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Genesis 31:1 (GW)
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Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father and has gained all his wealth from him.”

Genesis 31:2 (GW)
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He also noticed that Laban did not appear as friendly to him as before.

Genesis 31:3 (GW)
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Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your ancestors and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:4 (GW)
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So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah to come out to the open country where his flocks were.

Genesis 31:5 (GW)
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He said to them, “I have seen that your father isn’t as friendly to me as he was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 31:6 (GW)
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You know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father.

Genesis 31:7 (GW)
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Your father has cheated me. He has changed my wages 10 times. But God hasn’t let him harm me.

Genesis 31:8 (GW)
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Whenever he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to speckled young. And whenever he said, ‘The striped ones will be your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to striped young.

Genesis 31:9 (GW)
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So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.

Genesis 31:10 (GW)
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“During the mating season I had a dream: I looked up and saw that the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, or spotted.

Genesis 31:11 (GW)
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In the dream the Messenger of God called to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I answered, ‘Yes, here I am.’

Genesis 31:12 (GW)
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He said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, or spotted, because I have seen everything that Laban is doing to you.

Genesis 31:13 (GW)
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I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on a stone marker for a holy purpose and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land, and go back to the land of your relatives.’”

Genesis 31:14 (GW)
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Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there anything left in our father’s household for us to inherit?

Genesis 31:15 (GW)
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Doesn’t he think of us as foreigners? Not only did he sell us, but he has used up the money that was paid for us.

Genesis 31:16 (GW)
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Certainly, all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. Now do whatever God has told you.”

Genesis 31:17 (GW)
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Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.

Genesis 31:18 (GW)
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He drove all his livestock ahead of him and took all the possessions that he had accumulated. He took his own livestock that he had accumulated in Paddan Aram and went back to his father Isaac in Canaan.

Genesis 31:19 (GW)
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When Laban went to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s idols.

Genesis 31:20 (GW)
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Jacob also tricked Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was leaving.

Genesis 31:21 (GW)
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So he left in a hurry with all that belonged to him. He crossed the Euphrates River and went toward the mountains of Gilead.

Genesis 31:22 (GW)
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Two days later Laban was told that Jacob had left in a hurry.

Genesis 31:23 (GW)
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He and his relatives pursued Jacob for seven days. Laban caught up with him in the mountains of Gilead.

Genesis 31:24 (GW)
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God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything at all to Jacob.”

Genesis 31:25 (GW)
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When Laban finally caught up with Jacob, Jacob had put up his tents in the mountains. So Laban and his relatives put up their tents in the mountains of Gilead.

Genesis 31:26 (GW)
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Then Laban asked Jacob, “What have you done by tricking me? You’ve carried off my daughters like prisoners of war.

Genesis 31:27 (GW)
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Why did you leave secretly and trick me? You didn’t even tell me you were leaving. I would have sent you on your way rejoicing, with songs accompanied by tambourines and lyres.

Genesis 31:28 (GW)
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You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You’ve done a foolish thing.

Genesis 31:29 (GW)
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I have the power to harm you. Last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything at all to Jacob.’

Genesis 31:30 (GW)
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Now you have left for your father’s home because you were so homesick. But why did you steal my gods?”

Genesis 31:31 (GW)
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Jacob answered Laban, “I left because I was afraid. I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.

Genesis 31:32 (GW)
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If you find your gods, the one who has them will not be allowed to live. In the presence of our relatives, search as much as you want through what I have, and take what is yours.” (Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen the gods.)

Genesis 31:33 (GW)
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So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two slaves. But he found nothing. He came out of Leah’s tent and went into Rachel’s tent.

Genesis 31:34 (GW)
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Rachel had taken the idols and had put them in her camel’s saddle-bag and was sitting on them. Laban rummaged through the whole tent but found nothing.

Genesis 31:35 (GW)
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Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, Father, but I can’t get up to greet you; I’m having my period.” So even though Laban had made a thorough search, he didn’t find the idols.

Genesis 31:36 (GW)
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Then Jacob became angry and confronted Laban. “What is my crime?” Jacob demanded of Laban. “What is my offense that you have come chasing after me?

Genesis 31:37 (GW)
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Now that you’ve rummaged through all my things, did you find anything from your house? Put it here in front of all our relatives. Let them decide which one of us is right.

Genesis 31:38 (GW)
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“I’ve been with you for 20 years. Your sheep and goats never miscarried, and I never ate any rams from your flocks.

Genesis 31:39 (GW)
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I never brought you any of the flock that was killed by wild animals. I paid for the loss myself. That’s what you demanded of me when any of the flock was stolen during the day or at night.

Genesis 31:40 (GW)
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The scorching heat during the day and the cold at night wore me down, and I lost a lot of sleep.

Genesis 31:41 (GW)
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I’ve been with your household 20 years now. I worked for you 14 years for your two daughters and 6 years for your flocks, and you changed my wages 10 times.

Genesis 31:42 (GW)
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If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty-handed by now. God has seen my misery and hard work, and last night he made it right.”

Genesis 31:43 (GW)
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Then Laban answered Jacob, “These are my daughters, my grandchildren, and my flocks. Everything you see is mine! Yet, what can I do today for my daughters or for their children?

Genesis 31:44 (GW)
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Now, let’s make an agreement and let it stand as a witness between you and me.”

Genesis 31:45 (GW)
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Jacob took a stone and set it up as a marker.

Genesis 31:46 (GW)
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Then Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” They took stones, put them into a pile, and ate there by the pile of stones.

Genesis 31:47 (GW)
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In his language Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha Witness Pile, but Jacob called it Galeed.

Genesis 31:48 (GW)
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Laban said, “This pile of stones stands as a witness between you and me today.” This is why it was named Galeed

Genesis 31:49 (GW)
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and also Mizpah Watchtower, because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we’re unable to see each other.

Genesis 31:50 (GW)
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If you mistreat my daughters or marry other women behind my back, remember that God stands as a witness between you and me.”

Genesis 31:51 (GW)
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Laban said to Jacob, “Here is the pile of stones, and here is the marker that I have set up between you and me.

Genesis 31:52 (GW)
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This pile of stones and this marker stand as witnesses that I will not go past the pile of stones to harm you, and that you will not go past the pile of stones or marker to harm me.

Genesis 31:53 (GW)
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May the God of Abraham and Nahor—the God of their father—judge between us.” So Jacob swore this oath by the Fear of his father Isaac

Genesis 31:54 (GW)
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and offered a sacrifice on the mountain. He invited his relatives to eat the meal with him. They ate with him and spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 31:55 (GW)
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Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban left and went back home.

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