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Jacob Leaves Secretly for Canaan

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Gen 31:1 - And he heard^H8085 the words^H1697 of Laban's^H3837 sons,^H1121 saying,^H559 Jacob^H3290 hath taken away^H3947 all that was our father's;^H1 and of that which was our father's^H1 hath he gotten^H6213 all this glory.^H3519

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Gen 31:2 - And Jacob^H3290 beheld^H7200 the countenance^H6440 of Laban,^H3837 and, behold, it was not toward him as^H8543 before.^H8032

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Gen 31:3 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Jacob,^H3290 Return^H7725 unto the land^H776 of thy fathers,^H1 and to thy kindred;^H4138 and I will be with thee.

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Gen 31:4 - And Jacob^H3290 sent^H7971 and called^H7121 Rachel^H7354 and Leah^H3812 to the field^H7704 unto his flock,^H6629

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Gen 31:5 - And said^H559 unto them, I see^H7200 your father's^H1 countenance,^H6440 that it is not toward me as^H8543 before;^H8032 but the God^H430 of my father^H1 hath been^H1961 with me.

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Gen 31:6 - And ye^H859 know^H3045 that with all my power^H3581 I have served^H5647 your father.^H1

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Gen 31:7 - And your father^H1 hath deceived^H2048 me, and changed^H2498 my wages^H4909 ten^H6235 times;^H4489 but God^H430 suffered him^H5414 not to hurt^H7489 me.^H5978

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Gen 31:8 - If he said^H559 thus, The speckled^H5348 shall be thy wages;^H7939 then all the cattle^H6629 bare^H3205 speckled:^H5348 and if he said^H559 thus, The ringstraked^H6124 shall be thy hire;^H7939 then bare^H3205 all the cattle^H6629 ringstraked.^H6124

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Gen 31:9 - Thus God^H430 hath taken away^H5337 the cattle^H4735 of your father,^H1 and given^H5414 them to me.

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Gen 31:10 - And it came to pass at the time^H6256 that the cattle^H6629 conceived,^H3179 that I lifted up^H5375 mine eyes,^H5869 and saw^H7200 in a dream,^H2472 and, behold, the rams^H6260 which leaped^H5927 upon the cattle^H6629 were ringstraked,^H6124 speckled,^H5348 and grisled.^H1261

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Gen 31:11 - And the angel^H4397 of God^H430 spake^H559 unto me in a dream,^H2472 saying, Jacob:^H3290 And I said,^H559 Here am I.

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Gen 31:12 - And he said,^H559 Lift up^H5375 now thine eyes,^H5869 and see,^H7200 all the rams^H6260 which leap^H5927 upon the cattle^H6629 are ringstraked,^H6124 speckled,^H5348 and grisled:^H1261 for I have seen^H7200 all that Laban^H3837 doeth^H6213 unto thee.

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Gen 31:13 - I am the God^H410 of Bethel,^H1008 where thou anointedst^H4886 the pillar,^H4676 and where thou vowedst^H5087 a vow^H5088 unto me: now arise,^H6965 get thee out^H3318 from this land,^H776 and return^H7725 unto the land^H776 of thy kindred.^H4138

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Gen 31:14 - And Rachel^H7354 and Leah^H3812 answered^H6030 and said^H559 unto him, Is there yet any portion^H2506 or inheritance^H5159 for us in our father's^H1 house?^H1004

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Gen 31:15 - Are we not counted^H2803 of him strangers?^H5237 for he hath sold^H4376 us, and hath quite^H398 devoured^H398 also our money.^H3701

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Gen 31:16 - For all the riches^H6239 which God^H430 hath taken^H5337 from our father,^H1 that is ours, and our children's:^H1121 now then, whatsoever God^H430 hath said^H559 unto thee, do.^H6213

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Gen 31:17 - Then Jacob^H3290 rose up,^H6965 and set^H5375 his sons^H1121 and his wives^H802 upon camels;^H1581

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Gen 31:18 - And he carried away^H5090 all his cattle,^H4735 and all his goods^H7399 which he had gotten,^H7408 the cattle^H4735 of his getting,^H7075 which he had gotten^H7408 in Padanaram,^H6307 for to go^H935 to Isaac^H3327 his father^H1 in the land^H776 of Canaan.^H3667

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Gen 31:19 - And Laban^H3837 went^H1980 to shear^H1494 his sheep:^H6629 and Rachel^H7354 had stolen^H1589 the images^H8655 that were her father's.^H1

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Gen 31:20 - And Jacob^H3290 stole away^H1589 unawares^H3820 to Laban^H3837 the Syrian,^H761 in that^H5921 he told^H5046 him not^H1097 that he fled.^H1272

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Gen 31:21 - So he fled^H1272 with all that he had; and he rose up,^H6965 and passed over^H5674 the river,^H5104 and set^H7760 his face^H6440 toward the mount^H2022 Gilead.^H1568

Laban Pursues Jacob

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Gen 31:22 - And it was told^H5046 Laban^H3837 on the third^H7992 day^H3117 that Jacob^H3290 was fled.^H1272

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Gen 31:23 - And he took^H3947 his brethren^H251 with him, and pursued^H7291 after him^H310 seven^H7651 days'^H3117 journey;^H1870 and they overtook^H1692 him in the mount^H2022 Gilead.^H1568

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Gen 31:24 - And God^H430 came^H935 to Laban^H3837 the Syrian^H761 in a dream^H2472 by night,^H3915 and said^H559 unto him, Take heed^H8104 that thou speak^H1696 not to^H5973 Jacob^H3290 either good^H2896 or^H5704 bad.^H7451

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Gen 31:25 - Then Laban^H3837 overtook^H5381 Jacob.^H3290 Now Jacob^H3290 had pitched^H8628 his tent^H168 in the mount:^H2022 and Laban^H3837 with his brethren^H251 pitched^H8628 in the mount^H2022 of Gilead.^H1568

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Gen 31:26 - And Laban^H3837 said^H559 to Jacob,^H3290 What hast thou done,^H6213 that thou hast stolen away^H1589 unawares^H3824 to me, and carried away^H5090 my daughters,^H1323 as captives^H7617 taken with the sword?^H2719

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Gen 31:27 - Wherefore didst thou flee away^H1272 secretly,^H2244 and steal away^H1589 from me; and didst not tell^H5046 me, that I might have sent thee away^H7971 with mirth,^H8057 and with songs,^H7892 with tabret,^H8596 and with harp?^H3658

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Gen 31:28 - And hast not suffered^H5203 me to kiss^H5401 my sons^H1121 and my daughters?^H1323 thou hast now done foolishly^H5528 in so doing.^H6213

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Gen 31:29 - It is^H3426 in the power^H410 of my hand^H3027 to do^H6213 you hurt:^H7451 but the God^H430 of your father^H1 spake^H559 unto me yesternight,^H570 saying,^H559 Take thou heed^H8104 that thou speak not^H1696 to Jacob^H3290 either good^H2896 or bad.^H7451

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Gen 31:30 - And now, though thou wouldest needs^H1980 be gone,^H1980 because thou sore^H3700 longedst^H3700 after thy father's^H1 house,^H1004 yet wherefore hast thou stolen^H1589 my gods?^H430

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Gen 31:31 - And Jacob^H3290 answered^H6030 and said^H559 to Laban,^H3837 Because I was afraid:^H3372 for I said,^H559 Peradventure^H6435 thou wouldest take by force^H1497 thy daughters^H1323 from me.

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Gen 31:32 - With whomsoever^H834 thou findest^H4672 thy gods,^H430 let him not live:^H2421 before^H5048 our brethren^H251 discern^H5234 thou what is thine with me, and take^H3947 it to thee. For Jacob^H3290 knew^H3045 not that Rachel^H7354 had stolen^H1589 them.

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Gen 31:33 - And Laban^H3837 went^H935 into Jacob's^H3290 tent,^H168 and into Leah's^H3812 tent,^H168 and into the two^H8147 maidservants'^H519 tents;^H168 but he found^H4672 them not. Then went he out^H3318 of Leah's^H3812 tent,^H168 and entered^H935 into Rachel's^H7354 tent.^H168

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Gen 31:34 - Now Rachel^H7354 had taken^H3947 the images,^H8655 and put^H7760 them in the camel's^H1581 furniture,^H3733 and sat^H3427 upon them. And Laban^H3837 searched^H4959 all the tent,^H168 but found^H4672 them not.

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Gen 31:35 - And she said^H559 to her father,^H1 Let it not displease^H2734^H5869 my lord^H113 that I cannot^H3201 rise up^H6965 before thee;^H6440 for the custom^H1870 of women^H802 is upon me. And he searched,^H2664 but found^H4672 not the images.^H8655

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Gen 31:36 - And Jacob^H3290 was wroth,^H2734 and chode^H7378 with Laban:^H3837 and Jacob^H3290 answered^H6030 and said^H559 to Laban,^H3837 What is my trespass?^H6588 what is my sin,^H2403 that thou hast so hotly pursued^H1814 after me?^H310

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Gen 31:37 - Whereas^H3588 thou hast searched^H4959 all my stuff,^H3627 what hast thou found^H4672 of all thy household^H1004 stuff?^H3627 set^H7760 it here^H3541 before my brethren^H251 and thy brethren,^H251 that they may judge^H3198 betwixt^H996 us both.^H8147

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Gen 31:38 - This twenty^H6242 years^H8141 have I been with thee; thy ewes^H7353 and thy she goats^H5795 have not cast their young,^H7921 and the rams^H352 of thy flock^H6629 have I not eaten.^H398

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Gen 31:39 - That which was torn^H2966 of beasts I brought^H935 not unto thee; I bare the loss^H2398 of it; of my hand^H3027 didst thou require^H1245 it, whether stolen^H1589 by day,^H3117 or stolen^H1589 by night.^H3915

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Gen 31:40 - Thus I was; in the day^H3117 the drought^H2721 consumed^H398 me, and the frost^H7140 by night;^H3915 and my sleep^H8142 departed^H5074 from mine eyes.^H5869

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Gen 31:41 - Thus have I been twenty^H6242 years^H8141 in thy house;^H1004 I served thee^H5647 fourteen^H702^H6240 years^H8141 for thy two^H8147 daughters,^H1323 and six^H8337 years^H8141 for thy cattle:^H6629 and thou hast changed^H2498 my wages^H4909 ten^H6235 times.^H4489

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Gen 31:42 - Except^H3884 the God^H430 of my father,^H1 the God^H430 of Abraham,^H85 and the fear^H6343 of Isaac,^H3327 had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away^H7971 now empty.^H7387 God^H430 hath seen^H7200 mine affliction^H6040 and the labour^H3018 of my hands,^H3709 and rebuked^H3198 thee yesternight.^H570

The Covenant of Mizpah

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Gen 31:43 - And Laban^H3837 answered^H6030 and said^H559 unto Jacob,^H3290 These daughters^H1323 are my daughters,^H1323 and these children^H1121 are my children,^H1121 and these cattle^H6629 are my cattle,^H6629 and all that thou seest^H7200 is mine: and what can I do^H6213 this day^H3117 unto these my daughters,^H1323 or^H176 unto their children^H1121 which they have born?^H3205

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Gen 31:44 - Now therefore come thou,^H3212 let us make^H3772 a covenant,^H1285 I and thou; and let it be for a witness^H5707 between me and thee.

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Gen 31:45 - And Jacob^H3290 took^H3947 a stone,^H68 and set it up^H7311 for a pillar.^H4676

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Gen 31:46 - And Jacob^H3290 said^H559 unto his brethren,^H251 Gather^H3950 stones;^H68 and they took^H3947 stones,^H68 and made^H6213 an heap:^H1530 and they did eat^H398 there upon the heap.^H1530

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Gen 31:47 - And Laban^H3837 called^H7121 it Jegarsahadutha:^H3026 but Jacob^H3290 called^H7121 it Galeed.^H1567

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Gen 31:48 - And Laban^H3837 said,^H559 This heap^H1530 is a witness^H5707 between me and thee this day.^H3117 Therefore was the name^H8034 of it called^H7121 Galeed;^H1567

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Gen 31:49 - And Mizpah;^H4709 for^H834 he said,^H559 The LORD^H3068 watch^H6822 between me and thee, when we are absent^H5641 one^H376 from another.^H7453

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Gen 31:50 - If thou shalt afflict^H6031 my daughters,^H1323 or if thou shalt take^H3947 other wives^H802 beside^H5921 my daughters,^H1323 no man^H376 is with us; see,^H7200 God^H430 is witness^H5707 betwixt me and thee.

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Gen 31:51 - And Laban^H3837 said^H559 to Jacob,^H3290 Behold this heap,^H1530 and behold this pillar,^H4676 which I have cast^H3384 betwixt me and thee;

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Gen 31:52 - This heap^H1530 be witness,^H5707 and this pillar^H4676 be witness,^H5713 that I will not pass over^H5674 this heap^H1530 to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over^H5674 this heap^H1530 and this pillar^H4676 unto me, for harm.^H7451

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Gen 31:53 - The God^H430 of Abraham,^H85 and the God^H430 of Nahor,^H5152 the God^H430 of their father,^H1 judge^H8199 betwixt us. And Jacob^H3290 sware^H7650 by the fear^H6343 of his father^H1 Isaac.^H3327

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Gen 31:54 - Then Jacob^H3290 offered^H2076 sacrifice^H2077 upon the mount,^H2022 and called^H7121 his brethren^H251 to eat^H398 bread:^H3899 and they did eat^H398 bread,^H3899 and tarried all night^H3885 in the mount.^H2022

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Gen 31:55 - And early^H7925 ➔ in the morning^H1242 Laban^H3837 rose up,^H7925 and kissed^H5401 his sons^H1121 and his daughters,^H1323 and blessed^H1288 them: and Laban^H3837 departed,^H3212 and returned^H7725 unto his place.^H4725

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