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11Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, Jacob, and I said, Here I am.
12He said, Lift up now your eyes and see
that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.
13I am the God
of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.
14Rachel and Leah said to him, Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our fathers house?
15Are we not reckoned by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also entirely consumed our purchase price.
16Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; now then, do whatever God has said to you.
17Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels;18and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.19When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her fathers.20And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.21So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed theEuphrates River, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
22When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled,23then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued hima distance of seven days journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.24God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and said to him, Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.
25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.26Then Laban said to Jacob, What have you done by deceiving me and carrying away my daughters like captives of the sword?27Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;28and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.29It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Be careful not to speak either good or bad to Jacob.30Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your fathers house;but why did you steal my gods?31Then Jacob replied to Laban, Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.32The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our kinsmen point out what is yours among my belongings and takeit for yourself. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
33So Laban went into Jacobs tent and into Leahs tent and into the tent of the two maids, but he did not findthem. Then he went out of Leahs tent and entered Rachels tent.34Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camels saddle, and she sat on them. And Laban felt through all the tent but did not findthem.35She said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is upon me. So he searched but did not find the household idols.
36Then Jacob became angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob said to Laban, What is my transgression? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me?37Though you have felt through all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? Setit here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two.38These twenty years Ihave been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flocks.39That which was tornof beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself. You required it of my handwhether stolen by day or stolen by night.40Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.41These 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 changed my wages ten times.42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night.
43Then Laban replied to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?44So now come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.45Then Jacob took a stone and set it upas a pillar.46Jacob said to his kinsmen, Gather stones. So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.47Now Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.48Laban said, This heap is a witness between you and me this day. Therefore it was named Galeed,49and Mizpah, for he said, May the L watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other.50If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters,although no man is with us, see, God is witness between you and me.51Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between you and me.52This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.53The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. So Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his kinsmen to the meal; and they ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.55Early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.
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Parallel Verses
American Standard VersionAnd the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob? And I answered: Here I am.
Darby Bible TranslationAnd the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.
English Revised VersionAnd the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
World English BibleThe angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'
Young's Literal Translation and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here am I.
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