Genesis 31:1-21And he heard the
words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob had taken
away all that was our
father’s, and
of that which was our father’s had
he
gotten all this glory. And Jacob beheld the
countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as
before. And the Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the
land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will
be with you." And Jacob sent and
called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, And said to them,
"I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as
before; but the God of my father had been with me. And you know that
with all my power I have served your father. And your father had
deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt
me. If
he said , ''The
speckled shall be your wages.'', then all the
cattle bare
speckled, and if he said , ''The
striped shall be your hire.'', then bare
all the cattle striped. Thus God had taken
away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. And it came to pass
at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a
dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were striped,
speckled, and spotted. And the angel of God
spoke to me in a dream, saying, ''Jacob!'', And I said,
''Here I am.'' And he said, ''Lift up
now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are striped,
speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you. I am the God of Bethel,
where you anointed the pillar, and where you made
a vow unto me, now arise, leave this land, and return to the land
of your relatives.'' " And Rachel and Leah
answered and said to him, "Is there yet any portion or
inheritance for us in our father’s house? Are we not counted
of him strangers? for he had sold us, and had quite devoured also our
money. For all the riches
which God had taken from our father, that is ours, and our
children’s. Now then, do whatsoever God had said unto you."
Then Jacob rose up,
and set his sons and his wives upon camels. 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 Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the
land of Canaan. And Laban went to
shear his sheep. In his absence, Rachel had stolen the images that were her
father’s. And Jacob stole away
unaware to Laban, the Syrian, in that he told him not that he left. So he fled with all
that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his
face toward the mount,
Gilead.
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