The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 31

Gen 31:1 And he heard [08085] (8799) the words [01697] of Laban's [03837] sons [01121], saying [0559] (8800), Jacob [03290] hath taken away [03947] (8804) all that was our father's [01]; and of that which was our father's [01] hath he gotten [06213] (8804) all this glory [03519].
Gen 31:2 And Jacob [03290] beheld [07200] (8799) the countenance [06440] of Laban [03837], and, behold, it was not toward him as [08543] before [08032].
Gen 31:3 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] (8799) unto Jacob [03290], Return [07725] (8798) unto the land [0776] of thy fathers [01], and to thy kindred [04138]; and I will be with thee.
Gen 31:4 And Jacob [03290] sent [07971] (8799) and called [07121] (8799) Rachel [07354] and Leah [03812] to the field [07704] unto his flock [06629],
Gen 31:5 And said [0559] (8799) unto them, I see [07200] (8802) your father's [01] countenance [06440], that it is not toward me as [08543] before [08032]; but the God [0430] of my father [01] hath been [01961] (8804) with me.
Gen 31:6 And ye [0859] know [03045] (8804) that with all my power [03581] I have served [05647] (8804) your father [01].
Gen 31:7 And your father [01] hath deceived [02048] (8765) me, and changed [02498] (8689) my wages [04909] ten [06235] times [04489]; but God [0430] suffered him [05414] (8804) not to hurt [07489] (8687) me [05978].
Gen 31:8 If he said [0559] (8799) thus, The speckled [05348] shall be thy wages [07939]; then all the cattle [06629] bare [03205] (8804) speckled [05348]: and if he said [0559] (8799) thus, The ringstraked [06124] shall be thy hire [07939]; then bare [03205] (8804) all the cattle [06629] ringstraked [06124].
Gen 31:9 Thus God [0430] hath taken away [05337] (8686) the cattle [04735] of your father [01], and given [05414] (8799) them to me.
Gen 31:10 And it came to pass at the time [06256] that the cattle [06629] conceived [03179] (8763), that I lifted up [05375] (8799) mine eyes [05869], and saw [07200] (8799) in a dream [02472], and, behold, the rams [06260] which leaped [05927] (8802) upon the cattle [06629] were ringstraked [06124], speckled [05348], and grisled [01261].
Gen 31:11 And the angel [04397] of God [0430] spake [0559] (8799) unto me in a dream [02472], [saying], Jacob [03290]: And I said [0559] (8799), Here [am] I.
Gen 31:12 And he said [0559] (8799), Lift up [05375] (8798) now thine eyes [05869], and see [07200] (8798), all the rams [06260] which leap [05927] (8802) upon the cattle [06629] are ringstraked [06124], speckled [05348], and grisled [01261]: for I have seen [07200] (8804) all that Laban [03837] doeth [06213] (8802) unto thee.
Gen 31:13 I [am] the God [0410] of Bethel [01008], where thou anointedst [04886] (8804) the pillar [04676], and where thou vowedst [05087] (8804) a vow [05088] unto me: now arise [06965] (8798), get thee out [03318] (8798) from this land [0776], and return [07725] (8798) unto the land [0776] of thy kindred [04138].
Gen 31:14 And Rachel [07354] and Leah [03812] answered [06030] (8799) and said [0559] (8799) unto him, [Is there] yet any portion [02506] or inheritance [05159] for us in our father's [01] house [01004]?
Gen 31:15 Are we not counted [02803] (8738) of him strangers [05237]? for he hath sold [04376] (8804) us, and hath quite [0398] (8800) devoured [0398] (8799) also our money [03701].
Gen 31:16 For all the riches [06239] which God [0430] hath taken [05337] (8689) from our father [01], that is ours, and our children's [01121]: now then, whatsoever God [0430] hath said [0559] (8804) unto thee, do [06213] (8798).
Gen 31:17 Then Jacob [03290] rose up [06965] (8799), and set [05375] (8799) his sons [01121] and his wives [0802] upon camels [01581];
Gen 31:18 And he carried away [05090] (8799) all his cattle [04735], and all his goods [07399] which he had gotten [07408] (8804), the cattle [04735] of his getting [07075], which he had gotten [07408] (8804) in Padanaram [06307], for to go [0935] (8800) to Isaac [03327] his father [01] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].
Gen 31:19 And Laban [03837] went [01980] (8804) to shear [01494] (8800) his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] (8799) the images [08655] that were her father's [01].
Gen 31:20 And Jacob [03290] stole away [01589] (8799) unawares [03820] to Laban [03837] the Syrian [0761], in that [05921] he told [05046] (8689) him not [01097] that he fled [01272] (8802).
Gen 31:21 So he fled [01272] (8799) with all that he had; and he rose up [06965] (8799), and passed over [05674] (8799) the river [05104], and set [07760] (8799) his face [06440] [toward] the mount [02022] Gilead [01568].
Gen 31:22 And it was told [05046] (8714) Laban [03837] on the third [07992] day [03117] that Jacob [03290] was fled [01272] (8804).
Gen 31:23 And he took [03947] (8799) his brethren [0251] with him, and pursued [07291] (8799) after him [0310] seven [07651] days [03117]' journey [01870]; and they overtook [01692] (8686) him in the mount [02022] Gilead [01568].
Gen 31:24 And God [0430] came [0935] (8799) to Laban [03837] the Syrian [0761] in a dream [02472] by night [03915], and said [0559] (8799) unto him, Take heed [08104] (8734) that thou speak [01696] (8762) not to [05973] Jacob [03290] either good [02896] or [05704] bad [07451].
Gen 31:25 Then Laban [03837] overtook [05381] (8686) Jacob [03290]. Now Jacob [03290] had pitched [08628] (8804) his tent [0168] in the mount [02022]: and Laban [03837] with his brethren [0251] pitched [08628] (8804) in the mount [02022] of Gilead [01568].
Gen 31:26 And Laban [03837] said [0559] (8799) to Jacob [03290], What hast thou done [06213] (8804), that thou hast stolen away [01589] (8799) unawares [03824] to me, and carried away [05090] (8762) my daughters [01323], as captives [07617] (8803) [taken] with the sword [02719]?
Gen 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away [01272] (8800) secretly [02244] (8738), and steal away [01589] (8799) from me; and didst not tell [05046] (8689) me, that I might have sent thee away [07971] (8762) with mirth [08057], and with songs [07892], with tabret [08596], and with harp [03658]?
Gen 31:28 And hast not suffered [05203] (8804) me to kiss [05401] (8763) my sons [01121] and my daughters [01323]? thou hast now done foolishly [05528] (8689) in [so] doing [06213] (8800).
Gen 31:29 It is [03426] in the power [0410] of my hand [03027] to do [06213] (8800) you hurt [07451]: but the God [0430] of your father [01] spake [0559] (8804) unto me yesternight [0570], saying [0559] (8800), Take thou heed [08104] (8734) that thou speak not [01696] (8763) to Jacob [03290] either good [02896] or bad [07451].
Gen 31:30 And now, [though] thou wouldest needs [01980] (8800) be gone [01980] (8804), because thou sore [03700] (8736) longedst [03700] (8738) after thy father's [01] house [01004], [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen [01589] (8804) my gods [0430]?
Gen 31:31 And Jacob [03290] answered [06030] (8799) and said [0559] (8799) to Laban [03837], Because I was afraid [03372] (8804): for I said [0559] (8804), Peradventure [06435] thou wouldest take by force [01497] (8799) thy daughters [01323] from me.
Gen 31:32 With whomsoever [0834] thou findest [04672] (8799) thy gods [0430], let him not live [02421] (8799): before [05048] our brethren [0251] discern [05234] (8685) thou what is thine with me, and take [03947] (8798) [it] to thee. For Jacob [03290] knew [03045] (8804) not that Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] (8804) them.
Gen 31:33 And Laban [03837] went [0935] (8799) into Jacob's [03290] tent [0168], and into Leah's [03812] tent [0168], and into the two [08147] maidservants [0519]' tents [0168]; but he found [04672] (8804) them not. Then went he out [03318] (8799) of Leah's [03812] tent [0168], and entered [0935] (8799) into Rachel's [07354] tent [0168].
Gen 31:34 Now Rachel [07354] had taken [03947] (8804) the images [08655], and put [07760] (8799) them in the camel's [01581] furniture [03733], and sat [03427] (8799) upon them. And Laban [03837] searched [04959] (8762) all the tent [0168], but found [04672] (8804) them not.
Gen 31:35 And she said [0559] (8799) to her father [01], Let it not displease [02734] (8799) [05869] my lord [0113] that I cannot [03201] (8799) rise up [06965] (8800) before thee [06440]; for the custom [01870] of women [0802] is upon me. And he searched [02664] (8762), but found [04672] (8804) not the images [08655].
Gen 31:36 And Jacob [03290] was wroth [02734] (8799), and chode [07378] (8799) with Laban [03837]: and Jacob [03290] answered [06030] (8799) and said [0559] (8799) to Laban [03837], What is my trespass [06588]? what is my sin [02403], that thou hast so hotly pursued [01814] (8804) after me [0310]?
Gen 31:37 Whereas [03588] thou hast searched [04959] (8765) all my stuff [03627], what hast thou found [04672] (8804) of all thy household [01004] stuff [03627]? set [07760] (8798) [it] here [03541] before my brethren [0251] and thy brethren [0251], that they may judge [03198] (8686) betwixt [0996] us both [08147].
Gen 31:38 This twenty [06242] years [08141] [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes [07353] and thy she goats [05795] have not cast their young [07921] (8765), and the rams [0352] of thy flock [06629] have I not eaten [0398] (8804).
Gen 31:39 That which was torn [02966] [of beasts] I brought [0935] (8689) not unto thee; I bare the loss [02398] (8762) of it; of my hand [03027] didst thou require [01245] (8762) it, [whether] stolen [01589] (8803) by day [03117], or stolen [01589] (8803) by night [03915].
Gen 31:40 [Thus] I was; in the day [03117] the drought [02721] consumed [0398] (8804) me, and the frost [07140] by night [03915]; and my sleep [08142] departed [05074] (8799) from mine eyes [05869].
Gen 31:41 Thus have I been twenty [06242] years [08141] in thy house [01004]; I served thee [05647] (8804) fourteen [0702] [06240] years [08141] for thy two [08147] daughters [01323], and six [08337] years [08141] for thy cattle [06629]: and thou hast changed [02498] (8686) my wages [04909] ten [06235] times [04489].
Gen 31:42 Except [03884] the God [0430] of my father [01], the God [0430] of Abraham [085], and the fear [06343] of Isaac [03327], had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away [07971] (8765) now empty [07387]. God [0430] hath seen [07200] (8804) mine affliction [06040] and the labour [03018] of my hands [03709], and rebuked [03198] (8686) [thee] yesternight [0570].
Gen 31:43 And Laban [03837] answered [06030] (8799) and said [0559] (8799) unto Jacob [03290], [These] daughters [01323] are my daughters [01323], and [these] children [01121] are my children [01121], and [these] cattle [06629] are my cattle [06629], and all that thou seest [07200] (8802) is mine: and what can I do [06213] (8799) this day [03117] unto these my daughters [01323], or [0176] unto their children [01121] which they have born [03205] (8804)?
Gen 31:44 Now therefore come thou [03212] (8798), let us make [03772] (8799) a covenant [01285], I and thou; and let it be for a witness [05707] between me and thee.
Gen 31:45 And Jacob [03290] took [03947] (8799) a stone [068], and set it up [07311] (8686) [for] a pillar [04676].
Gen 31:46 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) unto his brethren [0251], Gather [03950] (8798) stones [068]; and they took [03947] (8799) stones [068], and made [06213] (8799) an heap [01530]: and they did eat [0398] (8799) there upon the heap [01530].
Gen 31:47 And Laban [03837] called [07121] (8799) it Jegarsahadutha [03026]: but Jacob [03290] called [07121] (8804) it Galeed [01567].
Gen 31:48 And Laban [03837] said [0559] (8799), This heap [01530] is a witness [05707] between me and thee this day [03117]. Therefore was the name [08034] of it called [07121] (8804) Galeed [01567];
Gen 31:49 And Mizpah [04709]; for [0834] he said [0559] (8804), The LORD [03068] watch [06822] (8799) between me and thee, when we are absent [05641] (8735) one [0376] from another [07453].
Gen 31:50 If thou shalt afflict [06031] (8762) my daughters [01323], or if thou shalt take [03947] (8799) [other] wives [0802] beside [05921] my daughters [01323], no man [0376] is with us; see [07200] (8798), God [0430] is witness [05707] betwixt me and thee.
Gen 31:51 And Laban [03837] said [0559] (8799) to Jacob [03290], Behold this heap [01530], and behold [this] pillar [04676], which I have cast [03384] (8804) betwixt me and thee;
Gen 31:52 This heap [01530] [be] witness [05707], and [this] pillar [04676] [be] witness [05713], that I will not pass over [05674] (8799) this heap [01530] to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over [05674] (8799) this heap [01530] and this pillar [04676] unto me, for harm [07451].
Gen 31:53 The God [0430] of Abraham [085], and the God [0430] of Nahor [05152], the God [0430] of their father [01], judge [08199] (8799) betwixt us. And Jacob [03290] sware [07650] (8735) by the fear [06343] of his father [01] Isaac [03327].
Gen 31:54 Then Jacob [03290] offered [02076] (8799) sacrifice [02077] upon the mount [02022], and called [07121] (8799) his brethren [0251] to eat [0398] (8800) bread [03899]: and they did eat [0398] (8799) bread [03899], and tarried all night [03885] (8799) in the mount [02022].
Gen 31:55 And early [07925] [00] in the morning [01242] Laban [03837] rose up [07925] (8686), and kissed [05401] (8762) his sons [01121] and his daughters [01323], and blessed [01288] (8762) them: and Laban [03837] departed [03212] (8799), and returned [07725] (8799) unto his place [04725].

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