Genesis 31 - Online Bible

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Genesis 31 (KJV)

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.

And Jacob

beheld

the countenance

of Laban,

and, behold,

it was not

toward

him as

before.

And the Lord

said

unto

Jacob,

Return

unto

the land

of thy fathers,

and to thy kindred;

and I will be

with

thee.

And Jacob

sent

and called

Rachel

and Leah

to the field

unto

his flock,

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.

And ye

know

that

with all

my power

I have served

your father.

And your father

hath deceived

me, and changed

my wages

ten

times;

but God

suffered him

not

to hurt

me.

Thus God

hath taken away

the cattle

of your father,

and given

them to me.

And the angel

of God

spake

unto

me in a dream,

saying, Jacob:

And I said,

Here

am I.

am the God

of Beth-el,

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.

Are we not

counted

of him strangers?

for

he hath sold

us, and hath quite

devoured

also

our money.

Then Jacob

rose up,

and set

his sons

and his wives

upon

camels;

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 Padan-aram,

for to go

Isaac

his father

in the land

of Canaan.

And Laban

went

to shear

his sheep:

and Rachel

had stolen

the images

that

were her father's.

And Jacob

stole away

unawares

to Laban

the Syrian,

in that

he told

him not

that

fled.

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.

And it was told

Laban

on the third

day

that

Jacob

was fled.

And God

came

Laban

the Syrian

in a dream

by night,

and said

unto him, Take heed

that

thou speak

not to

Jacob

either good

bad.

And hast not

suffered

me to kiss

my sons

and my daughters?

thou hast now

done foolishly

in so doing.

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

Jacob

either good

bad.

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.

And she said

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.

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.

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.

Thus I was;

in the day

the drought

consumed

me, and the frost

by night;

and my sleep

departed

from mine eyes.

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.

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,

unto their children

which

they have born?

Now

therefore come thou,

let us make

a covenant,

and thou;

and let it be

for a witness

between

me and thee.

And Jacob

took

a stone,

and set it up

for a pillar.

And Laban

called

it Jegar-sahadutha:

but Jacob

called

it Galeed.

And Laban

said,

This

heap

is a witness

between

me and thee this day.

Therefore

was the name

of it called

Galeed;

thou shalt afflict

my daughters,

or if

thou shalt take

other wives

beside

my daughters,

man

is with

us; see,

God

is witness

betwixt

me and thee.

This

heap

be witness,

and this pillar

be witness,

that

will not

pass over

this

heap

thee, and that

thou

shalt not

pass over

this

heap

and this

pillar

unto

me, for harm.

The God

of Abraham,

and the God

of Nahor,

the God

of their father,

judge

betwixt

us. And Jacob

to swear, adjure

(Qal) sworn (participle)
(Niphal)
1. to swear, take an oath
2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)
3. to curse
(Hiphil)
1. to cause to take an oath
2. to adjure

Usage shaba` Phonetic shaw-bah' Part of Speech

to swear, adjure
1. (Qal) sworn (participle)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to swear, take an oath
  2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)
  3. to curse
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to take an oath
  2. to adjure

Definition a primitive root; propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from «07651»; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times):--adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for «07646»), take an oath, × straitly, (cause to, make to) swear. ">sware

by the fear

of his father

Isaac.