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Esau threateneth Jacob. GENESIS,

37 And Isaac answered and said unto 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 sustained him and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O iny father! And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

39 And Isaac his father answered, and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be 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.

Jacob's vision at B 3 And God Almighty bless and make thee fruitful, and ply, thee, that thou mayest multitude of people;

4 And give thee the blessi Abraham, to thee,, and to th with thee; that thou maye herit the land wherein the a stranger, which God gave Abraham.

5 And Isaac sent away Ja and he went to Padan-aram Laban, son of Bethuel the Sy the brother of Rebekah, Ja and Esau's mother.

6 When Esau saw that I had blessed Jacob, and sent away to Padan-aram, to take h wife from thence; and that a blessed him, he gave him a cha saying, Thou shalt not take a of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his 41 1 And Esau hated Jacob be-ther, and his mother, and was g cause of the blessing wherewith to Padan-aram; 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 Jacob.

42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, pur posing to kill thee.

43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn

away;

45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

8 And Esau seeing, that daughters of Canaan pleased Isaac his father;

9 Then went Esau unto Ishma and took unto the wives which had, Mahalath the daughter of I mael, Abraham's son, the sister Nebajoth, to be his wife.

10 And Jacob went out fro Beer-sheba, and went towa Haran.

11 And he lighted upon a certa place, and tarried there all nigh because the sun was set: and took of the stones of that plac and put them for his pillows, an lay down in that place to sleep.

12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set upon the earth, and th top of it reached to heaven: an behold, the angels of God ascend ing and descending on it.

13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORI God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of 14 And thy seed shall be as the Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

CHAP. XXVIII. Jacob goeth to Padan-aram. A ND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

2 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 by mother's brother.

dust of the earth; and thou shal: spread 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 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 spoken to thee of.

16 T And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the

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LORD is in this place; and I knew | 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.

17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

18 And Jacob rose up 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 upon the top of it.

19 And he called the name of that place 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:

22 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.

CHAP. XXIX.
Jacob meeteth Rachel.

THEN
EN Jacob went on his jour-
ney, and came into the land
of the people 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 his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we

5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

6 And he said unto them, 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 gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

8 And they said, We cannot,

11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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 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 the space of a month.

15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? 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 wellfavoured.

18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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 unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife (for my days are fuifilled) that I may go in unto her.

22 And Laban gathered together 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 unto her.

24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid, for a handmaid.

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Leah beareth Reuben, &c. GENESIS,

Birth of Naphtal

27 Fulfil her week, and we will 8 And Rachel said, With 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 to wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid, to be her maid.

wrestlings have I wrestled wi sister, and I have prevailed she called his name Naphtali.

9 When Leah saw that she left bearing, she took Zilpah maid, and gave her Jacob to 10 And Zilpah, Leah's I bare Jacob a son.

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more than Leah, and served with bare Jacob a second son.

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31 1 And when the LORD saw for the daughters will call that Leah was hated, he opened blessed: and she called his n her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare 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.

33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.

CHAP. XXX.
Rachel's Barrenness.

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bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me 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 Bilnah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

5 And Billah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a gon: therefore called she his name. Dan.

7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bare Jacob

second son.

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14 And Reuben went in the d of wheat-harvest, and found m drakes in the field, and brou them unto his mother Leah. T Rachel said to Leah, Give m pray thee, of thy son's mandra!

15 And she said unto her, Is a small matter that thou hast tak my husband? and wouldest th take away my son's mandrak also? And Rachel said, Ther fore he shall lie with thee to-nig for thy son's mandrakes.

16 And Jacob came out of t field in the evening, and Leah we out to meet him, and said, Th must come in unto me; for sure I haye hired thee with my son mandrakes. And he lay with h that night.

17 And God hearkened un Leah, and she conceived, and bar Jacob the fifth son.

18 And Leah said, God hat given me my hire, because I have sive name

and she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again and bare Jacob the sixth son.

20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

22 1 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

25 1 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country

CHAP. XXXI.

Jacob's policy to become rich 26 Give me my wives and my that they should conceive when children, for whom I have served they came to drink. thee, and let me go for thou 39 And the flocks conceived beknowest my service which I have fore the rods, and brought forth done thee. cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.

27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes,tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And be said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with

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40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

41 And it came to pass whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, 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 fee bler were Laban's, and the stronge: Jacob's.

31 And he said, What shall I 43 And the man increased ex give thee? And Jacob said, Thou ceedingly, and had much cattle, shalt not give me any thing. If and maid-servants, and men-ser thou wilt do this thing for me, I vants, and camels, and asses. will again feed and keep thy, CHAP. XXXI. Jacob departeth from Laban. 32 I will pass through all thy Naban's sons, saying, Jacob AND he heard the words of flock to-day, 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 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 counted stolen with me.

34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ring-streaked 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 hands of his sons.

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

36 And he set three days' jour-hurt me. ney betwixt himself and Jacob: 8 If he said thus, The speckled and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the

rods.

shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cat tle ring-streaked,

9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given

them to me.

38 And he set the rods which he 10 And it came to pass at the had pilled before the flocks in the time that the cattle conceived, gutters in the watering-troughs that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw when the flocks came to drink; in a dream, and behold, the res

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GENESIS,

Jacob departeth from 1 which leaped upon the cattle were 27 Wherefore didst tho ring-streaked, speckled, and griz-away secretly, and steal awa zled. me, and didst not tell me, 11 And the angel of God spake might have sent thee away unto me in a dream, saying, Ja-mirth, and with songs, with t cob: And I said, Here am I. and with harp?

28 And hast not suffered kiss my sons, and my daugh thou hast now done foolishly

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and griz-doing. zled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

13 I am the God of Beth-el, 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..

22 And it was told Laban on the third day, that Jacob was 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 unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

25 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?

29 It is in the power of my to do you hurt: but the G your father spake unto me y night, saying, Take thou heed thou speak not to Jacob e good or bad.

30 And now, though thou w est needs be gone, because sore longedst after thy fath house; yet wherefore hast stolen my gods?

31 And Jacob answered and to Laban, Because I was afr for I said, Peradventure t wouldest take by force thy dau ters from me.

32 With whomsoever thou find thy gods, let him not live: bef our brethren discern thou what thine with me, and take it to the for Jacob knew not that Rac had stolen them.

33 And Laban went into Jacol tent, and into Leah's tent, and in the two maid-servants' tents; b he found them not. Then went out of Leah's tent, and enter into Rachel's tent.

34 Now Rachel had taken ti images, and put them in the c mel's furniture, and sat upon then And Laban searched all the ten but found them not.

35 And she said to her father Let it not displease my lord that 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 chode with Laban: and Jacob an swered, and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

37 Whereas thou hast searched all my 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 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy shegoats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

39 That which was torn of beasts, I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst

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