Genesis 31

1 Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium: Tulit Iacob omnia quae fuerunt patris nostri, et de illius facultate ditatus, factus est inclytus:

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 gotten all this wealth.

2 animadvertit quoque faciem Laban, quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudiustertius,

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

3 maxime dicente sibi Domino: Revertere in terram patrum tuorum, et ad generationem tuam, eroque tecum.

And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy birthplace; and I will be with thee.

4 Misit, et vocavit Rachel et Liam in agrum, ubi pascebat greges,

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

5 dixitque eis: Video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri, et nudiustertius: Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum.

And he said unto 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.

6 Et ipsae nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro.

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

7 Sed et pater vester circumvenit me, et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus: et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to do me evil.

8 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.

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages: then bore all the flocks speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy reward; then bore all the flocks ring-streaked.

9 Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri, et dedit mihi.

Thus God took away the cattle of your father, and gave them to me.

10 Postquam enim conceptus ovium tempus advenerat, levavi oculos meos, et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas, varios et maculosos, et diversorum colorum.

And it came to pass at the time that the flocks conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

11 Dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis: Iacob? Et ego respondi: Adsum.

And an angel of God spoke unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

12 Qui ait: Leva oculos tuos, et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas, varios, maculosos, atque respersos. Vidi enim omnia quae fecit tibi Laban.

And he said, Lift up now thy eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the flocks are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doth unto thee.

13 Ego sum Deus Bethel, ubi unxisti lapidem, et votum vovisti mihi. Nunc ergo surge, et egredere de terra hac, revertens in terram nativitatis tuae.

I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou madest unto me a vow: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy birth.

14 Responderuntque Rachel et Lia: Numquid habemus residui quidquam in facultatibus, et hereditate domus patris nostri?

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

15 Nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos, et vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum?

Were we not counted of him as strangers? for he hath sold us; and he hath quite consumed also our money.

16 Sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri, et eas tradidit nobis, ac filiis nostris: unde omnia quae praecepit tibi Deus, fac.

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's; now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

17 Surrexit itaque Iacob, et impositis liberis, ac coniugibus suis super camelos, abiit.

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

18 Tulitque omnem substantiam suam, et greges, et quidquid in Mesopotamia acquisierat, pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan.

And he led away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his acquiring, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, to go to Isaac his father into the land of Canaan.

19 Eo tempore ierat Laban ad tondendas oves, et Rachel furata est idola patris sui.

And Laban was gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the images that were her father's.

20 Noluitque Iacob confiteri socero suo quod fugeret.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, by not letting him know that he was going to flee.

21 Cumque abiisset tam ipse quam omnia quae iuris sui erant, et amne transmisso pergeret contra montem Galaad,

And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

22 nunciatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob.

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

23 Qui, assumptis fratribus suis, persecutus est eum diebus septem: et comprehendit eum in Monte Galaad.

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him a seven days' journey; and he overtook him at the mount of Gilead.

24 Viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Deum: Cave ne quidquam aspere loquaris contra Iacob.

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

25 Iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum: cumque ille consecutus fuisset eum cum fratribus suis, in eodem Monte Galaad fixit tentorium.

Then Laban overtook Jacob; now Jacob had pitched his tent on the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched on the mount of Gilead.

26 Et dixit ad Iacob: Quare ita egisti, ut clam me abigeres filias meas quasi captivas gladio?

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and led away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword.

27 Cur ignorante me fugere voluisti, nec indicare mihi, ut prosequerer te cum gaudio, et canticis, et tympanis, et citharis?

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and why didst thou not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

28 Non es passus ut oscularer filios meos et filias: stulte operatus es: et nunc quidem

And [why] hast thou not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now thou hast acted foolishly in so doing.

29 valet manus mea reddere tibi malum: sed Deus patris tui heri dixit mihi: Cave ne loquaris contra Iacob quidquam durius.

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

30 Esto, ad tuos ire cupiebas, et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui: cur furatus es deos meos?

And now, thou wouldst needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house; [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods.

31 Respondit Iacob: Quod inscio te profectus sum, timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas.

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

32 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.

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live; before our brethren seek out thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee; but Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

33 Ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Iacob et Liae, et utriusque famulae, non invenit. Cumque intrasset tentorium Rachelis,

And Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found nothing; he then went out of the tent of Leah, and entered into Rachel's tent.

34 illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramenta cameli, et sedit desuper: scrutantique omne tentorium, et nihil invenienti,

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the saddle-cushion of the camel, and sat upon them; and Laban searched all the tent, and found nothing.

35 ait: Ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te assurgere nequeo: quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi. sic delusa solicitudo quaerentis est.

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 thus he searched, but found not the images.

36 Tumensque Iacob, cum iurgio ait: Quam ob culpam meam, et ob quod peccatum meum sic exarsisti post me,

Now Jacob became wroth, and quarrelled 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?

37 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.

Although thou hast searched all my goods, what hast thou found of all the articles of thy household? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge between us both.

38 Idcirco viginti annis fui tecum? oves tuae et caprae steriles non fuerunt, arietes gregis tui non comedi:

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

39 nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi, ego damnum omne reddebam: quidquid furto peribat, a me exigebas:

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I had to bear the loss of it, of my hand didst thou require it, whatever was stolen by day, or stolen by night.

40 die noctuque aestu urebar, et gelu, fugiebatque somnus ab oculis meis.

[Where] I was in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.

41 Sicque per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi, quattuordecim pro filiabus, et sex pro gregibus tuis: immutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus.

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

42 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.

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; my affliction and the labor of my hands God hath seen, and decided yesternight.

43 Respondit ei Laban: Filiae meae et filii, et greges tui, et omnia quae cernis, mea sunt: quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis?

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; but as to my daughters, what can I do unto them this day, or unto their children whom they have born?

44 Veni ergo, et ineamus foedus: ut sit in testimonium inter me et te.

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

45 Tulit itaque Iacob lapidem, et erexit illum in titulum:

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

46 dixitque fratribus suis: Afferte lapides. Qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum, comederuntque super eum:

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap; and they ate there upon the heap.

47 quem vocavit Laban Tumulum testis: et Iacob, Acervum testimonii, uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae.

And Laban called it Yegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galed.

48 Dixitque Laban: Tumulus iste erit testis inter me et te hodie, et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad, id est, Tumulus testis.

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day; therefore called he its name Galed;

49 Intueatur et iudicet Dominus inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis,

And Mitzpah; for he said, The Lord shall watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from the other;

50 si afflixeris filias meas, et si introduxeris alias uxores super eas: nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo, qui praesens respicit.

If thou shouldst afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldst take other wives besides my daughters, when there is no man with us: see, God is witness between me and thee.

51 Dixitque rursus ad Iacob: En tumulus hic, et lapis quem erexi inter me et te,

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast up between me and thee;

52 testis erit: tumulus, inquam, iste et lapis sint in testimonium, si aut ego transiero illum pergens ad te, aut tu praeterieris, malum mihi cogitans.

Witness be this heap and witness be this pillar, that I will not pass by this heap, and that thou shalt not pass unto me by this heap and this pillar, for evil.

53 Deus Abraham, et Deus Nachor iudicet inter nos, Deus patris eorum. Iuravit ergo Iacob per timorem patris sui Isaac:

The God of Abraham and the God of Nachor shall judge between us, the God of their father; but Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

54 immolatisque victimis in monte, vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem. Qui cum comedissent, manserunt ibi.

Then Jacob slew some cattle upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night on the mount.

55 Laban vero de nocte consurgens, osculatus est filios, et filias suas, et benedixit illis: reversusque est in locum suum.

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