jeh. 31. 8. -12. 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 count ed 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 ¿Seech. 31. 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 313, 14 and menservants, and camels and ver. 30. ch.24.35 asses. 1 And he heard the words of ver. 13. ch. 28, 15 & 32.9. t ver. 38-40. ch. 30. 29. Cp. Num. 14. 22 & Neh. 4.12 & Job 19.3 & Zech. 8. ch. 30. 32. 23. countenance of Laban, and, behold, 31 Laban's sons, saying, Jacob away all his cattle, and all his sub hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this pch. 4.5 20 glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the 1 Or, storax tree 2 Or, wealth • Px. 49.16 img. stance which he had gathered, the Cp. Ex. 8.7. y ch. 35. 7 (mg.). z See ch. 28. 18-22. a ver. 3. ch. 32. 9. 20. 1 See ch. 29. 15-20, 27. d ch. 25. 20 & 28. 2, 6, 7. Canaan. 19 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole e ver. 30, 34. the teraphim that were her father's. Cp. Judg. 17.5 20 And Jacob stole away unawares & 1 Sam. to Laban the Syrian, in that he told 15.23 him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over 2 the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. & 19. 13 & Hos. 3. 4 & Zech. Ex. 23.31. Ps. 72. 8. Isai. 27. 12, al. 92 Kin. 19. Luke 9.51. 17. h See ch. 20.3. ich. 24. 30. Num. 24. 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. k ver. 55. Ruth 1.9, 14. 1 Kin. 19. 20. 7 Deut. 28. 32. Neh. 5. 5 Prov. 8. 27. mver. 42,51. Mic. 2. 1. ch. 28. 13. n ver. 24. O ver. 19. Judg. 18. 24. p Cp. ch. 44.9. 32 P 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 And he went out of Leah's not. 1 Heb. stole the heart of Laban the Aramean. 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; 9 Cp. Lev. for the manner of women is upon me. 19. 32. 22. 12. 28. 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 yesternight. 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 a Josh. 24. and thee. 45 And Jacob took ah. 28. 18. 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 e Cp. ver. 20 & ch. 28. 5 & mg. d ver. 44. e Judg. 11. 29, 34. Judg. 11. 10. 1 Sam. 19. 8 there by the heap. 47 And Laban called it 1 Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it 2 Galeed. 48 And Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed: 49 and Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt af flict my daughters, and if thou shalt take 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 the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee. gver. 43, 44. 529 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 harm. 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 And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called 'his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and ver. 28, 43. kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. i And Jacob went on his way, A ver. 42. I ver. 37. [Ch. 32. 1 in Heb.) he divided the people that was with ch. 31. 3, 13. sCp.2 Sam. 7. 18. 18. 19. 13-15. thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear Cp. Prov. him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. 12 And "thou saidst, I will surely do thee u ch. 28. good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him "a present for Esau his brother; ch. 43. 11. 14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milch camels & 21..14. 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 32 and the angels of God met by itself; and said unto his ser him. 2 And Jacob said when Cp. Josh. he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place 6 Mahanaim. 5.14 & Luke 2. 1% ¡Josh. 21. 3 2 Sam. 2. 8 & 17. 24, 27. Deat. 2. 3. 3 And Jacob sent messengers be1 Kin. 2. 8. fore him to Esau his brother unto the land of "Seir, the field of Edom. Josh 24.4.4 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 now: 5 and I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and menservants and maidservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that "I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and n eh. 33. 8. 15 vants, Pass over before me, and put 2 That is, The heap of witness, in Hebrew. 1 That is, The heap of witness, in Aramaic. 3 That 18. 7 Heb. 1 am Cp. Prov. 17.8 & 18. 16 & 19.6 w Deut. 2. 37 & 3. 16. 7 Hos. 12. 3, 4. 18. 1. See Matt. 15. 21-28. he himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of "Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and Josh. 12. 2. sent them over the stream, and sent over that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 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 strained, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the Cp. Luke day breaketh. And he said, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 2 ch. 35. 10. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but 1Israel: for 2a thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 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 4 Peniel: for, said he, dI have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And the sun rose upon him as he passed over e Penuel, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 There fore 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. 2 Kin. 17. 34. a Hos. 12. 3.4. b ch. 33. 4. Judg. 13. 18. d ch. 16. 13. 11. Ex. 24. 10, Deut. 5. 24. Judg. 6. 22 & 13. 22. 20 Cp. Ex. 33. & Isai. 6.5. Judg. 8.8, 1 Kin. 12. 25. f ch. 32. 6. 9 ch. 18. 2 ch. 32. 28. ich. 45. 14. с 1 And Jacob lifted up his 33 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 himself passed over be fore them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him and they wept. 5 And he Ps. 127. 3. Isai. 8. 18. ch. 32. 5. mch. 18. 5 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 jch. 48. 9. hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this ✯ ch. 32. 16. company which I met? And he said, 'To find grace in the sight of 1 ver. 15. 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: 5m forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my in gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And (mg for he Purged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that 23. the flocks and herds with me give suck and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. 14 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 is before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let 7 ch. 32. 3. 6 & 19.8. me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find rver. 8. grace in the sight of my lord. 16 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 9" 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 I. 2 img for (mg. for 14.2. Judg. 29.6. 12. 1 And Dinah the daughter consent unto you: if ye will be as 34 of Leah, which she bare unto be circumcised; then will we take Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And SheActs 16 chem the son of "Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake 62 Sam. 19. kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to 214 wife. 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and C. Judg. his sons were with his cattle in the field and Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and de the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her unto him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and A trade ye therein, and get you pos.. sessions therein. 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never Er, so much dowry and gift, and I 1 will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, 14 and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; Josh. 9. for that were a reproach unto us: 15 only on this condition will we (p. Deut. 229 1 Heb. kesitah. 2 That is, God, the God of Israel. 1 Chr. 4. 9. 4. 1. ch. 42. 34. our daughter, and we will be gone. 23. 10. See ch. 49. 5-7. ch. 29. 33, 34 & 90. 21. |