cir. 1747.

8 Heb. In my happi

ness.

m Prov. 31. 28.

Luke 1. 48.

4 That is, Happy.

cir. 1748. ach. 25.30.

• Num. 16. 9, 13.

cir. 1747.

6 That is, An hire. cir. 1746.

6 That is, Dwelling.

p Called.

13 And Leah said, 'Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name 'Asher.

14 ¶ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken 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 mandrakes.

16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name "PZebulun.

21 And afterwards she bare a Matt. 4. 18, daughter, and called her name

Zabulon.

cir. 1745. 7 That is, Judgment.

'Dinah.

22 ¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and 1 Sam. 1.19. opened her womb.

q ch. 8. 1.

r ch. 29. 31.

· cir. 1745.

23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away 1 Sam.1.6. my reproach:

Is. 4. 1. Luke 1. 25.

8 That is, Adding.

t ch. 85. 17.

24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, 'The LORD shall add to me another son.

25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob uch. 24. 54, said unto Laban, "Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

56.

wch. 18.83. & 31. 55,

26 Give me my wives and my

29 And he said unto him, bThou b ch. 81. 6, knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I "provide for mine own house also?

31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.

Matt. 24.45. Tit. 2. 10.

2 Heb. brover. 43.

ken forth,

3 Heb. at my foot. •1 Tim. 5.8.

32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my 4 ch. 31. 8. hire.

33 So shall my righteousness answer for me 'in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

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the rods, and brought forth cattle cir. 1745. ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

6 ver. 30.

b ch. 13. 2. & 24. 35. & 26. 13, 14.

40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

CHAPTER XXXI.

1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly,

22

19 Rachel stealeth her father's images. Laban pursueth after him, 26 and complaineth of the wrong. 34 Rachel's policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob's complaint of Laban. 43 The covenant of Laban and

2

Laban pursueth after him.

and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

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8 Or,

he goats. ch. 48. 16.,

o Ex. 3. 7.

8

15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and ch. 29. 15. hath quite devoured also our money,

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

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

18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

3 t

19 And Laban went to shear his

4

sheep: and Rachel had stolen the t images that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away wares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

una

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

27.

1789.

8 Heb. teraphim. Judg. 17. 5.

1 Sam. 19.

13.
Hos. 3. 4.

ch. 35. 2. heart of Laban.

4 Heb. the

ach. 46. 28. 2 Kings 12.

22 And it was told Laban on the 17 Luke 9. 51, third day that Jacob was fled.

53.

23 And he took his brethren with ch. 18. 8. him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

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

5

25 T Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

ch. 20. 8. Matt. 1. 20.

Job 33. 15.

■ ch. 24. 50. 6 Heb.from good to bad.

26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried 18am.30.2.

Acts 20. 37. doing.

• 1 Sam. 13. 13.

2 Chron. 16. 9.

d ver. 53. ch. 28. 13.

1 ver. 19. Judg. 18.24.

9.

29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed 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 hast thou 'stolen my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest | take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest See ch.44. thy gods, & let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And 8 Heb. felt. Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Lev. 19. 32.

35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot Ex. 20.12. rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 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 so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched 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 both. 38 This 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.

• Heb. felt.

Jacob and Laban.

require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

41 Thus have 1 been twenty years in thy house; I 'served thee fourteen! years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

fear

42" Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle ́are my cattle, 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 born?

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28.

ch. 29. 27,

ver. 7.

n Ps. 124. 1, 2.

o ver. 58.

Is. 8. 13.

dh. 29. 32.

Ex. 3. 7. q 1 Chron. 12. 17. Jude 9.

44. Now therefore come thou, Fletch. 26. 28. us make a covenant, I and thou;

and let it be for a witness between Josh. 24. me and thee.

t

27.

45 And Jacob took a stone, and ch. 28. 18. set it up for a pillar.

46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

47 And Laban called it 2 Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said, "This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

X 4

49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

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

52 This heap be witness, and this 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 harm.

That is, witness. The heap

Chald. 8 That is,

The heap Heb.

of witness.

u Josh. 24. 27.

29

Judg. 11.

1 Sam. 7, 5.

That is,

A beacon, or, watch

tower.

ch. 16. 5. ch. 21. 23.

53 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 Then Jacob offered sacrifice beasts.

▲ ver. 42. 5 Or, killed

The kindness of Jacob

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1739.

2 That is, 4

prince of God.

• Hos.12.3,4.

d ch. 25. 31. & 27.33. e Judg. 13. 18.

8 That is,

God.

29 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.

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen

and Esau at their meeting.

thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

12 And he said, Let us take our

f ch. 16. 13. Ex. 24. 11. & 33. 20. Deut. 5. 24. Judg. 6. 22. & 13. 22. Is. 6. 5.

. ch. 82.6.

b ch. 18. 2. & 42. 6. & 43. 26.

• ch. 32. 28.

ND 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 handmaids.

2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and dch. 45. 14, embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

15.

4 Heb. to thee?

e ch. 48. 9. Ps. 127. 8. Is. 8. 18.

6 Heb.

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 he said, What

before thee.

13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord 'unto Seir.

15 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 T So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

17 And Jacob journeyed to "Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called • Succoth.

18 ¶ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of 'PShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

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h ch. 43. 3.

2

Sam. 3. 13.

& 14. 24, 28, 32.

Matt. 18.10. Judg. 1.15. & 30.26 Heb. all

1 Sam.25.27. 2 Kings5.15.

2

things. Phil. 4. 18.

k 2 Kings 5.

23.

ch. 32. 3. or, place." Heb.

4 Heb. set,

Wherefore is this? m ch. 34. 11. & 47. 25. Ruth 2. 13.

Josh. 13. Judg. 8. 5.

27.

Ps. 60. 6.

19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, & Called, Shechem's father, for an hundred 'pieces of money.

20 And he erected there an altar, and called it 2 El-elohe-Israel.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem. 4 He sueth
to marry her. 13 The sons of Jacob offer the
condition of circumcision to the Shechemites.
20 Hamor and Shechem persuade them to
accept it. 25 The sons of Jacob upon that
advantage slay them. 27 and spoil their city.
30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi.
ND Dinah

Acts 7. 16,
Emmor.

9 Or, lambs.
r ch. 35. 7.
2 That is,
God the
God of Is
rael.

cir.

thee!

f ch. 32. 16.

8 ch. 82. 5.

6 Heb. be that to thee

of the land.

ch. 6. 2. Judg. 14. 1. d ch. 20. 2. bled her. Deut. 22.29,