Genesis 31
1 And 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 obtained all this glory.
postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium tulit Iacob omnia quae fuerunt patris nostri et de illius facultate ditatus factus est inclitus
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
animadvertit quoque faciem Laban quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudius tertius
3 And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
maxime dicente sibi Domino revertere in terram patrum tuorum et ad generationem tuam eroque tecum
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field to his flock,
misit et vocavit Rahel et Liam in agrum ubi pascebat greges
5 And said to 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.
dixitque eis video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri et nudius tertius Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
et ipsae nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God allowed him not to hurt me.
sed pater vester circumvenit me et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The striped shall be thy hire; then all the cattle bore striped.
si quando dixit variae erunt mercedes tuae pariebant omnes oves varios fetus quando vero e contrario ait alba quaeque accipies pro mercede omnes greges alba pepererunt
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri et dedit mihi
10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were striped, speckled, and spotted.
postquam enim conceptus ovium tempus advenerat levavi oculos meos et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas varios et maculosos et diversorum colorum
11 And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis Iacob et ego respondi adsum
12 And he said, Lift up now thy eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are striped, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban doeth to thee.
qui ait leva oculos tuos et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas varios respersos atque maculosos vidi enim omnia quae fecit tibi Laban
13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the pillar, and where thou didst vow to me a vow: now arise, depart from this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.
ego sum Deus Bethel ubi unxisti lapidem et votum vovisti mihi nunc ergo surge et egredere de terra hac revertens in terram nativitatis tuae
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
responderunt Rahel et Lia numquid habemus residui quicquam in facultatibus et hereditate domus patris nostri
15 Are we not counted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money.
nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos et vendidit comeditque pretium nostrum
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatever God hath said to thee, do.
sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri et nobis eas tradidit ac filiis nostris unde omnia quae praecepit fac
17 Then Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
surrexit itaque Iacob et inpositis liberis et coniugibus suis super camelos abiit
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gained, the cattle of his getting, which he had gained in Padanaram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
tulitque omnem substantiam et greges et quicquid in Mesopotamiam quaesierat pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
eo tempore Laban ierat ad tondendas oves et Rahel furata est idola patris sui
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he was fleeing.
noluitque Iacob confiteri socero quod fugeret
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he arose, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
cumque abisset tam ipse quam omnia quae iuris eius erant et amne transmisso pergeret contra montem Galaad
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
qui adsumptis fratribus suis persecutus est eum diebus septem et conprehendit in monte Galaad
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Dominum cave ne quicquam aspere loquaris contra Iacob
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum cum ille consecutus eum cum fratribus suis in eodem monte Galaad fixit tentorium
26 And 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?
et dixit ad Iacob quare ita egisti ut clam me abigeres filias meas quasi captivas gladio
27 Why 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 timbrel, and with harp?
cur ignorante me fugere voluisti nec indicare mihi ut prosequerer te cum gaudio et canticis et tympanis et cithara
28 And hast not permitted me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
non es passus ut oscularer filios meos ac filias stulte operatus es et nunc
29 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 thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
valet quidem manus mea reddere tibi malum sed Deus patris vestri heri dixit mihi cave ne loquaris cum Iacob quicquam durius
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou didst earnestly long after thy father’s house, yet why hast thou stolen my gods?
esto ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio tibi erat domus patris tui cur furatus es deos meos
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, It may be thou wouldest take thy daughters from me by force.
respondit Iacob quod inscio te profectus sum timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas
32 With whomever 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.
quod autem furti arguis apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos necetur coram fratribus nostris scrutare quicquid tuorum apud me inveneris et aufer haec dicens ignorabat quod Rahel furata esset idola
33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Iacob et Liae et utriusque famulae non invenit cumque intrasset tentorium Rahelis
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramen cameli et sedit desuper scrutantique omne tentorium et nihil invenienti
35 And 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.
ait ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te adsurgere nequeo quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi sic delusa sollicitudo quaerentis est
36 And Jacob was angry, and contended 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?
tumensque Iacob cum iurgio ait quam ob culpam meam et ob quod peccatum sic exarsisti post me
37 Though thou hast searched all my things, what hast thou found of all thy household things? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge between us both.
et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam quid invenisti de cuncta substantia domus tuae pone hic coram fratribus meis et fratribus tuis et iudicent inter me et te
38 These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy female goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
idcirco viginti annis fui tecum oves tuae et caprae steriles non fuerunt arietes gregis tui non comedi
39 That which was torn by beasts I brought not to thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi ego damnum omne reddebam quicquid furto perierat a me exigebas
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.
die noctuque aestu urebar et gelu fugiebat somnus ab oculis meis
41 Thus 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.
sic per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi quattuordecim pro filiabus et sex pro gregibus tuis inmutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst now sent me away empty. God hath seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee last night.
nisi Deus patris mei Abraham et Timor Isaac adfuisset mihi forsitan modo nudum me dimisisses adflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus et arguit te heri
43 And Laban answered and said to 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 to these my daughters, or to their children which they have borne?
respondit ei Laban filiae et filii et greges tui et omnia quae cernis mea sunt quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
veni ergo et ineamus foedus ut sit testimonium inter me et te
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
tulit itaque Iacob lapidem et erexit illum in titulum
46 And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they ate there upon the heap.
dixitque fratribus suis adferte lapides qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum comederuntque super eum
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
quem vocavit Laban tumulus Testis et Iacob acervum Testimonii uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
dixitque Laban tumulus iste testis erit inter me et te hodie et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad id est tumulus Testis
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
intueatur Dominus et iudicet inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and thee.
si adflixeris filias meas et si introduxeris uxores alias super eas nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo qui praesens respicit
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast between me and thee;
dixitque rursus ad Iacob en tumulus hic et lapis quem erexi inter me et te
52 This 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 to me, for harm.
testis erit tumulus inquam iste et lapis sint in testimonio si aut ego transiero illum pergens ad te aut tu praeterieris malum mihi cogitans
53 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.
Deus Abraham et Deus Nahor iudicet inter nos Deus patris eorum iuravit Iacob per Timorem patris sui Isaac
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
immolatisque victimis in monte vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem qui cum comedissent manserunt ibi
55 And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned to his place.
Laban vero de nocte consurgens osculatus est filios et filias suas et benedixit illis reversus in locum suum
