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Jacob departeth ecretly from Laban.

And he aid, Lift up now thine eyes, and ee, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringtraked, peckled, and griled: for I have een all that Laban doeth unto thee.

I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedt the pillar, and where thou vowedt a vow unto me: now arie, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

And Rachel and Leah anwered and aid unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's houe?

Are we not counted of him trangers? for he hath old us, and hath quite devoured alo our money.

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is our's, and our children's: now then, whatoever God hath aid unto thee, do.

¶ Then Jacob roe up, and et his ons and his wives upon camels;

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 Iaac his father in the land of Canaan.

And Laban went to hear his heep: and Rachel had tolen the † images that were her father's.

And Jacob tole away † unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

So he fled with all that he had; and he roe up, and paed over the river, and et his face toward the mount Gilead.

¶ And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

And he took his brethren with him, and purued after him even days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and aid unto him, Take heed that thou peak not to Jacob † either good or bad.

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

And Laban aid to Jacob, What hat thou done, that thou hat tolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the word?

Wherefore didt thou flee away ecretly, and † teal away from me; and didt not tell me, that I might have ent thee away with mirth, and with ongs, with tabret, and with harp?

And hat not uffered me to kis my ons and my daughters? thou hat now done foolihly in o doing.

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father pake unto me yeternight, aying, Take thou heed that thou peak not to Jacob either good or bad.

And now, though thou wouldet needs be gone, becaue thou ore longedt after thy father's houe, yet wherefore hat thou tolen my gods?

¶ And Jacob anwered and aid to Laban, Becaue I was afraid: for I aid, Peradventure thou wouldet take by force thy daughters from me.

With whomoever thou findet thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren dicern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had tolen them.

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidervants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and at upon them. And Laban † earched all the tent, but found them not.

And he aid to her father, Let it not dipleae my lord that I cannot rie up before thee; for the cutom of women is upon me. And he earched, but found not the images.

¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob anwered and aid to Laban, What is my trepas? what is my in, that thou hat o hotly purued after me?

Whereas thou hat earched all my tuff, what hat thou found of all thy houehold tuff? et it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy he goats have not cat their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

That which was torn of beats I brought not unto thee; I bare the los of it; of my hand didt thou require it, whether tolen by day, or tolen by night.

Thus I was; in the day the drought conumed me, and the frot by night; and my leep departed from mine eyes.

Thus have I been twenty years in thy houe; I erved thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and ix years for thy cattle: and thou hat changed my wages ten times.