And he heard the words of Laban’ssons, saying, Jacobhathtakenaway all that was our father’s; and of thatwhich was our father’shath he gotten all thisglory.
If he saidthus, The speckledshall be thy wages; then all the cattlebarespeckled: and if he saidthus, The ringstrakedshall be thy hire; thenbare all the cattleringstraked.
And it came to pass at the timethat the cattleconceived, that I lifted up mineeyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the ramswhichleapedupon the cattlewereringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
And he said, Lift up now thineeyes, and see, all the ramswhichleapupon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I haveseen all thatLabandoethuntothee.
I am the God of Bethel, wherethouanointedst the pillar, and wherethouvowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out fromthisland, and returnunto the land of thy kindred.
And he carriedaway all his cattle, and all his goodswhich he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Whereforedidstthoufleeawaysecretly, and stealawayfrom me; and didst not tell me, that I mighthavesenttheeawaywithmirth, and withsongs, withtabret, and withharp?
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of yourfatherspakeunto me yesternight, saying, Takethouheedthatthouspeak not to Jacobeithergood or bad.
Withwhomsoeverthoufindest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethrendiscernthouwhat is thinewith me, and take it to thee. For Jacobknew not thatRachel had stolenthem.
And LabanwentintoJacob’stent, and intoLeah’stent, and into the two maidservants’tents; but he foundthem not. Thenwent he out of Leah’stent, and enteredintoRachel’stent.
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lordthat I cannotrise up beforethee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
And Jacob was wroth, and chodewithLaban: and Jacobanswered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, thatthouhast so hotlypursuedafter me?
Whereasthouhastsearched all my stuff, whathastthoufound of all thy householdstuff? set it herebefore my brethren and thy brethren, thatthey may judgebetwixt us both.
Thushave I beentwentyyears in thy house; I servedtheefourteenyears for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thouhastchanged my wages ten times.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had beenwith me, surelythouhadstsent me away now empty. God hathseenmineaffliction and the labour of my hands, and rebukedtheeyesternight.
And Labananswered and saiduntoJacob, Thesedaughters are my daughters, and thesechildren are my children, and thesecattle are my cattle, and all thatthouseest is mine: and what can I do this day untothese my daughters, or untotheirchildrenwhichtheyhaveborn?
Thisheap be witness, and thispillar be witness, that I will not passoverthisheap to thee, and thatthoushalt not passoverthisheap and thispillarunto me, for harm.