Jacob marrieth Leah and Rachel. Before CHRIST about 1760. 1 ch. 30, 26. Hos. 12. 12. 1753. Judg. 15, 1, n Judg. 14. 10. John 2. 1, 2. ↑ Heb. place. • Judg. 14. 12. P ver. 20. Deut. 21. 15. ch, 30. 26. & 31.41. Hos. 12. 12. TPs. 127. 3. ch. 30. 1. about 1752. I That is, See a son. Ex. 3. 7. & 4. 31. Deut. 26. 7. Ps. 25. 19. & 106.44. years for Rachel thy younger | given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may mgo in unto her. 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and n made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 24 And Laban gave unto his 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. CHAPTER XXX. 1 Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, giveth Bilhah her maid unto Jacob. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali. 9 Leah giveth Zilpah her maid, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14 Reuben findeth mandrakes, with which Leah buyeth her husband of Rachel. 17 Leah beareth Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. 22 Rachel beareth Joseph. 25 Jacob desireth to depart. 27 Laban stayeth him on a new covenant. 37 Jacob's policy, whereby he became rich. daughter Leah Zilpah his maid she bare Jacob no children, for a handmaid. ND when Rachel saw that about 1749. Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, ch. 29.31. bch. 37. 11. © Job 5. 2. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hastAm I in God's stead, who hath ch. 16. 2. thou beguiled me? withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he Ploved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 ¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was bar ren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, about 1761. and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore 12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare CHRIST Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, I, for the daughters me blessed and she name Asher. 14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found about 1748. mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. ch. 25. 33. Num. 16. 9, 12 about 1747. That is, 4 kire. about 1746. I That is, about 1745. 1 Sam. 1. 19. ch. 29. 31. about 1745. 1 Sam. 1. 6. Lake 1. 25. 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name P Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. Laban stayeth Jacob. served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. Before CHRIST about 1745. 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience ch. 39. 3, 5. that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, a Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 2 See ch. 26. 24. ach. 29. 15. 29 And he said unto him, b Thou knowest how I have bch. 31. 6, 38, served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now tincreased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee t since my coming: and now, when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. 39, 40. Matt. 24. 45. Tit. 2. 10. Heh. forth broken ver. 43. † Heb. at my foot. 1 Tim. 5. 3. deh. 31. 8. morrow, Ex. 13. 14. 33 So shall my righteousness Ps. 37. 6. answer for me tin time tot Heb. to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ring. 23 And she conceived, and streaked and spotted, and all bare a son; and said, God hath the she goats that were specktaken away my reproach: 24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, "Send me away, that I may ch. 18. 33 & go unto mine own place, and to my country. •ch. 24. 34. $6 1 ch. 29, 20, 30 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have Jacob becometh rich. Before CHRIST about 1745, E ver. 30. GENESIS. pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man increased exhcl. 13. 2. & ceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. 24. 35. & 26. 13, 14. 1739. Ps. 49. 16. bch. 4. 5. Deut. 28. 54. ↑ Heb. as yesterday and the day before, 1 Sam. 19. 7. dch. 28. 15, 20, 21. & 32. 9. ⚫ver. 2. f ver. 3. Ech. 30, 99. ver. 38, 39, 40, 41. CHAPTER XXXI. He leaveth Laban. Before 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages iten CHRIST times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstreaked. 9 Thus God hath mtaken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 1739. h ver. 41. i Num. 14. 22. Neh. 4. 12. Job 19. 3. Zech. 8. 23. ch. 20, 6. Ps. 105. 14. ch. 30. 32. m ver. 1, 16. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the or, he cattle were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. goats. 11 And the angel of God spake | "ch. 48. 16. unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Ex. 3. 7. Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, P 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. Pel. 28. 18, 19, 20. ver. 3. cl. 32. 9. 1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly. 14 And Rachel and Leah an19 Rachel stealeth her father's images.swered and said unto him, Isch. 2. 24. Laban pursueth after him, 26 and complaineth of the wrong, 34 Rachel's policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob's complaint of Laban. 44 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not counted of him AND he heard the words of strangers? for the hath sold us, 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 a glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him tas before. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 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. 6 And gye know that with all my power I have served your father. and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 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 to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the Laban pursueth Jacob. GENESIS. Before 21 So he fled with all that he CHRIST had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and "set his face toward the mount Gilead. 1739. ch. 46, 28 ? Kin 12. 17. Luke 9. 51. 53. * ch 13 8. 3 ch. 20. 3. Jeb 11 15 Matt. 1. 20. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day, that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God y came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either t +Heb. from good or bad. 2 ch. 24. 50. good to bad. 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, *1 Sam. 39, 2. and a carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and tsteal away from me; and didst tell me, ↑ Heb. hast stolen me. that I might have sent the amy with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. с 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me eyesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou fstolen my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou find est thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 1739. Jacob's complaint of Laban. 34 Now Rachel had taken the Before images, and put them in the CHRIST camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban tsearched allt Heb. felt, the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; Ex. 20. 12. for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? Lev. 19. 32 37 Whereas thou hast tsearched tHeb. felt. all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 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. 39 That which was torn beasts I brought not unto thee; I Ex. 22. 10, &c. Ex. 22. 12. served Ich. 29. 27, 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten times. n 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. PGod hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 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, or unto their children which they have borne? 28. Bi ver. 7. "Ps. 194. 1, 2. ver. 53. Is. 8. 13. Pch. 29. 32. Ex. 3. 7. 91 Chr. 12. 17. Jude 9. Covenant of Jacob and Laban. Before CHRIST 1739. tch. 28. 18. That is, The heap of roit ness. Chald. That is, The heap of witness. Heb. u Joshi. 24. 27. Judg. 11. 29. 1 Sam. 7. 5. That is, A beacon, or, watchtower. 7 ch. 16. 5. ch. 21. 23. a ver. 42. 1 Or, killed beasts. bch. 28. 1. ch. 18. 33. & 30. 25. a Ps. 91. 11. Heb. 1. 14. b Josh. 5. 14. Ps. 103, 21, & 148. 2. Luke 2. 13. I That is, Tico hosts, or, camps. GENESIS. 48 And Laban said, "This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed, 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, y judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by athe fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and b blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. CHAPTER XXXII. 1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esan. 6 He is afraid of Esau's coming. 9 He prayeth for deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31 He halteth. Jacob's message to Esau. unto the land of Seir, the Before t country of Edom. e CHRIST 1739. ch. 33. 14, 16. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant deh. 36, 6, Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 7,8. ↑ Heb. field. * Prov. 15. 1. 5 And I have oxen, and asses, fel. 30. 43. flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find ch. 23. 8, 15. grace in thy sight. 6 T And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also hhe cometh to meet thee, heh. 33. 1. and four hundred men with him. 1 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided ich. 35. 3. the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, O God of Ps. 50. 15. my father Abraham, and God Ich. 28. 13. of my father Isaac, the LORD m which saidst unto me, Returnch. 31. 3, 13. unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a pres-eh. 43. 11. ent for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she asses and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into Prov. 18, 16. |