Genesis 31
1 Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”
and to hear: hear [obj] word: thing son: child Laban to/for to say to take: take Jacob [obj] all which to/for father our and from whence to/for father our to make: offer [obj] all [the] glory [the] this
2 And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.
and to see: see Jacob [obj] face of Laban and behold nothing he with him like/as yesterday three days ago
3 Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”
and to say LORD to(wards) Jacob to return: return to(wards) land: country/planet father your and to/for relatives your and to be with you
4 So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.
and to send: depart Jacob and to call: call to to/for Rachel and to/for Leah [the] land: country to(wards) flock his
5 When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.
and to say to/for them to see: see I [obj] face: before father your for nothing he to(wards) me like/as yesterday three days ago and God father my to be with me me
6 You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,
and you(f. p.) to know for in/on/with all strength my to serve [obj] father your
7 but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.
and father your to deceive in/on/with me and to pass [obj] wage my ten time and not to give: allow him God to/for be evil with me me
8 When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.
if thus to say speckled to be wages your and to beget all [the] flock speckled and if thus to say striped to be wages your and to beget all [the] flock striped
9 In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.
and to rescue God [obj] livestock father your and to give: give to/for me
10 “One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.
and to be in/on/with time to conceive [the] flock and to lift: look eye my and to see: see in/on/with dream and behold [the] goat [the] to ascend: copulate upon [the] flock striped speckled and spotted
11 An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’
and to say to(wards) me messenger: angel [the] God in/on/with dream Jacob and to say behold I
12 He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
and to say to lift: look please eye your and to see: see all [the] goat [the] to ascend: copulate upon [the] flock striped speckled and spotted for to see: see [obj] all which Laban to make: do to/for you
13 I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”
I [the] God Bethel Bethel which to anoint there pillar which to vow to/for me there vow now to arise: rise to come out: come from [the] land: country/planet [the] this and to return: return to(wards) land: country/planet relatives your
14 Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].
and to answer Rachel and Leah and to say to/for him still to/for us portion and inheritance in/on/with house: household father our
15 He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!
not foreign to devise: count to/for him for to sell us and to eat also to eat [obj] silver: money our
16 Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”
for all [the] riches which to rescue God from father our to/for us he/she/it and to/for son: child our and now all which to say God to(wards) you to make: do
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.
and to arise: rise Jacob and to lift: raise [obj] son: child his and [obj] woman: wife his upon [the] camel
18 He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.
and to lead [obj] all livestock his and [obj] all property his which to gather livestock acquisition his which to gather in/on/with Paddan (Paddan)-aram to/for to come (in): come to(wards) Isaac father his land: country/planet [to] Canaan
19 Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].
and Laban to go: went to/for to shear [obj] flock his and to steal Rachel [obj] [the] teraphim which to/for father her
20 Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.
and to steal Jacob [obj] heart Laban [the] Aramean upon without to tell to/for him for to flee he/she/it
21 So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.
and to flee he/she/it and all which to/for him and to arise: rise and to pass [obj] [the] River and to set: make [obj] face of his mountain: hill country [the] Gilead
22 On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.
and to tell to/for Laban in/on/with day [the] third for to flee Jacob
23 So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.
and to take: take [obj] brother: male-relative his with him and to pursue after him way: journey seven day and to cleave [obj] him in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] Gilead
24 Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”
and to come (in): come God to(wards) Laban [the] Aramean in/on/with dream [the] night and to say to/for him to keep: careful to/for you lest to speak: speak with Jacob from pleasant till bad: harmful
25 The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.
and to overtake Laban [obj] Jacob and Jacob to blow [obj] tent his in/on/with mountain: hill country and Laban to blow with brother: male-relative his in/on/with mountain: hill country [the] Gilead
26 Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!
and to say Laban to/for Jacob what? to make: do and to steal [obj] heart my and to lead [obj] daughter my like/as to take captive sword
27 Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?
to/for what? to hide to/for to flee and to steal [obj] me and not to tell to/for me and to send: depart you in/on/with joy and in/on/with song in/on/with tambourine and in/on/with lyre
28 (You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!
and not to leave me to/for to kiss to/for son: descendant/people my and to/for daughter my now be foolish to make: do
29 My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’
there to/for god: power hand: power my to/for to make: do with you bad: evil and God father your last night to say to(wards) me to/for to say to keep: careful to/for you from to speak: speak with Jacob from pleasant till bad: harmful
30 Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”
and now to go: went to go: went for to long to long to/for house: household father your to/for what? to steal [obj] God my
31 Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.
and to answer Jacob and to say to/for Laban for to fear for to say lest to plunder [obj] daughter your from from with me
32 But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.
with which to find [obj] God your not to live before brother: male-relative our to recognize to/for you what? with me me and to take: take to/for you and not to know Jacob for Rachel to steal them
33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.
and to come (in): come Laban in/on/with tent Jacob and in/on/with tent Leah and in/on/with tent two [the] maidservant and not to find and to come out: come from tent Leah and to come (in): come in/on/with tent Rachel
34 But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.
and Rachel to take: take [obj] [the] teraphim and to set: put them in/on/with saddle [the] camel and to dwell upon them and to feel Laban [obj] all [the] tent and not to find
35 Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.
and to say to(wards) father her not to be incensed in/on/with eye: appearance lord my for not be able to/for to arise: rise from face: before your for way: conduct woman to/for me and to search and not to find [obj] [the] teraphim
36 Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?
and to be incensed to/for Jacob and to contend in/on/with Laban and to answer Jacob and to say to/for Laban what? transgression my what? sin my for to burn/pursue after me
37 Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!
for to feel [obj] all article/utensil my what? to find from all article/utensil house: household your to set: make thus before brother: male-relative my and brother: male-relative your and to rebuke between two our
38 I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.
this twenty year I with you ewe your and goat your not be bereaved and ram flock your not to eat
39 When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.
torn animal not to come (in): bring to(wards) you I to sin her from hand my to seek her to steal day and to steal night
40 I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!
to be in/on/with day to eat me drought and ice in/on/with night and to wander sleep my from eye my
41 I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].
this to/for me twenty year in/on/with house: household your to serve you four ten year in/on/with two daughter your and six year in/on/with flock your and to pass [obj] wage my ten time
42 If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”
unless God father my God Abraham and dread Isaac to be to/for me for now emptily to send: depart me [obj] affliction my and [obj] (toil *Lb) palm my to see: see God and to rebuke last night
43 Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?
and to answer Laban and to say to(wards) Jacob [the] daughter daughter my and [the] son: child son: child my and [the] flock flock my and all which you(m. s.) to see: see to/for me he/she/it and to/for daughter my what? to make: do to/for these [the] day: today or to/for son: child their which to beget
44 I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”
and now to go: come! [emph?] to cut: make(covenant) covenant I and you(m. s.) and to be to/for witness between me and between you
45 So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.
and to take: take Jacob stone and to exalt her pillar
46 Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.
and to say Jacob to/for brother: male-relative his to gather stone and to take: take stone and to make heap and to eat there upon [the] heap
47 Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].
and to call: call by to/for him Laban Jegar (Ramoth)-sahadutha and Jacob to call: call by to/for him Galeed
48 Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.
and to say Laban [the] heap [the] this witness between me and between you [the] day upon so (to call: call by *Lb) name his Galeed
49 They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].
and [the] Mizpah which to say to watch LORD between me and between you for to hide man: anyone from neighbor his
50 If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”
if to afflict [obj] daughter my and if to take: marry woman: wife upon daughter my nothing man: anyone with us to see: see God witness between me and between you
51 Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.
and to say Laban to/for Jacob behold [the] heap [the] this and behold [the] pillar which to show between me and between you
52 Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.
witness [the] heap [the] this and witness [the] pillar if: surely yes I not to pass to(wards) you [obj] [the] heap [the] this and if: surely yes you(m. s.) not to pass to(wards) me [obj] [the] heap [the] this and [obj] [the] pillar [the] this to/for distress: harm
53 We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.
God Abraham and God Nahor to judge between us God father their and to swear Jacob in/on/with dread father his Isaac
54 He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.
and to sacrifice Jacob sacrifice in/on/with mountain: hill country and to call: call to to/for brother: male-relative his to/for to eat food: bread and to eat food: bread and to lodge in/on/with mountain: hill country
55 The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.
and to rise Laban in/on/with morning and to kiss to/for son: descendant/people his and to/for daughter his and to bless [obj] them and to go: went and to return: return Laban to/for place his
