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Genesis 31 – King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1 - And he heard H8085 the words H1697 of H1121 Laban's H3837 sons, H1121 saying, H559 Jacob H3290 hath taken away H3947 all H3605 that H834 was our father's; H1 and of that which H834 was our father's H1 hath he gotten H6213 all H3605 this H2088 glory. H3519
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:2 - And H7200 Jacob H3290 beheld H7200 the countenance H6440 of Laban, H3837 and, behold, H2009 it H369 was not H369 toward him H5973 as H8543 before. H8032
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - And H559 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Jacob, H3290 Return H7725 unto H413 the land H776 of thy fathers, H1 and to thy kindred; H4138 and I will be H1961 with thee. H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - And H7971 Jacob H3290 sent H7971 and called H7121 Rachel H7354 and Leah H3812 to the field H7704 unto H413 his flock, H6629
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:5 - And said H559 unto them, I H595 see H7200 your father's H1 countenance, H6440 that H3588 it H369 is not H369 toward me H413 as H8543 before; H8032 but the God H430 of my father H1 hath been H1961 with me. H5978
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - And ye H859 know H3045 that H3588 with all H3605 my power H3581 I have served H5647 your father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - And your father H1 hath deceived H2048 me, and changed H2498 my wages H4909 ten H6235 times; H4489 but H3808 God H430 suffered him H5414 not H3808 to hurt H7489 me. H5978
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If H518 he said H559 thus, H3541 The speckled H5348 shall be H1961 thy wages; H7939 then H3205 all H3605 the cattle H6629 bare H3205 speckled: H5348 and if H518 he said H559 thus, H3541 The ringstraked H6124 shall be H1961 thy hire; H7939 then bare H3205 all H3605 the cattle H6629 ringstraked. H6124
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:9 - Thus H5337 God H430 hath taken away H5337 the cattle H4735 of your father, H1 and given H5414 them to me. H589
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - And it came to pass H1961 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, H2009 the rams H6260 which leaped H5927 upon H5921 the cattle H6629 were ringstraked, H6124 speckled, H5348 and grisled. H1261
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:11 - And H559 the H430 angel H4397 of God H430 spake H559 unto me H413 in a dream, H2472 saying, Jacob: H3290 And I said, H559 Here H2009 am I. H2009
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, H559 Lift up H5375 now H4994 thine eyes, H5869 and see, H7200 all H3605 the rams H6260 which leap H5927 upon H5921 the cattle H6629 are ringstraked, H6124 speckled, H5348 and grisled: H1261 for H3588 I have seen H7200 all H3605 that H834 Laban H3837 doeth H6213 unto thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I H595 am the God H410 of Bethel, H1008 H1008 where H834 thou anointedst H4886 the pillar, H4676 and where H834 thou vowedst H5087 a vow H5088 unto me: now H6258 arise, H6965 get thee out H3318 from H4480 this H2063 land, H776 and return H7725 unto H413 the land H776 of thy kindred. H4138
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - And H6030 Rachel H7354 and Leah H3812 answered H6030 and said H559 unto him, Is there yet H5750 any portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 for us in H1004 our father's H1 house? H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - Are H3808 we H2803 not H3808 counted H2803 of him strangers? H5237 for H3588 he hath sold us, H4376 and hath H398 quite H398 devoured H398 also H1571 our money. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:16 - For H3588 all H3605 the riches H6239 which H834 God H430 hath taken H5337 from our father, H1 that H1931 is ours, and our children's: H1121 now then, H6258 whatsoever H3605 H834 God H430 hath said H559 unto thee, H413 do. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:17 - Then H6965 Jacob H3290 rose up, H6965 and set H5375 his sons H1121 and H853 his wives H802 upon H5921 camels; H1581
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18 - And he carried away H5090 all H3605 his cattle, H4735 and H853 all H3605 his goods H7399 which H834 he had gotten, H7408 the cattle H4735 of his getting, H7075 which H834 he had gotten H7408 in Padanaram, H6307 H6307 for to go H935 to H413 Isaac H3327 his father H1 in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - And Laban H3837 went H1980 to shear H1494 his sheep: H6629 and H1589 Rachel H7354 had stolen H1589 the images H8655 that H834 were her father's. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - And H1589 Jacob H3290 stole away H1589 unawares H3820 to Laban H3837 the Syrian, H761 in that H5921 he told H5046 him not H1097 that H3588 he H1931 fled. H1272
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - So H1272 he H1931 fled H1272 with all H3605 that H834 he had; and he rose up, H6965 and passed over H5674 the river, H5104 and set H7760 his face H6440 toward the H1568 mount H2022 Gilead. H1568

Laban Pursues Jacob

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:22 - And it was told H5046 Laban H3837 on H3117 the third H7992 day H3117 that H3588 Jacob H3290 was fled. H1272
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - And he took H3947 his brethren H251 with him, H5973 and pursued H7291 after him H310 seven H7651 days' H3117 journey; H1870 and they overtook H1692 him H853 in H2022 the H1568 mount H2022 Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24 - And H935 God H430 came H935 to H413 Laban H3837 the Syrian H761 in a dream H2472 by night, H3915 and said H559 unto him, Take heed H8104 that H6435 thou speak H1696 not H6435 to H5973 Jacob H3290 either good H2896 or H5704 bad. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Then H5381 Laban H3837 overtook H5381 Jacob. H3290 Now Jacob H3290 had pitched H8628 his tent H168 in the mount: H2022 and Laban H3837 with H854 his brethren H251 pitched H8628 in H2022 the H1568 mount H2022 of Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And H559 Laban H3837 said H559 to Jacob, H3290 What H4100 hast thou done, H6213 that thou hast stolen away H1589 unawares to me, H3824 and carried away H5090 my daughters, H1323 as captives H7617 taken with the sword? H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Wherefore H4100 didst thou H2244 flee away H1272 secretly, H2244 and steal away H1589 from me; H853 and H3808 didst H5046 not H3808 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - And H3808 hast H5203 not H3808 suffered me H5203 to kiss H5401 my sons H1121 and my daughters? H1323 thou hast H5528 now H6258 done foolishly H5528 in H6213 so doing. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:29 - It is H3426 in the power H410 of my hand H3027 to do H6213 you H5973 hurt: H7451 but the God H430 of your father H1 spake H559 unto me H413 yesternight, H570 saying, H559 Take thou heed H8104 that thou speak H1696 not H2896 to H5973 Jacob H3290 either good H2896 or H5704 bad. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - And now, H6258 though thou wouldest H1980 needs H1980 be gone, H1980 because H3588 thou H3700 sore H3700 longedst H3700 after H1004 thy father's H1 house, H1004 yet wherefore H4100 hast thou stolen H1589 my gods? H430
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - And H6030 Jacob H3290 answered H6030 and said H559 to Laban, H3837 Because H3588 I was afraid: H3372 for H3588 I said, H559 Peradventure H6435 thou wouldest take by force H1497 thy daughters H1323 from me. H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - With H5973 whomsoever H834 thou findest H4672 thy gods, H430 let him H2421 not H3808 live: H2421 before H5048 our brethren H251 discern thou H5234 what H4100 is thine with me, H5978 and take H3947 it to thee. For H3808 Jacob H3290 knew H3045 not H3808 that H3588 Rachel H7354 had stolen them. H1589
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And H935 Laban H3837 went H935 into H168 Jacob's H3290 tent, H168 and into H168 Leah's H3812 tent, H168 and into H168 the H519 two H8147 maidservants' H519 tents; H168 but H3808 he found H4672 them not. H3808 Then went he H3318 out of H168 Leah's H3812 tent, H168 and entered H935 into H168 Rachel's H7354 tent. H168
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel H7354 had taken H3947 the images, H8655 and put them H7760 in H3733 the camel's H1581 furniture, H3733 and sat H3427 upon them. H5921 And H4959 Laban H3837 searched H4959 all H3605 the tent, H168 but H3808 found H4672 them not. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said H559 to H413 her father, H1 Let it H2734 not H408 displease H2734 H5869 my lord H113 that H3588 I cannot H3808 H3201 rise up H6965 before thee; H6440 for H3588 the custom H1870 of women H802 is upon me. H589 And he searched, H2664 but H3808 found H4672 not H3808 the images. H8655
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - And H2734 Jacob H3290 was wroth, H2734 and chode H7378 with Laban: H3837 and H6030 Jacob H3290 answered H6030 and said H559 to Laban, H3837 What H4100 is my trespass? H6588 what H4100 is my sin, H2403 that H3588 thou hast so hotly pursued H1814 after me? H310
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - Whereas H3588 thou hast searched H4959 all H3605 my stuff, H3627 what H4100 hast thou found H4672 of all H3605 thy household H1004 stuff? H3627 set H7760 it here H3541 before H5048 my brethren H251 and thy brethren, H251 that they may judge H3198 betwixt H996 us both. H8147
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - This H2088 twenty H6242 years H8141 have I H595 been with thee; H5973 thy ewes H7353 and thy she goats H5795 have H7921 not H3808 cast their young, H7921 and the rams H352 of thy flock H6629 have I H398 not H3808 eaten. H398
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:39 - That which was torn H2966 of beasts I brought H935 not H3808 unto thee; H413 I H595 bare the loss of it; H2398 of my hand H3027 didst thou require it, H1245 whether stolen H1589 by day, H3117 or stolen H1589 by night. H3915
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:40 - Thus I was; H1961 in the day H3117 the drought H2721 consumed me, H398 and the frost H7140 by night; H3915 and H5074 my sleep H8142 departed H5074 from mine eyes. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - Thus H2088 have I been twenty H6242 years H8141 in thy house; H1004 I served thee H5647 fourteen H702 H6240 years H8141 for H8147 thy H1323 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - Except H3884 the God H430 of my father, H1 the God H430 of Abraham, H85 and the fear H6343 of Isaac, H3327 had been H1961 with me, H589 surely H3588 thou hadst sent me away H7971 now H6258 empty. H7387 God H430 hath seen H7200 mine affliction H6040 and H853 the labour H3018 of my hands, H3709 and rebuked H3198 thee yesternight. H570

The Covenant of Mizpah

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 - And H6030 Laban H3837 answered H6030 and said H559 unto H413 Jacob, H3290 These daughters H1323 are my daughters, H1323 and H1121 these children H1121 are my children, H1121 and H6629 these cattle H6629 are my cattle, H6629 and all H3605 that H834 thou H859 seest H7200 is mine: H589 and H1323 what H4100 can I do H6213 this day H3117 unto these H428 my daughters, H1323 or H176 unto their children H1121 which H834 they have born? H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - Now therefore H6258 come thou, H3212 let us make H3772 a covenant, H1285 I H589 and thou; H859 and let it be H1961 for a witness H5707 between me H996 and thee. H996
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:45 - And H3947 Jacob H3290 took H3947 a stone, H68 and set it up H7311 for a pillar. H4676
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - And H559 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 H8033 upon H5921 the heap. H1530
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:47 - And H7121 Laban H3837 called H7121 it Jegarsahadutha: H3026 H3026 but Jacob H3290 called H7121 it Galeed. H1567
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - And H559 Laban H3837 said, H559 This H2088 heap H1530 is a witness H5707 between me H996 and thee H996 this day. H3117 Therefore H5921 H3651 was H7121 the name of it H8034 called H7121 Galeed; H1567
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - And Mizpah; H4709 for H834 he said, H559 The LORD H3068 watch H6822 between me H996 and thee, H996 when H3588 we are absent H5641 one H376 from another. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - If H518 thou shalt afflict H6031 my daughters, H1323 or if H518 thou shalt take H3947 other wives H802 beside H5921 my daughters, H1323 no H369 man H376 is with us; H5973 see, H7200 God H430 is witness H5707 betwixt me H996 and thee. H996
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - And H559 Laban H3837 said H559 to Jacob, H3290 Behold H2009 this H2088 heap, H1530 and behold H2009 this pillar, H4676 which H834 I have cast H3384 betwixt me H996 and thee; H996
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - This H2088 heap H1530 be witness, H5707 and H5713 this pillar H4676 be witness, H5713 that H518 I H589 will H5674 not H3808 pass over H5674 this H2088 heap H1530 to thee, H413 and that H518 thou H859 shalt H5674 not H3808 pass over H5674 this H2088 heap H1530 and H853 this H2063 pillar H4676 unto me, H413 for harm. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53 - The God H430 of Abraham, H85 and the God H430 of Nahor, H5152 the God H430 of their father, H1 judge H8199 betwixt us. H996 And H7650 Jacob H3290 sware H7650 by the fear H6343 of his father H1 Isaac. H3327
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:54 - Then H2076 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - 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: H853 and H3212 Laban H3837 departed, H3212 and returned H7725 unto his place. H4725
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