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1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's has he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD [Yahweh] said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
5 And said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
6 And you know that with all my power I have served your father.
7 And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled will be your wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked will be your hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
9 Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
12 And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle [are] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
13 I [am] the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, [and] where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said to 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 has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money.
16 For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that [is] ours, and our children's: now then, whatever God has said to you, 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.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares 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 set 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 brothers with 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 to him, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brothers pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives [taken] with the sword?
27 Why did you run away secretly, and rob me by not telling me, so that I could send you off with joy, and with songs, with a tambourine, and with a guitar [lyre]?
28 And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done foolishly in [so] doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke to me yesternight, saying, Take you heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, [though] you would needs be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, [yet] why have you stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Perhaps you would take by force your daughters from me.
32 With whomsoever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brothers discern you what [is] yours with me, and take [it] to you. 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 Laban searched all the tent, but found [them] not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you; for the custom of women [is] upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was angry, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas you have searched all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? set [it] here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both.
38 This twenty years [have] I [been] with you; your ewes and your she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not to you; I bare the loss of it; of my hand did you 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 my eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have 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 you had sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [you] yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said to Jacob, [These] daughters [are] my daughters, and [these] children [are] my children, and [these] cattle [are] my cattle, and all that you see [is] mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children which they have born?
44 Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.
46 And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they ate there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD [Yahweh] watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
50 If you will afflict my daughters, or if you will take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness between me and you.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this] pillar, which I have cast between me and you;
52 This heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be] witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brothers to eat bread: and they ate bread, and remained all night in the mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned to his place.