Verse 25
Genesis 31:25
New King James Version
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּשֵּׂ֥ג לָבָ֖ן אֶֽת יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְ/יַעֲקֹ֗ב תָּקַ֤ע אֶֽת אָהֳל/וֹ֙ בָּ/הָ֔ר וְ/לָבָ֛ן תָּקַ֥ע אֶת אֶחָ֖י/ו בְּ/הַ֥ר הַ/גִּלְעָֽד
English Translation
And Laban pursued Jacob, and Jacob pitched his tent on the mountain, and Laban pitched with his brothers on the mountain of Gilead.
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Chapter 31 Context
1
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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2
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it
was
not toward him as before.
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3
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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4
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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5
And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it
is
not toward me as before; but the Go...
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6
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
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7
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God (Elohim) suffered him not...
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8
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said...
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9
Thus God (Elohim) hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given
them
to me.
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10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a...
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11
And the angel of God (Elohim) spake unto me in a dream,
saying, Jacob: And I said, Here
am I.
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12
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle
are ringstrake...
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13
I
am the God (Elohim) of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar,
and where thou vowedst a vow unto...
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14
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him,
Is there
yet any portion or inheritance for us in o...
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15
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
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16
For all the riches which God (Elohim) hath taken from our father, that
is ours, and our children’s:...
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17
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
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18
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting...
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19
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that
were her father’s.
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20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
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21
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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22
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
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23
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him...
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24
And God (Elohim) came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that tho...
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25
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren...
26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried...
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27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might...
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28
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
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29
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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30
And now,
though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house,
ye...
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31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest t...
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32
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what
is th...
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33
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he...
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34
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban...
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35
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the...
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36
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What
is my trespass...
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37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set
it her...
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38
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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39
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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40
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from m...
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41
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and...
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42
Except the God (Elohim) of my father, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been w...
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43
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob,
These daughters
are my daughters, and
these children
are my...
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44
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me...
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45
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up
for a pillar.
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46
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they di...
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47
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
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48
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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49
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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50
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take
other
wives beside my daughters, no man
i...
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51
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold
this
pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and...
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52
This heap
be witness, and
this pillar
be
witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and...
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53
The God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the God (Elohim) of Nahor, the God (Elohim) of their father, judge...
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54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat...
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55
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and...
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