17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his | sons and his wives upon camels; 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 Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: + Heb.tera and Rachel had stolen the † images that phim. Judg. 17.5. 1 Sam. were her father's. 19. 13. Hos. 3-4 t ch. 35. 2. Heb. the 20 And Jacob stole away † unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him heart of La not that he fled. ban. ch. 46. 28. 2 Kings 19. 17. Luke g. 51, 53. x ch. 13. 8. y ch. 90. 3. Job 33. 15. 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. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the SyMatt. 1. 20. rian in a dream by night, and said unto 2 ch. 24.50. him, Take heed that thou "speak not to + Heb. from Jacob † either good or bad. good to bad. 2. 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. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away un1 Sam. 30. awares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? stolen me. 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away se+ Heb. hast cretly, 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? b ver. 55. Ruth 1. 9, b 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss 14. 1 Kings my sons and my daughters? thou hast 19. 20. Acts 20. 37. ct Sam. 13. 13. 2 Chron. 16. 9. d ver. 53. ch. 28. 13. e ver. 24. f ver. 19. Judg. 18. 24. 9. now done foolishly in so doing. 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. 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? 311 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy See ch. 44. 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. 38 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. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot brise h Exod. 20. up before thee; for the custom of women 32. is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode 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? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy houshold stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 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. 42 Except the God of my father, the n Ps. 124. 1, God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, o ver. 53. had been with me, surely thou hadst sent Isai. 8. 13. me away now empty. God hath seen pch. 29. 32 mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 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? Heb. u Josh. 24. x Judg. 11. 29. 1 Sam. 7. I That is, or, watch tower. Jacob's message to Esau. Before CHRIST 1739 CHAP. XXXII. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, ❘ the "mercies, and of al 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold 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. 55 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge 1 ch.11.23. betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the 10. killed beasts. fear of his father Isaac. 11 Deliver me, I pray ti hand of my brother, from t Esau: for I fear him, lest he and smite me, and the moti the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will s thee good, and make thy seed as ta of the sea, which cannot be num for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 5 ch. 43.11. 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty 54 Then Jacob || offered sacrifice upon 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban de18.33 parted, and returned unto his place. 1 ch. 28. L Ich. 30. 43 ذا until now: 5 And 'I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother ch121. Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and 1152 distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; Ps. 50. 15 1 ch. 28. 13 13 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, 10 God of my father Abraham, and God of my father - Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy Heh. I am kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 + I am not worthy of the least of all Teu than all, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foles. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. Prov. 18. 16 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will tappease him with the present that goeth Prov. 2144 before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept + of me. + Heb. my face. Job 12 21 So went the present over before 8,9. him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, "and pass- u Deut. 3.16. ed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and + sent them + Heb.caus over the brook, and sent over that he had. ed to pass. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his | sons and his wives upon camels; 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 Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. t 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: + Heb.tera and Rachel had stolen the †' images that phim. Judg. 17.5. 1 Sam. were her father's. 19.13. Hos. 20 And Jacob stole away †unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 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. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss 14. 1 Kings my sons and my daughters? thou hast 19. 20. Acts 20. 37. ct Sam. 13. 13. 2 Chron. 16. 9. d ver. 53. ch. 26. 13. e ver. 24. f ver. 19. Judg. 18. 24. 9. now done foolishly in so doing. 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. 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? 311 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy See ch. 44. 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. 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. Jacob's complaint of Lo Be 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, ch and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban + search-He ed all the tent, but found them not. 17 12. L 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot brise h Ex up before thee; for the custom of women 32. is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode 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? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy houshold stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 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. 39 That which was torn of beasts Ii Exe brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, k Ex whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 12. 28. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I 1 served thee fourteen years 1ch. for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. n m ve 2. o ver 42 Except the God of my father, then I'sGod of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent Isai. me away now empty. God hath seen pch mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. Exod 91C 12. 17 43 And Laban answered and said 9. 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? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us rch. make a covenant, I and thou; and let it Jos be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set tch. it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, Th and made an heap: and they did eat there the h upon the heap. Jacob's message to Esau. Before CHRIST 1739 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, ❘ the "mercies, and of all the truth, which or if thou shalt take other wives beside 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold 53 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. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God 7 ch. 165 of Nahor, the God of their father, judge 7 ch.11.22 betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the 1 Or, killed Φακές 1 ch. 28. 1. ch. 18.33 30-25 a Ps. 91. 11. Hebr. 1. 14. fear of his father Isaac. 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. 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. C * the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, Josh. 5-14. This is God's host: and he called the Ps. 103. 21. &15.2 Luke 2. 12 That is, name of that place || Mahanaim. 31 And Jacob sent messengers before freshnets, or, him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the + country of Edom. 16 ch. 33 14, dch. 36. 6,7, 4 And he commanded them, saying, & Deut. 25 Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Heb. Arld. Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have so• Prov. 15. 1. journed with Laban, and stayed there Jesh. 24. 4. 1 ch. 30. 43. 15 ch. 32. 1. until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 61 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also the cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and 1.15-3 distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; kc. 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foles. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. Ρτον. 18. 16. 21 So went the present over before 8,9. him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, "and pass- u Deut. 3. 16. ed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and † sent them + Heb.causover the brook, and sent over that he had. ed to pass. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. ch. 25-31. & 97.33. e Judg. 13. 18. That is, the face of God. f ch. 16. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place || Peniel: for 'I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 311 And as he passed over Penuel the at their meetin hath dealt graciously with me, and be- Befor cause I have + enough. And he urged him, and he took it. CHRI 1739 + Heb. things. 1 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. k 2 Kin 13 And he said unto him, My lord 23. knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, Exod. 21. sun rose upon him, and he halted upon | according † as the cattle that goeth before to Heb. & 33. 20. Deut. 5. 24. Judg. 6. 22. & 13. 22. Isai. 6. 5. a ch. 32. 6. his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. ND Jacob lifted up his looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bch. 18.2.& bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 42.6.6.13.26. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and d. ch. 45. 14, embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 15 + Heb. to thee. e ch. 48. 9. Ps. 127. 3. Isai. 8. 18. + Heb. What is all this band to thee? f ch. 32. 16. g ch. 32.5. + Heb. be that to thee that is thine. h ch. 43. 3. 2 Sam. 3. 13. & 14 28, 12. Matt. 18. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those + with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. e 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, † What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou 10. wast pleased with me. cording the wor ing to t me and the children be able to endure, the foot until I come unto my lord 1unto Seir. and ace 15 And Esau said, Let me now + leave yout of with thee some of the folk that are with childre me: And he said, † What needeth it? + Heb. mlet me find grace in the sight of my lord. or, pla 16 So Esau returned that day on his Where way unto Seir. n 1 ch. 35 + Heb is this mch. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Suc- & 47.2 coth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called || Succoth. Ruth n Josh 27. Ju 5. Ps. That o Johu 18 And Jacob came to Shalem a city of || "Shechem, which is in the land of Call Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. Acts 7 Syche p Josh Judg. q Josl 32. Jol Call 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of || Hamor, Shechem's Acts 7 father, for an hundred || pieces of money.or 20 And he erected there an altar, and rch. called it || El-elohe-Israel. Emme Tha God t of Isra cir a ch. b Tie 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, such and + defiled her. d ch bled + He hear 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the He daughter of Jacob, and he loved the dam- Deus sel, and spake † kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his fa- dame ther Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel Ho to wife. Isai. e Ju |