<vn='1'>And he <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="3837">Laban</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3290">Jacob</s> hath taken <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> was our <sn="1">father</s> 's; and of that <sn="4480 834">which</s> was our <sn="1">father</s> 's hath he <sn="6213">gotten</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3519">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="7200">beheld</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6440">countenance</s> of <sn="3837">Laban</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, it was <sn="369">not</s><sn="5973">toward</s> him as <sn="8543 8032">before</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, <sn="7725">Return</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of thy <sn="1">fathers</s>, and to thy <sn="4138">kindred</s>; and I will <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="7354">Rachel</s> and <sn="3812">Leah</s> to the <sn="7704">field</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="6629">flock</s>, </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="595">I</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="6440">countenance</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> it is <sn="369">not</s><sn="413">toward</s> me as <sn="8543 8032">before</s>; but the <sn="430">God</s> of my <sn="1">father</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s><sn="5973">with</s> me. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="859">ye</s><sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="3581">power</s> I have <sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And your <sn="1">father</s> hath <sn="2048">deceived</s> me, and <sn="2498">changed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="4909">wages</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="4489">times</s>; but <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">suffered</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="7489 5978">hurt</s> me. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="518">If</s> he <sn="559">said</s><sn="3541">thus</s>, The <sn="5348">speckled</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> thy <sn="7939">wages</s>; then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6629">cattle</s><sn="3205">bore</s><sn="5348">speckled</s>: and <sn="518">if</s> he <sn="559">said</s><sn="3541">thus</s>, The <sn="6124">ringstreaked</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> thy <sn="7939">hire</s>; then <sn="3205">bore</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6629">cattle</s><sn="6124">ringstreaked</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Thus <sn="430">God</s> hath taken <sn="5337">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4735">cattle</s> of your <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="5414">given</s> them to me. </v>
<vn='10'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at the <sn="6256">time</s> that the <sn="6629">cattle</s><sn="3179">conceived</s>, that I lifted <sn="5375">up</s> mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s> in a <sn="2472">dream</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="6260">rams</s> which <sn="5927">leaped</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6629">cattle</s> were <sn="6124">ringstreaked</s>, <sn="5348">speckled</s>, and <sn="1261">grizzled</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> me in a <sn="2472">dream</s>, saying, <sn="3290">Jacob</s>: And I <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Here</s> am I. </v>
<vn='12'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, Lift <sn="5375">up</s><sn="4994">now</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6260">rams</s> which <sn="5927">leap</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6629">cattle</s> are <sn="6124">ringstreaked</s>, <sn="5348">speckled</s>, and <sn="1261">grizzled</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="6213">doeth</s> unto thee. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="595">I</s> am the <sn="410">God</s> of <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, <sn="834 8033">where</s> thou <sn="4886">anointedst</s> the <sn="4676">pillar</s>, and <sn="834 8033">where</s> thou <sn="5087">vowedst</s> a <sn="5088">vow</s> unto me: <sn="6258">now</s><sn="6965">arise</s>, get thee <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of thy <sn="4138">kindred</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="7354">Rachel</s> and <sn="3812">Leah</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Is there <sn="5750">yet</s> any <sn="2506">portion</s> or <sn="5159">inheritance</s> for us in our <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>Are we <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2803">counted</s> of him <sn="5237">strangers</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> he hath <sn="4376">sold</s> us, and hath quite <sn="398 398">devoured</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="3701">money</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6239">riches</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5337">taken</s> from our <sn="4480 1">father</s>, <sn="1931">that</s> is ours, and our <sn="1121">children</s> 's: <sn="6258">now</s> then, <sn="3605 834">whatsoever</s><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="6213">do</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="3290">Jacob</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and <sn="5375">set</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">sons</s> and his <sn="802">wives</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="1581">camels</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>And he carried <sn="5090">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="4735">cattle</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="7399">goods</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="7408">gotten</s>, the <sn="4735">cattle</s> of his <sn="7075">getting</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="7408">gotten</s> in <sn="6307">Padan</s> -aram, for to <sn="935">go</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3327">Isaac</s> his <sn="1">father</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="1494">shear</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6629">sheep</s>: and <sn="7354">Rachel</s> had <sn="1589">stolen</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8655">images</s><sn="834">that</s> were her <sn="1">father</s> 's. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s> stole <sn="1589">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3820">unawares</s> to <sn="3837">Laban</s> the <sn="761">Syrian</s>, in <sn="5921">that</s> he <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="1097">not</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="1272">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>So <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1272">fled</s> with <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he had; and he rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5104">river</s>, and <sn="7760">set</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6440">face</s> toward the <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="1568">Gilead</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="3837">Laban</s> on the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> was <sn="1272">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, and <sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> him <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s> ' <sn="1870">journey</s>; and they <sn="1692">overtook</s> him in the <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="1568">Gilead</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="430">God</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3837">Laban</s> the <sn="761">Syrian</s> in a <sn="2472">dream</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Take <sn="8104">heed</s><sn="6435">that</s> thou <sn="1696">speak</s> not <sn="5973">to</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> either <sn="4480 2896">good</s><sn="5704">or</s><sn="7451">bad</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Then <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="5381">overtook</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>. Now <sn="3290">Jacob</s> had <sn="8628">pitched</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="168">tent</s> in the <sn="2022">mount</s>: and <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="854">with</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="8628">pitched</s> in the <sn="2022">mount</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="559">said</s> to <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> hast thou <sn="6213">done</s>, that thou hast stolen <sn="1589">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3824">unawares</s> to me, and carried <sn="5090">away</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1323">daughters</s>, as <sn="7617">captives</s> taken with the <sn="2719">sword</s>? </v>
<vn='27'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s> didst thou flee <sn="2244">away</s><sn="1272">secretly</s>, and steal <sn="1589">away</s> from me; and didst <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5046">tell</s> me, that I might have sent thee <sn="7971">away</s> with <sn="8057">mirth</s>, and with <sn="7892">songs</s>, with <sn="8596">tabret</s>, and with <sn="3658">harp</s>? </v>
<vn='28'>And hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5203">suffered</s> me to <sn="5401">kiss</s> my <sn="1121">sons</s> and my <sn="1323">daughters</s>? thou hast <sn="6258">now</s> done <sn="5528">foolishly</s> in so <sn="6213">doing</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>It <sn="3426">is</s> in the <sn="410">power</s> of my <sn="3027">hand</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> you <sn="7451">hurt</s>: but the <sn="430">God</s> of your <sn="1">father</s><sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> me last <sn="570">night</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Take thou <sn="8104">heed</s> that thou <sn="4480 1696">speak</s> not <sn="5973">to</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> either <sn="4480 2896">good</s><sn="5704">or</s><sn="7451">bad</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, though thou wouldest needs be <sn="1980 1980">gone</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> thou sore <sn="3700 3700">longedst</s> after thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, yet <sn="4100">wherefore</s> hast thou <sn="1589">stolen</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="430">gods</s>? </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s> to <sn="3837">Laban</s>, <sn="3588">Because</s> I was <sn="3372">afraid</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6435">Peradventure</s> thou wouldest take by <sn="1497">force</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1323">daughters</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> me. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="5973">With</s><sn="834">whomsoever</s> thou <sn="4672">findest</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="430">gods</s>, let him <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2421">live</s>: <sn="5048">before</s> our <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="5234">discern</s> thou <sn="4100">what</s> is thine <sn="5973">with</s> me, and <sn="3947">take</s> it to thee. For <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7354">Rachel</s> had <sn="1589">stolen</s> them. </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="935">went</s> into <sn="3290">Jacob</s> 's <sn="168">tent</s>, and into <sn="3812">Leah</s> 's <sn="168">tent</s>, and into the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="519">maidservants</s> ' <sn="168">tents</s>; but he <sn="4672">found</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>. Then <sn="3318">went</s> he out of Leah's <sn="4480 168 3812">tent</s>, and <sn="935">entered</s> into <sn="7354">Rachel</s> 's <sn="168">tent</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Now <sn="7354">Rachel</s> had <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8655">images</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s> them in the <sn="1581">camel</s> 's <sn="3733">furniture</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="4959">searched</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="168">tent</s>, but <sn="4672">found</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s> her <sn="1">father</s>, Let it <sn="408">not</s><sn="2734 5869">displease</s> my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="3588">that</s> I <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s> rise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> thee; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1870">custom</s> of <sn="802">women</s> is upon me. And he <sn="2664">searched</s>, but <sn="4672">found</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8655">images</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s> was <sn="2734">wroth</s>, and <sn="7378">chided</s> with <sn="3837">Laban</s>: and <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s> to <sn="3837">Laban</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is my <sn="6588">trespass</s>? <sn="4100">what</s> is my <sn="2403">sin</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou hast so hotly <sn="1814">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> me? </v>
<vn='37'><sn="3588">Whereas</s> thou hast <sn="4959">searched</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="3627">stuff</s>, <sn="4100">what</s> hast thou <sn="4672">found</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> thy <sn="1004">household</s><sn="3627">stuff</s>? <sn="7760">set</s> it <sn="3541">here</s><sn="5048">before</s> my <sn="251">brethren</s> and thy <sn="251">brethren</s>, that they may <sn="3198">judge</s><sn="996">between</s> us <sn="8147">both</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="2088">This</s><sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s> have <sn="595">I</s> been <sn="5973">with</s> thee; thy <sn="7353">ewes</s> and thy she <sn="5795">goats</s> have <sn="3808">not</s> cast their <sn="7921">young</s>, and the <sn="352">rams</s> of thy <sn="6629">flock</s> have I <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eaten</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>That which was <sn="2966">torn</s> of beasts I <sn="935">brought</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee; <sn="595">I</s> bore the <sn="2398">loss</s> of it; of my <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> didst thou <sn="1245">require</s> it, whether <sn="1589">stolen</s> by <sn="3117">day</s>, or <sn="1589">stolen</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>. </v>
<vn='40'> Thus I <sn="1961">was</s>; in the <sn="3117">day</s> the <sn="2721">drought</s><sn="398">consumed</s> me, and the <sn="7140">frost</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>; and my <sn="8142">sleep</s><sn="5074">departed</s> from mine <sn="4480 5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="2088">Thus</s> have I been <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s> in thy <sn="1004">house</s>; I <sn="5647">served</s> thee <sn="702 6240">fourteen</s><sn="8141">years</s> for thy <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1323">daughters</s>, and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="8141">years</s> for thy <sn="6629">cattle</s>: and thou hast <sn="2498">changed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="4909">wages</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="4489">times</s>. </v>
<vn='42'><sn="3884">Except</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of my <sn="1">father</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="85">Abraham</s>, and the <sn="6343">fear</s> of <sn="3327">Isaac</s>, had <sn="1961">been</s> with me, <sn="3588">surely</s> thou hadst sent me <sn="7971">away</s><sn="6258">now</s><sn="7387">empty</s>. <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="6040">affliction</s> and the <sn="3018">labor</s> of my <sn="3709">hands</s>, and <sn="3198">rebuked</s> thee last <sn="570">night</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, These <sn="1323">daughters</s> are my <sn="1323">daughters</s>, and these <sn="1121">children</s> are my <sn="1121">children</s>, and these <sn="6629">cattle</s> are my <sn="6629">cattle</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="7200">seest</s> is mine: and <sn="4100">what</s> can I <sn="6213">do</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> unto <sn="428">these</s> my <sn="1323">daughters</s>, <sn="176">or</s> unto their <sn="1121">children</s><sn="834">which</s> they have <sn="3205">born</s>? </v>
<vn='44'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="1980">come</s> thou, let us <sn="3772">make</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s>, <sn="589">I</s> and <sn="859">thou</s>; and let it <sn="1961">be</s> for a <sn="5707">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee. </v>
<vn='45'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="3947">took</s> a <sn="68">stone</s>, and set it <sn="7311">up</s> for a <sn="4676">pillar</s>. </v>
<vn='46'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="559">said</s> unto his <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="3950">Gather</s><sn="68">stones</s>; and they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="68">stones</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s> an <sn="1530">heap</s>: and they did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1530">heap</s>. </v>
<vn='47'>And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="7121">called</s> it <sn="3026">Jegar</s> -sahadutha: but <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="7121">called</s> it <sn="1567">Galeed</s>. </v>
<vn='48'>And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2088">This</s><sn="1530">heap</s> is a <sn="5707">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee this <sn="3117">day</s>. <sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> was the <sn="8034">name</s> of it <sn="7121">called</s><sn="1567">Galeed</s>; </v>
<vn='49'>And <sn="4709">Mizpah</s>; <sn="834">for</s> he <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6822">watch</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee, <sn="3588">when</s> we are <sn="5641">absent</s><sn="376">one</s> from <sn="4480 7453">another</s>. </v>
<vn='50'><sn="518">If</s> thou shalt <sn="6031">afflict</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1323">daughters</s>, or <sn="518">if</s> thou shalt <sn="3947">take</s> other <sn="802">wives</s><sn="5921">beside</s> my <sn="1323">daughters</s>, <sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> us; <sn="7200">see</s>, <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="5707">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee. </v>
<vn='51'>And <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="559">said</s> to <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1530">heap</s>, and <sn="2009">behold</s> this <sn="4676">pillar</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="3384">cast</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee; </v>
<vn='52'><sn="2088">This</s><sn="1530">heap</s> be <sn="5707">witness</s>, and this <sn="4676">pillar</s> be <sn="5713">witness</s>, <sn="518">that</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3808">not</s> pass <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1530">heap</s><sn="413">to</s> thee, and <sn="518">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="3808">not</s> pass <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1530">heap</s> and <sn="2063">this</s><sn="4676">pillar</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, for <sn="7451">harm</s>. </v>
<vn='53'>The <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="85">Abraham</s>, and the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="5152">Nahor</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s> us. And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="7650">swore</s> by the <sn="6343">fear</s> of his <sn="1">father</s><sn="3327">Isaac</s>. </v>
<vn='54'>Then <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="2076">offered</s><sn="2077">sacrifice</s> upon the <sn="2022">mount</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s> to <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s>: and they did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, and tarried all <sn="3885">night</s> in the <sn="2022">mount</s>. </v>
<vn='55'>And early in the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="3837">Laban</s> rose <sn="7925">up</s>, and <sn="5401">kissed</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s> and his <sn="1323">daughters</s>, and <sn="1288">blessed</s> them: and <sn="3837">Laban</s><sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="7725">returned</s> unto his <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>