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12 And he ſaid, Lift up now thine eyes, and ſee, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringſtraked, ſpeckled, and griſled: for [1] I have ſeen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Beth-el, [2] where thou anointedſt the pillar, and where thou vowedſt a vow unto me: now [3] ariſe, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah anſwered and ſaid unto him, [4] Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's houſe?
15 Are we not counted of him ſtrangers? for [5] he hath ſold us, and hath quite devoured alſo our money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is our's, and our children's: now then, whatſoever God hath ſaid unto thee, do.
171739. ¶ Then Jacob roſe up, and ſet his ſons and his wives upon camels;
18 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 Padan-aram, for to go to Iſaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to ſhear his ſheep: and Rachel had ſtolen the †† Heb. teraphim.
Judg. 17. 5.
1 Sam. 19. 13.
Hoſ. 3. 4. [6] images that were her father's.
20 And Jacob ſtole away †† Heb. the heart of Laban. unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he roſe up, and paſſed over the river, and [7] ſet his face toward the mount Gilead.
22 ¶ And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took [8] his brethren with him, and purſued after him ſeven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God [9] came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and ſaid unto him, Take heed that thou [10] ſpeak not to Jacob †† Heb. from good to bad. either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban ſaid to Jacob, What haſt thou done, that thou haſt ſtolen away unawares to me, and [11] carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the ſword?
27 Wherefore didſt thou flee away ſecretly, and †† Heb. haſt ſtolen me. 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?
28 And haſt not ſuffered me [12] to kiſs my ſons and my daughters? [13] thou haſt now done fooliſhly in ſo doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the [14] God of your father ſpake unto me [15] yeſternight, ſaying, Take thou heed that thou ſpeak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, though thou wouldeſt needs be gone, becauſe thou ſore longedſt after thy father's houſe, yet wherefore haſt thou [16] ſtolen my gods?
31 ¶ And Jacob anſwered and ſaid to Laban, Becauſe I was afraid: for I ſaid, Peradventure thou wouldeſt take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomſoever thou findeſt thy gods, [17] 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.
33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidſervants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and ſat upon them. And Laban †† Heb. felt. ſearched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And ſhe ſaid to her father, Let it not diſpleaſe my lord that I cannot [18] riſe up before thee; for the cuſtom of women is upon me. And he ſearched, but found not the images.
36 ¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob anſwered and ſaid to Laban, What is my treſpaſs? what is my ſin, that thou haſt ſo hotly purſued after me?
37 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.
38 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.
39 [19] That which was torn of beaſts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loſs of [20] it; of my hand didſt thou require it, whether ſtolen by day, or ſtolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought conſumed me, and the froſt by night; and my ſleep departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy houſe; I [21] ſerved thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and [22] ſix years for thy cattle: and thou haſt changed my wages ten times.
- ↑ Exod. 3. 7.
- ↑ ch. 28. 17, 19, 20.
- ↑ ver. 3.
ch. 32. 9. - ↑ ch. 2. 24.
- ↑ ch. 29. 15, 27.
- ↑ ch. 35. 2.
- ↑ ch. 46. 28.
2 Kings 12. 17.
Luke 9. 51, 53. - ↑ ch. 13. 8.
- ↑ ch. 20. 3.
Job 33. 15.
Matt. 1. 20. - ↑ ch. 24. 50.
- ↑ 1 Sam. 30. 2.
- ↑ ver. 55.
Ruth 1. 9, 14.
1 Kings 19. 20.
Acts 20. 37. - ↑ 1 Sam. 13. 13.
2 Chron. 16. 9. - ↑ ver. 53.
ch. 28. 13. - ↑ ver. 24.
- ↑ ver. 19.
Judg. 18. 24. - ↑ See ch. 44. 9.
- ↑ Exod. 20. 12.
Lev. 19. 32. - ↑ Exod. 22. 10. &c.
- ↑ Exod. 22. 12.
- ↑ ch. 29. 27, 28.
- ↑ ver. 7.
