Genesis 31:1–32:32
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Genesis 31:1–32:32 · Psalm 8 · Proverbs 3:19–20 · Matthew 11:1–30
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1And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and of our father's property has he gotten all this glory.
1And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
2And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, andbeholdit was not toward him as before.
2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy father, and to thy family, and I will be with thee.
3And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.
4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
5And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me.
5And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
6And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father.
6And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
7But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not [power] to hurt me.
7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white.
8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
9So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
10And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyesin sleep, andbeholdthe he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckledand variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots.
10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it?
11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckledand variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee.
12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13I am God that appeared to thee in the place of God , where thou anointedst a pillar to me, and vowedst to me there a vow; now then arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of thy nativity, and I will be with thee.
13I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?
14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
15Are we not considered strangers by him ? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money.
15Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
16All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it shall be our's and our children's; now then do whatsoever God has said to thee.
16For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17And Jacob arose and took his wives and his children up on the camels;
17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Chanaan.
18And 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.
19And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images.
19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
20And Jacob hid [the matter from] Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.
20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21And he departed himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over the river, and went into the mountain Galaad.
21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
22But it was told Laban the Syrian on the third day, that Jacob was fled.
22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.
23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not at any time to Jacob evil things.
24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25And Laban overtook Jacob; and Jacob pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban stationed his brothers in the mount Galaad.
25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughtersas captives taken with the sword?
26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
27Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.
27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and 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?
28And I was not counted worthy to embrace my children and my daughters; now then thou hast wrought foolishly .
28And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
29And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob .
29It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30Now then go on thy way, for thou hast earnestly desired to depart to the house of thy father; wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
30And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time thou shouldest take away thy daughters from me, and all my possessions.
31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.
32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, 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.
33And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found [them] not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maid-servants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel.
33And 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.
34And Rachel took the idols, and cast them among the camels' packs, and sat upon them.
34Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35And she said to her father, Be not indignant, Sir; I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me according to the manner of women . Laban searched in all the house, and found not the images.
35And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36And Jacob was angry, and strove with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my injustice, and what my sin, that thou hast pursued after me,
36And 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?
37and that thou hast searched all the furniture of my house? what hast thou found of all the furniture of thine house? set it here between thy relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two.
37Whereas 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.
38These twenty years have I been with thee; thy sheep, and thy she -goats have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of thy cattle.
38This 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.
39That which was taken of beasts I brought not to thee; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night.
39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40I was parched with heat by day , and [chilled] with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.
40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.
41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42Unless I had the God of my father Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things which thou seest are mine, and [the property] of my daughters; what shall I do to them to-day , or their children which they bore?
43And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
44Now then come , let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.
44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.
45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stonesand made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee to-day.
46And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap.
47And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and thee; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses.
48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49And the vision of which he said—Let God look to it between me and thee, because we are about to depart from each other,—
49And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50If thou shalt humble my daughters, if thou shouldest take wives in addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God [is] witness between me and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold, this heap, and this pillar are a witness.
50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
52For if I should not cross over unto thee, neither shouldest thou cross over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar .
52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
53The God of Abraam and the God of Nachor judge between us; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
54And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.
54Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
1And Laban rose up in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban having turned back, departed to his place.
1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
5And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and men-servants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.
6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7And the messengers returned to Jacob , saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and lo! he comes to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and smite it, the other camp shall be in safety.
9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, thou [art] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of thy birth, and I will do thee good.
10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.
12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
13And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet thee, and he ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither wouldest thou go, and whose are these possessions advancing before thee?
18Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
19Thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's; he hath sent gifts to my lord Esau, and lo! he is behind us.
19And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;
20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for peradventure he will accept me.
21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch.
23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.
26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28And he said to him, What is thy name? and he answered, Jacob.
28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed with God, and shalt be mighty with men.
29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30And Jacob asked and said, Tell me thy name; and he said, Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.
31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh .
32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.