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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,

[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