Genesis 31
1 Jacob found out that Laban's sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. All the wealth he has actually came from our father.”
and to hear: hear [obj] word: thing son: child Laban to/for to say to take: take Jacob [obj] all which to/for father our and from whence to/for father our to make: offer [obj] all [the] glory [the] this
2 Jacob also noticed that Laban was treating him differently to the way he had before.
and to see: see Jacob [obj] face of Laban and behold nothing he with him like/as yesterday three days ago
3 The Lord told Jacob, “Go back to the country of your forefathers, to your family home. I will be with you.”
and to say LORD to(wards) Jacob to return: return to(wards) land: country/planet father your and to/for relatives your and to be with you
4 Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah, telling them to come and meet him out in the fields where he was with his flock.
and to send: depart Jacob and to call: call to to/for Rachel and to/for Leah [the] land: country to(wards) flock his
5 “I've noticed that your father is treating me differently to the way he did before,” he told them. “But the God of my father will be with me.
and to say to/for them to see: see I [obj] face: before father your for nothing he to(wards) me like/as yesterday three days ago and God father my to be with me me
6 You both know very well how hard I worked for your father.
and you(f. p.) to know for in/on/with all strength my to serve [obj] father your
7 But he's been cheating me—he's reduced my wages ten times! However, God hasn't let him hurt me.
and father your to deceive in/on/with me and to pass [obj] wage my ten time and not to give: allow him God to/for be evil with me me
8 If he said, ‘You can have the speckled ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had speckled young. If he said, ‘You can have the streaked ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had streaked young.
if thus to say speckled to be wages your and to beget all [the] flock speckled and if thus to say striped to be wages your and to beget all [the] flock striped
9 This is how God took your father's livestock and gave them to me.
and to rescue God [obj] livestock father your and to give: give to/for me
10 During the time the flock was breeding I had a dream where I saw that the male goats mating with the flock were all streaked, speckled, or spotted.
and to be in/on/with time to conceive [the] flock and to lift: look eye my and to see: see in/on/with dream and behold [the] goat [the] to ascend: copulate upon [the] flock striped speckled and spotted
11 Then in the dream the angel of the Lord spoke to me and said, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I'm here.’
and to say to(wards) me messenger: angel [the] God in/on/with dream Jacob and to say behold I
12 He told me, ‘Take a look and you'll see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I've been watching everything that Laban has been doing to you.
and to say to lift: look please eye your and to see: see all [the] goat [the] to ascend: copulate upon [the] flock striped speckled and spotted for to see: see [obj] all which Laban to make: do to/for you
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone pillar and made a solemn promise to me. Now get ready to leave this land and go back to your homeland.’”
I [the] God Bethel Bethel which to anoint there pillar which to vow to/for me there vow now to arise: rise to come out: come from [the] land: country/planet [the] this and to return: return to(wards) land: country/planet relatives your
14 “There's nothing for us to inherit from our father's estate anyway,” Rachel and Leah replied.
and to answer Rachel and Leah and to say to/for him still to/for us portion and inheritance in/on/with house: household father our
15 “He treats us like foreigners because he sold us to you, and now he's spent all that money.
not foreign to devise: count to/for him for to sell us and to eat also to eat [obj] silver: money our
16 All the wealth that God has taken from him belongs to us and our children, so do whatever God has told you to do!”
for all [the] riches which to rescue God from father our to/for us he/she/it and to/for son: child our and now all which to say God to(wards) you to make: do
17 So Jacob got ready. He helped his children and his wives onto the camels,
and to arise: rise Jacob and to lift: raise [obj] son: child his and [obj] woman: wife his upon [the] camel
18 and drove all his livestock in front of him. He took with him all his possessions and livestock he'd gained during his time in Paddan-aram, and left to go back to his father in the country of Canaan.
and to lead [obj] all livestock his and [obj] all property his which to gather livestock acquisition his which to gather in/on/with Paddan (Paddan)-aram to/for to come (in): come to(wards) Isaac father his land: country/planet [to] Canaan
19 While Laban was away from home shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.
and Laban to go: went to/for to shear [obj] flock his and to steal Rachel [obj] [the] teraphim which to/for father her
20 Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not informing him that he was going to run away.
and to steal Jacob [obj] heart Laban [the] Aramean upon without to tell to/for him for to flee he/she/it
21 So Jacob left in a hurry with everything he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed towards the hill country of Gilead.
and to flee he/she/it and all which to/for him and to arise: rise and to pass [obj] [the] River and to set: make [obj] face of his mountain: hill country [the] Gilead
22 Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had run away.
and to tell to/for Laban in/on/with day [the] third for to flee Jacob
23 Taking some of his relatives with him, he chased after Jacob and caught up with him seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.
and to take: take [obj] brother: male-relative his with him and to pursue after him way: journey seven day and to cleave [obj] him in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] Gilead
24 But during the night God came to Laban in a dream and told him, “Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.”
and to come (in): come God to(wards) Laban [the] Aramean in/on/with dream [the] night and to say to/for him to keep: careful to/for you lest to speak: speak with Jacob from pleasant till bad: harmful
25 Jacob had set up his tents in the hill country of Gilead when Laban caught up with him, so Laban and his relatives did the same.
and to overtake Laban [obj] Jacob and Jacob to blow [obj] tent his in/on/with mountain: hill country and Laban to blow with brother: male-relative his in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] Gilead
26 “Why did you deceive me like this?” Laban asked Jacob. “You carried off my daughters as if they were some prisoners captured by the sword!
and to say Laban to/for Jacob what? to make: do and to steal [obj] heart my and to lead [obj] daughter my like/as to take captive sword
27 Why did you run away in secret, trying to trick me? Why didn't you come and tell me? I would have given you a good send-off, a celebration with singing and the music of tambourines and lyres.
to/for what? to hide to/for to flee and to steal [obj] me and not to tell to/for me and to send: depart you in/on/with joy and in/on/with song in/on/with tambourine and in/on/with lyre
28 You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye! You've really acted stupidly!
and not to leave me to/for to kiss to/for son: descendant/people my and to/for daughter my now be foolish to make: do
29 I could really punish you badly, but the God of your father spoke to me last night and told me, ‘Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.’
there to/for god: power hand: power my to/for to make: do with you bad: evil and God father your last night to say to(wards) me to/for to say to keep: careful to/for you from to speak: speak with Jacob from pleasant till bad: harmful
30 Clearly you wanted to leave and go back to your family home, but why did you have to steal my idols?”
and now to go: went to go: went for to long to long to/for house: household father your to/for what? to steal [obj] God my
31 “I ran away because I was afraid,” Jacob explained to Laban. “I was worried that you would take your daughters from me by force.
and to answer Jacob and to say to/for Laban for to fear for to say lest to plunder [obj] daughter your from from with me
32 As for your idols, anyone you find who has them will die. You can search everything in the presence of our relatives, and if you find I have anything that belongs to you, you can take it.” (Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.)
with which to find [obj] God your not to live before brother: male-relative our to recognize to/for you what? with me me and to take: take to/for you and not to know Jacob for Rachel to steal them
33 Laban searched the tents of Jacob, Leah, and the two personal maids, but didn't find anything. He left Leah's tent and went into Rachel's tent.
and to come (in): come Laban in/on/with tent Jacob and in/on/with tent Leah and in/on/with tent two [the] maidservant and not to find and to come out: come from tent Leah and to come (in): come in/on/with tent Rachel
34 Rachel had put the household idols in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on it. Laban carefully searched the whole tent but couldn't find them.
and Rachel to take: take [obj] [the] teraphim and to set: put them in/on/with saddle [the] camel and to dwell upon them and to feel Laban [obj] all [the] tent and not to find
35 She said to her father, “Sir, please don't get upset with me for not standing up in your presence, but I have my period.” He looked everywhere but didn't find the idols.
and to say to(wards) father her not to be incensed in/on/with eye: appearance lord my for not be able to/for to arise: rise from face: before your for way: conduct woman to/for me and to search and not to find [obj] [the] teraphim
36 Jacob got angry with Laban and confronted him, saying, “What crime am I guilty of? What wrong have I done to you that you've come hunting me down?
and to be incensed to/for Jacob and to contend in/on/with Laban and to answer Jacob and to say to/for Laban what? transgression my what? sin my for to burn/pursue after me
37 You've searched through all my possessions. Did you find anything belonging to you? If you did, bring it out here before my relatives and yours so they can decide who's right!
for to feel [obj] all article/utensil my what? to find from all article/utensil house: household your to set: make thus before brother: male-relative my and brother: male-relative your and to rebuke between two our
38 I've worked for you for these past twenty years. During that time none of your sheep and goats miscarried, and I haven't eaten a single ram from your flock.
this twenty year I with you ewe your and goat your not be bereaved and ram flock your not to eat
39 If any of them were killed by wild animals, I never even brought you the carcass to prove the loss—I bore the loss myself. But you on the other hand always made me compensate you for any animals that were stolen, whether at night or in broad daylight.
torn animal not to come (in): bring to(wards) you I to sin her from hand my to seek her to steal day and to steal night
40 Whether it was sweating in the heat of the day, or freezing in the cold of the night when I couldn't sleep, I went on working for you for twenty years in your home.
to be in/on/with day to eat me drought and ice in/on/with night and to wander sleep my from eye my
41 I worked fourteen years for your two daughters, and six more years with your flocks. You reduced my wages ten times!
this to/for me twenty year in/on/with house: household your to serve you four ten year in/on/with two daughter your and six year in/on/with flock your and to pass [obj] wage my ten time
42 If it weren't for the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the awesome God of Isaac, who took care of me, you would have dismissed me with nothing. But God saw my suffering, how hard I worked, and he condemned you last night.”
unless God father my God Abraham and dread Isaac to be to/for me for now emptily to send: depart me [obj] affliction my and [obj] (toil *LB(ah)*) palm my to see: see God and to rebuke last night
43 Laban replied, “These are my daughters and these are my children and these are my flocks! In fact, everything you see here is mine! However, what can I do now about my daughters and their children?
and to answer Laban and to say to(wards) Jacob [the] daughter daughter my and [the] son: child son: child my and [the] flock flock my and all which you(m. s.) to see: see to/for me he/she/it and to/for daughter my what? to make: do to/for these [the] day: today or to/for son: child their which to beget
44 So let's make a solemn agreement between you and I, and it will be a witness to our mutual commitment.”
and now to go: come! [emph?] to cut: make(covenant) covenant I and you(m. s.) and to be to/for witness between me and between you
45 Jacob took a stone and set it upright as a pillar.
and to take: take Jacob stone and to exalt her pillar
46 Then he told his relatives, “Go and collect some stones.” They all made a pile of stones and then sat beside it to eat a meal.
and to say Jacob to/for brother: male-relative his to gather stone and to take: take stone and to make heap and to eat there upon [the] heap
47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, while Jacob called it Galeed.
and to call: call by to/for him Laban Jegar (Ramoth)-sahadutha and Jacob to call: call by to/for him Galeed
48 Laban announced, “This pile of stone serves as a witness between me and you.” This is why it was called Galeed.
and to say Laban [the] heap [the] this witness between me and between you [the] day upon so (to call: call by *LA(bh)*) name his Galeed
49 It was also called Mizpah, for as Laban said, “May the Lord keep a close eye on both of us when we're not together.
and [the] Mizpah which to say to watch LORD between me and between you for to hide man: anyone from neighbor his
50 If you treat my daughters badly or marry more wives in addition to them, God will see what you do even if no one else finds out!”
if to afflict [obj] daughter my and if to take: marry woman: wife upon daughter my nothing man: anyone with us to see: see God witness between me and between you
51 Then Laban told Jacob, “Look at this pile of stones and this pillar that I have set up as a memorial of the agreement between you and me.
and to say Laban to/for Jacob behold [the] heap [the] this and behold [the] pillar which to show between me and between you
52 They also act as a witness to our solemn promises to each other: I will not come past them to attack you; and you will not come past them to attack me.
witness [the] heap [the] this and witness [the] pillar if: surely yes I not to pass to(wards) you [obj] [the] heap [the] this and if: surely yes you(m. s.) not to pass to(wards) me [obj] [the] heap [the] this and [obj] [the] pillar [the] this to/for distress: harm
53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor—the God of our forefathers—be the one to judge between us in any dispute.” Jacob in turn made his solemn promise in the name of the awesome God of his father Isaac.
God Abraham and God Nahor to judge between us God father their and to swear Jacob in/on/with dread father his Isaac
54 Then he offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited all his relatives to eat a meal there. They spent the night on the mountain.
and to sacrifice Jacob sacrifice in/on/with mountain: hill country and to call: call to to/for brother: male-relative his to/for to eat food: bread and to eat food: bread and to lodge in/on/with mountain: hill country
55 Laban got up early in the morning and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye. He blessed them, and then left to go back home.
and to rise Laban in/on/with morning and to kiss to/for son: descendant/people his and to/for daughter his and to bless [obj] them and to go: went and to return: return Laban to/for place his
