to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou 2 beguiled me? And Laban said, It

is not so done in our 'place', to give 27 the younger before the firstborn. °Fulfill the week of this one', and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her 30 handmaid'. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, 'and' he opened her womb: but 32 Rachel was barren. And Leah con

ceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, 'Because the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; 'for now my husband 33 will love me. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I 'am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his 34 name Simeon. And she conceived

again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne' him three sons: therefore was his name 35 called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, 'This time will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name "Judah; and she left bearing.

301 And when Rachel saw that she

bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, 2 Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee 3) the fruit of the womb? And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain' children by her. And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and 5 Jacob went in unto her. And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged

1 Heb. raah beonyi.

Heb. shama.

* Heb. Shimeon.

4 From the root lavah.

5 From the Heb. hodah. Heb. Jehudah.

me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore 7 called she his name Dan. And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid' conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. (8 And Rachel said, With mighty! wrestlings have I 10wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she 9 called his name Naphtali. "When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid', and 10 gave her to Jacob to wife. And Zilpah Leah's 'handmaid' bare Jacob 11 a son. °And Leah said, 11Fortunate!! 12 and she called his name 12Gad. And

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Zilpah Leah's 'handmaid' bare Jacob a 13 second son. "And Leah said, 18 Happy am I! for the daughters will 14call me happy and she called his name 14 Asher. "And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found 15mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray 15 thee, of thy son's mandrakes. And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's man16) drakes. And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. 17 And he lay with her that night.

And

God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob 'a' fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my 16hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called 19) his name Issachar. And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son 20 to Jacob. And Leah said, God hath lendowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband "dwell with me, because I have borne' him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. And afterwards she bare a daughter, 22 and called her name Dinah. And

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God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her 23 womb. And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away (24 my reproach: and she called his name

VERSION OF 1611.-26 must.. be.. country; 32 Surely.. therefore; 33 was; 34 born; 35 Now. 8 great..(I); 9 maid; 10 maid; 11 A troop cometh; given.. maiden; 19 the; 20 endued.. born. = [36]

12 That is, Fortune.

13 Heb. With my happiness! 14 Heb. asher, to call happy.

15 Or, love-apples

16 Heb. sachar.

17 Heb. zabal, he dwelt.

27 her.. this; 28 (also); 29 maid; 31 when;

- XXX. 3 and . . shall . . that . . have; 7 maid; 12 maid; 13 blessed; 16 out of; 17 the; 18 have

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Joseph, saying', The LORD 1add to me another son.

And it came to pass, when Rachel had 'borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my 26 country. Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith! I have served (27 thee. And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined' that the LORD hath blessed me for thy 28 sake. And he said, Appoint me thy 29 wages, and I will give it. And he

said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle 30 hath fared with me. For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee

whithersoever I turned': and now when shall I provide for mine own 31) house also? And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me laught': if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. 32 I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from thence every speckled and spotted 'one', and 'every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: 33) and of such shall be my hire. So

shall my righteousness answer for me Thereafter, when thou shalt come Iconcerning my hire 'that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and 'black among the sheep, that if found 34 with me shall be counted stolen. And

Laban said, Behold, I would it might (35 be according to thy word. And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand 36 of his sons; and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's 37 flocks. And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the 'almond' and of the plane tree; and 'peeled white strakes in them, and made the

1 Heb. joseph.

2 Heb. broken forth.

white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had Ipeeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs 'where' the flocks came to drink; and they 'conceived when they came to drink. (39 And the flocks conceived before the

rods, and the flocks brought forth ring40 straked, speckled, and spotted. And Jacob 'separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked and all the 'black' in the flock of Laban; and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto 41 Laban's flock'. And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the 'flock' in the gutters, that they might con42 ceive among the rods; but when the

flock' were feeble, he put them not in so the feebler were Laban's, and 43 the stronger Jacob's. And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants and menservants, and camels and asses. 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 gotten 2 all this glory. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as 'beforetime!. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with 4 thee. And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto 5 his flock, and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with 6 me. And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me,

and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the 'flock' bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy wages; then 9 bare all the 'flock' ringstraked. Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and,

behold, the "he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstraked, (11 speckled, and grisled. "And the angel

of God said unto me in 'the dream, 12 Jacob: and I said, Here am I. And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the 'he-goats! which leap upon the Iflock' are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban (13 doeth unto thee. I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst lal pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy 14 nativity. And Rachel and Leah

answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us 15) in our father's house? Are we not

counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured 16 1our money. For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's now then, whatsoever God hath said unto 17 thee, do. Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the 18 camels; and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered", the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered' in Paddan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.

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And it was told Laban on the third 23 day that Jacob was fled. "And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the moun24 tain of Gilead. And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed 'to thyself that thou speak not to 25 Jacob either good or bad. And

Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the Imountain: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast

1 Or, the price paid for us

* See vv. 30, 34, Judg. xvii. 5, 1 Sam. xix. 13, and Hos. iii. 4.

thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword? (27 °Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and 'steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with (28) tabret and with harp; and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done fool29 ishly. It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore 31) hast thou stolen my gods? And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, 'Lest' thou 'shouldest take thy daughters from 32 me by force. With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had 33) stolen them. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maidservants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and en34 tered into Rachel's tent. Now Rachel had taken the Iteraphim', and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban 'felt about 35 all the tent, but found them not. And she said to her father, Let not my lord 'be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found (36 not the 'teraphim. And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me? 37 °Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two!. 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of 39 thy flocks have I not eaten. That which was torn of beasts I brought

not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by 40 night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep 'fled' from mine 41) eyes. These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast 42) changed my wages ten times. °Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yester43 night. 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 and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have borne1? (44 °And now come, let us make a cove

nant, I and thou; and let it be for a 45 witness between me and thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for 46 a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an' heap: and 47 they did eat there 'by the heap. And

Laban called it 1Jegar-sahadutha: but (48 Jacob called it 2Galeed. And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the 49 name of it called Galeed: and 3Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are (50 absent one from another. If thou

shalt afflict my daughters, 'and' if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness 51 betwixt me and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have 'set' 52 betwixt me and thee. This heap be witness, and the 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 unto me, for 53 harm. The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the "God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 And Jacob offered a sacrifice lin

1 That is, The heap of witness, in Aramaic.

2 That is, The heap of witness, in Hebrew.

the mountain', and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the 55 mountain. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them and Laban departed, and re321 turned unto his place. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of 2) God met him. And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land (4) of Seir, the 'field' of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau; Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until 5 now and I have oxen, and asses

and flocks, and menservants and Imaidservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in 6 thy sight. And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover1 he cometh to meet thee, and four hun7 dred men with him. "Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and 'the' herds, and the camels, into two (8 companies; and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left 9 shall escape. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I 10 will do thee 'good': I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I (11 am become two companies. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, 12 the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for (13 multitude. And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he