Genesis 31 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Genesis 32

¹Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 went^H1980^(H8804) on his way^H1870, and the angels^H4397 of God^H430 met^H6293^(H8799) him.

² When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

KJVAnd when Jacob^H3290 saw them^H7200^(H8804), he said^H559^(H8799), This is God's^H430 host^H4264: and he called^H7121^(H8799) the name^H8034 of that place^H4725 Mahanaim^H4266.

³ Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 sent^H7971^(H8799) messengers^H4397 before him^H6440 to Esau^H6215 his brother^H251 unto the land^H776 of Seir^H8165, the country^H7704 of Edom^H123.

⁴ He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.

KJVAnd he commanded^H6680^(H8762) them, saying^H559^(H8800), Thus shall ye speak^H559^(H8799) unto my lord^H113 Esau^H6215; Thy servant^H5650 Jacob^H3290 saith^H559^(H8804) thus, I have sojourned^H1481^(H8804) with Laban^H3837, and stayed there^H309^(H8799) until now:

⁵ I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”

KJVAnd I have oxen^H7794, and asses^H2543, flocks^H6629, and menservants^H5650, and womenservants^H8198: and I have sent^H7971^(H8799) to tell^H5046^(H8687) my lord^H113, that I may find^H4672^(H8800) grace^H2580 in thy sight^H5869.

⁶ The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

KJVAnd the messengers^H4397 returned^H7725^(H8799) to Jacob^H3290, saying^H559^(H8800), We came^H935^(H8804) to thy brother^H251 Esau^H6215, and also he cometh^H1980^(H8802) to meet thee^H7125^(H8800), and four hundred^H3967 men^H376 with him.

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies.

KJVThen Jacob^H3290 was greatly^H3966 afraid^H3372^(H8799) and distressed^H3334^(H8799): and he divided^H2673^(H8799) the people^H5971 that was with him, and the flocks^H6629, and herds^H1241, and the camels^H1581, into two^H8147 bands^H4264;

⁸ He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”

KJVAnd said^H559^(H8799), If Esau^H6215 come^H935^(H8799) to the one^H259 company^H4264, and smite it^H5221^(H8689), then the other company^H4264 which is left^H7604^(H8737) shall escape^H6413.

⁹ Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 said^H559^(H8799), O God^H430 of my father^H1 Abraham^H85, and God^H430 of my father^H1 Isaac^H3327, the LORD^H3068 which saidst^H559^(H8802) unto me, Return^H7725^(H8798) unto thy country^H776, and to thy kindred^H4138, and I will deal well^H3190^(H8686) with thee:

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

KJVI am not worthy of the least^H6994^(H8804) of all the mercies^H2617, and of all the truth^H571, which thou hast shewed^H6213^(H8804) unto thy servant^H5650; for with my staff^H4731 I passed over^H5674^(H8804) this Jordan^H3383; and now I am become two^H8147 bands^H4264.

¹¹ Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.

KJVDeliver me^H5337^(H8685), I pray thee, from the hand^H3027 of my brother^H251, from the hand^H3027 of Esau^H6215: for I fear^H3373 him, lest he will come^H935^(H8799) and smite me^H5221^(H8689), and the mother^H517 with^H5921 the children^H1121.

¹² You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”

KJVAnd thou saidst^H559^(H8804), I will surely^H3190^(H8687) do thee good^H3190^(H8686), and make^H7760^(H8804) thy seed^H2233 as the sand^H2344 of the sea^H3220, which cannot be numbered^H5608^(H8735) for multitude^H7230.

¹³ He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:

KJVAnd he lodged^H3885^(H8799) there that same night^H3915; and took^H3947^(H8799) of that which came^H935^(H8802) to his hand^H3027 a present^H4503 for Esau^H6215 his brother^H251;

¹⁴ two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

KJVTwo hundred^H3967 she goats^H5795, and twenty^H6242 he goats^H8495, two hundred^H3967 ewes^H7353, and twenty^H6242 rams^H352,

¹⁵ thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

KJVThirty^H7970 milch^H3243^(H8688) camels^H1581 with their colts^H1121, forty^H705 kine^H6510, and ten^H6235 bulls^H6499, twenty^H6242 she asses^H860, and ten^H6235 foals^H5895.

¹⁶ He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”

KJVAnd he delivered^H5414^(H8799) them into the hand^H3027 of his servants^H5650, every drove^H5739 by themselves; and said^H559^(H8799) unto his servants^H5650, Pass over^H5674^(H8798) before me^H6440, and put^H7760^(H8799) a space^H7305 betwixt^H996 drove^H5739 and^H996 drove^H5739.

¹⁷ He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’

KJVAnd he commanded^H6680^(H8762) the foremost^H7223, saying^H559^(H8800), When Esau^H6215 my brother^H251 meeteth thee^H6298^(H8799), and asketh thee^H7592^(H8804), saying^H559^(H8800), Whose art thou? and whither goest^H3212^(H8799) thou? and whose are these before^H6440 thee?

¹⁸ Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”

KJVThen thou shalt say^H559^(H8804), They be thy servant^H5650 Jacob's^H3290; it is a present^H4503 sent^H7971^(H8803) unto my lord^H113 Esau^H6215: and, behold, also he is behind us^H310.

¹⁹ He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.

KJVAnd so^H1571 commanded he^H6680^(H8762) the second^H8145, and the third^H7992, and all that followed^H1980^(H8802)^H310 the droves^H5739, saying^H559^(H8800), On this manner^H1697 shall ye speak^H1696^(H8762) unto Esau^H6215, when ye find^H4672^(H8800) him.

²⁰ You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

KJVAnd say ye^H559^(H8804) moreover^H1571, Behold, thy servant^H5650 Jacob^H3290 is behind us^H310. For he said^H559^(H8804), I will appease^H3722^(H8762) him^H6440 with the present^H4503 that goeth^H1980^(H8802) before me^H6440, and afterward^H310 I will see^H7200^(H8799) his face^H6440; peradventure he will accept^H5375^(H8799) of me^H6440.

²¹ So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.

KJVSo went^H5674 the present^H4503 over^H5674^(H8799) before him^H6440: and himself lodged^H3885^(H8804) that night^H3915 in the company^H4264.

²² He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.

KJVAnd he rose up^H6965^(H8799) that night^H3915, and took^H3947^(H8799) his two^H8147 wives^H802, and his two^H8147 womenservants^H8198, and his eleven^H6240^H259 sons^H3206, and passed over^H5674^(H8799) the ford^H4569 Jabbok^H2999.

²³ He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

KJVAnd he took them^H3947^(H8799), and sent them over^H5674^(H8686) the brook^H5158, and sent over^H5674^(H8686) that he had.

²⁴ Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 was left^H3498^(H8735) alone; and there wrestled^H79^(H8735) a man^H376 with him until the breaking^H5927^(H8800) of the day^H7837.

²⁵ When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.

KJVAnd when he saw^H7200^(H8799) that he prevailed^H3201^(H8804) not against him, he touched^H5060^(H8799) the hollow of his thigh^H3409; and the hollow^H3709 of Jacob's^H3290 thigh^H3409 was out of joint^H3363^(H8799), as he wrestled^H79^(H8736) with him.

²⁶ The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799), Let me go^H7971^(H8761), for the day^H7837 breaketh^H5927^(H8804). And he said^H559^(H8799), I will not let thee go^H7971^(H8762), except^H518 thou bless^H1288^(H8765) me.

²⁷ He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799) unto him, What is thy name^H8034? And he said^H559^(H8799), Jacob^H3290.

²⁸ He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799), Thy name^H8034 shall be called^H559^(H8735) no more Jacob^H3290, but Israel^H3478: for as a prince hast thou power^H8280^(H8804) with God^H430 and with men^H582, and hast prevailed^H3201^(H8799).

²⁹ Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 asked^H7592^(H8799) him, and said^H559^(H8799), Tell^H5046^(H8685) me, I pray thee, thy name^H8034. And he said^H559^(H8799), Wherefore is it^H2088 that thou dost ask^H7592^(H8799) after my name^H8034? And he blessed^H1288^(H8762) him there.

³⁰ Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 called^H7121^(H8799) the name^H8034 of the place^H4725 Peniel^H6439: for I have seen^H7200^(H8804) God^H430 face^H6440 to face^H6440, and my life^H5315 is preserved^H5337^(H8735).

³¹ The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

KJVAnd as he passed over^H5674^(H8804) Penuel^H6439 the sun^H8121 rose^H2224^(H8799) upon him, and he halted^H6760^(H8802) upon his thigh^H3409.

³² Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

KJVTherefore the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 eat^H398^(H8799) not of the sinew^H1517 which shrank^H5384, which is upon the hollow^H3709 of the thigh^H3409, unto this day^H3117: because he touched^H5060^(H8804) the hollow^H3709 of Jacob's^H3290 thigh^H3409 in the sinew^H1517 that shrank^H5384.

WEB·Genesis 31

¹Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.”

KJVAnd he heard^H8085^(H8799) the words^H1697 of Laban's^H3837 sons^H1121, saying^H559^(H8800), Jacob^H3290 hath taken away^H3947^(H8804) all that was our father's^H1; and of that which was our father's^H1 hath he gotten^H6213^(H8804) all this glory^H3519.

² Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 beheld^H7200^(H8799) the countenance^H6440 of Laban^H3837, and, behold, it was not toward him as^H8543 before^H8032.

³ Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Jacob^H3290, Return^H7725^(H8798) unto the land^H776 of thy fathers^H1, and to thy kindred^H4138; and I will be with thee.

⁴ Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 sent^H7971^(H8799) and called^H7121^(H8799) Rachel^H7354 and Leah^H3812 to the field^H7704 unto his flock^H6629,

⁵ and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

KJVAnd said^H559^(H8799) unto them, I see^H7200^(H8802) your father's^H1 countenance^H6440, that it is not toward me as^H8543 before^H8032; but the God^H430 of my father^H1 hath been^H1961^(H8804) with me.

⁶ You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.

KJVAnd ye^H859 know^H3045^(H8804) that with all my power^H3581 I have served^H5647^(H8804) your father^H1.

⁷ Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.

KJVAnd your father^H1 hath deceived^H2048^(H8765) me, and changed^H2498^(H8689) my wages^H4909 ten^H6235 times^H4489; but God^H430 suffered him^H5414^(H8804) not to hurt^H7489^(H8687) me^H5978.

⁸ If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.

KJVIf he said^H559^(H8799) thus, The speckled^H5348 shall be thy wages^H7939; then all the cattle^H6629 bare^H3205^(H8804) speckled^H5348: and if he said^H559^(H8799) thus, The ringstraked^H6124 shall be thy hire^H7939; then bare^H3205^(H8804) all the cattle^H6629 ringstraked^H6124.

⁹ Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.

KJVThus God^H430 hath taken away^H5337^(H8686) the cattle^H4735 of your father^H1, and given^H5414^(H8799) them to me.

¹⁰ During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

KJVAnd it came to pass at the time^H6256 that the cattle^H6629 conceived^H3179^(H8763), that I lifted up^H5375^(H8799) mine eyes^H5869, and saw^H7200^(H8799) in a dream^H2472, and, behold, the rams^H6260 which leaped^H5927^(H8802) upon the cattle^H6629 were ringstraked^H6124, speckled^H5348, and grisled^H1261.

¹¹ The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

KJVAnd the angel^H4397 of God^H430 spake^H559^(H8799) unto me in a dream^H2472, saying, Jacob^H3290: And I said^H559^(H8799), Here am I.

¹² He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799), Lift up^H5375^(H8798) now thine eyes^H5869, and see^H7200^(H8798), all the rams^H6260 which leap^H5927^(H8802) upon the cattle^H6629 are ringstraked^H6124, speckled^H5348, and grisled^H1261: for I have seen^H7200^(H8804) all that Laban^H3837 doeth^H6213^(H8802) unto thee.

¹³ I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”

KJVI am the God^H410 of Bethel^H1008, where thou anointedst^H4886^(H8804) the pillar^H4676, and where thou vowedst^H5087^(H8804) a vow^H5088 unto me: now arise^H6965^(H8798), get thee out^H3318^(H8798) from this land^H776, and return^H7725^(H8798) unto the land^H776 of thy kindred^H4138.

¹⁴ Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

KJVAnd Rachel^H7354 and Leah^H3812 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799) unto him, Is there yet any portion^H2506 or inheritance^H5159 for us in our father's^H1 house^H1004?

¹⁵ Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.

KJVAre we not counted^H2803^(H8738) of him strangers^H5237? for he hath sold^H4376^(H8804) us, and hath quite^H398^(H8800) devoured^H398^(H8799) also our money^H3701.

¹⁶ For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”

KJVFor all the riches^H6239 which God^H430 hath taken^H5337^(H8689) from our father^H1, that is ours, and our children's^H1121: now then, whatsoever God^H430 hath said^H559^(H8804) unto thee, do^H6213^(H8798).

¹⁷ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,

KJVThen Jacob^H3290 rose up^H6965^(H8799), and set^H5375^(H8799) his sons^H1121 and his wives^H802 upon camels^H1581;

¹⁸ and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

KJVAnd he carried away^H5090^(H8799) all his cattle^H4735, and all his goods^H7399 which he had gotten^H7408^(H8804), the cattle^H4735 of his getting^H7075, which he had gotten^H7408^(H8804) in Padanaram^H6307, for to go^H935^(H8800) to Isaac^H3327 his father^H1 in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667.

¹⁹ Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

KJVAnd Laban^H3837 went^H1980^(H8804) to shear^H1494^(H8800) his sheep^H6629: and Rachel^H7354 had stolen^H1589^(H8799) the images^H8655 that were her father's^H1.

²⁰ Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 stole away^H1589^(H8799) unawares^H3820 to Laban^H3837 the Syrian^H761, in that^H5921 he told^H5046^(H8689) him not^H1097 that he fled^H1272^(H8802).

²¹ So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

KJVSo he fled^H1272^(H8799) with all that he had; and he rose up^H6965^(H8799), and passed over^H5674^(H8799) the river^H5104, and set^H7760^(H8799) his face^H6440 toward the mount^H2022 Gilead^H1568.

²² Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

KJVAnd it was told^H5046^(H8714) Laban^H3837 on the third^H7992 day^H3117 that Jacob^H3290 was fled^H1272^(H8804).

²³ He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

KJVAnd he took^H3947^(H8799) his brethren^H251 with him, and pursued^H7291^(H8799) after him^H310 seven^H7651 days^H3117' journey^H1870; and they overtook^H1692^(H8686) him in the mount^H2022 Gilead^H1568.

²⁴ God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”

KJVAnd God^H430 came^H935^(H8799) to Laban^H3837 the Syrian^H761 in a dream^H2472 by night^H3915, and said^H559^(H8799) unto him, Take heed^H8104^(H8734) that thou speak^H1696^(H8762) not to^H5973 Jacob^H3290 either good^H2896 or^H5704 bad^H7451.

²⁵ Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

KJVThen Laban^H3837 overtook^H5381^(H8686) Jacob^H3290. Now Jacob^H3290 had pitched^H8628^(H8804) his tent^H168 in the mount^H2022: and Laban^H3837 with his brethren^H251 pitched^H8628^(H8804) in the mount^H2022 of Gilead^H1568.

²⁶ Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

KJVAnd Laban^H3837 said^H559^(H8799) to Jacob^H3290, What hast thou done^H6213^(H8804), that thou hast stolen away^H1589^(H8799) unawares^H3824 to me, and carried away^H5090^(H8762) my daughters^H1323, as captives^H7617^(H8803) taken with the sword^H2719?

²⁷ Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;

KJVWherefore didst thou flee away^H1272^(H8800) secretly^H2244^(H8738), and steal away^H1589^(H8799) from me; and didst not tell^H5046^(H8689) me, that I might have sent thee away^H7971^(H8762) with mirth^H8057, and with songs^H7892, with tabret^H8596, and with harp^H3658?

²⁸ and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.

KJVAnd hast not suffered^H5203^(H8804) me to kiss^H5401^(H8763) my sons^H1121 and my daughters^H1323? thou hast now done foolishly^H5528^(H8689) in so doing^H6213^(H8800).

²⁹ It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’

KJVIt is^H3426 in the power^H410 of my hand^H3027 to do^H6213^(H8800) you hurt^H7451: but the God^H430 of your father^H1 spake^H559^(H8804) unto me yesternight^H570, saying^H559^(H8800), Take thou heed^H8104^(H8734) that thou speak not^H1696^(H8763) to Jacob^H3290 either good^H2896 or bad^H7451.

³⁰ Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”

KJVAnd now, though thou wouldest needs^H1980^(H8800) be gone^H1980^(H8804), because thou sore^H3700^(H8736) longedst^H3700^(H8738) after thy father's^H1 house^H1004, yet wherefore hast thou stolen^H1589^(H8804) my gods^H430?

³¹ Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799) to Laban^H3837, Because I was afraid^H3372^(H8804): for I said^H559^(H8804), Peradventure^H6435 thou wouldest take by force^H1497^(H8799) thy daughters^H1323 from me.

³² Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.

KJVWith whomsoever^H834 thou findest^H4672^(H8799) thy gods^H430, let him not live^H2421^(H8799): before^H5048 our brethren^H251 discern^H5234^(H8685) thou what is thine with me, and take^H3947^(H8798) it to thee. For Jacob^H3290 knew^H3045^(H8804) not that Rachel^H7354 had stolen^H1589^(H8804) them.

³³ Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

KJVAnd Laban^H3837 went^H935^(H8799) into Jacob's^H3290 tent^H168, and into Leah's^H3812 tent^H168, and into the two^H8147 maidservants^H519' tents^H168; but he found^H4672^(H8804) them not. Then went he out^H3318^(H8799) of Leah's^H3812 tent^H168, and entered^H935^(H8799) into Rachel's^H7354 tent^H168.

³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.

KJVNow Rachel^H7354 had taken^H3947^(H8804) the images^H8655, and put^H7760^(H8799) them in the camel's^H1581 furniture^H3733, and sat^H3427^(H8799) upon them. And Laban^H3837 searched^H4959^(H8762) all the tent^H168, but found^H4672^(H8804) them not.

³⁵ She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.

KJVAnd she said^H559^(H8799) to her father^H1, Let it not displease^H2734^(H8799)^H5869 my lord^H113 that I cannot^H3201^(H8799) rise up^H6965^(H8800) before thee^H6440; for the custom^H1870 of women^H802 is upon me. And he searched^H2664^(H8762), but found^H4672^(H8804) not the images^H8655.

³⁶ Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 was wroth^H2734^(H8799), and chode^H7378^(H8799) with Laban^H3837: and Jacob^H3290 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799) to Laban^H3837, What is my trespass^H6588? what is my sin^H2403, that thou hast so hotly pursued^H1814^(H8804) after me^H310?

³⁷ Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

KJVWhereas^H3588 thou hast searched^H4959^(H8765) all my stuff^H3627, what hast thou found^H4672^(H8804) of all thy household^H1004 stuff^H3627? set^H7760^(H8798) it here^H3541 before my brethren^H251 and thy brethren^H251, that they may judge^H3198^(H8686) betwixt^H996 us both^H8147.

³⁸ “These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.

KJVThis twenty^H6242 years^H8141 have I been with thee; thy ewes^H7353 and thy she goats^H5795 have not cast their young^H7921^(H8765), and the rams^H352 of thy flock^H6629 have I not eaten^H398^(H8804).

³⁹ That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

KJVThat which was torn^H2966 of beasts I brought^H935^(H8689) not unto thee; I bare the loss^H2398^(H8762) of it; of my hand^H3027 didst thou require^H1245^(H8762) it, whether stolen^H1589^(H8803) by day^H3117, or stolen^H1589^(H8803) by night^H3915.

⁴⁰ This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

KJVThus I was; in the day^H3117 the drought^H2721 consumed^H398^(H8804) me, and the frost^H7140 by night^H3915; and my sleep^H8142 departed^H5074^(H8799) from mine eyes^H5869.

⁴¹ These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

KJVThus have I been twenty^H6242 years^H8141 in thy house^H1004; I served thee^H5647^(H8804) fourteen^H702^H6240 years^H8141 for thy two^H8147 daughters^H1323, and six^H8337 years^H8141 for thy cattle^H6629: and thou hast changed^H2498^(H8686) my wages^H4909 ten^H6235 times^H4489.

⁴² Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

KJVExcept^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 thou hadst sent me away^H7971^(H8765) now empty^H7387. God^H430 hath seen^H7200^(H8804) mine affliction^H6040 and the labour^H3018 of my hands^H3709, and rebuked^H3198^(H8686) thee yesternight^H570.

⁴³ Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

KJVAnd Laban^H3837 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799) unto Jacob^H3290, These daughters^H1323 are my daughters^H1323, and these children^H1121 are my children^H1121, and these cattle^H6629 are my cattle^H6629, and all that thou seest^H7200^(H8802) is mine: and what can I do^H6213^(H8799) this day^H3117 unto these my daughters^H1323, or^H176 unto their children^H1121 which they have born^H3205^(H8804)?

⁴⁴ Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”

KJVNow therefore come thou^H3212^(H8798), let us make^H3772^(H8799) a covenant^H1285, I and thou; and let it be for a witness^H5707 between me and thee.

⁴⁵ Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 took^H3947^(H8799) a stone^H68, and set it up^H7311^(H8686) for a pillar^H4676.

⁴⁶ Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 said^H559^(H8799) unto his brethren^H251, Gather^H3950^(H8798) stones^H68; and they took^H3947^(H8799) stones^H68, and made^H6213^(H8799) an heap^H1530: and they did eat^H398^(H8799) there upon the heap^H1530.

⁴⁷ Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

KJVAnd Laban^H3837 called^H7121^(H8799) it Jegarsahadutha^H3026: but Jacob^H3290 called^H7121^(H8804) it Galeed^H1567.

⁴⁸ Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed

KJVAnd Laban^H3837 said^H559^(H8799), This heap^H1530 is a witness^H5707 between me and thee this day^H3117. Therefore was the name^H8034 of it called^H7121^(H8804) Galeed^H1567;

⁴⁹ and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

KJVAnd Mizpah^H4709; for^H834 he said^H559^(H8804), The LORD^H3068 watch^H6822^(H8799) between me and thee, when we are absent^H5641^(H8735) one^H376 from another^H7453.

⁵⁰ If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”

KJVIf thou shalt afflict^H6031^(H8762) my daughters^H1323, or if thou shalt take^H3947^(H8799) other wives^H802 beside^H5921 my daughters^H1323, no man^H376 is with us; see^H7200^(H8798), God^H430 is witness^H5707 betwixt me and thee.

⁵¹ Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

KJVAnd Laban^H3837 said^H559^(H8799) to Jacob^H3290, Behold this heap^H1530, and behold this pillar^H4676, which I have cast^H3384^(H8804) betwixt me and thee;

⁵² May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

KJVThis heap^H1530 be witness^H5707, and this pillar^H4676 be witness^H5713, that I will not pass over^H5674^(H8799) this heap^H1530 to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over^H5674^(H8799) this heap^H1530 and this pillar^H4676 unto me, for harm^H7451.

⁵³ The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

KJVThe God^H430 of Abraham^H85, and the God^H430 of Nahor^H5152, the God^H430 of their father^H1, judge^H8199^(H8799) betwixt us. And Jacob^H3290 sware^H7650^(H8735) by the fear^H6343 of his father^H1 Isaac^H3327.

⁵⁴ Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.

KJVThen Jacob^H3290 offered^H2076^(H8799) sacrifice^H2077 upon the mount^H2022, and called^H7121^(H8799) his brethren^H251 to eat^H398^(H8800) bread^H3899: and they did eat^H398^(H8799) bread^H3899, and tarried all night^H3885^(H8799) in the mount^H2022.

⁵⁵ Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

KJVAnd early^H7925 in the morning^H1242 Laban^H3837 rose up^H7925^(H8686), and kissed^H5401^(H8762) his sons^H1121 and his daughters^H1323, and blessed^H1288^(H8762) them: and Laban^H3837 departed^H3212^(H8799), and returned^H7725^(H8799) unto his place^H4725.

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