Genesis 31
1 And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, 'Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'
Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium: Tulit Iacob omnia quae fuerunt patris nostri, et de illius facultate ditatus, factus est inclytus:
2 and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.
animadvertit quoque faciem Laban, quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudiustertius,
3 And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, 'Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'
maxime dicente sibi Domino: Revertere in terram patrum tuorum, et ad generationem tuam, eroque tecum.
4 And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;
Misit, et vocavit Rachel et Liam in agrum, ubi pascebat greges,
5 and saith to them, 'I am beholding your father's face — that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,
dixitque eis: Video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri, et nudiustertius: Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum.
6 and ye — ye have known 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 played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.
Sed et pater vester circumvenit me, et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus: et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi.
8 'If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked;
Si quando dixit: Variae erunt mercedes tuae: pariebant omnes oves varios foetus. quando vero econtrario ait: Alba quaeque accipies pro mercede: omnes greges alba pepererunt.
9 and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.
Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri, et dedit mihi.
10 'And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled;
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 messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I.
Dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis: Iacob? Et ego respondi: Adsum.
12 'And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see — all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are] ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;
Qui ait: Leva oculos tuos, et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas, varios, maculosos, atque respersos. Vidi enim omnia quae fecit tibi Laban.
13 I [am] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'
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 answereth — Leah also — and saith to him, 'Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?
Responderuntque Rachel et Lia: Numquid habemus residui quidquam in facultatibus, et hereditate domus patris nostri?
15 have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;
Nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos, et vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum?
16 for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it [is] ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee — do.'
Sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri, et eas tradidit nobis, ac filiis nostris: unde omnia quae praecepit tibi Deus, fac.
17 And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,
Surrexit itaque Iacob, et impositis liberis, ac coniugibus suis super camelos, abiit.
18 and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
Tulitque omnem substantiam suam, et greges, et quidquid in Mesopotamia acquisierat, pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan.
19 And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;
Eo tempore ierat Laban ad tondendas oves, et Rachel furata est idola patris sui.
20 and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;
Noluitque Iacob confiteri socero suo quod fugeret.
21 and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face [toward] the mount of Gilead.
Cumque abiisset tam ipse quam omnia quae iuris sui erant, et amne transmisso pergeret contra montem Galaad,
22 And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled,
nunciatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob.
23 and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.
Qui, assumptis fratribus suis, persecutus est eum diebus septem: et comprehendit eum in Monte Galaad.
24 And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'
Viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Deum: Cave ne quidquam aspere loquaris contra Iacob.
25 And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed [theirs] in the mount of Gilead.
Iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum: cumque ille consecutus fuisset eum cum fratribus suis, in eodem Monte Galaad fixit tentorium.
26 And Laban saith to Jacob, 'What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?
Et dixit ad Iacob: Quare ita egisti, ut clam me abigeres filias meas quasi captivas gladio?
27 Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,
Cur ignorante me fugere voluisti, nec indicare mihi, ut prosequerer te cum gaudio, et canticis, et tympanis, et citharis?
28 and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? — now thou hast acted foolishly in doing [so];
Non es passus ut oscularer filios meos et filias: stulte operatus es: et nunc quidem
29 my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.
valet manus mea reddere tibi malum: sed Deus patris tui heri dixit mihi: Cave ne loquaris contra Iacob quidquam durius.
30 'And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?'
Esto, ad tuos ire cupiebas, et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui: cur furatus es deos meos?
31 And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, 'Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;
Respondit Iacob: Quod inscio te profectus sum, timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas.
32 with whomsoever thou findest thy gods — he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what [is] with me, and take to thyself:' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them.
Quod autem furti me arguis: apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos, necetur coram fratribus nostris. scrutare, quidquid tuorum apud me inveneris, et aufer. haec dicens, ignorabat quod Rachel furata esset idola.
33 And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.
Ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Iacob et Liae, et utriusque famulae, non invenit. Cumque intrasset tentorium Rachelis,
34 And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found;
illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramenta cameli, et sedit desuper: scrutantique omne tentorium, et nihil invenienti,
35 and she saith unto her father, 'Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women [is] on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.
ait: Ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te assurgere nequeo: quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi. sic delusa solicitudo quaerentis est.
36 And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, 'What [is] my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?
Tumensque Iacob, cum iurgio ait: Quam ob culpam meam, et ob quod peccatum meum sic exarsisti post me,
37 for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide 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 I [am] with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten;
Idcirco viginti annis fui tecum? oves tuae et caprae steriles non fuerunt, arietes gregis tui non comedi:
39 the torn I have not brought in unto thee — I, I repay it — from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;
nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi, ego damnum omne reddebam: quidquid furto peribat, a me exigebas:
40 I have been [thus]: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
die noctuque aestu urebar, et gelu, fugiebatque somnus ab oculis meis.
41 'This [is] to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;
Sicque per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi, quattuordecim pro filiabus, et sex pro gregibus tuis: immutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus.
42 unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'
Nisi Deus patris mei Abraham, et timor Isaac affuisset mihi, forsitan modo nudum me dimisisses: afflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus, et arguit te heri.
43 And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, 'The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing [is] mine; and to my daughters — what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?
Respondit ei Laban: Filiae meae et filii, et greges tui, et omnia quae cernis, mea sunt: quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis?
44 and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
Veni ergo, et ineamus foedus: ut sit in testimonium inter me et te.
45 And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar;
Tulit itaque Iacob lapidem, et erexit illum in titulum:
46 and Jacob saith to his brethren, 'Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;
dixitque fratribus suis: Afferte lapides. Qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum, comederuntque super eum:
47 and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
quem vocavit Laban Tumulum testis: et Iacob, Acervum testimonii, uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae.
48 And Laban saith, 'This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
Dixitque Laban: Tumulus iste erit testis inter me et te hodie, et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad, id est, Tumulus testis.
49 Mizpah also, for he said, 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;
Intueatur et iudicet Dominus inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis,
50 if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters — there is no man with us — see, God [is] witness between me and thee.'
si afflixeris filias meas, et si introduxeris alias uxores super eas: nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo, qui praesens respicit.
51 And Laban saith to Jacob, 'Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing 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 [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me — for evil;
testis erit: tumulus, inquam, iste et lapis sint in testimonium, si aut ego transiero illum pergens ad te, aut tu praeterieris, malum mihi cogitans.
53 the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us — the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Deus Abraham, et Deus Nachor iudicet inter nos, Deus patris eorum. Iuravit ergo Iacob per timorem patris sui Isaac:
54 And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;
immolatisque victimis in monte, vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem. Qui cum comedissent, manserunt ibi.
55 and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place.
Laban vero de nocte consurgens, osculatus est filios, et filias suas, et benedixit illis: reversusque est in locum suum.
