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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 flock 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 la 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 Leahanswered 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. 19 Now! Laban was gone to shear his sheep and Rachel stole the 21tera20 phim that were her father's. And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that 21 he fled. So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

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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. And1

Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain 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 Ishouldest 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 'teraphim', 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

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VERSION OF 1611. -rams.. cattle; 11 spake.. a.. (saying); 12 rams.. cattle; 13 the.. (and).. kindred: 18 goods..gotten. . gotten. . Padan.. in; 19 And.. went.. had stolen. . images: 20 stale; 21 mount; 23 they .. mount; 24 by; 25 Then.. overtook mount.. mount; 26 taken with; 27 (away); 28 (in so doing); 29 thou; 31 Peradventure. . wouldest; 32 let him; 33 maidservants' tents. Then; 34 images.. searched; 35 it.. displease.. custom. . images; 36 (so); 37 searched .. both; 38 flock. = [53]

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.

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Laban called it 1Jegar-sahadutha: but (48 Jacob called it Galeed. And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the 49 name of it called Galeed: and Mizpah, 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 in

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 re321turned 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 moreover 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

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VERSION OF 1611.-40 departed; 41 Thus . . cattle; 42 fear; 43 These.. these.. these cattle.. cattle.. born; 44 therefore.. (thou); 46 a . . upon; 48 (a); 50 or.. (other); 51 this.. cast; 52 this; 53 fear; 54 Then.. upon mount. . mount. XXXII. 3 country; 4 speak.. (there); 5 womenservants; 6 also; 7 bands; 8 (other); 9 the.. deal well with; 10 bands; 11 (will).. (and); 13 (same) .. came to his hand. = [44]

had with himꞌ a present for Esau his 14 brother; two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes 15 and twenty rams, thirty milch camels 'and' their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself'; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt 17 drove and drove. And he commanded

the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these be18) fore thee? then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, 19) he also is behind us. And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when 'ye' find (20) him; and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; 21 peradventure he will accept me.

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the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids', and his eleven children, and passed 23 over the ford of Jabbok. And he

took them, and sent them over the Istream, and sent over that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there

wrestled a man with him until the 25 breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was Istrained', as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let 27 thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? (28) And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast 31striven with God and with men, 29 and hast prevailed. °And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

1 That is, He who striveth with God, or, God striveth.

The Sept. and Vulgate have, thou

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he', I have seen God face to face, and my life is 31) preserved. And the sun rose upon

him as he passed over Penuel, and he (32 halted upon his thigh. Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip' which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip'.

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And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two hand2 maids. And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and 3 Joseph hindermost. And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his 4 brother. And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they 5 wept. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy 6 servant. Then the 'handmaids' came near, they and their children, and 7 they bowed themselves. And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they (8 bowed themselves. And he said, What meanest thou by all this 'company which I met? And he said, To find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough; my brother, let that thou hast be thine. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: 5forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as lone seeth the face of God, and 11 thou wast pleased with me. "Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, 12 and he took it. And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I 13 will go before thee. And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the

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VERSION OF 1611.-15 with; 16 themselves; 19 so.. you.. you; 20 (of); 21 went; 22 womenservants.. sons; 23 brook; 25 out of joint; 28 (as a prince).. power; 32 (of).. which shrank.. that shrank. - XXXIII. 5 lift.. those; handmaidens; 7 with; 8 drove.. (These are); 9 keep.. unto thyself; 10 for therefore.. though I had seen; 11 blessing. [39]

flocks and herds with me 'give suck': and if they overdrive them one day, 14 all the 'flocks' will die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that lis before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come 15 unto my lord unto Seir. And Esau

said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him 'an' house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called 1Succoth.

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And Jacob came in peace' to 'the' city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from 'Paddan'aram; and 'encamped' before the city. 19 And he bought 'the parcel of 'ground',

where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred 3pieces 20 of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it 4El-elohe-Israel. 341 And Dinah the daughter of Leah,

which she bare unto Jacob, went out 2 to see the daughters of the land. And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, 'the prince of the land', saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, 3 and humbled' her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and 4 spake kindly unto the damsel. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field and Jacob held his peace until they camel. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with 7 him. And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing 8 ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her (9 unto him to wife. And make ye

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marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters 10 unto you. And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade 'yel therein, and 11 get you possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say un12 to me I will give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: 13 but give me the damsel to wife. And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile', and 'spake', because he had defiled Dinah (14 their sister, and said unto them, We

cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that 15 were a reproach unto us: only on this condition' will we consent unto you: : if ye will be as we be, that every 16 male of you be circumcised; then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will 17 become one people. But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and 18 we will be gone. And their words

pleased Hamor, and Shechem Ha19 mor's son. And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter and he was honoured above all the house 20 of his father. And Hamor and She

chem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of (21) their city, saying, These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them (22 our daughters. Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to 'become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, 23 as they are circumcised. Shall not

their cattle and their substance and all their beasts' be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell 24 with us. And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that 25 went out of the gate of his city. And it came to pass on the third day, when

4 That is, God, the God of Israel.

5 Heb. to the heart of the damsel.

VERSION OF 1611.-13 with young are.. men should.. flock; 14 as.. goeth.. be able to endure; 17 a; 18 Shalem, a. . Padan!. pitched his tent; 19 a..a field. XXXIV. 2 when.. country.. defiled; 5 And.. now.. were come; 7 out of; 9 (and); 10 you; 13 deceitfully.. said; 14 (they); 15 but in; 19 more honourable than; 21 (it); 22 herein.. (for).. be; 23 every beast of theirs. = [49]

they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares', and 26 slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went 27 forth'. "The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in 29 the field; and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even * 30 all that was in the house. "And Jacob

said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, Jamong the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and 'smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? 351 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go

up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, whol appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among

you, and 'purify yourselves', and 3 change your garments: and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I 4 went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. (5 °And they journeyed and a great! terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not 6 pursue after the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan ('the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with 1 him. And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God was revealed' unto him, when he fled from the face of his

1 Or, boldly

2 Or. Iterebinth

3 Heb. a terror of God.

8 brother. And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried 'below Beth-el under the oak and the name of it was called "Allon-bacuth.

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And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan1-aram, 10 and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he 11 called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am "God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will 13 I give the land. And God went up

from him in the place where he 'spakel (14 with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he 'spakel with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured 'out! a drink offering thereon, and poured 15 oil thereon. And Jacob called the

name of the place where God spake with 16 him, Beth-el. And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard 17 labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his 19 father called him Benjamin. °And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth20 lehem). And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this 21 day. And Israel journeyed, and

spread his tent beyond the tower of 22 Eder'. And it came to pass, 'while'

Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine and Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : 23 the sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 the sons of Rachel; Joseph and 25 Benjamin: and the sons of Bilhah,

Rachel's handmaid; Dan and Naph26 tali: and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's

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