Genesis 31 Interlinear

and jacob beheld the countenance of laban and behold it was not toward him as before

and the lord said unto jacob return unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred

and jacob sent and called rachel and leah to the field unto his flock

and said unto them i see your fathers countenance that it is not toward me as before but the god of my father hath been

and ye know that with all my power i have served your father

and your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten times but god suffered him not to hurt me

if he said thus the speckled shall be thy wages then all the cattle bare speckled and if he said thus the ringstraked shall be thy hire then bare all the cattle ringstraked

thus god hath taken away the cattle of your father and given

and it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived that i lifted up mine eyes and saw in a dream and behold the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked speckled and grisled

and the angel of god spake unto me in a dream saying jacob and i said

and he said lift up now thine eyes and see all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked speckled and grisled for i have seen all that laban doeth

i am the god of bethel where thou anointedst the pillar and where thou vowedst a vow unto me now arise get thee out from this land and return unto the land of thy kindred

and rachel and leah answered and said unto him is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our fathers house

are we not counted of him strangers for he hath sold us and hath quite devoured also our money

for all the riches which god hath taken from our father that is ours and our childrens now then whatsoever god hath said unto thee do

then jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon camels

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

and laban went to shear his sheep and rachel had stolen the images that were her fathers

and jacob stole away unawares to laban the syrian in that he told him not that he fled

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

and it was told laban on the third day that jacob was fled

and he took his brethren with him and pursued after him seven days journey and they overtook him in the mount gilead

and god came to laban the syrian in a dream by night and said unto him take heed that thou speak not to jacob either good or bad

then laban overtook jacob now jacob had pitched his tent in the mount and laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of gilead

and laban said to jacob what hast thou done that thou hast stolen away unawares to me and carried away my daughters as captives taken with the sword

wherefore didst thou flee away 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

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters thou hast now done foolishly in so doing

it is in the power of my hand to do you hurt but the god of your father spake unto me yesternight saying take thou heed that thou speak not to jacob either good or bad

and now though thou wouldest needs be gone because thou sore longedst after thy fathers house yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods

and jacob answered and said to laban because i was afraid for i said peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters

with whomsoever thou findest thy gods let him 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

and laban went into jacobs tent and into leahs tent and into the two maidservants tents but he found them not then went he out of leahs tent and entered into rachels tent

now rachel had taken the images and put them in the camels furniture and sat upon them and laban searched all the tent but found

and she said to her father let it not displease my lord that i cannot rise up before thee for the custom of women is upon me and he searched but found not the images

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

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

this twenty years have i been with thee thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young and the rams of thy flock have i not eaten

that which was torn of beasts i brought not unto thee i bare the loss of it of my hand didst thou require it whether stolen by day or stolen by night

thus i was in the day the drought consumed me and the frost by night and my sleep departed from mine eyes

thus have i been twenty years in thy house i served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters and six years for thy cattle and thou hast changed my wages ten times

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 god hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands and rebuked thee yesternight

and laban answered and said 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 born

now therefore come thou let us make a covenant i and thou and let it be for a witness

and jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar

and jacob said unto his brethren gather stones and they took stones and made an heap and they did eat there upon the heap

and laban called it jegarsahadutha but jacob called it galeed

and laban said this heap is a witness between me and thee this day therefore was the name of it called galeed

and mizpah for he said the lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another

if thou shalt afflict my daughters or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters no man is with us see god is witness

and laban said to jacob behold this heap and behold this pillar which i have cast

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

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

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

and early in the morning laban rose up and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them and laban departed and returned unto his place