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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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GE-31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob

hath taken away

all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our

father's hath he

gotten all this glory.

GE-31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold,

it [was] not

toward him as before.

GE-31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of

thy fathers,

and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

GE-31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field

unto his

flock,

GE-31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance,

that it [is] not

toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

GE-31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your

father.

GE-31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages

ten times; but

God suffered him not to hurt me.

GE-31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then

all the cattle

bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be

thy hire; then

bare all the cattle ringstreaked.

GE-31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and

given [them]

to me.

GE-31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle

conceived, that I

lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams

which leaped

upon the cattle [were] ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled.

GE-31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream,

[saying], Jacob: And

I said, Here [am] I.

GE-31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the

rams which

leap upon the cattle [are] ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled:

for I have

seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

GE-31:13 I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the

pillar, [and]

where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from

this land, and

return unto the land of thy kindred.

GE-31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is

there] yet any

portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

GE-31:15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold

us, and hath

quite devoured also our money.

GE-31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our

father, that [is]

ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said

unto thee, do.

GE-31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives

upon camels;

GE-31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods

which 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.

GE-31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had

stolen the images

that [were] her father's.

GE-31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in

that he told

him not that he fled.

GE-31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and

passed over the

river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.

GE-31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was

fled.

GE-31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after

him seven days'

journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

GE-31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night,

and said unto

him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

GE-31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his

tent in the

mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of

Gilead.

GE-31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that

thou hast stolen

away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives

[taken] with

the sword?

GE-31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal

away from me; and

didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth,

and with

songs, with tabret, and with harp?

GE-31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my

daughters? thou hast

now done foolishly in [so] doing.

GE-31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the

God of your

father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that

thou speak not

to Jacob either good or bad.

GE-31:30 And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because

thou sore

longedst after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou

stolen my gods?

GE-31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was

afraid: for I

said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters

from me.

GE-31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not

live: before our

brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take [it] to

thee. For

Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

GE-31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent,

and into the

two maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he

out of Leah's

tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

GE-31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the

camel's

furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,

but found

[them] not.

GE-31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my

lord that I

cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women [is] upon me.

And he

searched, but found not the images.

GE-31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob

answered and

said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that

thou hast so

hotly pursued after me?

GE-31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast

thou found of all

thy household stuff? set [it] here before my brethren and thy

brethren, that

they may judge betwixt us both.

GE-31:38 This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes

and thy she

goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have

I not eaten.

GE-31:39 That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto

thee; I bare the

loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen

by day, or

stolen by night.

GE-31:40 [Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and

the frost by

night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

GE-31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served

thee fourteen

years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and

thou hast

changed my wages ten times.

GE-31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and

the fear of

Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now

empty. God hath

seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked

[thee]

yesternight.

GE-31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, [These]

daughters [are] my

daughters, and [these] children [are] my children, and [these]

cattle [are] my

cattle, and all that thou seest [is] mine: and what can I do

this day unto

these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

GE-31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and

thou; and let

it be for a witness between me and thee.

GE-31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

GE-31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and

they took

stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

GE-31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called

it Galeed.

GE-31:48 And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me

and thee this

day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

GE-31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and

thee, when we

are absent one from another.

GE-31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt

take [other]

wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is]

witness betwixt

me and thee.

GE-31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold

[this] pillar,

which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

GE-31:52 This heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be] witness,

that I will

not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass

over this heap

and this pillar unto me, for harm.

GE-31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of

their father,

judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father

Isaac.

GE-31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and

called his brethren

to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in

the mount.

GE-31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his

sons and his

daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned

unto his place.

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GE-31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob