fore me.

? ver. 12.

⚫ ver. 16.

1 ver. 4.

21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel_thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

23 And he discerned him not, because "his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and * Hos. 14.6. blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

* ver. 4.

+Heb. trem.

bled with a

great trem

+ Heb.

30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

b

31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

33 And Isaac + trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath † taken greatly venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed

hunted.

4.

ch. 28. 3, him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

Rom.11.29.

17.

34 And when Esau heard the words of

Hebr. 12. his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

CHRIST

Esau threateneth Jacob. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Before Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

e

ch. 25. 26. That is, a supplanter. fch. 25.33.

Fulfilled,

2 Sam. 8. 14.

37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; ver. 29. and with corn and wine have I || sustained hver. 28. him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my ported. son?

h

Or, sup

41 And Esau hated Jacob because of 20 the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of ch.50.3,4, mourning for my father are at hand; then Obad. 10. will I slay my brother Jacob.

10.

42 ¶ And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill Ps. 64. 5. thee.

43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother 'to 'ch. 11. 31. Haran;

44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;

45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

E

ch. 17.1,6.

+ Heb. an assembly of people.

ch. 12. 2.

Heb. of thy ch. 17. 8.

sojournings.

* ch. 24. 3. & 26. 35.

f

g

3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest beta multitude of people;

4 And give thee "the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;

k

evil in the eyes, &c.

cir. 1760.

1ch. 36. 3.

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the she is called daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, "the sister ch. 25. 13. of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

Bashemath.

Jacob's vow.

and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

& 35. 12. "ch. 13. 16. + Heb. break forth.

Deut. 12.20.

* ch. 12. 3.

4.

Before CHRIST 1760.

17 And he was afraid, and said, How 4 Exod.3.5. dreadful is this place! this is none other Josh. 5. 15. but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, poured oil upon the top of it.

and

19 And he called the name of that place || Beth-el: but the name of that called Luz at the first.

20, 21.

& 31. 3.

Ps. 121. 5, 7,8.

Josh. 1. 5. 1 Kings 8.

57.

Hebr. 13. 5. < Numb. 23.

C

h

city was

20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be

ch. 31. 13,

45. & 35. 14. f Lev. 8. 10, 11, 12.

Numb, 7.1.

& Judges 1.
23, 26.
Hos. 4. 15.
That is,

God.

the house of ch. 51. 13. Judg.11.30.

Heb. HEN Jacob+ went on his journey, and the lift up his feet. came into the land of the † people of the

2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

6 And he said unto them, tIs he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

8 And they said, We cannot, until all the

Laban deceiveth Jacob.

CHRIST

CHRIST 1760.

<Exod. 2. 16.

17.

Exod. 2.

⚫ ch. 33. 4. & 45. 14, 15.

fch. 13. 8.

9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

c

10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her & 14. 14, 16. father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's ch. 24.28. son: and she ran and told her father.

13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou Judg. 9.2. art my bone and my flesh. And he abode 19.12,13. with him † the space of a month.

2 Sam. 5. 1.

t Heb. a month of

days.

*ch. 31.41.

2 Sam. 3.14.

1 ch. 30. 26. Hos. 12. 12.

m

1.

1753.

15 ¶ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, *I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man abide with me.

20 And Jacobserved seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I Judg. 15. may go in unto her.

m

22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and "made a feast.

23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name || Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath 'looked upon my affliction: now therefore my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a cir. 1750. son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

35 And she conceived again, and bare a son and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name "Judah; and left bearing.

14 And Reuben went in the days of cir. 1751. wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. ch. 25. 50. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

• Numb. 16. 9, 13.

cir. 1750.

|| That is, an hire.

cir. 1749.

That is, dwelling. P Called, Matt. 4. 13, Zabulon. cir. 1748 That is, judgment.

9 ch 8. 1.

1 Sam. 1. 19.

▾ ch. 29. 31.

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.

y

t

1

cir. 1745.

Sam. 1.6.
Luke 1. 25.
That is,
. 17.

Isai. 4. 1.

adding.

" ch. 24. 54, 56.

* ch. 18. 33. & 31, 55.

for ch. 29. 20,

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 P Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

r

22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

a

C

30.

d

+ Heb. at d 1 Tim. 5.8.

my foot.

e ch. 31. 8.

morrow.

33 So shall my righteousness answer for Ps. 37. 6. me tin time to come, when it shall come + Heb. to for my hire before thy face: every one that Exod.13.14. 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 them gave 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..

Jacob being displeased

departeth secretly from Laban. rams which leaped upon the cattle were Before ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

CHRIST 1745.

A

ver, 30.

ch. 13. 2.

39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

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 6. 13, 14 menservants, and camels, and asses. CHAP. XXXI.

CHRIST 1739.

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

ch. 48. 16.

Exod. 3. 7.

ch. 28. 18,

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. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now now arise, get thee ver. 3. out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

q

19, 20.

ch. 32. 9.

14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, 'Is there yet any portion or "ch. 2. 24. inheritance for us in our father's house?

S

S

15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured ch. 29. 15, 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 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 Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

27.

1739.

19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the t'images that Heb were her father's.

20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him that he fled.

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

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

not

and and

teraphim. Judg. 17. 5. 1 Sam. 19.

Hos. 3. 4.

13.

ch. 33. 2.

+ Heb. the heart of

Laban.

"ch. 46. 28, 2 Kings 12.

17.

third Luke 9.51,

53.

23 And he took his brethren with him, and *ch. 13, 8. 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 † either good or bad.

y 20.

Jacob

25 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. 3.13. Matt. 1. 20. ch. 24. 50.

+ 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 away my daugh- 1 Sam. 30., ters, as captives taken with the sword?

a

2.

27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and † steal away from me; and didst Heb. hast

stolen me.