31:12-31:32

[31:12] And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. [31:13] I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity. [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? [31:15] Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money. [31:16] For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. [31:17] Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; [31:18] and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. [31:19] Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s. [31:20] And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. [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 mountain of Gilead. [31:22] And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. [31:23] And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. [31:24] And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. [31:25] And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain of Gilead. [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 of the sword? [31:27] Wherefore didst thou flee 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; [31:28] and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. [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 heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. [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? [31:31] And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force. [31:32] With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall 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.