Genesis 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.
postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium tulit Iacob omnia quae fuerunt patris nostri et de illius facultate ditatus factus est inclitus
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
animadvertit quoque faciem Laban quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudius tertius
3 And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
maxime dicente sibi Domino revertere in terram patrum tuorum et ad generationem tuam eroque tecum
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
misit et vocavit Rahel et Liam in agrum ubi pascebat greges
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.
dixitque eis video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri et nudius tertius Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
et ipsae nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
sed pater vester circumvenit me et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.
si quando dixit variae erunt mercedes tuae pariebant omnes oves varios fetus quando vero e contrario ait alba quaeque accipies pro mercede omnes greges alba pepererunt
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri et dedit mihi
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.
postquam enim conceptus ovium tempus advenerat levavi oculos meos et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas varios et maculosos et diversorum colorum
11 And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis Iacob et ego respondi adsum
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.
qui ait leva oculos tuos et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas varios respersos atque maculosos vidi enim omnia quae fecit tibi Laban
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.
ego sum Deus Bethel ubi unxisti lapidem et votum vovisti mihi nunc ergo surge et egredere de terra hac revertens in terram nativitatis tuae
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
responderunt Rahel et Lia numquid habemus residui quicquam in facultatibus et hereditate domus patris nostri
15 Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.
nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos et vendidit comeditque pretium nostrum
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.
sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri et nobis eas tradidit ac filiis nostris unde omnia quae praecepit fac
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
surrexit itaque Iacob et inpositis liberis et coniugibus suis super camelos abiit
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.
tulitque omnem substantiam et greges et quicquid in Mesopotamiam quaesierat pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan
19 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
eo tempore Laban ierat ad tondendas oves et Rahel furata est idola patris sui
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
noluitque Iacob confiteri socero quod fugeret
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.
cumque abisset tam ipse quam omnia quae iuris eius erant et amne transmisso pergeret contra montem Galaad
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
qui adsumptis fratribus suis persecutus est eum diebus septem et conprehendit in monte Galaad
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.
viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Dominum cave ne quicquam aspere loquaris contra Iacob
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.
iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum cum ille consecutus eum cum fratribus suis in eodem monte Galaad fixit tentorium
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?
et dixit ad Iacob quare ita egisti ut clam me abigeres filias meas quasi captivas gladio
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;
cur ignorante me fugere voluisti nec indicare mihi ut prosequerer te cum gaudio et canticis et tympanis et cithara
28 and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.
non es passus ut oscularer filios meos ac filias stulte operatus es et nunc
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.
valet quidem manus mea reddere tibi malum sed Deus patris vestri heri dixit mihi cave ne loquaris cum Iacob quicquam durius
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?
esto ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio tibi erat domus patris tui cur furatus es deos meos
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.
respondit Iacob quod inscio te profectus sum timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas
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.
quod autem furti arguis apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos necetur coram fratribus nostris scrutare quicquid tuorum apud me inveneris et aufer haec dicens ignorabat quod Rahel furata esset idola
33 And Laban went into Jacob’s 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 entered into Rachel’s tent.
ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Iacob et Liae et utriusque famulae non invenit cumque intrasset tentorium Rahelis
34 Now 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.
illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramen cameli et sedit desuper scrutantique omne tentorium et nihil invenienti
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.
ait ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te adsurgere nequeo quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi sic delusa sollicitudo quaerentis est
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?
tumensque Iacob cum iurgio ait quam ob culpam meam et ob quod peccatum sic exarsisti post 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.
et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam quid invenisti de cuncta substantia domus tuae pone hic coram fratribus meis et fratribus tuis et iudicent inter me et te
38 These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
idcirco viginti annis fui tecum oves tuae et caprae steriles non fuerunt arietes gregis tui non comedi
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.
nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi ego damnum omne reddebam quicquid furto perierat a me exigebas
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
die noctuque aestu urebar et gelu fugiebat somnus ab oculis meis
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.
sic per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi quattuordecim pro filiabus et sex pro gregibus tuis inmutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus
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.
nisi Deus patris mei Abraham et Timor Isaac adfuisset mihi forsitan modo nudum me dimisisses adflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus et arguit te heri
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 is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?
respondit ei Laban filiae et filii et greges tui et omnia quae cernis mea sunt quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis
44 And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
veni ergo et ineamus foedus ut sit testimonium inter me et te
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
tulit itaque Iacob lapidem et erexit illum in titulum
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.
dixitque fratribus suis adferte lapides qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum comederuntque super eum
47 And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
quem vocavit Laban tumulus Testis et Iacob acervum Testimonii uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae
48 And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
dixitque Laban tumulus iste testis erit inter me et te hodie et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad id est tumulus Testis
49 and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
intueatur Dominus et iudicet inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis
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.
si adflixeris filias meas et si introduxeris uxores alias super eas nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo qui praesens respicit
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.
dixitque rursus ad Iacob en tumulus hic et lapis quem erexi inter me et te
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.
testis erit tumulus inquam iste et lapis sint in testimonio si aut ego transiero illum pergens ad te aut tu praeterieris malum mihi cogitans
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.
Deus Abraham et Deus Nahor iudicet inter nos Deus patris eorum iuravit Iacob per Timorem patris sui 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 in the mountain.
immolatisque victimis in monte vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem qui cum comedissent manserunt ibi
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.
Laban vero de nocte consurgens osculatus est filios et filias suas et benedixit illis reversus in locum suum
