1 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. |
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. |
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. |
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, |
5 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. |
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 God suffered him not to hurt me. |
8 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. |
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 mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. |
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. |
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. |
13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. |
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? |
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. |
16 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. |
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; |
18 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 Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. |
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. |
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. |
21 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. |
