Jacob, departing secretly, ban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass whenBoever 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 g increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servans, and camels, and asses. CHAPTER XXXI. 1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly. 19 Rachel stealeth her father's images. 22 Laban pursueth after him, 26 and complaineth of the wrong. 31 Rachel's policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob's complaint of Laban. 44 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. AND he heard the words of La ban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. Before CHRIST 1739. r ch. 2.24. is pursued after by Laban from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered, and said unto him, r Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not counted of him sch. 29. 15, strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our 27. 1739. ↑ Heb. teraphim. Judg. 17. 5. 16.1 Sam. 19.13. Hos. 3. 4. eDeut.28.54. 2 And Jacob beheld bthe countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him tas before. 3 And the LORD said unto Ja-Heb.asyescob, d Return unto the land of thy fathers, 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, terday and the day before. [Sam. 19. 7. ch. 28. 15, 20, 21. & 32. 9. 5 And said unto them, I see e ver. 2. your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before: but the God of my father hath been with f ver. 3. t ch. 35. 2. t Heb. the heart of Laban. u ch. 46. 28. 2 Kings 12. 17, Luke 9. 51. 53. x ch. 13.8. y ch. 20. 3. Job 33. 15. Matt. 1. 20. z ch. 24. 50. Heb. from good to bad. 12. money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken 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 scas 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. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the timages that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away Tunawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and uset his face toward the mount Gilead. 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 they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God y came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob feither good or bad. 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. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, a 1 Sam. 30. and a carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and † steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with nirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? + Heb. hast 9 Thus God hath mtaken away m ver. 1, 16. stolen me. the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 28 And hast not suffered me b to kiss my sons, and my daughters ? ethou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the d God of your father spake unto me e 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 fstolen my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said Ito Laban, Because I was afraid: g See ch. 44. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, & let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what 9. 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 maid-servants' 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 Laban searched all the tent, but Heb. felt. found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot brise 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 shegoats have not cast their young, and the rums of thy flock have I h Ex. 20. 12. Lev. 19. 32. Ex. 22. 10, &c. k Ex. 22. 12. years in thy house: Iserved thee 1 ch. 29. 27, fourteen years for thy two daugh- 28. ters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages m ver. 7. ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. P God hath seen mine affliction, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 And Laban answered, and aid 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 borne ? ver. 53. Before CHRIST 1739. t ch. 28. 18. That is, the heap of wit- sahadutha; but Jacob called it || Galeed: nees. Chald. heap of it x Judg. 11. That is, a y ch. 16. 5. 2 ch. 21. 23. a ver. 42. Or, killed beasts. b ch. 28. 1. c ch. 18. 33. &30. 25. a Ps. 91. 11. Heb. 1. 14. 48 And Laban said, "This heap is a 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 afflict my daugh ters, or if thou shalt take other wives besides 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. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, y judge betwixt us. And Jacob 2 sware by the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob | offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed thein: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. CHAPTER XXXII. 1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Escu's coming. 9 He prayeth for deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31 He halleth. AND Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he Ps. 124.1,2. b Josh. 5. 14. said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place || Ma hanaim. Is. 8. 13. pch, 29. 32. Ex. 3. 7. q 1 Chr. 12. 17. Jude 9. 44 Now therefore come thou, rletr ch. 26. 28. us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between Josh 24.27. me and thee. Ps. 103. 21. 1 ch. 36. 6, Heb. field. le Prov. 15. 1. f ch. 30. 43. g ch. 33. 8, 15 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, cunto the land of Seir, d the † country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak untɔ my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that s I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to Jacob sendeth a present to Esau. CHAPTER XXXIII. Before CHRIST 1739. Heb.caused 12.3,4. 2 Cor. 12. 7. Jacob's name is changed. 23 And he took them, and tsent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there x 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 out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh and he said, a Hos. 12. 4. I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 9 And Jacob said, 10 God of Ps. 50. 15.24. 28. m which saidst unto me, Return m ch. 31. 3, b ch. 35. 10. Heb. I am 31. o Job 8. 7. That is, a prince of God. c Hos. 12.3,4. d ch. 25. 31. & 27.33. 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the less than all, truth, which thou hast shewed un-c. to thy servant: for with my staffch. 24. 27. I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. 11 P Deliver me, I pray thee, from p Ps. 59. 1, 2. 18. the hand of my brother, from the band of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and q the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that same night, and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with 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 themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 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 before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's: it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and bebold also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him." 20 And say ye 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; peradventure he will accept t of me. q Hos. 10.14. sch. 43. 11. Prov. 21. 14. + Heb. my 21 So went the present over be-face. Job 42. fore him; and himself lodged that 8, 9. night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.'" That is, the Ex. 24. 11. a ch. 32. 6. b ch. 18. 2. e ch. 32. 28. 15. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, bThy name shall be called no more Jacob, but || Is rael: for as a prince hast thou c power with God, and d with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: and he said, e 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 God face to face, and my life is pre served. 31 And as he passed over Penuel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar called El-Elohe-Israel. 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 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 b bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, ch. 45. 14, and embraced him, d and fell on his neck, and kissed hum: and they wept. u Deut. 3. 16. band to thee? 8 And he said, † What meanest Jacob and Esau's meeting. thou by fall this drove which I niet? And he said, These are 8 to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. pray 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I 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, i my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough kand he urged 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 the flocks and herds with young are with me, and if men should over-drive 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 tas the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure; until 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? m Let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. The Shechemites circumcised, father Hamor, saying, Get me this CHRIST damsel to wife. Before cir. 1732. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: (now his sons were with his cattle in the f1 Sam. 10. field; and Jacob fheld his peace until they were come.) 7. 2 Sam. 13. 20. 21. ch. 49. 7. Josh. 7. 15. Judg. 20. 6. i Deut.23.17. 2 Sam.13.12. K ch. 13. 9. & 20.45. ich. 42. 34. in ch. 47. 27. 129. the children.n Ex. 22. 16, ch. 32. 3. 17. Deut. 22. t Heb. set, Heb. or, place. Wherefore mch. 34. 11. & 47. 25. Ruth 2. 13. Josh.13.27. 17 And Jacob journeyed to n Suc-is this? coth, and built him au 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 Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aiam; and pitched his tent before the city 19 And q he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of || Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it | El-Elohe-Israel. CHAPTER XXXIV. Judg. 8. 5. John 3. 23. 4 Josh.24.32. John 4. 5. Called, Acts 7. 16, Emmor. 1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem. 4 He! That is, queth to marry her. 13 The sons of God the God Jacob offer the condition of circumcision of Israel. to the Shechemitea. 20 Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it. 25 The sona of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, 27 and spoil their city. 30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi. cir. 1732. a ch. 30. 21. b Tit. 2. 5. bled her. ND a Dinah the daughter of AN Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, b went out to see the daughters c ch. 6. 2. of the land. Judg. 14. 1. 2 And when Shechem the son ofdch. 20. 2. Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and † defiled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly un-Hos. 9. 11. to the damsel. e Judg. 14.2. And Shechem e spake unto his Heb. humDeut. 22. 29. Ileb. to the heart of the damsel: See Is. 40. 2. 1 Sam. 18.25. o See 2 Sam. 13. 24, &c. P 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he bhad 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 him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and tako our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and m get you possessions 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 so much dowry and gift, and I 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 deceitfully, and said, Because he had defiled Dinah their sister: 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised: Josh. 5. 9. for Pthat were a reproach unto us: 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised: 16 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 become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferrel not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter and q2 Chr. 4. 9. he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us, therefore let thein dwell in the land, and trade therein for the land, behold, it is large enough for them: let us take their daughters ana put to the sword. to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be círcumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearkened all CHAPTER XXXV. Rachel dieth in travail. their hand, and all their ear-rings CHRIST which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under k the oak which was by Shechem. Cır. 1732. i Hos. 2. 13. 34. 24. Deut. 22. That is, that went out of the gate of his r ch. 23. 10.Eccles.5.4. 25 T And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Si-s ch. 49. 5, meon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, 6, 7. took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the † edge of Heb. the sword, and took Dinah out of mouth. Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city; because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field. 29 And all their wealth and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. The God of Beth-el. pch. 24. 59. That is, r ch. 17. 5. t ch. 17. 1. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to m Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-el) he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place | El-beth-el; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But p Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name of it was called || Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram; and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: r thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, s but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company 16. & 28. 3. of nations shall be of theo, and kings shall come out of thy loins. n ch. 17. 5, 6, & 48. 4. x ch. 17. 22. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me x tot ch. 49. 6. make me to stink among the inha-u Josh. 7. 25. bitants of the land, among the Ca-x Ex. 5. 21. naanites, and the Perizzites: y and 1 Sam. 13. 4. I being few in number, they shall y Deut. 4.27. y ch. 28. 18. gather themselves together against me, and slay me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? CHAPTER XXXV. 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He purgeth his house of idols. 6 Hebuildeth an alter at Beth-el. 8 Deborah dieth at Allon-bachuth. 9 God blesseth Jacob Cat Beth-el. lt Rachel travaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the way to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. 23 The sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac. AND God said unto Jacob, A Ps. 105. 12. rise, go up to a Beth-el, and a ch. 28. 19. dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared un-b ch. 28. 13. to thee when thou fleddest from c ch. 27. 43. the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that wered ch. 18. 19. with him, Put away e the strange Josh. 24. 15. 34. Josh. 24. gods that are among you, and bee ch. 31. 19, clean and change your garments: 2,23. 1 Sam. 3 And let us arise, and go up to 7. 3. Beth-el; and I will make there an Ex. 19. 10. akar unto God, who answered meg ch. 32.7,24. in the day of my distress, h and was Ps. 107. 6. with me in the way which I went. h ch. 28. 20. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all & 31. 3, 42. The strange gods which were in B2 14 And Jacob y set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink-offering thereon, and he poured oil thercon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with z ch. 28. 19. him, z Beth-el. Mic. 4. 8. 1 Chr. 5. 1. 16. 22. & 20. 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but ta little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass whon she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; a thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him | Benjamin. 19 And b Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave d unto this day. 21 ¶ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond e the tower |