From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 30
Genesis 30:1
1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. Genesis 30:2
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's
stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? Genesis 30:3
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear
upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. Genesis 30:4
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Genesis 30:5
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. Genesis 30:6
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and
hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. Genesis 30:7
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. Genesis 30:8
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,
and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. Genesis 30:9
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and
gave her Jacob to wife.
Genesis 30:10
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. Genesis 30:11
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. Genesis 30:12
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. Genesis 30:13
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and
she called his name Asher.
Genesis 30:14
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found 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. Genesis 30:15
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.
Genesis 30:16
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. Genesis 30:17
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
Genesis 30:18
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. Genesis 30:19
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. Genesis 30:20
20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband
dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called  his name
Zebulun.
Genesis 30:21
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. Genesis 30:22
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her
womb. Genesis 30:23
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Genesis 30:24
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Genesis 30:25
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto
Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
Genesis 30:26
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let
me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. Genesis 30:27
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine
eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me
for thy sake.
Genesis 30:28
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. Genesis 30:29
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy
cattle was with me.
Genesis 30:30
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming:
and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? Genesis 30:31
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:
Genesis 30:32
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and
the spotted and speckled among the goats:  and of such shall be my hire.
Genesis 30:33
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time 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.
Genesis 30:34
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. Genesis 30:35
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted,
and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that
had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into
the hand  of his sons.
Genesis 30:36
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed
the rest of Laban's flocks.
Genesis 30:37
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut
tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was
in the rods.
Genesis 30:38
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.
Genesis 30:39
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. Genesis 30:40
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward
the ringstraked, 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. Genesis
30:41
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.
Genesis 30:42
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
Genesis 30:43
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. CHAPTER 31
Genesis 31:1
1 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.
Genesis 31:2
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward
him as before.
Genesis 31:3
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to
thy kindred; and I will be with thee. Genesis 31:4
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Genesis 31:5
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. Genesis
31:6
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. Genesis 31:7
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God
suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 31:8
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle
bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then
bare all the cattle ringstraked.
Genesis 31:9
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Genesis 31:10
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 cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. Genesis 31:11
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I
said, Here am I.
Genesis 31:12
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap
upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all
that Laban doeth  unto thee.
Genesis 31:13
13 I am the God of Bethel, 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.
Genesis 31:14
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion
or inheritance for us in our father's house? Genesis 31:15
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite
devoured also our money.
Genesis 31:16
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.
Genesis 31:17
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; Genesis 31:18
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 Padanaram, for to
go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. Genesis 31:19
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that
were her father's.
Genesis 31:20
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him
not that he fled.
Genesis 31:21
21 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. Genesis 31:22
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. Genesis 31:23
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days'
journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. Genesis 31:24
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him,
Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or  bad. Genesis 31:25
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. Genesis 31:26
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away
unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the
sword?
Genesis 31:27
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and
didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with
songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis 31:28
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now
done foolishly in so doing.
Genesis 31:29
29 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 to
Jacob  either good  or bad.
Genesis 31:30
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst
after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? Genesis
31:31
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. Genesis
31:32
32 With whomsoever thou findest 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. Genesis 31:33
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.
Genesis 31:34
34 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.
Genesis 31:35
35 And she said to 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.
Genesis 31:36
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?
Genesis 31:37
37 Whereas thou hast searched 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.
Genesis 31:38
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. Genesis
31:39
39 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.
Genesis 31:40
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night;
and my sleep departed from mine eyes. Genesis 31:41
41 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.
Genesis 31:42
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. God hath seen
mine affliction and the labour  of my hands,  and rebuked  thee
yesternight. Genesis 31:43
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 born? Genesis
31:44
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it
be for a witness between me and thee. Genesis 31:45
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. Genesis 31:46
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones,
and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. Genesis 31:47
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. Genesis 31:48
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day.
Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; Genesis 31:49
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are
absent one from another.
Genesis 31:50
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.
Genesis 31:51
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which
I have cast betwixt me and thee;
Genesis 31:52
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.
Genesis 31:53
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge
betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. Genesis 31:54
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.
Genesis 31:55
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his
daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his
place.
CHAPTER 32
Genesis 32:1
1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. Genesis 32:2
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the
name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis 32:3
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of
Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 32:4
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy
servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there
until now:
Genesis 32:5
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:6
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Genesis 32:7
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people
that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two
bands;
Genesis 32:8
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left shall escape. Genesis 32:9
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac,
the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred,
and I will deal well  with thee:
Genesis 32:10
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Genesis 32:11
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of
Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with
the children.
Genesis 32:12
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. Genesis 32:13
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his
hand a present for Esau his brother; Genesis 32:14
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Genesis 32:15
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty
she asses, and ten foals.
Genesis 32:16
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a
space betwixt drove and  drove.
Genesis 32:17
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and
whose are these before thee?
Genesis 32:18
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. Genesis 32:19
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the
droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
Genesis 32:20
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he
said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and
afterward I will see  his face;  peradventure he will accept  of me.
Genesis 32:21
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
Genesis 32:22
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis 32:23
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
Genesis 32:24
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the
breaking of the day.
Genesis 32:25
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow
of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he
wrestled with him.
Genesis 32:26
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not
let thee go, except thou bless me.
Genesis 32:27
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. Genesis 32:28
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as
a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis
32:29
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he
said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him
there.
Genesis 32:30
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face
to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis 32:31
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Genesis 32:32
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched
the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew  that shrank.

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