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Jacobs covenant with Laban.

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25And it came to pafs, when Rachel had born Jofeph, that Jacob faid 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 ferved thee, and let me go: for thou knoweft my service which I have done thee.

27 And Laban faid unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience, that the LORD hath bleffed me for thy fake.

28 And he faid, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

29 And he faid unto him, Thou knoweft how I have ferved thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

30 For it was little which thou hadft before I came, and it is now increafed unto a multitude; and the LORD hath bleffed thee fince my coming: and now when fhall I provide for mine own house alfo?

31 And he faid, What fhall I give thee? And Jacob faid, Thou shalt not give me

His complaint of him.

39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-ftraked, fpeckled and fpotted.

40 And Jacob did feparate the lambs, and fet the faces of the flocks toward the ring-ftraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themfelves; and put them not unto Labans cattle.

41 And it came to pafs whenfoever the ftronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: fo the feebler were Labans, and the ftronger Jacobs.

43 And the man increafed exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-fervants, and camels, and affes. CHAP. XXXI.

1 Jacobs departure from Laban. 22 Laban purfueth him. 44 Their covenant at Galeed.

any thing; if thou wilt do this thing for ANd he heard the words of Labans

me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: 32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the fpeckled and fpotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the fpotted and fpeckled among the goats: and of fuch fhall be my hire.

33 So fhall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it fhall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not fpeckled and spotted amongst the goats, and brown amongst the sheep, that fhall be accounted ftoien with me. 34 And Laban faid, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

35 And he removed that day the hegoats, that were ring-ftraked, and fpotred, and all the fhe-goats that were fpeckled and fpotted, and every one that had fome white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his fons.

36 And he fet three days journey betwixt himfelf and Jacob: and Jacob fed the reft of Labans flocks.

37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hafel and chefnut-tree; and pilled white ftrakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

38 And he fet the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs, when the flocks come to drink; that they should conte when they came to drink.

fons, faying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our fathers; and of that which was our fathers hath 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 faid unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

4 And Jacob fent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

5 And faid unto them, I fee your fathers countenance, that it is not toward me as before: but the God of my father hath been with me.

6 And ye know that with all my power I have ferved your father.

7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God fuffered him not to hurt me.

8 If he faid thus, The fpeckled fhall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare fpeckled: and if he faid thus, the ringftraked fhall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-ftraked.

9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

10 And it came to pafs at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and faw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-ftraked, fpeckled, and grifled.

II And the angel of God (pake unto me in a dream, faying, Jacob: And I faid, Here am I.

Facobs departure from Laban.

Chap. xxxi.

12 And he faid, Lift up now thine eyes and fee, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-ftraked, fpeckled, and grifled: for I have feen all that Laban doth unto thee.

13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedft the pillar, and where thou vowedft a vow unto me: now arife, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

14 And Rachel and Leah answered, and faid unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our fathers houfe? 15 Are we not counted of him ftrangers? for he hath fold us, and hath quite devoured alfo our money.

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16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our childrens now then whatsoever God hath faid unto thee, do.

17 Then Jacob rofe up, and fet his fons 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 Padan-aram for to go to Ifaac his father in the land of Canaan.

19 And Laban went to fhear his sheep and Rachel had ftolen the images that were her fathers.

20 And Jacob ftole 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 herofe up, and paffed over the river, and fet 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 brethren with him, and purfued after him feven days journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and faid unto him, Take heed that thou 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 brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

26 And Laban faid to Jacob, What haft thou done, that thou haft ftolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the fword?

27 Wherefore didft thou flee away fecretly, and fteal away from me? and didft not tell me, that I might have fent thee away with mirth, and with fongs, with tabret, and with harp?

28 And haft not fuffered me to kifs

His complaint of hins. my fons and my daughters? thou haft now done foolishly in fr doing.

29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father fpake unto me yesternight, faying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

30 And now though thou would ft needs be gone, becaule thou fore longedft after thy fathers houfe ; yet wherefore haft thou ftolen my gods?

31 And Jacob anfwered and faid to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I faid, Peradventure thou wouldst take by force thy daughters from me.

32 With whomfoever thou findeft thy gods, let him not live: before our bre thren difcern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee: for Jacob knew not that Rachel had ftolen them.

33 And Laban went into Jacobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maid-servants tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rachels tent.

34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camels furniture, and fat upon them: and Laban fearched all the tent, but found them not.

35 And the faid to her father, Let it not difplease my lord, that I cannot rife up before thee; for the cuftom of women is upon me: and he fearched, but found not the images.

36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob anfwered, and faid to Laban, What is my tref pafs? what is my fin, that thou haft fo hotly purfued after me?

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37 Whereas thou haft fearched all my ftuff, what haft thou found of all thy houfhold-ftuff? fet it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

38 This twenty years have I been wich thee; thy ews and thy fhe-goats have not caft their young, and the rams of thy flock have

not caten.

39 That which was torn of beafts, I brought not unto thee, I bare the lofs of it; of my hand didft thou require it, whe ther ftolen by day, or ftolen by night.

40 Thus I was, in the day the drought confumed me, and the froft by night; and my fleep departed from mine eyes.

41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy houfe; I ferved thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and fix years for thy cattle: and thou haft changed my wages ten times.

42 Except the God of my father, th

nd Laban anfwered, and faid Thefe daughters are my daughhefe children are my children, ttle are my cattle, and all that mine: and what can I do this thefe my daughters, or unto ren which they have born? therefore, come thou, let us venant, I and thou; and let it Etnefs between me and thee. Jacob took a ftone, and fet it llar.

Jacob faid unto his brethren, ones; and they took ftones, an heap: and they did eat the heap.

Laban called it Jegar-fahat Jacob called it Galeed. Laban faid, This heap is a witen me and thee this day. Therehe name of it called Galeed: Mizpah; for he faid, The tch between me and thee, are abfent one from another. ou fhalt afflict my daughters, fhalt take other wives befides ters, no man is with us; See, itnefs betwixt me and thee. Laban faid to Jacob, Behold and behold this pillar, which ift betwixt me and thee; sheap be witness,and this pillar , that I will not pafs over this thee, and that thou shalt not chis heap and this pillar unto

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God of Abraham, and the lahor, the God of their father, wixt us. And Jacob fware by f his father Ifaac.

n Jacob offered facrifice upon t, and called his brethren to : and they did eat bread, and I night in the mount.

Thy fervant Jacob faith thus, I have fojourned with Laban, and ftayed there until now.

5 And I have oxen, and affes, flocks, and men fervants, and women-fervants: and I have fent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy fight.

6 And the meffengers returned to Jacob, faying, We came to thy brother Efau. and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and diftreffed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels into two bands;

8 And faid, If Efau come to the one company and fmite it, then the other company which is left fhall efcape.

9 And Jacob faid, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Ifaac, the LORD which faidft unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

10 I am not worthy of the leaft of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou haft fhewed unto thy fervant; for with my staff 1 paffed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.

II Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Efau : for I fear him, left he will come and fmite me, and the mother with the children.

12 And thou faidft, I will furely do thee good, and make thy feed as the fand of the fea, which cannot be numbred for multitude.

13 And he lodged there that fame night; and took of that which came to his hand,a prefent for Efau his brother;

14 Two hundred fhe-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ews and twen ty rams,

15 Thirty milch camels with their early in the morning Laban colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty nd kiffed his fons and his daugh-the-affes and ten foles. bleffed them: and Laban deind returned unto his place. СНАР. ХХХІІ. vifion. 3 His meffage, 13 and to Efau. 24 Wrestling with an e is called Ifrael.

16 And he delivered them into the hand of his fervants, every drove by themfelves; and faid unto his fervants, pals over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

17 And he commanded the foremoft.

e third, and all that followed the faying, On this manner fhall you into Elau, when you find him. nd fay ye moreover, Behold, thy Jacob is behind us: For he faid, peafe him with the prefent that fore me, and afterward I will ce; peradventure he will accept

went the prefent over before himself lodged that night in any.

he rose up that night, and took ives, and his two women-ferhis eleven fons, and pafled ord Jabbok.

he took them, and fent them ook,and fent over that he had. d Jacob was left alone: and ed a man with him, until the the day.

when he faw that he prevailaft him, he touched the holhigh and the hollow of Jaas out of joint, as he wreft

e faid, Let me go, for the And he faid, I will not except thou bless me. faid unto him, What is thy e faid, Jacob.

aid, Thy name fhall be calJacob, but Ifrael: for as a on power with God and haft prevailed.

ob asked him, and faid, Tell ee, thy name: And he faid, it, that thou doft ask after dhe bleffed him there. ob called the name of the for I have feen God face my life is preserved.

e paffed over Penuel the him, and he halted upon

the children of Ifrael eat which fhrank, which is w of the thigh, unto this he touched the hollow of the finew that shrank, A P. XXXIII. f Facob and Esau at their Facob buyetha field, and

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after, and Rachel and Jofeph hindermoft 3 And he paffed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground feven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 And Efau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kiffed him: and they wept.

5 And he lift up his eyes, and faw the women and the children; and faid, Who are thofe with thee? And he faid, The children which God hath graciously given thy fervant.

6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themfelves.

7 And Leah alfo with her children came near, and bowed themfelves; and after came Jofeph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

8 And he faid, What meaneft thou by all this drove, which I met? And he faids Thefe are to find grace in the fight of my lord.

9 And Efau faid, I have enough; my brother, keep that thou haft unto thy felf

10 And Jacob faid,Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy fight, then receive my prefent at my hand : for therefore I have feen thy face, as though I had feen the face of God, and thou waft pleased with me.

11 Take, I pray thee, my bleffing that is brought to thee; becaufe God hath dealt gracioufly with me, and because I have enough and he urged him, and he took it.

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12 And he faid, I et us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he faid unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men fhould overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pafs over before his fervant: and I will lead on foftly, according as the cattle that goeth before me,and the children be able to endure; untill come unto my lord unto Seir.

15 And Efau faid, Let me now leave with thee fome of the folk that are with me: And he said, What needeth it? Let me find grace in the fight of my lord.

16 So Blau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

Dinah ravifbed.

Genefis. for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 And Jacob came to Shalem a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram;and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had fpread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-ifrael.

CHA P. XXXIV. 1 Dinah ravished. 20 The Shechemites are circumcifed, 25 flain by the fans of Facob, 27 and their city Spoiled.

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Nd Dinah the daughter of Leah, which the bare unto Jacob, went out to fee the daughters of the land.

2 And when Shechem the fon of Hamor the Hivite prince of the country faw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

3 And his foul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damfel, and fpake kindly unto the damfel.

4 And Shechem fpake unto his father Hamor, faying, Get me this damfel to wife.

5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, (now his fons were with his cattle in the field: ) and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

7 And the fons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth: because he had wrought folly in Ifrael, in lying with Jacobs daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

8 And Hamor communed with them, faying, The foul of my fon Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

10 And ye fhall dwell with us: and the land fhall be before you ; dwell and trade you therein, and get you poffeffions therein.

11 And Shechem faid unto her father, and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye fhall fay unto me I will give.

12 Ask me never fo much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye fhall tay unto me; but give me the damfel to

The Shechemites flain.

13 And the fons of Jacob anfwered Shechem and Hamor his father deceit fully, and faid, (because he had defiled Dinah their fifter)

14 And they faid unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our fifter to one that is uncircumcifed: for that were a reproach unto us.

15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcifed; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

18 And their words pleafed Hamor, and Shechem Hamors fon.

19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacobs daughter: and he was more honourable than all the houfe of his father.

20 And Hamor and Shechem his fon came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

21 Thefe men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them: let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22 Only herein will the men confent unto us, for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcifed, as they are circumcised.

23 Shall not their cattle,and their subftance, and every beaft of theirs be ours? only let us confent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his fon hearkned all that went out of the gate of his city and every male was circumcifed, all that went out of the gate of his city.

25 And it came to pafs on the third day when they were fore, that two of the fons of Jacob, Simcon and Levi, Dinahs brethren, took each man his fword, and came upon the city boldly, and flew all the males.

26 And they flew Hamor and Shechem his fon with the edge of the fword, and took Dinah out of Shechems house, and went out.

27 The fons of Jacob came upon the flain, and fpoiled the city, because they had defiled their fifter.

28 They took their sheep, and their ox

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