01:025:007 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which helived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
01:025:008 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, anold man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
01:025:009 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave ofMachpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar theHittite, which is before Mamre;
01:025:010 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: therewas Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
01:025:011 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that Godblessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
01:025:012 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whomHagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
01:025:013 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
01:025:014 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
01:025:015 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
01:025:016 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, bytheir towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according totheir nations.
01:025:017 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred andthirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; andwas gathered unto his people.
01:025:018 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt,as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence ofall his brethren.
01:025:019 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
01:025:020 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister toLaban the Syrian.
01:025:021 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she wasbarren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah hiswife conceived.
01:025:022 And the children struggled together within her; and she said,If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of theLORD.
01:025:023 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
01:025:024 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold,there were twins in her womb.
01:025:025 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment;and they called his name Esau.
01:025:026 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
01:025:027 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of thefield; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
01:025:028 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: butRebekah loved Jacob.
01:025:029 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and hewas faint:
01:025:030 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
01:025:031 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
01:025:032 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and whatprofit shall this birthright do to me?
01:025:033 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him:and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
01:025:034 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he dideat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esaudespised his birthright.
01:026:001 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first faminethat was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelechking of the Philistines unto Gerar.
01:026:002 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down intoEgypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
01:026:003 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
01:026:004 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
01:026:005 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
01:026:006 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
01:026:007 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
01:026:008 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, thatAbimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, andsaw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
01:026:009 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety sheis thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaacsaid unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
01:026:010 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? oneof the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thoushouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
01:026:011 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheththis man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
01:026:012 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same yearan hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
01:026:013 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until hebecame very great:
01:026:014 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, andgreat store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
01:026:015 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
01:026:016 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art muchmightier than we.
01:026:017 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valleyof Gerar, and dwelt there.
01:026:018 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
01:026:019 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
01:026:020 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
01:026:021 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
01:026:022 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
01:026:023 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
01:026:024 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
01:026:025 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
01:026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of hisfriends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
01:026:027 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing yehate me, and have sent me away from you?
01:026:028 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee:and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixtus and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
01:026:029 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, andas we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent theeaway in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
01:026:030 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
01:026:031 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one toanother: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from himin peace.
01:026:032 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came,and told him concerning the well which they had digged, andsaid unto him, We have found water.
01:026:033 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city isBeersheba unto this day.
01:026:034 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
01:026:035 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
01:027:001 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
01:027:002 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of mydeath:
01:027:003 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver andthy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
01:027:004 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me,that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
01:027:005 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esauwent to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
01:027:006 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heardthy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
01:027:007 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat,and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
01:027:008 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which Icommand thee.
01:027:009 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
01:027:010 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, andthat he may bless thee before his death.
01:027:011 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brotheris a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
01:027:012 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
01:027:013 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son:only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
01:027:014 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: andhis mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
01:027:015 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
01:027:016 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,and upon the smooth of his neck:
01:027:017 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she hadprepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
01:027:018 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,Here am I; who art thou, my son?
01:027:019 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; Ihave done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sitand eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
01:027:020 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found itso quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy Godbrought it to me.
01:027:021 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
01:027:022 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
01:027:023 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
01:027:024 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
01:027:025 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
01:027:026 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
01:027:027 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
01:027:028 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
01:027:029 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lordover thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee:cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he thatblesseth thee.
01:027:030 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end ofblessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from thepresence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came infrom his hunting.
01:027:031 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
01:027:032 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
01:027:033 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath 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.
01:027:034 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
01:027:035 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
01:027:036 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hathsupplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright;and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said,Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
01:027:037 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made himthy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him forservants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: andwhat shall I do now unto thee, my son?
01:027:038 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, myfather? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau liftedup his voice, and wept.
01:027:039 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thydwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew ofheaven from above;
01:027:040 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.
01:027:041 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith hisfather blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days ofmourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay mybrother Jacob.
01:027:042 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah:and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said untohim, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comforthimself, purposing to kill thee.
01:027:043 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou toLaban my brother to Haran;
01:027:044 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turnaway;
01:027:045 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forgetthat which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetchthee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both inone day?
01:027:046 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because ofthe daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughtersof Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land,what good shall my life do me?
01:028:001 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, andsaid unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters ofCanaan.
01:028:002 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother'sfather; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers ofLaban thy mother's brother.
01:028:003 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
01:028:004 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thyseed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thouart a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
01:028:005 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram untoLaban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,Jacob's and Esau's mother.
01:028:006 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, 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 daughers of Canaan;
01:028:007 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was goneto Padanaram;
01:028:008 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaachis father;
01:028:009 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
01:028:010 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
01:028:011 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.
01:028:012 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, andthe top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of Godascending and descending on it.
01:028:013 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORDGod of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the landwhereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
01:028:014 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shaltspread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north,and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all thefamilies of the earth be blessed.
01:028:015 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all placeswhither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land;for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I havespoken to thee of.
01:028:016 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely theLORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
01:028:017 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! thisis none other but the house of God, and this is the gate ofheaven.
01:028:018 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stonethat he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar,and poured oil upon the top of it.
01:028:019 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
01:028:020 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,
01:028:021 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
01:028:022 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
01:029:001 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
01:029:002 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.
01:029:003 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 his place.
01:029:004 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And theysaid, Of Haran are we.
01:029:005 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? Andthey said, We know him.
01:029:006 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
01:029:007 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time thatthe cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep,and go and feed them.
01:029:008 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gatheredtogether, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth;then we water the sheep.
01:029:009 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.
01:029:010 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.
01:029:011 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
01:029:012 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.
01:029:013 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the 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.
01:029:014 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
01:029:015 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
01:029:016 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah,and the name of the younger was Rachel.
01:029:017 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and wellfavoured.
01:029:018 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee sevenyears for Rachel thy younger daughter.
01:029:019 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, thanthat I should give her to another man: abide with me.
01:029:020 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed untohim but a few days, for the love he had to her.
01:029:021 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days arefulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
01:029:022 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and madea feast.
01:029:023 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah hisdaughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
01:029:024 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for anhandmaid.
01:029:025 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
01:029:026 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to givethe younger before the firstborn.
01:029:027 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for theservice which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
01:029:028 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave himRachel his daughter to wife also.
01:029:029 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid tobe her maid.
01:029:030 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel morethan Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
01:029:031 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb:but Rachel was barren.
01:029:032 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his nameReuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon myaffliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
01:029:033 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because theLORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me thisson also: and she called his name Simeon.
01:029:034 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now thistime will my husband be joined unto me, because I have bornhim three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
01:029:035 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Nowwill I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah;and left bearing.
01:030:001 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachelenvied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, orelse I die.
01:030:002 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, AmI in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of thewomb?
01:030:003 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and sheshall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children byher.
01:030:004 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
01:030:005 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
01:030:006 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
01:030:007 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
01:030:008 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
01:030:009 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
01:030:010 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
01:030:011 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
01:030:012 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
01:030:013 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
01:030:014 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and foundmandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son'smandrakes.
01:030:015 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hasttaken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son'smandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie withthee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
01:030:016 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah wentout to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; forsurely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he laywith her that night.
01:030:017 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacobthe fifth son.
01:030:018 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have givenmy maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
01:030:019 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
01:030:020 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
01:030:021 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
01:030:022 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, andopened her womb.
01:030:023 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath takenaway my reproach:
01:030:024 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall addto me another son.
01:030:025 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacobsaid unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine ownplace, and to my country.
01:030:026 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 donethee.
01:030:027 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favourin thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience thatthe LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
01:030:028 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
01:030:029 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
01:030:030 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
01:030:031 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.
01:030:032 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thenceall the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattleamong the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats:and of such shall be my hire.
01:030:033 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, whenit shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that isnot speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among thesheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
01:030:034 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
01:030:035 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
01:030:036 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
01:030:037 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel andchesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made thewhite appear which was in the rods.
01:030:038 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks inthe gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came todrink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
01:030:039 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
01:030:040 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of theflocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flockof Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and putthem not unto Laban's cattle.
01:030:041 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle didconceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of thecattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among therods.
01:030:042 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so thefeebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
01:030:043 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, andmaidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
01:031:001 And he heard the words 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 gotten all this glory.
01:031:002 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it wasnot toward him as before.
01:031:003 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thyfathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
01:031:004 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field untohis flock,
01:031:005 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
01:031:006 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
01:031:007 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
01:031:008 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
01:031:009 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
01:031:010 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 ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
01:031:011 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
01:031:012 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the ramswhich leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, andgrisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
01:031:013 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, andwhere thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out fromthis land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
01:031:014 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yetany portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
01:031:015 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, andhath quite devoured also our money.
01:031:016 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
01:031:017 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
01:031:018 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.
01:031:019 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen theimages that were her father's.
01:031:020 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that hetold him not that he fled.
01:031:021 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passedover the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
01:031:022 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
01:031:023 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
01:031:024 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and saidunto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either goodor bad.
01:031:025 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent inthe mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount ofGilead.
01:031:026 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou haststolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, ascaptives taken with the sword?
01:031:027 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away fromme; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee awaywith mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
01:031:028 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
01:031:029 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God ofyour father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heedthat thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
01:031:030 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sorelongedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thoustolen my gods?
01:031:031 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid:for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thydaughters from me.
01:031:032 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
01:031:033 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, andinto the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Thenwent he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
01:031:034 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel'sfurniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,but found them not.
01:031:035 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord thatI cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is uponme. And he searched but found not the images.
01:031:036 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answeredand said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, thatthou hast so hotly pursued after me?
01:031:037 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou foundof all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren andthy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
01:031:038 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy shegoats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flockhave I not eaten.
01:031:039 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I barethe loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whetherstolen by day, or stolen by night.
01:031:040 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
01:031:041 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.
01:031:042 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
01:031:043 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, 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 unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
01:031:044 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
01:031:045 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
01:031:046 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
01:031:047 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called itGaleed.
01:031:048 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and theethis day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
01:031:049 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,when we are absent one from another.
01:031:050 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
01:031:051 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
01:031:052 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I willnot pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not passover this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
01:031:053 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of theirfather, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of hisfather Isaac.
01:031:054 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called hisbrethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried allnight in the mount.
01:031:055 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sonsand his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, andreturned unto his place.
01:032:001 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
01:032:002 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and hecalled the name of that place Mahanaim.
01:032:003 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother untothe land of Seir, the country of Edom.
01:032:004 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto mylord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned withLaban, and stayed there until now:
01:032:005 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, andwomenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I mayfind grace in thy sight.
01:032:006 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thybrother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and fourhundred men with him.
01:032:007 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he dividedthe people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, andthe camels, into two bands;
01:032:008 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
01:032:009 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
01:032:010 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
01:032:011 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from thehand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me,and the mother with the children.
01:032:012 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seedas the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered formultitude.
01:032:013 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that whichcame to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
01:032:014 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,and twenty rams,
01:032:015 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and tenbulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
01:032:016 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, everydrove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass overbefore me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
01:032:017 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brothermeeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? andwhither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
01:032:018 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is apresent sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behindus.
01:032:019 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all thatfollowed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speakunto Esau, when ye find him.
01:032:020 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
01:032:021 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
01:032:022 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
01:032:023 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent overthat he had.
01:032:024 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with himuntil the breaking of the day.
01:032:025 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
01:032:026 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
01:032:027 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
01:032:028 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, butIsrael: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men,and hast prevailed.
01:032:029 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?And he blessed him there.
01:032:030 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seenGod face to face, and my life is preserved.
01:032:031 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and hehalted upon his thigh.
01:032:032 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew whichshrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinewthat shrank.
01:033:001 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esaucame, and with him four hundred men. And he divided thechildren unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the twohandmaids.
01:033:002 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leahand her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
01:033:003 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to theground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
01:033:004 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on hisneck, and kissed him: and they wept.
01:033:005 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
01:033:006 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
01:033:007 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
01:033:008 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
01:033:009 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hastunto thyself.
01:033:010 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
01:033:011 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
01:033:012 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
01:033:013 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
01:033:014 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
01:033:015 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
01:033:016 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
01:033:017 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, andmade booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place iscalled Succoth.
01:033:018 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in theland of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched histent before the city.
01:033:019 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread histent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,for an hundred pieces of money.
01:033:020 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
01:034:001 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
01:034:002 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
01:034:003 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and heloved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
01:034:004 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me thisdamsel to wife.
01:034:005 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
01:034:006 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
01:034:007 And the sons 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 Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
01:034:008 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
01:034:009 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters untous, and take our daughters unto you.
01:034:010 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you;dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
01:034:011 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
01:034:012 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
01:034:013 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his fatherdeceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah theirsister: