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and I return safe to my father's house— יהוה shall be my God.
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And this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, shall be God's abode; and of all that You give me, I will set aside a tithe for You."
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Jacob resumed his journey * resumed his journey Lit. "lifted up his feet." and came to the land of the Easterners.
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There before his eyes was a well in the open. Three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for the flocks were watered from that well. The stone on the mouth of the well was large.
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When all the flocks were gathered there, the stone would be rolled from the mouth of the well and the sheep watered; then the stone would be put back in its place on the mouth of the well.
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Jacob said to them, "My friends, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran."
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He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "Yes, we do."
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He continued, "Is he well?" They answered, "Yes, he is; and there is his daughter Rachel, coming with the flock."
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He said, "It is still broad daylight, too early to round up the animals; water the flock and take them to pasture."
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But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks are rounded up; then the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well and we water the sheep."
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While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's flock—for she was its shepherd.
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And when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle * uncle Lit. "mother's brother." Laban, and the flock of his uncle Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of his uncle Laban.
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Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and broke into tears.
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Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman, that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.
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On hearing the news of his sister's son Jacob, Laban ran to greet him; he embraced him and kissed him, and took him into his house. He told Laban all that had happened,
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and Laban said to him, "You are truly my bone and flesh."When he had stayed with him a month's time,
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Laban said to Jacob, "Just because you are a kinsman, should you serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?"
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Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older one was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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Leah had weak eyes; Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
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Jacob loved Rachel; so he answered, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."
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Laban said, "Better that I give her to you than that I should give her to an outsider. Stay with me."
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So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
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Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time is fulfilled, that I may cohabit with her."
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And Laban gathered all the people of the place * people of the place Or "the locals" or "the local dignitaries," whose presence clearly validated a marriage; Heb. 'anshe ha-maqom . See the Dictionary under 'ish . and made a feast.
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When evening came, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and he cohabited with her.—
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Laban had given his maidservant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.—
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When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? I was in your service for Rachel! Why did you deceive me?"
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Laban said, "It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the older.
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Wait until the bridal week of this one is over and we will give you that one too, provided you serve me another seven years."
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Jacob did so; he waited out the bridal week of the one, and then he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife.—
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Laban had given his maidservant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.—
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And Jacob cohabited with Rachel also; indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served him another seven years.
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Seeing that Leah was unloved, יהוה opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
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Leah conceived and bore a son, and named him Reuben; * Reuben Understood as "See a son." for she declared, "It means: ‘יהוה has seen * has seen Heb. ra'ah , connected with the first part of "Reuben." my affliction'; it also means: ‘Now my husband will love me.'" * will love me Heb. ye'ehabani , connected with the end of "Reuben."
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She conceived again and bore a son, and declared, "This is because יהוה heard * heard Heb. shama‘ , connected with "Simeon." that I was unloved and has given me this one also"; so she named him Simeon.
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Again she conceived and bore a son and declared, "This time my husband will become attached * will become attached Heb. yillaweh , connected with "Levi." to me, for I have borne him three sons." Therefore he was named Levi.
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She conceived again and bore a son, and declared, "This time I will praise * I will praise Heb. 'odeh , connected with "Judah." יהוה." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
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When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; and Rachel said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die."
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Jacob was incensed at Rachel, and said, "Can I take the place of God, who has denied you fruit of the womb?"
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She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah. Consort with her, that she may bear on my knees and that through her I too may have children."
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So she gave him her maid Bilhah as concubine, and Jacob cohabited with her.
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Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
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And Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; * has vindicated me Heb. dananni , connected with "Dan." indeed, [God] has heeded my plea and given me a son." Therefore she named him Dan.
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Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
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And Rachel said, "A fateful contest I waged * A fateful contest I waged Heb. naphtule … naphtalti , connected with "Naphtali." Lit. "A contest of God…." with my sister; yes, and I have prevailed." So she named him Naphtali.
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When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as concubine.
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And when Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son,
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Leah said, "What luck!" * What luck! So the kethib , which reads begad ; the qere reads ba' gad "luck has come"; connected with "Gad." So she named him Gad.
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When Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
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Leah declared, "What fortune!" * What fortune! Heb. be'oshri , connected with "Asher." meaning, "Women will deem me fortunate." So she named him Asher.
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Once, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben came upon some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
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But she said to her, "Was it not enough for you to take away my husband, that you would also take my son's mandrakes?" Rachel replied, "I promise, he shall lie with you tonight, in return for your son's mandrakes."
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When Jacob came home from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You are to sleep with me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." And he lay with her that night.
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God heeded Leah, and she conceived and bore him a fifth son.
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And Leah said, "God has given me my reward * my reward Heb. sekhari , connected with "Issachar." for having given my maid to my husband." So she named him Issachar.
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When Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son,
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Leah said, "God has given me a choice gift; * has given me a choice gift Heb. zebadani … zebed . this time my husband will exalt me, * will exalt me Heb. yizbeleni ; others "will dwell with me." for I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.
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Last, she bore him a daughter, and named her Dinah.
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Now God remembered Rachel; God heeded her and opened her womb.
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She conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away * has taken away Heb. 'asaph , connected with "Joseph." my disgrace."
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So she named him Joseph, which is to say, "May יהוה add * add Heb. yoseph , connected with "Joseph." another son for me."
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After Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Give me leave to go back to my own homeland.
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Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may go; for well you know what services I have rendered you."
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But Laban said to him, "If you will indulge me, * If you will indulge me Lit. "If I have found favor in your eyes." I have learned by divination that יהוה has blessed me on your account."
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And he continued, "Name the wages due from me, and I will pay you."
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But he said, "You know well how I have served you and how your livestock has fared with me.
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For the little you had before I came has grown to much, since יהוה has blessed you wherever I turned. And now, when shall I make provision for my own household?"
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He said, "What shall I pay you?" And Jacob said, "Pay me nothing! If you will do this thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flocks:
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let me pass through your whole flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted animal—every dark-colored sheep and every spotted and speckled goat. Such shall be my wages.
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In the future when you go over my wages, let my honesty toward you testify for me: if there are among my goats any that are not speckled or spotted or any sheep that are not dark-colored, they got there by theft."
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And Laban said, "Very well, let it be as you say."
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But that same day he removed the streaked and spotted he-goats and all the speckled and spotted she-goats—every one that had white on it—and all the dark-colored sheep, and left them in the charge of his sons.
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And he put a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban's flock.
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Jacob then got fresh shoots of poplar, and of almond and plane, and peeled white stripes in them, laying bare the white of the shoots.
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The rods that he had peeled he set up in front of the goats * goats Lit. "flocks." in the troughs, the water receptacles, that the goats came to drink from. Their mating occurred when they came to drink,
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and since the goats mated by the rods, the goats brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted young.
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But Jacob dealt separately with the sheep; he made these animals face the streaked or wholly dark-colored animals in Laban's flock. And so he produced special flocks for himself, which he did not put with Laban's flocks.
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Moreover, when the sturdier * sturdier Or "early-breeding." animals were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they mated by the rods;
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but with the feebler * feebler Or "late-breeding." animals he would not place them there. Thus the feeble * feeble Cf. previous note. ones went to Laban and the sturdy to Jacob.
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So the man grew exceedingly prosperous, and came to own large flocks, maidservants and menservants, camels and asses.
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Now he heard the things that Laban's sons were saying: "Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from that which was our father's he has built up all this wealth."
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Jacob also saw that Laban's manner toward him was not as it had been in the past.
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Then יהוה said to Jacob, "Return to your ancestors' land—where you were born—and I will be with you."
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Jacob had Rachel and Leah called to the field, where his flock was,
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and said to them, "I see that your father's manner toward me is not as it has been in the past. But the God of my father's [house] has been with me.
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As you know, I have served your father with all my might;
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but your father has cheated me, changing my wages time and again. * time and again Lit. "ten times." God, however, would not let him do me harm.
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If he said thus, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flocks would drop speckled young; and if he said thus, ‘The streaked shall be your wages,' then all the flocks would drop streaked young.
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God has taken away your father's livestock and given it to me.
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"Once, at the mating time of the flocks, I had a dream in which I saw * I had a dream in which I saw Lit. "I raised my eyes and saw in a dream, behold." that the he-goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and mottled.
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And in the dream a messenger of God said to me, ‘Jacob!' ‘Here,' I answered.
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And the messenger said, ‘Note well that all the he-goats which are mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, and mottled; for I have noted all that Laban has been doing to you.
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I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now, arise and leave this land and return to your native land.'"
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Then Rachel and Leah answered him, saying, "Have we still a share in the inheritance of our father's house?
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Surely, he regards us as outsiders, now that he has sold us and has used up our purchase price.
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Truly, all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. Now then, do just as God has told you."
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Thereupon Jacob put his children and wives on camels;
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and he drove off all his livestock and all the wealth that he had amassed, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
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Meanwhile Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household idols.
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Jacob kept Laban the Aramean in the dark, * kept Laban the Aramean in the dark Lit. "stole the mind of Laban the Aramean"; similarly in v. 26. not telling him that he was fleeing,
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