1And in the seventh year, Jacob's service which he served Laban was

2And in the evening Laban came to the house, and afterward Jacob came there

3And Jacob said unto Laban, Wherefore dost thou do this thing unto us? and

4And afterward Laban took his daughter Leah, and he brought her to Jacob,

5And Laban gave his daughter Leah his maid Zilpah for a handmaid.

6And all the people at the feast knew what Laban had done to Jacob, but they

7And all the neighbors came that night to Jacob's house, and they ate and

8And Jacob heard their words but did not understand their meaning, but he

9And the neighbors spoke these words before Jacob during the night, and all

10And in the morning, when daylight appeared, Jacob turned to his wife and

11And Jacob called unto Laban, and said unto him, What is this that thou

12And Laban answered Jacob, saying, Not so is it done in our place to give

13And Jacob did so, and he also took Rachel for a wife, and he served Laban

14And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, the Lord opened her womb, and

15And these are their names, Reuben Simeon, Levi, and Judah, and she

16And at that time Rachel was barren, and she had no offspring, and Rachel

17And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she also took her handmaid

18And Leah again conceived and bare Jacob in those days two sons and one

19And Rachel was still barren in those days, and Rachel prayed unto the Lord

20Now O Lord God, hear my supplication before thee, and see my affliction,

21And God heard her and opened her womb, and Rachel conceived and bare a

22At that time Jacob's mother, Rebecca, sent her nurse Deborah the daughter

23And they came to Jacob to Haran and they said unto him, Rebecca has sent

24At that time, the other seven years which Jacob served Laban for Rachel

25And Laban said unto him, Not so I pray thee; if I have found favor in thy

26And Jacob said unto him, This is what thou shalt give me for wages, that I

27And Laban did so, and Laban removed from his flock all that Jacob had said

28And Jacob placed all that he had removed from Laban's flock in the hands

29And when the servants of Isaac which he had sent unto Jacob saw that Jacob

30And Deborah remained with Jacob in Haran, and she did not return with the

31And Jacob served Laban six years longer, and when the sheep brought forth,

32And Jacob had two hundred drove of cattle, and his cattle were of large

33And many of the sons of men came to procure some of Jacob's flock, and

34And Jacob obtained riches and honor and possessions by means of these

35And in the course of time he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying,

36And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban and of his children, and behold

37And the Lord appeared to Jacob at the expiration of the six years, and

38And Jacob rose up at that time and he mounted his children and wives and

39And Laban did not know that Jacob had gone from him, for Laban had been

40And Rachel stole her father's images, and she took them and she concealed

41And this is the manner of the images; in taking a man who is the first

42And at the time when they bow down to it, it speaketh to them in all

43And some make them in the figures of men, of gold and silver, and go to

44And Rachel stole these images which were her father's, in order that Laban

45And Laban came home and he asked concerning Jacob and his household, and

46And Laban then rose up and he took his brothers and all his servants, and

47And Laban said unto Jacob, What is this thou hast done to me to flee and

48And thou didst not suffer me to kiss them and send them away with joy, and

49And Jacob answered Laban, saying, Because I was afraid lest thou wouldst

50And Laban searched for the images and he examined in all Jacob's tents and

51And Laban said unto Jacob, We will make a covenant together and it shall

52And they took stones and made a heap, and Laban said, This heap is a

53And Jacob and Laban offered sacrifice upon the mount, and they ate there

54And he hastened and sent off his son Beor, who was seventeen years old,

55And they hastened and went and passed on the road before Jacob, and they

56And they came unto Esau and said unto him, Thus saith thy brother and

57Hast thou heard what Jacob thy brother has done unto me, who first came to

58And God blessed him on my account, and he increased abundantly, and had

59He has also an immense stock of flocks and herds, camels and asses, also

60And he lifted his wives and children upon camels, and he led away all his

61And he did not suffer me to kiss my daughters and their children, and he

62And now I have left him in the mountain of the brook of Jabuk, him and all

63If it be thy wish to go to him, go then and there wilt thou find him, and

64And Esau heard all the words of Laban's messengers, and his anger was

65And Esau hastened and took his children and servants and the souls of his

66And Esau divided this number into several parts, and he took the sixty men

67And the remaining heads he gave to the care of the six sons of Seir the

68And the whole of this camp went as it was, and Esau went amongst them

69And Laban's messengers departed from Esau and went to the land of Canaan,

70And they told her saying, Behold thy son Esau has gone against his brother

71And Rebecca hastened and sent seventy two men from the servants of Isaac

72And these messengers went on the road to meet Jacob, and they met him in

73And Jacob knew all his father's people, and he kissed them and embraced

74And these messengers said unto Jacob, Rebecca thy mother has sent us to

75And therefore, my son, hearken to my voice and see with thy counsel what

76And when he asketh thee concerning thy affairs, conceal nothing from him,

77And when Jacob heard the words of his mother which the messengers had

Chapter 31

Jacob is Deceived and is given Leah in Place of Rachel, but is