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Jacob's agreement with Laban.

And Laban aid unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the hath bleed me for thy ake.

And he aid, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

And he aid unto him, Thou knowet how I have erved thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

For it was little which thou hadt before I came, and it is now † increaed unto a multitude; and the hath bleed thee † ince my coming: and now when hall I provide for mine own houe alo?

And he aid, What hall I give thee? And Jacob aid, Thou halt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.

I will pas through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the peckled and potted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the heep, and the potted and peckled among the goats: and of uch hall be my hire.

So hall my righteounes anwer for me † in time to come, when it hall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not peckled and potted among the goats, and brown among the heep, that hall be counted tolen with me.

And Laban aid, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

And he removed that day the he goats that were ringtraked and potted, and all the he goats that were peckled and potted, and every one that had ome white in it, and all the brown among the heep, and gave them into the hand of his ons.

And he et three days' journey betwixt himelf and Jacob: and Jacob fed the ret of Laban's flocks.

¶ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chenut tree; and pilled white trakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

And he et the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they hould conceive when they came to drink.

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringtraked, peckled, and potted.

And Jacob did eparate the lambs, and et the faces of the flocks toward the ringtraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themelves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

And it came to pas, whenoever the tronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: o the feebler were Laban's, and the tronger Jacob's.

And the man increaed exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidervants, and menervants, and camels, and aes.

1 Jacob is regarded with an evil eye by Laban and his ons; 3 is commanded by God to return to his own land, and propoeth his departure to his wives. 11 He removeth ecretly with his family and ubtance Rachel tealeth her father's images. 22 Laban purueth after him; is warned of God, and overtaking Jacob complaineth of the wrong. 31 Jacob, ignorant of the theft, permitteth Laban to earch for the images, Rachel's policy to hide them. 36 Jacob's complaint of Laban. 43 The covenant of Jacob and Laban: Laban returneth home.

he heard the words of Laban's ons, aying, 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 aid unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

And Jacob ent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

And aid unto them, I ee 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 erved your father.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God uffered him not to hurt me.

If he aid thus, The peckled hall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare peckled: and if he aid thus, The ringtraked hall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringtraked.

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

And it came to pas at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and aw in a dream, and, behold, the ‖ rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringtraked, peckled, and griled.

And the angel of God pake unto me in a dream, aying, Jacob: And I aid, Here am I.