ 📝 Are we not accounted^H2803 by him as foreigners?^H5237 for he hath sold^H4376 us, and hath also quite^H398 devoured^H398 our money.^H3701

16 ♥ 📝 For all the riches^H6239 which God^H430 hath taken^H5337 away from our father,^H1 that is ours and our children's:^H1121 now then, whatsoever God^H430 hath said^H559 unto thee, do.^H6213

17 ♥ 📝 Then Jacob^H3290 rose up,^H6965 and set^H5375 his sons^H1121 and his wives^H802 upon the camels;^H1581

18 ♥ 📝 and he carried away^H5090 all his cattle,^H4735 and all his substance^H7399 which he had gathered,^H7408 the cattle^H4735 of his getting,^H7075 which he had gathered^H7408 in Paddan-aram,^H6307 to go^H935 to Isaac^H3327 his father^H1 unto the land^H776 of Canaan.^H3667

19 ♥ 📝 Now Laban^H3837 was gone^H1980 to shear^H1494 his sheep:^H6629 and Rachel^H7354 stole^H1589 the teraphim^H8655 that were her father's.^H1

20 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 stole away^H1589 unawares^H3820 to Laban^H3837 the Syrian,^H761 in that^H5921 he told^H5046 him not^H1097 that he fled.^H1272

21 ♥ 📝 So he fled^H1272 with all that he had; and he rose up,^H6965 and passed over^H5674 the River,^H5104 and set^H7760 his face^H6440 toward the mountain^H2022 of Gilead.^H1568

22 ♥ 📝 And it was told^H5046 Laban^H3837 on the third^H7992 day^H3117 that Jacob^H3290 was fled.^H1272

23 ♥ 📝 And he took^H3947 his brethren^H251 with him, and pursued^H7291 after him^H310 seven^H7651 days'^H3117 journey;^H1870 and he overtook^H1692 him in the mountain^H2022 of Gilead.^H1568

24 ♥ 📝 And God^H430 came^H935 to Laban^H3837 the Syrian^H761 in a dream^H2472 of the night,^H3915 and said^H559 unto him, Take heed^H8104 to thyself that thou speak^H1696 not to^H5973 Jacob^H3290 either good^H2896 or^H5704 bad.^H7451

25 ♥ 📝 And Laban^H3837 came^H5381 up with Jacob.^H3290 Now Jacob^H3290 had pitched^H8628 his tent^H168 in the mountain:^H2022 and Laban^H3837 with his brethren^H251 encamped^H8628 in the mountain^H2022 of Gilead.^H1568

26 ♥ 📝 And Laban^H3837 said^H559 to Jacob,^H3290 What hast thou done,^H6213 that thou hast stolen away^H1589 unawares^H3824 to me, and carried away^H5090 my daughters^H1323 as captives^H7617 of the sword?^H2719

27 ♥ 📝 Wherefore didst thou flee^H1272 secretly,^H2244 and steal away^H1589 from me, and didst not tell^H5046 me, that I might have sent thee away^H7971 with mirth^H8057 and with songs,^H7892 with tabret^H8596 and with harp;^H3658

28 ♥ 📝 and didst not suffer^H5203 me to kiss^H5401 my sons^H1121 and my daughters?^H1323 now hast thou done^H6213 foolishly.^H5528

29 ♥ 📝 It is^H3426 in the power^H410 of my hand^H3027 to do^H6213 you hurt:^H7451 but the God^H430 of your father^H1 spake^H559 unto me yesternight,^H570 saying,^H559 Take heed^H8104 to thyself that thou speak not^H1696 to Jacob^H3290 either good^H2896 or bad.^H7451

30 ♥ 📝 And now, [though] thou wouldest needs^H1980 be gone,^H1980 because thou sore^H3700 longedst^H3700 after thy father's^H1 house,^H1004 [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen^H1589 my gods?^H430

31 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 answered^H6030 and said^H559 to Laban,^H3837 Because I was afraid:^H3372 for I said,^H559 Lest^H6435 thou shouldest take thy daughters^H1323 from me by force.^H1497

32 ♥ 📝 With whomsoever^H834 thou findest^H4672 thy gods,^H430 he shall not live:^H2421 before^H5048 our brethren^H251 discern^H5234 thou what is thine with me, and take^H3947 it to thee. For Jacob^H3290 knew^H3045 not that Rachel^H7354 had stolen^H1589 them.

33 ♥ 📝 And Laban^H3837 went^H935 into Jacob's^H3290 tent,^H168 and into Leah's^H3812 tent,^H168 and into the tent^H168 of the two^H8147 maid-servants;^H519 but he found^H4672 them not. And he went out^H3318 of Leah's^H3812 tent,^H168 and entered^H935 into Rachel's^H7354 tent.^H168

34 ♥ 📝 Now Rachel^H7354 had taken^H3947 the teraphim,^H8655 and put^H7760 them in the camel's^H1581 saddle,^H3733 and sat^H3427 upon them. And Laban^H3837 felt^H4959 about all the tent,^H168 but found^H4672 them not.

35 ♥ 📝 And she said^H559 to her father,^H1 Let not my lord^H113 be angry^H2734 that I cannot^H3201 rise up^H6965 before thee;^H6440 for the manner^H1870 of women^H802 is upon me. And he searched,^H2664 but found^H4672 not the teraphim.^H8655

36 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 was wroth,^H2734 and chode^H7378 with Laban:^H3837 and Jacob^H3290 answered^H6030 and said^H559 to Laban,^H3837 What is my trespass?^H6588 what is my sin,^H2403 that thou hast hotly pursued^H1814 after me?^H310

37 ♥ 📝 Whereas^H3588 thou hast felt^H4959 about all my stuff,^H3627 what hast thou found^H4672 of all thy household^H1004 stuff?^H3627 Set^H7760 it here^H3541 before my brethren^H251 and thy brethren,^H251 that they may judge^H3198 betwixt^H996 us two.^H8147

38 ♥ 📝 These twenty^H6242 years^H8141 have I been with thee; thy ewes^H7353 and thy she-goats^H5795 have not cast their young,^H7921 and the rams^H352 of thy flocks^H6629 have I not eaten.^H398

39 ♥ 📝 That which was torn^H2966 of beasts I brought^H935 not unto thee; I bare the loss^H2398 of it; of my hand^H3027 didst thou require^H1245 it, whether stolen^H1589 by day^H3117 or stolen^H1589 by night.^H3915

40 ♥ 📝 Thus I was; in the day^H3117 the drought^H2721 consumed^H398 me, and the frost^H7140 by night;^H3915 and my sleep^H8142 fled^H5074 from mine eyes.^H5869

41 ♥ 📝 These twenty^H6242 years^H8141 have I been in thy house;^H1004 I served thee^H5647 fourteen^H702 years^H8141 for thy two^H8147 daughters,^H1323 and six^H8337 years^H8141 for thy flock:^H6629 and thou hast changed^H2498 my wages^H4909 ten^H6235 times.^H4489

42 ♥ 📝 Except^H3884 the God^H430 of my father,^H1 the God^H430 of Abraham,^H85 and the Fear^H6343 of Isaac,^H3327 had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away^H7971 empty.^H7387 God^H430 hath seen^H7200 mine affliction^H6040 and the labor^H3018 of my hands,^H3709 and rebuked^H3198 thee yesternight.^H570

43 ♥ 📝 And Laban^H3837 answered^H6030 and said^H559 unto Jacob,^H3290 The daughters^H1323 are my daughters,^H1323 and the children^H1121 are my children,^H1121 and the flocks^H6629 are my flocks,^H6629 and all that thou seest^H7200 is mine: and what can I do^H6213 this day^H3117 unto these my daughters,^H1323 or^H176 unto their children^H1121 whom they have borne?^H3205

44 ♥ 📝 And now come,^H3212 let us make^H3772 a covenant,^H1285 I and thou; and let it be for a witness^H5707 between me and thee.

45 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 took^H3947 a stone,^H68 and set it up^H7311 for a pillar.^H4676

46 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 said^H559 unto his brethren,^H251 Gather^H3950 stones;^H68 and they took^H3947 stones,^H68 and made^H6213 a heap:^H1530 and they did eat^H398 there by the heap.^H1530

47 ♥ 📝 And Laban^H3837 called^H7121 it Jegar-saha-dutha:^H3026 but Jacob^H3290 called^H7121 it Galeed.^H1567

48 ♥ 📝 And Laban^H3837 said,^H559 This heap^H1530 is witness^H5707 between me and thee this day.^H3117 Therefore was the name^H8034 of it called^H7121 Galeed:^H1567

49 ♥ 📝 and Mizpah,^H4709 for^H834 he said,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 watch^H6822 between me and thee, when we are absent^H5641 one^H376 from another.^H7453

50 ♥ 📝 If thou shalt afflict^H6031 my daughters,^H1323 and if thou shalt take^H3947 wives^H802 besides^H5921 my daughters,^H1323 no man^H376 is with us; see,^H7200 God^H430 is witness^H5707 betwixt me and thee.

51 ♥ 📝 And Laban^H3837 said^H559 to Jacob,^H3290 Behold this heap,^H1530 and behold the pillar,^H4676 which I have set^H3384 betwixt me and thee.

52 ♥ 📝 This heap^H1530 be witness,^H5707 and the pillar^H4676 be witness,^H5713 that I will not pass over^H5674 this heap^H1530 to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over^H5674 this heap^H1530 and this pillar^H4676 unto me, for harm.^H7451

53 ♥ 📝 The God^H430 of Abraham,^H85 and the God^H430 of Nahor,^H5152 the God^H430 of their father,^H1 judge^H8199 betwixt us. And Jacob^H3290 sware^H7650 by the Fear^H6343 of his father^H1 Isaac.^H3327

54 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 offered^H2076 a sacrifice^H2077 in the mountain,^H2022 and called^H7121 his brethren^H251 to eat^H398 bread:^H3899 and they did eat^H398 bread,^H3899 and tarried all night^H3885 in the mountain.^H2022

55 ♥ 📝 And early^H7925 in the morning^H1242 Laban^H3837 rose up,^H7925 and kissed^H5401 his sons^H1121 and his daughters,^H1323 and blessed^H1288 them: and Laban^H3837 departed,^H3212 and returned^H7725 unto his place.^H4725