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And he heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of Laban's sons[H1121], saying[H559], Jacob[H3290] hath taken away[H3947] all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten[H6213] all this glory[H3519].
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And Jacob[H3290]beheld[H7200] the countenance[H6440] of Laban[H3837], and, behold, it was not toward him as[H8543]before[H8032].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Jacob[H3290], Return[H7725] unto the land[H776] of thy fathers[H1], and to thy kindred[H4138]; and I will be with thee.
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And Jacob[H3290]sent[H7971] and called[H7121]Rachel[H7354] and Leah[H3812] to the field[H7704] unto his flock[H6629],
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And said[H559] unto them, I see[H7200] your father[H1]'s countenance[H6440], that it is not toward me as[H8543]before[H8032]; but the God[H430] of my father[H1] hath been[H1961] with me.
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And ye[H859]know[H3045] that with all my power[H3581] I have served[H5647] your father[H1].
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And your father[H1] hath deceived[H2048]me[H5978], and changed[H2498] my wages[H4909]ten[H6235]times[H4489]; but God[H430] suffered him[H5414] not to hurt[H7489]me[H5978].
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If he said[H559] thus, The speckled[H5348] shall be thy wages[H7939]; then all the cattle[H6629]bare[H3205]speckled[H5348]: and if he said[H559] thus, The ringstraked[H6124] shall be thy hire[H7939]; then bare[H3205] all the cattle[H6629]ringstraked[H6124].
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Thus God[H430] hath taken away[H5337] the cattle[H4735] of your father[H1], and given[H5414] them to me.
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And it came to pass at the time[H6256] that the cattle[H6629]conceived[H3179], that I lifted up[H5375] mine eyes[H5869], and saw[H7200] in a dream[H2472], and, behold, the rams[H6260] which leaped[H5927] upon the cattle[H6629] were ringstraked[H6124], speckled[H5348], and grisled[H1261].
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And the angel[H4397] of God[H430]spake[H559] unto me in a dream[H2472], saying, Jacob[H3290]: And I said[H559], Here am I.
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And he said[H559], Lift up[H5375] now thine eyes[H5869], and see[H7200], all the rams[H6260] which leap[H5927] upon the cattle[H6629] are ringstraked[H6124], speckled[H5348], and grisled[H1261]: for I have seen[H7200] all that Laban[H3837]doeth[H6213] unto thee.
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I am the God[H410] of Bethel[H1008], where thou anointedst[H4886] the pillar[H4676], and where thou vowedst[H5087] a vow[H5088] unto me: now arise[H6965], get thee out[H3318] from this land[H776], and return[H7725] unto the land[H776] of thy kindred[H4138].
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And Rachel[H7354] and Leah[H3812]answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto him, Is there yet any portion[H2506] or inheritance[H5159] for us in our father's house?[H1004]
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Are we not counted[H2803] of him strangers?[H5237] for he hath sold[H4376] us, and hath quite[H398]devoured[H398] also our money[H3701].
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For all the riches[H6239] which God[H430] hath taken[H5337] from our father[H1], that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God[H430] hath said[H559] unto thee, do[H6213].
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Then Jacob[H3290] rose up[H6965], and set[H5375] his sons[H1121] and his wives[H802] upon camels[H1581];
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And he carried away[H5090] all his cattle[H4735], and all his goods[H7399] which he had gotten[H7408], the cattle[H4735] of his getting[H7075], which he had gotten[H7408] in Padanaram[H6307], for to go[H935] to Isaac[H3327] his father[H1] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
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And Laban[H3837]went[H1980] to shear[H1494] his sheep[H6629]: and Rachel[H7354] had stolen[H1589] the images[H8655] that were her father's.
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And Jacob[H3290] stole away[H1589]unawares[H3820] to Laban[H3837] the Syrian[H761], in that[H5921] he told[H5046] him not[H1097]that[H5921] he fled[H1272].
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So he fled[H1272] with all that he had; and he rose up[H6965], and passed over[H5674] the river[H5104], and set[H7760] his face[H6440] toward the mount[H2022]Gilead[H1568].
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And it was told[H5046]Laban[H3837] on the third[H7992]day[H3117] that Jacob[H3290] was fled[H1272].
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And he took[H3947] his brethren[H251] with him[H310], and pursued[H7291] after him[H310]seven[H7651]days[H3117]' journey[H1870]; and they overtook[H1692]him[H310] in the mount[H2022]Gilead[H1568].
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And God[H430]came[H935]to[H5973]Laban[H3837] the Syrian[H761] in a dream[H2472] by night[H3915], and said[H559] unto him, Take heed[H8104] that thou speak[H1696] not to[H5973]Jacob[H3290] either good[H2896]or[H5704]bad[H7451].
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Then Laban[H3837]overtook[H5381]Jacob[H3290]. Now Jacob[H3290] had pitched[H8628] his tent[H168] in the mount[H2022]: and Laban[H3837] with his brethren[H251]pitched[H8628] in the mount[H2022] of Gilead[H1568].
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559] to Jacob[H3290], What hast thou done[H6213], that thou hast stolen away[H1589]unawares[H3824] to me, and carried away[H5090] my daughters[H1323], as captives[H7617] taken with the sword?[H2719]
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Wherefore didst thou flee away[H1272]secretly[H2244], and steal away[H1589] from me; and didst not tell[H5046] me, that I might have sent thee away[H7971] with mirth[H8057], and with songs[H7892], with tabret[H8596], and with harp?[H3658]
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And hast not suffered[H5203] me to kiss[H5401] my sons[H1121] and my daughters?[H1323] thou hast now done foolishly[H5528] in so doing[H6213].
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It is[H3426] in the power[H410] of my hand[H3027] to do[H6213] you hurt[H7451]: but the God[H430] of your father[H1]spake[H559] unto me yesternight[H570], saying[H559], Take thou heed[H8104] that thou speak not[H1696] to Jacob[H3290] either good[H2896] or bad[H7451].
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And now, though thou wouldest needs[H1980] be gone[H1980], because thou sore[H3700]longedst[H3700] after thy father's house[H1004], yet wherefore hast thou stolen[H1589] my gods?[H430]
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And Jacob[H3290]answered[H6030] and said[H559] to Laban[H3837], Because I was afraid[H3372]: for I said[H559], Peradventure[H6435] thou wouldest take by force[H1497] thy daughters[H1323] from me.
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With whomsoever[H834] thou findest[H4672] thy gods[H430], let him not live[H2421]: before[H5048] our brethren[H251]discern[H5234] thou what is thine with me, and take[H3947] it to thee. For Jacob[H3290]knew[H3045] not that Rachel[H7354] had stolen[H1589] them.
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And Laban[H3837]went[H935] into Jacob's tent[H168], and into Leah's tent[H168], and into the two[H8147]maidservants[H519]' tents[H168]; but he found[H4672] them not. Then went[H935] he out[H3318] of Leah's tent[H168], and entered[H935] into Rachel's tent[H168].
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Now Rachel[H7354] had taken[H3947] the images[H8655], and put[H7760] them in the camel's furniture[H3733], and sat[H3427] upon them. And Laban[H3837]searched[H4959] all the tent[H168], but found[H4672] them not.
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And she said[H559] to her father[H1], Let it not displease[H2734] my lord[H113] that I cannot[H3201] rise up[H6965] before thee[H6440]; for the custom[H1870] of women[H802] is upon me. And he searched[H2664], but found[H4672] not the images[H8655].
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And Jacob[H3290] was wroth[H2734], and chode[H7378] with Laban[H3837]: and Jacob[H3290]answered[H6030] and said[H559] to Laban[H3837], What is my trespass?[H6588] what is my sin[H2403], that thou hast so hotly pursued[H1814] after me?[H310]
37Whereas[H3588] thou hast searched[H4959] all my stuff[H3627], what hast thou found[H4672] of all thy household[H1004]stuff?[H3627]set[H7760] it here[H3541] before my brethren[H251] and thy brethren[H251], that they may judge[H3198]betwixt[H996] us both[H8147].
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This twenty[H6242]years[H8141] have I been with thee; thy ewes[H7353] and thy she goats[H5795] have not cast their young[H7921], and the rams[H352] of thy flock[H6629] have I not eaten[H398].
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That which was torn[H2966] of beasts I brought[H935] not unto thee; I bare the loss[H2398] of it; of my hand[H3027] didst thou require[H1245] it, whether stolen[H1589] by day[H3117], or stolen[H1589] by night[H3915].
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Thus I was; in the day[H3117] the drought[H2721]consumed[H398] me, and the frost[H7140] by night[H3915]; and my sleep[H8142]departed[H5074] from mine eyes[H5869].
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Thus have I been twenty[H6242]years[H8141] in thy house[H1004]; I served thee[H5647]fourteen[H702]years[H8141] for thy two[H8147]daughters[H1323], and six[H8337]years[H8141] for thy cattle[H6629]: and thou hast changed[H2498] my wages[H4909]ten[H6235]times[H4489].
42Except[H3884] the God[H430] of my father[H1], the God[H430] of Abraham[H85], and the fear[H6343] of Isaac[H3327], had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away[H7971] now empty[H7387]. God[H430] hath seen[H7200] mine affliction[H6040] and the labour[H3018] of my hands[H3709], and rebuked[H3198] thee yesternight[H570].
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And Laban[H3837]answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto Jacob[H3290], These daughters[H1323] are my daughters[H1323], and these children[H1121] are my children[H1121], and these cattle[H6629] are my cattle[H6629], and all that thou seest[H7200] is mine: and what can I do[H6213] this day[H3117] unto these my daughters[H1323], or[H176] unto their children[H1121] which they have born?[H3205]
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Now therefore come thou[H3212], let us make[H3772] a covenant[H1285], I and thou[H3212]; and let it be for a witness[H5707] between me and thee.
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And Jacob[H3290]took[H3947] a stone[H68], and set it up[H7311] for a pillar[H4676].
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto his brethren[H251], Gather[H3950]stones[H68]; and they took[H3947]stones[H68], and made[H6213] an heap[H1530]: and they did eat[H398] there upon the heap[H1530].
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And Laban[H3837]called[H7121] it Jegarsahadutha[H3026]: but Jacob[H3290]called[H7121] it Galeed[H1567].
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559], This heap[H1530] is a witness[H5707] between me and thee this day[H3117]. Therefore was the name[H8034] of it called[H7121]Galeed[H1567];
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And Mizpah[H4709]; for[H834] he said[H559], The LORD[H3068]watch[H6822] between me and thee, when we are absent[H5641]one[H376] from another[H7453].
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If thou shalt afflict[H6031] my daughters[H1323], or if thou shalt take[H3947] other wives[H802]beside[H5921] my daughters[H1323], no man[H376] is with us; see[H7200], God[H430] is witness[H5707] betwixt me and thee.
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And Laban[H3837]said[H559] to Jacob[H3290], Behold this heap[H1530], and behold this pillar[H4676], which I have cast[H3384] betwixt me and thee;
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This heap[H1530] be witness[H5707], and this pillar[H4676] be witness[H5713], that I will not pass over[H5674] this heap[H1530] to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over[H5674] this heap[H1530] and this pillar[H4676] unto me, for harm[H7451].
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The God[H430] of Abraham[H85], and the God[H430] of Nahor[H5152], the God[H430] of their father[H1], judge[H8199] betwixt us. And Jacob[H3290]sware[H7650] by the fear[H6343] of his father[H1]Isaac[H3327].
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Then Jacob[H3290]offered[H2076]sacrifice[H2077] upon the mount[H2022], and called[H7121] his brethren[H251] to eat[H398]bread[H3899]: and they did eat[H398]bread[H3899], and tarried all night[H3885] in the mount[H2022].
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And early[H7925] in the morning[H1242]Laban[H3837] rose up[H7925], and kissed[H5401] his sons[H1121] and his daughters[H1323], and blessed[H1288] them: and Laban[H3837]departed[H3212], and returned[H7725] unto his place[H4725].