Verse 20
Genesis 31:20
Noah Webster Bible
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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he was about to depart.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּגְנֹ֣ב יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶת לֵ֥ב לָבָ֖ן הָ/אֲרַמִּ֑י עַל בְּלִי֙ הִגִּ֣יד ל֔/וֹ כִּ֥י בֹרֵ֖חַ הֽוּא
English Translation
And Jacob stole the heart of Laban the Aramean, because he did not tell him that he was fleeing.
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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 towards him as before.
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And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be wit...
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And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field to his flock,
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And said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not towards me as before: but the God...
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And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
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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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If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said...
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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 cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dr...
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And the angel of God (Elohim) spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
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And he said, Lift up now thy eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked...
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I am the God (Elohim) of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst to me a v...
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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 counted by him strangers; for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money.
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For all the riches which God (Elohim) hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's:...
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Then Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
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And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gained, the cattle of his getting...
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And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he was about to depa...
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So he fled with all that he had; and he arose, and passed over the river, and set his face towards t...
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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 they overtook him...
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And God (Elohim) came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that tho...
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Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban, with his brethren...
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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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Why didst thou flee away 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? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing...
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It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God (Elohim) of your father spoke to me yester...
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And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou didst earnestly long after thy father's ho...
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And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, It may be thou wouldest take...
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With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is th...
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And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maid-servants' tents; but h...
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Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban...
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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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And Jacob was wroth, and chid with Laban: and Jacob answered, and said to Laban, What is my trespass...
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Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household-stuff? set it her...
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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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That which was torn by beasts, I brought not to thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou r...
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Thus I was; in the day the drouth consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my...
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Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and...
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Except the God (Elohim) of my father, the God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had been wi...
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And Laban answered, and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my c...
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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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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 they ate t...
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And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but 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, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives besides my daughters; no man i...
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And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and...
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This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and t...
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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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Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they ate brea...
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And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and L...
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