Genesis 31

1 postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium tulit Iacob omnia quae fuerunt patris nostri et de illius facultate ditatus factus est inclitus

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

2 animadvertit quoque faciem Laban quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudius tertius

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

3 maxime dicente sibi Domino revertere in terram patrum tuorum et ad generationem tuam eroque tecum

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

4 misit et vocavit Rahel et Liam in agrum ubi pascebat greges

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

5 dixitque eis video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri et nudius tertius Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum

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

6 et ipsae nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro

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

7 sed pater vester circumvenit me et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi

And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

8 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

If he said thus; The speckled shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore speckled; and if he said thus: The ringstraked shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore ringstraked.

9 tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri et dedit mihi

And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [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 of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocks were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

11 dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis Iacob et ego respondi adsum

And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.

12 qui ait leva oculos tuos et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas varios respersos atque maculosos vidi enim omnia quae fecit tibi Laban

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the rams that leap upon the flock are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban does to 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 Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.

14 responderunt Rahel et Lia numquid habemus residui quicquam in facultatibus et hereditate domus patris nostri

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to 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

Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money.

16 sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri et nobis eas tradidit ac filiis nostris unde omnia quae praecepit fac

For all the wealth that God has taken from our father is ours and our children's; and now whatever God has said to thee do.

17 surrexit itaque Iacob et inpositis liberis et coniugibus suis super camelos abiit

And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,

18 tulitque omnem substantiam et greges et quicquid in Mesopotamiam quaesierat pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan

and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired — the cattle of his possessions that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father, into the land of Canaan.

19 eo tempore Laban ierat ad tondendas oves et Rahel furata est idola patris sui

And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.

20 noluitque Iacob confiteri socero quod fugeret

And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

21 cumque abisset tam ipse quam omnia quae iuris eius 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] mount Gilead.

22 nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob

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

23 qui adsumptis fratribus suis persecutus est eum diebus septem et conprehendit in monte Galaad

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead.

24 viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Dominum cave ne quicquam aspere loquaris contra Iacob

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

25 iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum cum ille consecutus eum cum fratribus suis in eodem monte Galaad fixit tentorium

And Laban came up with Jacob; and Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; Laban also with his brethren pitched on mount 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 deceived me, and hast carried away my daughters as captives of war?

27 cur ignorante me fugere voluisti nec indicare mihi ut prosequerer te cum gaudio et canticis et tympanis et cithara

Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;

28 non es passus ut oscularer filios meos ac filias stulte operatus es et nunc

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.

29 valet quidem manus mea reddere tibi malum sed Deus patris vestri heri dixit mihi cave ne loquaris cum Iacob quicquam durius

It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take care that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

30 esto ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio tibi erat domus patris tui cur furatus es deos meos

And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why 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, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

32 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

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine with me, and take [it] to thee. But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

33 ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Iacob et Liae et utriusque famulae non invenit cumque intrasset tentorium Rahelis

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two handmaids' tents, and found nothing; and he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

34 illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramen cameli et sedit desuper scrutantique omne tentorium et nihil invenienti

Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them under the camel's saddle; and she sat upon them. And Laban explored all the tent, but found nothing.

35 ait ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te adsurgere nequeo quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi sic delusa sollicitudo quaerentis est

And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me after the manner of women. And he searched carefully, but did not find the teraphim.

36 tumensque Iacob cum iurgio ait quam ob culpam meam et ob quod peccatum sic exarsisti post me

And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what 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

Whereas thou hast explored all my baggage, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, and let them decide 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 I have not eaten.

39 nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi ego damnum omne reddebam quicquid furto perierat a me exigebas

What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.

40 die noctuque aestu urebar et gelu fugiebat somnus ab oculis meis

Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

41 sic per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi quattuordecim pro filiabus et sex pro gregibus tuis inmutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus

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

42 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

Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

43 respondit ei Laban filiae et filii et greges tui et omnia quae cernis mea sunt quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth?

44 veni ergo et ineamus foedus ut sit testimonium inter me et te

And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be 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 adferte lapides qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum comederuntque super eum

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

47 quem vocavit Laban tumulus Testis et Iacob acervum Testimonii uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

48 dixitque Laban tumulus iste testis erit 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 was the name of it called Galeed,

49 intueatur Dominus et iudicet inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis

— and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:

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

if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters, — no man is 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 the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:

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

[let] this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap [to go] to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar [to come] to me, for harm.

53 Deus Abraham et Deus Nahor iudicet inter nos Deus patris eorum iuravit Iacob per Timorem patris sui 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 immolatisque victimis in monte vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem qui cum comedissent manserunt ibi

And Jacob offered a sacrifice upon the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and lodged on the mountain.

55 Laban vero de nocte consurgens osculatus est filios et filias suas et benedixit illis reversus in locum suum

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