Genesis 31

1 Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium: Tulit Iacob omnia quæ fuerunt patris nostri, et de illius facultate ditatus, factus est inclytus:

And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and of our father's property has he gotten all this glory.

2 animadvertit quoque faciem Laban, quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudiustertius,

And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not towards him as before.

3 maxime dicente sibi Domino: Revertere in terram patrum tuorum, et ad generationem tuam, eroque tecum.

And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of your father, and to your family, and I will be with you.

4 Misit, et vocavit Rachel et Liam in agrum, ubi pascebat greges,

And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.

5 dixitque eis: Video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri, et nudiustertius: Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum.

And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not towards me as before, but the God of my father was with me.

6 Et ipsæ nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro.

And you too know that with all my might I have served your father.

7 Sed et pater vester circumvenit me, et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus: et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi.

But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not [power] to hurt me.

8 Si quando dixit: Variæ erunt mercedes tuæ: pariebant omnes oves varios fœtus. Quando vero econtrario ait: Alba quæque accipies pro mercede: omnes greges alba pepererunt.

If he should say thus, The speckled shall be your reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be your reward, then would all the cattle bear white.

9 Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri, et dedit mihi.

So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

10 Postquam enim conceptus ovium tempus advenerat, levavi oculos meos, et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas, varios et maculosos, et diversorum colorum.

And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I saw with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots.

11 Dixitque Angelus Dei ad me in somnis: Iacob? Et ego respondi: Adsum.

And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it?

12 Qui ait: Leva oculos tuos, et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas, varios, maculosos, atque respersos. Vidi enim omnia quæ fecit tibi Laban.

And he said, Look up with your eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to you.

13 Ego sum Deus Bethel, ubi unxisti lapidem, et votum vovisti mihi. Nunc ergo surge, et egredere de terra hac, revertens in terram nativitatis tuæ.

I am God that appeared to you in the place of God where you anointed a pillar to me, and vowed to me there a vow; now then arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of your nativity, and I will be with you.

14 Responderuntque Rachel et Lia: Numquid habemus residui quidquam in facultatibus, et hereditate domus patris nostri?

And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?

15 Nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos, et vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum?

Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money.

16 Sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri, et eas tradidit nobis, ac filiis nostris: unde omnia quæ præcepit tibi Deus, fac.

All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it shall be our's and our children's; now then do whatever God has said to you.

17 Surrexit itaque Iacob, et impositis liberis, ac coniugibus suis super camelos, abiit.

And Jacob arose and took his wives and his children up on the camels;

18 Tulitque omnem substantiam suam, et greges, et quidquid in Mesopotamia acquisierat, pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan.

and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Chanaan.

19 Eo tempore ierat Laban ad tondendas oves, et Rachel furata est idola patris sui.

And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images.

20 Noluitque Iacob confiteri socero suo quod fugeret.

And Jacob hid [the matter from] Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.

21 Cumque abiisset tam ipse quam omnia quæ iuris sui erant, et amne transmisso pergeret contra Montem Galaad,

And he departed himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over the river, and went into the mountain Galaad.

22 nunciatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob.

But it was told Laban the Syrian on the third day, that Jacob was fled.

23 Qui, assumptis fratribus suis, persecutus est eum diebus septem: et comprehendit eum in Monte Galaad.

And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.

24 Viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Deum: Cave ne quidquam aspere loquaris contra Iacob.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, Take heed to yourself that you speak not at any time to Jacob evil things.

25 Iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum: cumque ille consecutus fuisset eum cum fratribus suis, in eodem Monte Galaad fixit tentorium.

And Laban overtook Jacob; and Jacob pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban stationed his brothers in the mount Galaad.

26 Et dixit ad Iacob: Quare ita egisti, ut clam me abigeres filias meas quasi captivas gladio?

And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done? therefore did you run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

27 Cur ignorante me fugere voluisti, nec indicare mihi, ut prosequerer te cum gaudio, et canticis, et tympanis, et citharis?

Whereas if you had told me, I would have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

28 Non es passus ut oscularer filios meos et filias: stulte operatus es: et nunc quidem

And I was not counted worthy to embrace my children and my daughters; now then you have wrought foolishly.

29 valet manus mea reddere tibi malum: sed Deus patris vestri heri dixit mihi: Cave ne loquaris contra Iacob quidquam durius.

And now my hand has power to hurt you; but the God of your father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to yourself that you speak not evil words to Jacob.

30 Esto, ad tuos ire cupiebas, et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui: cur furatus es deos meos?

Now then go on your way, for you have earnestly desired to depart to the house of your father; therefore have you stolen my gods?

31 Respondit Iacob: Quod inscio te profectus sum, timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time you should take away your daughters from me, and all my possessions.

32 Quod autem furti me arguis: apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos, necetur coram fratribus nostris. Scrutare, quidquid tuorum apud me inveneris, et aufer. Hæc dicens, ignorabat quod Rachel furata esset idola.

And Jacob said, With whoever you shall find your gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of your property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.

33 Ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Iacob et Liæ, et utriusque famulæ, non invenit. Cumque intrasset tentorium Rachelis,

And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found [them] not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maidservants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel.

34 illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramenta cameli, et sedit desuper: scrutantique omne tentorium, et nihil invenienti,

And Rachel took the idols, and cast them amongst the camel's packs, and sat upon them.

35 ait: Ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te assurgere nequeo: quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi. Sic delusa solicitudo quærentis est.

And she said to her father, Be not indignant, Sir; I can’t rise up before you, for it is with me according to the manner of women. Laban searched in all the house, and found not the images.

36 Tumensque Iacob, cum iurgio ait: Quam ob culpam meam, et ob quod peccatum meum sic exarsisti post me,

And Jacob was angry, and strove with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my injustice, and what my sin, that you have pursued after me,

37 et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam? Quid invenisti de cuncta substantia domus tuæ? pone hic coram fratribus meis, et fratribus tuis, et iudicent inter me, et te.

and that you have searched all the furniture of my house? what have you found of all the furniture of your house? set it here between your relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two.

38 Idcirco viginti annis fui tecum? oves tuæ et capræ steriles non fuerunt, arietes gregis tui non comedi:

These twenty years have I been with you; your sheep, and your she-goats have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of your cattle.

39 nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi, ego damnum omne reddebam: quidquid furto peribat, a me exigebas:

That which was taken of beasts I brought not to you; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night.

40 die noctuque æstu urebar, et gelu, fugiebatque somnus ab oculis meis.

I was parched with heat by day, and [chilled] with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.

41 Sicque per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi, quatuordecim pro filiabus, et sex pro gregibus tuis: immutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus.

These twenty years have I been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years amongst your sheep, and you did falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.

42 Nisi Deus patris mei Abraham, et timor Isaac affuisset mihi, forsitan modo nudum me dimisisses: afflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus, et arguit te heri.

Unless I had the God of my father Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now you would have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked you yesterday.

43 Respondit ei Laban: Filiæ meæ et filii, et greges tui, et omnia quæ cernis, mea sunt: quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis?

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things which you see are mine, and [the property] of my daughters; what shall I do to them today, or their children which they bore?

44 Veni ergo, et ineamus fœdus: ut sit in testimonium inter me et te.

Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and you, and it shall be for a witness between me and you; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.

45 Tulit itaque Iacob lapidem, et erexit illum in titulum:

And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.

46 dixitque fratribus suis: Afferte lapides. Qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum, comederuntque super eum:

And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and you today.

47 quem vocavit Laban Tumulum Testis: et Iacob, Acervum Testimonii, uterque iuxta proprietatem linguæ suæ.

And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap.

48 Dixitque Laban: Tumulus iste erit testis inter me et te hodie: et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad, id est, Tumulus Testis.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and you; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses.

49 Intueatur et iudicet Dominus inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis,

And the vision of which he said—Let God look to it between me and you, because we are about to depart from each other, —

50 si afflixeris filias meas, et si introduxeris alias uxores super eas: nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo, qui præsens respicit.

If you shall humble my daughters, if you should take wives in addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God [is] witness between me and you.

51 Dixitque rursus ad Iacob: En tumulus hic, et lapis quem erexi inter me et te,

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold, this heap, and this pillar are a witness.

52 testis erit: tumulus, inquam, iste et lapis sint in testimonium, si aut ego transiero illum pergens ad te, aut tu præterieris, malum mihi cogitans.

For if I should not cross over to you, neither should you cross over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar.

53 Deus Abraham, et Deus Nachor iudicet inter nos, Deus patris eorum. Iuravit ergo Iacob per timorem patris sui Isaac:

The God of Abraam and the God of Nachor judge between us; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

54 immolatisque victimis in monte, vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem. Qui cum comedissent, manserunt ibi.

And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.

55 Laban vero de nocte consurgens, osculatus est filios, et filias suas, et benedixit illis: reversusque est in locum suum.

And Laban rose up in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban having turned back, departed to his place.