Verse 55
Genesis 31:55
Darby Translation
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And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place.
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Chapter 31 Context
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And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and...
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And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as previously.
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And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be wi...
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And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the fields to his flock,
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and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the G...
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And you know that with all my power I have served your father.
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And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God (Elohim) suffered him not...
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If he said thus; The speckled shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore speckled; and if he said t...
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And God (Elohim) has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
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And it came to pass at the time of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in...
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And the Angel of God (Elohim) said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.
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And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the rams that leap upon the flock are ringstraked,...
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I am the God (Elohim) of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. N...
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And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our...
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Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money...
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For all the wealth that God (Elohim) has taken from our father is ours and our children's; and now w...
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And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,
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and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired the cattle of his possess...
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And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.
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And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
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And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [toward...
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And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
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And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mo...
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And God (Elohim) came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care thou speak...
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And Laban came up with Jacob; and Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; Laban also with his br...
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And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast deceived me, and hast carried away my d...
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Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have...
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and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.
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It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God (Elohim) of your father spoke to me...
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And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why ha...
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And Jacob answered and said to Laban, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force th...
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With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine...
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And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two handmaids' tents, and found...
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Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them under the camel's saddle; and she sat upon them. And...
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And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot...
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And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fa...
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Whereas thou hast explored all my baggage, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set [it]...
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These twenty years have I been with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and...
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What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou require...
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Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from...
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I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters...
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Had not the God (Elohim) of my father, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with...
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And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and...
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And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.
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And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.
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And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there...
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And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
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And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it ca...
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and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from ano...
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if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters, no man...
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And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and...
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[let] this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap [to go] to thee,...
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The God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the God (Elohim) of Nahor, the God (Elohim) of their father, judge...
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And Jacob offered a sacrifice upon the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread: and they ate...
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And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and La...