Genesis 31

1 And he heard [the] words of [the] sons of Laban saying he has taken Jacob all that [belonged] to father our and from [that] which [belonged] to father our he has acquired all the abundance this.

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and he has gotten all this glory of that which was our father's.

2 And he saw Jacob [the] face of Laban and there! not [was] he with him as yesterday three days ago.

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

3 And he said Yahweh to Jacob return to [the] land of fathers your and to kindred your so I may be with you.

And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee.

4 And he sent Jacob and he summoned Rachel and Leah the field to flock his.

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

5 And he said to them [am] seeing I [the] face of father your that not [is] he to me as yesterday three days ago and [the] God of father my he has been with me.

and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime, but the God of my father has been with me.

6 And you you know that with all strength my I have served father your.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

7 And father your he has deceived me and he has changed wage[s] my ten times and not he has permitted him God to do harm with me.

And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

8 If thus he said speckled [ones] it will be wage[s] your and they bore all the flock speckled [ones] and if thus he said striped [ones] it will be wage[s] your and they bore all the flock striped [ones].

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the flock bore speckled, and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages, then all the flock bore ringstreaked.

9 And he has taken away God [the] livestock of father your and he has given [it] to me.

Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

10 And it was at [the] time mated the flock and I lifted up eyes my and I saw in a dream and there! the male goats which were going up on the flock [were] striped speckled and mottled.

And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.

11 And he said to me [the] angel of God in a dream O Jacob and I said here [am] I.

And the agent of God said to me in the dream, Jacob. And I said, Here I am.

12 And he said lift up please eyes your and see all the male goats which are going up on the flock [are] striped speckled and mottled for I have seen all that Laban [is] doing to you.

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to thee.

13 I [am] the God of Beth-el where you anointed there a pillar where you vowed to me there a vow now arise go out from the land this and return to [the] land of kindred your.

I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointed a pillar, where thou vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return to the land of thy nativity.

14 And she answered Rachel and Leah and they said to him ¿ still [belong] to us [does] a share and an inheritance in [the] household of father our.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

15 ¿ Not foreigners are we accounted by him for he has sold us and he has consumed also continuously money our.

Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.

16 For all the wealth which he has taken away God from father our [belongs] to us it and to children our and therefore all that he has said God to you do.

For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to thee, do.

17 And he arose Jacob and he lifted up children his and wives his on camels.

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels.

18 And he drove all livestock his and all possession[s] his which he had accumulated [the] livestock of acquisition his which he had accumulated in Paddan Aram to go to Isaac father his [the] land of towards Canaan.

And he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father to the land of Canaan.

19 And Laban he had gone to shear sheep his and she stole Rachel the teraphim which [belonged] to father her.

Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

20 And he stole Jacob [the] heart of Laban the Aramean on not he told to him that [was] fleeing he.

And Jacob slipped away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

21 And he fled he and all that [belonged] to him and he arose and he passed over the river and he set face his [the] hill country of Gilead.

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

22 And it was told to Laban on the day third that he had fled Jacob.

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

23 And he took relatives his with him and he pursued after him a journey of seven days and he overtook him in [the] hill country of Gilead.

And he took his brothers with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

24 And he came God to Laban the Aramean in [the] dream of the night and he said to him take heed to yourself lest you should speak with Jacob from good unto bad.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou not speak to Jacob either good or bad.

25 And he overtook Laban Jacob and Jacob he had pitched tent his in the hill country and Laban he pitched tent with relatives his in [the] hill country of Gilead.

And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain. And Laban encamped with his brothers in the mountain of Gilead.

26 And he said Laban to Jacob what? have you done and you have stolen heart my and you have led away daughters my like captives of [the] sword.

And Laban said to Jacob, What have thou done, that thou have slipped away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

27 Why? did you hide yourself to flee and did you steal? me and not did you tell? to me and I sent away you with gladness and with songs with tambourine and with harp.

Why did thou flee secretly, and creep away from me, and did not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp,

28 And not did you allow? me to kiss sons my and daughters my now you have behaved foolishly to do.

and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou have done foolishly.

29 There [is] to [the] power of hand my to do with you harm and [the] God of father your last night - he said to me saying take heed to yourself from speaking with Jacob from good unto bad.

It is in the power of my hand to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou not speak to Jacob either good or bad.

30 And now certainly you have gone for certainly you longed for [the] household of father your why? did you steal gods my.

And now, though thou have certainly gone, because thou have been very desirous for thy father's house, yet why have thou stolen my gods?

31 And he answered Jacob and he said to Laban that I was afraid for I said lest you should tear away daughters your from with me.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou should take thy daughters from me by force.

32 With [anyone] whom you will find gods your not he will live before relatives our investigate for yourself what? [is] with me and take [it] for yourself and not he knew Jacob that Rachel she had stolen them.

With whomever thou find thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brothers discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

33 And he went Laban in [the] tent of Jacob - and in [the] tent of Leah and in [the] tent of [the] two the maidservants and not he found [them] and he came out from [the] tent of Leah and he went in [the] tent of Rachel.

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants, but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

34 And Rachel she had taken the teraphim and she had put them in [the] saddlebag of the camel and she sat on them and he searched Laban all the tent and not he found [them].

Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt around all the tent, but did not find them.

35 And she said to father her may not it burn in [the] eyes of lord my that not I am able to rise from before you for [the] way of women [belongs] to me and he searched and not he found the teraphim.

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the teraphim.

36 And it burned to Jacob and he quarreled with Laban and he answered Jacob and he said to Laban what? [is] transgression my what? [is] sin my that you have hotly pursued after me.

And Jacob was angry, and chided with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? What is my sin that thou have hotly pursued after me?

37 That you have searched all things my what? did you find of all [the] things of household your put [it] thus before relatives my and relatives your so they may decide between [the] two of us.

Whereas thou have felt around all my stuff, what have thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and thy brothers, that they may judge between us two.

38 This twenty year[s] I [have been] with you ewes your and female goats your not they have miscarried and [the] rams of flock your not I have eaten.

These twenty years I have been with thee, thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and I have not eaten the rams of thy flocks.

39 A torn animal not I brought to you I I bore [the] loss of it from hand my you sought it [one] stolen of day and [one] stolen of night.

I did not bring to thee that which was torn by beasts; I bore the loss of it, of my hand thou required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

40 I was in the day it consumed me heat and frost in the night and it fled sleep my from eyes my.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

41 This [belonged] to me twenty year[s] in household your I served you four-teen year[s] for [the] two daughters your and six years for flock[s] your and you changed wage[s] my ten times.

These twenty years I have been in thy house. I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock. And thou have changed my wages ten times.

42 If not [the] God of father my [the] God of Abraham and [the] fear of Isaac he had been to me for now empty you sent away me affliction my and ([the] toil of *LB(ah)*) hands my he has seen God and he decided last night.

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

43 And he answered Laban and he said to Jacob the daughters [are] daughters my and the children [are] children my and the flock [is] flock my and all that you [are] seeing [belongs] to me it and for daughters my what? will I do for these this day or for children their whom they have borne.

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou see is mine. And what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their sons whom they have borne?

44 And therefore come! let us make a covenant I and you and it will become a witness between me and between you.

And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

45 And he took Jacob a stone and he raised up it a pillar.

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

46 And he said Jacob to relatives his gather stones and they took stones and they made a heap and they ate there at the heap.

And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones, and they took stones, and made a heap. And they ate there by the heap.

47 And he called it Laban Jegar Sahadutha and Jacob he called it Galeed.

And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

48 And he said Laban the heap this [is] a witness between me and between you this day there-fore (he called *LA(bh)*) name its Galeed.

And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore the name of it was called Galeed,

49 And Mizpah that he said may he keep watch Yahweh between me and between you for we will be hidden each from neighbor his.

and Mizpah. For he said, May Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another,

50 If you will mistreat daughters my and if you will take wives to daughters my there not [is] anyone with us see God [is] a witness between me and between you.

if thou will afflict my daughters, and if thou will take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us, see, God is witness between me and thee.

51 And he said Laban to Jacob here! - the heap this and here! the pillar which I have set up between me and between you.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set between me and thee.

52 [is] a witness The heap this and [is] a witness the pillar if I not I will pass beyond to you the heap this and if you not you will pass beyond to me the heap this and the pillar this for harm.

This heap is witness, and the pillar is witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

53 [the] God of Abraham and [the] God of Nahor may they judge between us [the] God of father their and he swore Jacob by [the] fear of father his Isaac.

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

54 And he sacrificed Jacob a sacrifice in the hill country and he invited relatives his to eat food and they ate food and they stayed [the] night in the hill country.

And Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread. And they ate bread, and tarried all night on the mountain.

55 And he rose early Laban in the morning and he kissed sons his and daughters his and he blessed them and he went and he returned Laban to own place his.

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