33 And Isaac 4 trembled exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath 5 taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 4 Before CHRIST, 1760. Heb. trem. bled with a great trembling greatly. Jacob's ladder. The stone of Beth-el. 20 AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 a Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and 5 Heb. hunt make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be 1 a multitude of people; ed. 6 That is, a 36 And he said, Is he not rightly nam- supplanter. ed Jacob for he hath supplanted me twice he took away my birth-right; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? 7 or, sup c ver. 28. ham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abrathat thou mayest inherit the 2 land in which thou art a stranger, which God gave to Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 37 And Isaac answered and said to Heb. 12. 17. went to Padan-aram, to Laban, son of Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I 7 sustained him: and what shall I do now to thee, my son ? 8 or, of the 38 And Esau said to his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And d Obad. 10. Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. C 39 And Isaac his father answered, and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall c. 26. 35. be s the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca naan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan 3 pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau to Ishmael, and took to the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his 10 T And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went towards & Haran. 41 And Esau hated Jacob, because Hos. 12. 12. wife. of the blessing with which his father blessed him and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, & then will I slay my brother Ja cob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as concerning thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 2 Heb. an assembly of people. Heb. of thy sojourn ings. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice and arise, flee thou to Laban my 3 Heb. were brother to Haran; evil in the &c. & Called, 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set: and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury shall turn away; 45 Till thy brother's anger shall turn away from thee, and he shall forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and bring thee from thence. Why should I be deprived also of you both in c. 35. 1. & abroad to the west, and to the east, and Charran. 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt 4 spread to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And behold, I am with thee,, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have declared to thee. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place s Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: Before CHRIST, 1760. 5 That is, the house of God. Heb. lift up his feet. dren. 22 And this stone, which I have set 2 Heb. chilfor a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth to thee. CHAP. XXIX. 1 Jacob cometh to the well of Haran: 9 He tak eth acquaintance of Rachel: 13 Laban entertaineth him. 18 Jacob covenanteth for Rachel: 23 He is deceived with Leah: 28 He marrieth also Rachel, and serveth for her seven years more. 32 Leah beareth Reuben, 33 Simeon, 34 Levi, 35 and Judah. THE THEN Jacob 1 went on his journey, and came into the land of the peo ple of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place. 3 Heb. Is 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass when Laban heard the 5 tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh and he abode with him 6 the space of a month. 15 T And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel there peace thy younger daughter. to him? Heb. yet the day is great. 4 And Jacob said to them, My breth-s Heb. hear. ren, whence are ye? And they said, We ing. are from Haran. 5 And he said to them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they said, We know him. 6 And he said to them, 3 Is he well? And they said, He is well: and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be collected: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks are collected, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother; that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 6 Heb. a month of days. 7 Heb. place. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 8 That is, see a son. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for. Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 T And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife (for my days are fulfilled). that I may go in to her. 22 And Laban assembled all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her. 24 And Laban gave to his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? why then hast thou deceived me? 26 And Laban said, it must not be so done in our 7 country, to give the younger before the first-born. 27 Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid. 30 And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 ¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name & Reuben : for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. ND when Rachel saw that she bore 4. 13, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name 8 Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dower; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name 9Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name 10 Dinah. 22 T And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and rendered envied Nepthalim. and God hea her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me 5 That is, a children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also i have children by her. troop, or, 6 Heb. In my That is, hire. 4 And she gave him Bilhah, her 8 That is, a handmaid, for a wife: and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore she called his name 2 Dan. 9 That is, 7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceiv-called, ed again, and bore Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, With 3 great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name 4 Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife. 10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Ja cob a son. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name 5 Gad. 12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son. Mat. 4. 13, 10 That is, judgment. 11 That is, 13 And Leah said, 6 Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and 12 Heb. broshe called his name 7 Asher. ken forth. 14 And Reuben went, in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother 13 Heb. at Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give my fool. me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 15 And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's 14 Heb. tomandrakes also? And Rachel said, morrow. 23 And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24 And she called his name 11 Joseph; and said, The LORD will add to me another son. 25 ¶ And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 27 And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience, that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cat tle were with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now 12 increased to a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee 13 since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: 32 I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me 14 in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be accounted stolen with me. 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the hegoats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted; every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 And Jacob took to him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods, which he had peeled, before the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs, when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks towards the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whenever the stronger cattle conceived, 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: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had many cattle, and maid-ser- 2 or, hevants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses. CHAP. XXXI. 1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly. 19 Rachel stealeth her father's images: 22 Laban pursueth after him, 26 and complaineth of the wrong. 34 Rachel's policy to hide the 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then all the cattle bore ring-streaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the 2 rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thy eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth to thee, 13 I am the God of Beth-el, a where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst to me a vow: now arise, depart from this land, and return to the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered, and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not counted by him strangers; for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then whatever God hath said to thee, do. 17 Then Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gained, the cattle of his getting, which he had gained in Padan-aram; to go to Isaac, his father, in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel had stolen the 3 images that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away 4 unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him images. 36 Jacob's complaint of Laban. 43 ch. 28. 18. not that he was about to depart. The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. AND he heard the worth of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he obtained all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not towards him as before. 3 And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field to his flock, 3 Heb. teraphim. 4 Heb. the Laban. 5 And said to them, I see your father's heart of countenance, that it is not towards me as before: but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but 5 Heb. from God suffered him not to hurt me. good to bad. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he arose, and passed over the river, and set his face towards the mount Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob 5 either good or bad. 25 T 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 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? 27 Why didst thou flee away secretly, 1 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt but the God of your father spoke to me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob stolen me. either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou didst earnestly long after thy father's house; yet why hast thou stolen my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, 6 Heb. has 7 Heb. felt. |ters, 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 to these my daughters, or to their children which they have borne ? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they ate there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it 10 Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed: 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. It may be thou wouldest take thy daugh- 8Heb. felt. Therefore was the name of it called 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy baggage. Galeed: 49 And 11 Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thon shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives besides God is witness betwixt me and thee. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, Ex. 22. 12. my daughters; no man is with us; See, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maid-servants' tents; but he found them not. Then he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban 7 searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 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. 36 ¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chid with Laban and Jacob answered, and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so eagerly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast 8 searched all my 9 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. 38 These 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. 39 That which was torn by beasts, I brought not to thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 10 That is, the heap of witness. 11 That is, a watch beacon or tower. 12 or, killed 40 Thus I was; in the day the drouth beasts. consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes. 41 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. 1 That is, two hosts, 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; 52 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 to me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob 12 offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned to his place. CHAP. XXXII. 1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esau's coming. 9 He prayeth for his deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31 He halteth. AND Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place 1 Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the 2 country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have so now: 42 Except the God of my father, the or, camps. journed with Laban, and stayed there till God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had been with me, surely thou hadst now sent me away empty. God hath seen my affliction, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 And Laban answered, and said 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to to Jacob, These daughters are my daugh-12 Heb. field. Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother |