Genesis 31

1 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

Jacob 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.”

2 and to see: see Jacob [obj] face of Laban and behold nothing he with him like/as yesterday three days ago

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

3 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

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

4 and to send: depart Jacob and to call: call to to/for Rachel and to/for Leah [the] land: country to(wards) flock his

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

5 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

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.

6 and you(f. p.) to know for in/on/with all strength my to serve [obj] father your

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

7 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

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

8 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

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.

9 and to rescue God [obj] livestock father your and to give: give to/for me

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

10 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

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.

11 and to say to(wards) me messenger: angel [the] God in/on/with dream Jacob and to say behold I

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

12 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

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.

13 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

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.’”

14 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

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

15 not foreign to devise: count to/for him for to sell us and to eat also to eat [obj] silver: money our

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

16 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

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.”

17 and to arise: rise Jacob and to lift: raise [obj] son: child his and [obj] woman: wife his upon [the] camel

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

18 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

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.

19 and Laban to go: went to/for to shear [obj] flock his and to steal Rachel [obj] [the] teraphim which to/for father her

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

20 and to steal Jacob [obj] heart Laban [the] Aramean upon without to tell to/for him for to flee he/she/it

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

21 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

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

22 and to tell to/for Laban in/on/with day [the] third for to flee Jacob

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

23 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

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

24 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

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.”

25 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

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.

26 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

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

27 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

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;

28 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

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

29 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

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.’

30 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

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

31 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

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

32 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

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.

33 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

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.

34 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

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.

35 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

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.

36 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

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

37 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

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.

38 this twenty year I with you ewe your and goat your not be bereaved and ram flock your not to eat

“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.

39 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

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.

40 to be in/on/with day to eat me drought and ice in/on/with night and to wander sleep my from eye my

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

41 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

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.

42 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

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.”

43 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

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?

44 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

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

45 and to take: take Jacob stone and to exalt her pillar

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

46 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

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

47 and to call: call by to/for him Laban Jegar (Ramoth)-sahadutha and Jacob to call: call by to/for him Galeed

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

48 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

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

49 and [the] Mizpah which to say to watch LORD between me and between you for to hide man: anyone from neighbor his

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

50 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

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.”

51 and to say Laban to/for Jacob behold [the] heap [the] this and behold [the] pillar which to show between me and between you

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

52 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

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.

53 God Abraham and God Nahor to judge between us God father their and to swear Jacob in/on/with dread father his Isaac

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.

54 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

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

55 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

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