Verse 21
Genesis 31:21
English Revised Version
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And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּבְרַ֥ח הוּא֙ וְ/כָל אֲשֶׁר ל֔/וֹ וַ/יָּ֖קָם וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֣ר אֶת הַ/נָּהָ֑ר וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת פָּנָ֖י/ו הַ֥ר הַ/גִּלְעָֽד
English Translation
And he fled, and all that belonged to him, and he arose and crossed the river, and he set his face toward the hill of Gilead.
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Chapter 31 Context
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And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and...
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And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
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And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be...
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And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the...
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And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God (Elohim) suffered him not...
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7
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said t...
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Thus God (Elohim) hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
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And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a d...
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10
And the angel of God (Elohim) said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
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11
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstr...
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12
I am the God (Elohim) of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me:...
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13
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in ou...
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Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.
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15
For all the riches which God (Elohim) hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children...
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Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
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and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his g...
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18
Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
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19
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
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20
So 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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21
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in...
22
And God (Elohim) came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to t...
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23
And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his bre...
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And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried...
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Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, 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 hast thou done foolishly.
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It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God (Elohim) of your father spake unto me yest...
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And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, ye...
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And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy...
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30
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is t...
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31
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maidservants; b...
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32
Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Lab...
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33
And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the mann...
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34
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass...
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35
Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it h...
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This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and t...
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That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou...
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38
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine...
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These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and...
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40
Except the God (Elohim) of my father, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been w...
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41
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my chil...
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42
And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
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43
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
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44
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they di...
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45
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
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And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it call...
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and Mizpah, for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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48
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man is with...
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49
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and th...
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50
This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and th...
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51
The God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the God (Elohim) of Nahor, the God (Elohim) of their father, judge...
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52
And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did ea...
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And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and...
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