1 Jacob's Secret Departure for Canaan. Laban pursues and chides him And he heard the words of a ch. 28. 15 13, 15 e ch. 29. 25 ch. 28. 18, 20 i ch. 28. 15 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set 63; ch. 28. his sons and his wives upon the camels; 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. 19 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's. 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 mountain of " Gilead. ch. 29. 20, 23, 27 ch. 35. 27-29 mver, 30, 34; Judg. 17.5 31 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 1 glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime. 3 And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and "I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring- P ver. 11; ch. Syrian in a dream of the night, streaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob and I said, Here am I. 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. 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, 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured 2 our money. 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. 1 S. 19. 13; " ch. 37. 25 • ver. 29 20. 3, 6 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 he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the and said unto him, "Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 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. 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? 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; 28 and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but "ver. 5, 42, 53" the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself 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? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from * Ex. 15. 20 t ver. 55 ver. 24 * ver. 19 3 Heb. stole the heart of Laban the Aramean. 4 That is, the Euphrates. 5 Heb. didst steal me. a ch. 44. 9 30 Jacob's angry Reply. Covenant of Galeed. Jacob at Mahanaim me by force. 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. © ver. 7 ver. 24, 29 9 ver. 1 32 33 And Laban went into Jacob's ch. 21. 27, tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and en is mine and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne? 44 And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap and they did eat there by tered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Josh. 22. 34 the heap. 47 And Laban called Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim. in Jer. 29. 23; 31 4 m it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it 2 Galeed. 48 And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed: Judg. 11. 29 49 and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee. 52 This heap be witness, and the 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 of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by 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 hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast felt about 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 two. 38 These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not east their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts Iver. 42 brought not unto thee; I bare the P Ex. 18. 12 loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; " ch. 28. 13 Heb.] 9 ver. 28, 43 r 2 K. 6. 16, "the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his 32 place. 1 And Jacob went in the day the drought consumed Ch. 32. 1 in in the mountain. *55 And early in me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. 41 These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. e 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest on his way, and the angels 17; Ps. 34.7 of God met him. 2 And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. * Josh. 21. u ch. 14. 6 6 8 3 And Jacob 'sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of "Seir, the field of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say 1 That is, The heap of witness, in Aramaic. 2 That is, The heap of witness, in Hebrew. 3 That is, The watch tower. 4 Heb. hidden. 5 Or, gods That is, Two hosts, or, Companies. Jacob's Fear of Esau. He sends him Presents and a Message. He wrestles with an Angel unto my lord Esau: Thus saith | thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now: 5 and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies; 8 and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two companies. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, "I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. i 13 And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother: 14 two hundred shegoats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, 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 ch. 31. 41 b ch. 30. 43 ch. 31. 42 ch. 28. 15; * Dt. 3. 16; mch. 35. 10; unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us. 19 And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him; 20 and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me. 21 So the present passed over before him : and he himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven |children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. 23 And he took Josh. 12. 2 them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had. 24 And Jacob was left Hos. 12. 3, 4 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 strained, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but 2 Israel: for thou hast 3 striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 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, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip. "Judg. 13. ch. 16. 13; Ex. 33. 20; Num. 12. 22; 13. 22 P Judg. 8. 8 are these before thee? 18 then ch. 32. 6 1 Heb. I am less than all &c. 33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with 2 That is, He who striveth with God, or, God striveth. * Or, had power with 4 That is, The face of God. Jacob meets Esau. He goes to Shechem. Dinah avenged by Simeon and Levi ach. 45. 14, ch. 48. 9 15 ch. 32. 14 16 a ch. 27. 39, 40 32. 3 9 Judg. 8. 5, 14; P's. 60. 6 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 chil-ch. dren after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee! And he said, 'The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant. Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also and 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 company which I met? And he said, to find favor in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; 'forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee: because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have *enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said. Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with Le. And he said, What needeth it? 1 Or. for therefore have I seen Heb blessing. 3 Heb. all. ch. 12. 6; Josh. 24. 1; Judg. 9. 1 1 ch. 25. 20; 28. 2 Josh. 24. 32; Jn. 4.5 I ch. 30. 21 TM ver. 30 "Dt. 22. 21; Judg. 20. 6: 2 Sam. 13. 12 ch. 13. 9; 20. 15 let me find favor in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called 'Succoth. 18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram ; and encamped before the city. 19 And *he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred 6 pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel. And 'Dinah the daughter 34 of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor "the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought "folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me Dinah avenged by Simeon and Levi. Shechem plundered. Jacob puts away Idols and goes to Bethel a ch. 17. 14 c ch. 49. 6-7 and went forth. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; 29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, d to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will 27; 1 Chr. gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot? never so much dowry and gift, and 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. all 6 2 Sam. 10. ver. 2; ch. fch. 46. 26, 16. 19 ch. 28. 19 ch. 28. 13 í ch. 31. 19, * Ex. 19. 10, 14 m ch. 28. 15 i 35 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there and make there an altarunto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments: 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and ch. 28. 20-22 I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the 2 oak which was by Shechem. 5 And "Ex. 15. 16; they journeyed and "a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place 3 El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 And Dt. 2. 25 • ch. 28. 19; 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened that went out of the gate of his ver. 3 city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, ch. 24. 59 Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, 1 Or, boldly 1 " ch. 32. 29 Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddanaram, and blessed him. 10 And 2 Or, terebinth 3 That is, The God of Beth-el. 4 That is, The oak of weeping. |