Genesis 31 And Iacob hearde the wordes of Labans sonnes howe they sayed: Iacob hathe taken awaye all that was our fathers & of our fathers goods hath he gotten all hys honour.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And Iacob hearde the wordes of Labans sonnes howe they sayed: Iacob hathe taken awaye all that was our fathers & of our fathers goods hath he gotten all hys honour. ² And Iacob beheld the countenaunce of Laban, that it was not toward hym as it was in tymes paste. ³ And the Lorde sayed vnto Iacob: turne agayne into the Land of thy fathers & to thy kynred, & I wyll be wyth the. ⁴ Then Iacob sent & called Rahell & Lea to the fyelde vnto hys shepe, ⁵ & sayd vnto them: I se your fathers countenaunce, that it is not towarde me as in tymes past. Moreouer the god of my father hath bene wyth me. ⁶ And ye know how that I haue serued your father with al mi might. ⁷ And your father hath deceyued me, & chaunged mi wages .x. times: but God suffred him not to hurt me. ⁸ When he sayed the spotted shall be thy wages, then all the sheepe were spotted. If he sayd the straked shall be thy reward, then were all the shepe straked: ⁹ thus hath God taken away your fathers cattel & geuen them me. ¹⁰ For in bucking tyme I lifted vp myne eyes, & sawe in a dreame, & beholde the rammes that bucked the shepe were straked spotted, & party. ¹¹ And the angel of god spake vnto me in a dreame, saiyng: Iacob? And I answered: here am I. ¹² And he sayed lyft vp thine eyes & se, howe al the rammes that leape vpon the shepe are straked, spotted & party: for I haue sene al that Laban doth vnto th ¹³ I am the god of Bethel wher thou anointedst the stone, & wher thou vowedst a vow vnto me. Now arise & get the out of this country, & return vnto the land wher thou was borne. ¹⁴ Then answered Rahell & Lea, & sayed vnto him: we haue no parte nor enheritaunce in oure fathers house, ¹⁵ he counteth vs euen vs straungers, for he hath solde vs, & hath euen eaten vp the price of vs. ¹⁶ Moreouer al the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours & our children. Nowe therfore whatsoeuer God hath sayd vnto the that do. ¹⁷ Then Iacob rose vp, & sett his sonnes & wyues vp vpon camels, ¹⁸ & caried away al his cattel & al his substaunce which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, for to go to Isaac his father vnto the land of Canaan. ¹⁹ Laban was gone to shere his shepe, & Rahel had stolen hir fathers images. ²⁰ And Iacob stale away the herte of Laban the Syrien, in that he tolde hym not that he fledde. ²¹ So fled he and all that he had, and made hym selfe readye, and passed ouer the ryuers, and sette hys face strayght ouer the mounte Gilead. ²² Vpon the third day after, was it told Laban that Iacob fled. ²³ Then he toke his brethren wt him & folowed after hym .vij. dayes iourney, & ouertoke him at the mount Gilead. ²⁴ And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dreame by nyght, & sayd vnto him: take hede to thy selfe, that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good. ²⁵ And Laban ouertoke Iacob: & Iacob had pitched his tent in the mount. And Laban wt hys brethren pytched their tent also vpon the mounte Giliad. ²⁶ Then sayd Laban to Iacob: Why hast thou thys done to steale awaye my herte, and carye awaye my daughters as though thei had bene take captyue wt the swerde? ²⁷ Wherfore wentest thou away secreatly vnknowne to me, and didest not tel me, that I might haue brought the on the way wt myrth, singyng, timrels and harpes, ²⁸ & haste not suffered me to kisse my chyldren & my daughters? Thou wast a fole to do it, ²⁹ for I am able to do you euyl. But the God of youre father spake vnto me yesterday saying: take hede that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good. ³⁰ And now thoughe thou wentest away, bicause thou longest after thi fathers house, yet wherfore hast thou stolen my Goddes. ³¹ Iacob answered & sayed to Laban: bicause I was afraied, & thought that thou woldest haue taken away thy daughters fro me. ³² But with whomesoeuer thou findest thy Gods, let hym dye here before our brethren. Seke that thyne is by me, & take it to the: for Iacob wist not that Rahel had stolen them. ³³ Then went Laban into Iacobs tente, & into Leas tente, & into .ii. maddens tentes: but founde them not. Then went he out of Leas tent, & entred into Rahels tente. ³⁴ And Rahel toke the Images & put them in the camels strawe & sate downe vpon them. And Laban searched all the tente but found them not. ³⁵ Then sayd she to hir father, my Lorde, be not angrye that I can not ryse vp before the, for the disease of women is come vpon me. So searched he but found them not. ³⁶ Iacob was wrooth & chode with Laban. Iacob also answered and sayd to him: what haue I trespaced or what haue I offended, that thou folowest after me? ³⁷ Thou hast searched all my stuffe, and what hast thou founde of al thy houshold stuffe? put it here before thy brethren & myne, & let them Iudge betwexte vs both. ³⁸ Thys .xx. yere that I haue bene wt the thy shepe, & thy gotes haue not bene barren, & the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten. ³⁹ Whatsoeuer was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto the, but made it good mi selfe of my hande dyddest thou requyre it, whether it was stollen by day or nyght. ⁴⁰ Moreouer by daye the heate consumed me, and the colde by nyghte, and my slepe departed fro myne eyes. ⁴¹ Thus haue I bene .xx. yere in thy house, & serued the .xiiij. yeres for thy .ij. daughters and .vi. yere for thy shepe, & thou hast chaunged my rewarde .x. tymes. ⁴² And excepte the God of my father, the God of Abraham, & the God whome Isaac feareth, had bene wyth me: surely thou haddest sent me away now al empty. But God beheld my tribulation, and the labour of my handes: and rebuked the yesterdaye. ⁴³ Laban answered & sayed vnto Iacob: the daughters are my daughters, & the children are my chyldren, & the shepe are my shepe, & al that thou seest is myne. And what can I do thys day vnto these my doughters, or vnto their children which thei haue borne? ⁴⁴ Now therfore come on: let vs make a bond, I and thou togyther, & let it be a wytnes betwene the & me. ⁴⁵ Then toke Iacob a stone and set it vp an ende, ⁴⁶ and sayed vnto his brethren, gather stones. And they toke stones, & made an heape, and they ate ther vpon the heape. ⁴⁷ And Laban called it Iegar Sahadutha, but Iacob called it Gilead. ⁴⁸ Then sayed Laban: thys heape be wytnes betwene the & me this day (therfore is it called Gilead) ⁴⁹ & this totehil which the Lord seeth (sayd he) be wytnesse betwene me and the when we are departed one from another ⁵⁰ that thou shalt not vexe my daughters neyther shalt take other wyues vnto them. Here is no man wyth vs: behold God is wytnes betwyxt the and me. ⁵¹ And Laban sayd more ouer to Iacob: beholde, this heape and thys marke whych I had set here, betwyxte me, & the: ⁵² this heape be wytnesse & also this marke that I wyll not come ouer this heape to the, & thou shalte not come ouer thys heape and marke to do any harme. ⁵³ The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, & the God of their fathers be Iudge betwyxt vs. And Iacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared. ⁵⁴ Then Iacob did sacrifice vpon the mounte, and called hys brethren to eate bread. And they ate breade & taried al nyght in the hyll. ⁵⁵ And early in the morning Laban rose vp & kyssed hys chyldren and his daughters, & blessed them & departed and went vnto hys place agayne.