31:1 Now
Jacob
heard
that
the
sons
of
Laban
were
saying,
"Jacob
has
taken
all
that
was
our
father's,
and
from
what
was
our
father's
he
has
gained
all
this
wealth."
31:2 And
Jacob
saw
that
Laban
did
not
regard
him
with
favor
as
before.
31:3 Then
the
LORD
said
to
Jacob,
"Return
to
the
land
of
your
fathers
and
to
your
kindred,
and
I
will
be
with
you."
31:4 So
Jacob
sent
and
called
Rachel
and
Leah
into
the
field
where
his
flock
was
31:5 and
said
to
them,
"I
see
that
your
father
does
not
regard
me
with
favor
as
he
did
before.
But
the
God
of
my
father
has
been
with
me.
31:6 You
know
that
I
have
served
your
father
with
all
my
strength,
31:7 yet
your
father
has
cheated
me
and
changed
my
wages
ten
times.
But
God
did
not
permit
him
to
harm
me.
31:8 If
he
said,
'The
spotted
shall
be
your
wages,'
then
all
the
flock
bore
spotted;
and
if
he
said,
'The
striped
shall
be
your
wages,'
then
all
the
flock
bore
striped.
31:9 Thus
God
has
taken
away
the
livestock
of
your
father
and
given
them
to
me.
31:10 In
the
breeding
season
of
the
flock
I
lifted
up
my
eyes
and
saw
in
a
dream
that
the
goats
that
mated
with
the
flock
were
striped,
spotted,
and
mottled.
31:11 Then
the
angel
of
God
said
to
me
in
the
dream,
'Jacob,'
and
I
said,
'Here
I
am!'
31:12 And
he
said,
'Lift
up
your
eyes
and
see,
all
the
goats
that
mate
with
the
flock
are
striped,
spotted,
and
mottled,
for
I
have
seen
all
that
Laban
is
doing
to
you.
31:13 I
am
the
God
of
Bethel,
where
you
anointed
a
pillar
and
made
a
vow
to
me.
Now
arise,
go
out
from
this
land
and
return
to
the
land
of
your
kindred.'"
31:14 Then
Rachel
and
Leah
answered
and
said
to
him,
"Is
there
any
portion
or
inheritance
left
to
us
in
our
father's
house
31:15 Are
we
not
regarded
by
him
as
foreigners
For
he
has
sold
us,
and
he
has
indeed
devoured
our
money.
31:16 All
the
wealth
that
God
has
taken
away
from
our
father
belongs
to
us
and
to
our
children.
Now
then,
whatever
God
has
said
to
you,
do."
31:17 So
Jacob
arose
and
set
his
sons
and
his
wives
on
camels.
31:18 He
drove
away
all
his
livestock,
all
his
property
that
he
had
gained,
the
livestock
in
his
possession
that
he
had
acquired
in
Paddan-aram,
to
go
to
the
land
of
Canaan
to
his
father
Isaac.
31:19 Laban
had
gone
to
shear
his
sheep,
and
Rachel
stole
her
father's
household
gods.
31:20 And
Jacob
tricked
Laban
the
Aramean,
by
not
telling
him
that
he
intended
to
flee.
31:21 He
fled
with
all
that
he
had
and
arose
and
crossed
the
Euphrates,
and
set
his
face
toward
the
hill
country
of
Gilead.
31:22 When
it
was
told
Laban
on
the
third
day
that
Jacob
had
fled,
31:23 he
took
his
kinsmen
with
him
and
pursued
him
for
seven
days
and
followed
close
after
him
into
the
hill
country
of
Gilead.
31:24 But
God
came
to
Laban
the
Aramean
in
a
dream
by
night
and
said
to
him,
"Be
careful
not
to
say
anything
to
Jacob,
either
good
or
bad."
31:25 And
Laban
overtook
Jacob.
Now
Jacob
had
pitched
his
tent
in
the
hill
country,
and
Laban
with
his
kinsmen
pitched
tents
in
the
hill
country
of
Gilead.
31:26 And
Laban
said
to
Jacob,
"What
have
you
done,
that
you
have
tricked
me
and
driven
away
my
daughters
like
captives
of
the
sword
31:27 Why
did
you
flee
secretly
and
trick
me,
and
did
not
tell
me,
so
that
I
might
have
sent
you
away
with
mirth
and
songs,
with
tambourine
and
lyre
31:28 And
why
did
you
not
permit
me
to
kiss
my
sons
and
my
daughters
farewell
Now
you
have
done
foolishly.
31:29 It
is
in
my
power
to
do
you
harm.
But
the
God
of
your
father
spoke
to
me
last
night,
saying,
'Be
careful
not
to
say
anything
to
Jacob,
either
good
or
bad.'
31:30 And
now
you
have
gone
away
because
you
longed
greatly
for
your
father's
house,
but
why
did
you
steal
my
gods"
31:31 Jacob
answered
and
said
to
Laban,
"Because
I
was
afraid,
for
I
thought
that
you
would
take
your
daughters
from
me
by
force.
31:32 Anyone
with
whom
you
find
your
gods
shall
not
live.
In
the
presence
of
our
kinsmen
point
out
what
I
have
that
is
yours,
and
take
it."
Now
Jacob
did
not
know
that
Rachel
had
stolen
them.
31:33 So
Laban
went
into
Jacob's
tent
and
into
Leah's
tent
and
into
the
tent
of
the
two
female
servants,
but
he
did
not
find
them.
And
he
went
out
of
Leah's
tent
and
entered
Rachel's.
31:34 Now
Rachel
had
taken
the
household
gods
and
put
them
in
the
camel's
saddle
and
sat
on
them.
Laban
felt
all
about
the
tent,
but
did
not
find
them.
31:35 And
she
said
to
her
father,
"Let
not
my
lord
be
angry
that
I
cannot
rise
before
you,
for
the
way
of
women
is
upon
me."
So
he
searched
but
did
not
find
the
household
gods.
31:36 Then
Jacob
became
angry
and
berated
Laban.
Jacob
said
to
Laban,
"What
is
my
offense
What
is
my
sin,
that
you
have
hotly
pursued
me
31:37 For
you
have
felt
through
all
my
goods;
what
have
you
found
of
all
your
household
goods
Set
it
here
before
my
kinsmen
and
your
kinsmen,
that
they
may
decide
between
us
two.
31:38 These
twenty
years
I
have
been
with
you.
Your
ewes
and
your
female
goats
have
not
miscarried,
and
I
have
not
eaten
the
rams
of
your
flocks.
31:39 What
was
torn
by
wild
beasts
I
did
not
bring
to
you.
I
bore
the
loss
of
it
myself.
From
my
hand
you
required
it,
whether
stolen
by
day
or
stolen
by
night.
31:40 There
I
was:
by
day
the
heat
consumed
me,
and
the
cold
by
night,
and
my
sleep
fled
from
my
eyes.
31:41 These
twenty
years
I
have
been
in
your
house.
I
served
you
fourteen
years
for
your
two
daughters,
and
six
years
for
your
flock,
and
you
have
changed
my
wages
ten
times.
31:42 If
the
God
of
my
father,
the
God
of
Abraham
and
the
Fear
of
Isaac,
had
not
been
on
my
side,
surely
now
you
would
have
sent
me
away
empty-handed.
God
saw
my
affliction
and
the
labor
of
my
hands
and
rebuked
you
last
night."
31:43 Then
Laban
answered
and
said
to
Jacob,
"The
daughters
are
my
daughters,
the
children
are
my
children,
the
flocks
are
my
flocks,
and
all
that
you
see
is
mine.
But
what
can
I
do
this
day
for
these
my
daughters
or
for
their
children
whom
they
have
borne
31:44 Come
now,
let
us
make
a
covenant,
you
and
I.
And
let
it
be
a
witness
between
you
and
me."
31:45 So
Jacob
took
a
stone
and
set
it
up
as
a
pillar.
31:46 And
Jacob
said
to
his
kinsmen,
"Gather
stones."
And
they
took
stones
and
made
a
heap,
and
they
ate
there
by
the
heap.
31:47 Laban
called
it
Jegar-sahadutha,
but
Jacob
called
it
Galeed.
31:48 Laban
said,
"This
heap
is
a
witness
between
you
and
me
today."
Therefore
he
named
it
Galeed,
31:49 and
Mizpah,
for
he
said,
"The
LORD
watch
between
you
and
me,
when
we
are
out
of
one
another's
sight.
31:50 If
you
oppress
my
daughters,
or
if
you
take
wives
besides
my
daughters,
although
no
one
is
with
us,
see,
God
is
witness
between
you
and
me."
31:51 Then
Laban
said
to
Jacob,
"See
this
heap
and
the
pillar,
which
I
have
set
between
you
and
me.
31:52 This
heap
is
a
witness,
and
the
pillar
is
a
witness,
that
I
will
not
pass
over
this
heap
to
you,
and
you
will
not
pass
over
this
heap
and
this
pillar
to
me,
to
do
harm.
31:53 The
God
of
Abraham
and
the
God
of
Nahor,
the
God
of
their
father,
judge
between
us."
So
Jacob
swore
by
the
Fear
of
his
father
Isaac,
31:54 and
Jacob
offered
a
sacrifice
in
the
hill
country
and
called
his
kinsmen
to
eat
bread.
They
ate
bread
and
spent
the
night
in
the
hill
country.
31:55 Early
in
the
morning
Laban
arose
and
kissed
his
grandchildren
and
his
daughters
and
blessed
them.
Then
Laban
departed
and
returned
home.