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the 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 thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to 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 bereaved of you both in one day?

46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, PI am weary of my life because of the 9 ch. 24. 3. daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life

r ver. 6.

t ch. 25. 20 & 31. 18

& 48. 7, al.

See ch. 17. 1.

See ch. 12. 2, 3.

a ch. 17. 8 & 36. 7 & 37. 1.

do me? I And Isaac called

28 Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of Hos. 12. 12. the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of "Bethuel thy mother's father; and uch. 22. 23. take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And 1 God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples; 4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-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 Paddanaram: 8 and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, 1 Heb. El Shaddai. 2 Heb. Aramean.

y ch. 24. 3 & 26. 35.

* Cp. ch. 36. 3.

2

the sister of "Nebaioth, to be his ach. 25. 13 wife.

3 a

10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. II And he lighted upon certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt 5 spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the

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j See ch.

12. 3.

& ch. 26. 24

& 31. 3.

ch. 35. 6.
1 Kin. 8.

57.

Ex. 3. 5. Josh. 5. 15.

south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and 'will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is "in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other 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 under his head, and set it up for a pillar, Pand poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place 67 Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob' vowed a vow, saying, If God 10.11 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 my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, "shall be God's house and "of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

I Then Jacob 8 went on

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6 That is, The house of God. 7 Or, and the LORD will be my God, then this stone &c. his feet.

5 Heb. break forth. 8 Heb. lifted up

23. 7.

east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well's mouth was great. 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 its place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be z ch. 2.4. 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, Is it well with him? And they said, It 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 flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 While he yet E12 16. spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them. 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 father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's 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 art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a ChILL month. 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 And Leah's eyes were tender; but Rachel was beau

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1 Heb. raah beonyi. 2 Heb. shama.

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e ch. 30, 26

& 31. 41.

Cp. Hos.

12.12.

10.

Judg. 14. Cp. John 2.1, 2.

See ch. 30

9-12.

tiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and he 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 Jacob served 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 may go in unto her. 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 Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for an handmaid. 25 And it came to pass in the morning that, 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? 26 And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first born. 27/Fulfil the week of this one, and Cp. Judg. we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 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 See ch.30. his handmaid to be her handmaid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet ver. 20. seven other years.

9

14.12.

3-7.

ch. 31. 41.

i Deut. 21.

15.

) Cp. ch.

30. 22.

Ex. 3.7 & 4.31. Deut. 26. 7.

31 And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; ch. 31. 42. for now my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD 2hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name 3Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have Cp. Num. borne him three sons: therefore was 3 Heb. Shimeon. 4 From the root lavah.

18. 2, 4.

his name called Levi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I 1 praise the LORD: therefore she called his m Matt. 1.2. name 2 Judah; and she left bear

Cp. ch. 49.8.

Я ch. 29. 31.

o Cp. ch.
16. 2
k 1 Sam.
1.5.

p ch. 29. 29.

r ch. 16. 2 (mg. for mg.).

16.

Cp. ch. 23. 6ng. for

mg.).

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I And when Rachel saw

30 that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear 4 ch. 50. 23. 7 upon my knees, and I also may 3r obtain children by her. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, 8 Cp. ch. 49. God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. 7 And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With 5mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name "Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and "gave her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. II And Leah said, 7 ForC. ch.9. tunate! and she called his name 8 Gad. 12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, Happy am I! Cp. Luke for the daughters will 16 call me happy and she called his name Asher. 14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found 11 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 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 mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and

Cp. Matt.

4. 13.

v ver. 4. ch. 29. 24.

w Isai. 65. 11 (mg.).

15.

1. 48.

v S. of S. 7. 13.

1 From the Heb. hodah.

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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. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son. 18 And

Leah said, God hath given me my 12 hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. 20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband 18 dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she Cp. Matt. bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 22 And God "remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and 'opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24 and she called his name Joseph, saying, The LORD 14 add to me another son.

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25 And it came to pass, when Ra- d ch. 35. 17. chel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I ech. 29. 20, have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. 27 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 sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle hath fared with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, hand it hath 15 increased unto a mul- & ver. 43. titude; and the LORD hath blessed thee 16 whithersoever I turned; and now when shall I provide for mine Cp. 1 Tim. own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: 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 to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and

2 Heb. Jehudah. 3 Heb. be builded by her. 4 Heb. dan, he judged. 5 Heb. wrestlings of God. 6 Heb. niphtal, he wrestled. 7 Heb. With fortune! Another reading is, Fortune is come. That is, Fortune. 9 Heb. With my happiness! 10 Heb. asher, to call happy. 11 Or. love-apples 12 Heb. sachar. 13 Heb. zabal, he dwelt. 14 Heb. joseph. 15 Heb. broken forth. 16 Heb. at my foot.

ch. 31. 6,

38-40.

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every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning 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 with me shall be counted stolen. 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, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones 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. 37 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 white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in Cp. Ex. 2. 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 ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 40 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 Laban's flock. 41 And it came to pass, when soever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; 42 but when the flock 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 large flocks, and maidservants 4 and menservants, and camels and

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1 Or, storaz tree 2 Or, wealth

ch. 28. 15 & 32.9.

8 ver. 3.

ch. 30. 29.

u ver. 41. Cp. Num. 14.22

& Neh. 4.12 & Job 19.3 & Zech. 8.

23.

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 fa- ver. 13. thers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 and said unto them, "I see your father's countenance, r ver. 2. that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have ver.-40. 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 ch. 30. 32. ringstraked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstraked. 9 Thus God hath "taken away the w ver. 1. 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 hegoats which leaped upon the flock were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. II And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. 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 doeth unto thee. 13 I am" the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money. 16 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 thee, do. 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; 18 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 dch. 25. 20 to Isaac his father unto the land of 3 Or, the price paid for us

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Cp. Ex.

3. 7.

y ch. 35. 7

(mg.).

z See ch. 28. 18-22.

a ver. 3.

ch. 32. 9.

Cp. 2 Sam.

20. 1
& 1 Kin.

12. 16.

ech. 30. 26.

See ch. 29.

1-20, 27.

& 28. 2, 6, 7.

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92 Kin. 19. Luke 9.51.

17.

h See ch. 20. 3.

ich. 24. 50.

Num. 24.

13.

2 Sam. 13.

22.

j ver. 20.

22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. 24 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 Jacob either good or bad. 25 And 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 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 tabret and with harp; 28 and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. 29 It is Acts 20.37. 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 hast thou stolen my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force. 32P 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 stolen them. 33 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

k ver. 55. Ruth 1. 9, 14.

1 Kin. 19. 20.

7 Deut. 28.

32.
Neh. 5, 5
(Heb.).

Prov. 8. 27. mver. 42,53,

Mic. 2. 1.

ch. 28. 13. n ver. 24.

O ver. 19. Judg. 18.

24.

p Cp. ch. 44.9.

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19. 32.

22. 12.

tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; Cp. Lev. for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim. 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 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 r ver. 54. 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 thy flocks have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, Cp. Ex. 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 fled from mine eyes. 41 These twenty years have I been in thy house; Itch. 29. 27, served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and "thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 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 yes- y ver. 29. ternight. 43 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 borne? 44 And now come, let us z ch. 26. 28. make a covenant, I and thou; and "let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and 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

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