Jacob is sent to Paddan-aram. Jacob's Vision at Bethel father are at hand; then will I slay | my brother Jacob. 42 And 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 be 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? 28 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the 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 do me? 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Paddanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And 1God 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 2Syrian, 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 Paddan aram: 8 and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. 10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a 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, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, 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 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 Jehovah 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 than 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, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place 6 Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep Jacob's Vow. He meets Rachel. 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, 1and Jehovah will be my God, 22 then 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. 29 Then Jacob 2 went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the 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 are 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 was yet speaking 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 Or, then shall Jehovah be my God, and this 2 Heb. lifted up his feet. Laban receives him· 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 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 beautiful and well-favored. 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 a 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 firstborn. 27 Fulfil the week of this one, and 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 Jacob marries Leah and Rachel. His Children her week: and he gave him Rachel tis daughter to wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah 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 seven ther years. 31 And Jehovah 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 1 Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath boked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me. 33 And he conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah 2hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name 3 Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three Ons: therefore was his name called Levi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I 5 praise Jehovah: there■fore she called his name " Judah; and she left off bearing. 30 And when Rachel saw 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 upon my knees, and I also may 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. God hath 8 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 7 Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I 10 wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, 11 Fortunate! and she called his name 12 Gad. 12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, 13 Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy and she called his name 14 Asher. : 14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found 15 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 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 16 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 17 dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and 9 Heb. wrestlings of God. 10 Heb. niphtal, he wrestled, 11 Heb. With fortune! Another reading is Fortune is come. 12 That is, Fortune. 13 Heb. With my happiness! 14 That is, Happy. 16 Heb. sachar. 17 Heb. zabal, he dwelt. Jacob's Bargain with Laban. His Prosperity 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, Jehovah 1add to me another son. 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel 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 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 favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah 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 have fared with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath 2increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee 3 whithersoever I turned and now when shall I provide for my own house also? 31 And he said, What shall 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 every black one among the sheep, and the spotted spotted, and all the she-go were speckled and spotted, ev that had white in it, and all th ones among the sheep, and ga into the hand of his sons; 36 set three days' journey betwi self and Jacob: and Jacob rest of Laban's flocks. 37 And Jacob took him fresh poplar, and of the and of the plane-tree; and white streaks in them, and the white appear which was rods. 38 And he set the rods he had peeled over against th in the gutters in the watering-t where the flocks came to drin they conceived when they ca drink. 39 And the flocks con before the rods, and the flocks b forth ringstreaked, speckle spotted. 40 And Jacob sep the lambs, and set the fa the flocks toward the ringst and all the black in the f Laban: and he put his own apart, and put them not unto L flock. 41 And it came to pass, soever the stronger of the flo conceive, that Jacob laid the re fore the eyes of the flock in th ters, that they might conceive a the rods; 42 but when the flock feeble, he put them not in: so th bler were Laban's, and the str Jacob's. 43 And the man inc exceedingly, and had large f and maid-servants and me vants, and camels and asses. 31And he heard the wo 's Secret Departure for Canaan. Laban pursues and chides him s thy father hath been with me. | 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 mountain of Gilead. ry of je know that with all my bla have served your father. the pour father hath deceived me, nd aged my wages ten times; hind suffered him not to hurt dth If he said thus, The speckled e thy wages; then all the dsre speckled: and if he said monte ringstreaked shall be thy eele then bare all the flock ringmadd. 9 Thus God hath taken the cattle of your father, and hi them to me. 10 And it came Hook at the time that the flock uge, that I lifted up mine eyes, - an in a dream, and, behold, he goats which leaped upon the ive were ringstreaked, speckled, ugzzled. 11 And the angel of an aid unto me in the dream, ate and I said, Here am I. She said, Lift up now thine ake and see: all the he-goats koleaped upon the flock are ringoved speckled, and grizzled: anave seen all that Laban doeth he thee. 13 I am the God of did where thou anointedst a be where thou vowedst a vow rut me: now arise, get thee out ongis land, and return unto the ere of thy nativity. 14 And feel and Leah answered and said er him, Is there yet any portion Sederitance for us in our father's k 15 Are we not accounted by foreigners? for he hath sold and hath also quite devoured of money. 16 For all the riches b God hath taken away from ur father, that is ours and our urren's: now then, whatsoever hath said unto thee, do. Then Jacob rose up, and set wassons and his wives upon the Andes; 18 and he carried away all attle, and all his substance toh he had gathered, the cattle of getting, which he had gathered Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his runto the land of Canaan. Now Laban was gone to shear his t: and Rachel stole the terathat were her father's. 20 And 1 Or, the price paid for us the 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 encamped 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 didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly, 29 It is 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. 32 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. |