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me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
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.
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.
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?
44
Now
therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and
thee.
45
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up
for
a pillar.
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.
47
And Laban
called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
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 L
ORD
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, judge
betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the 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
blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
CHAPTER 32
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2
And when Jacob saw them, he said,
This
is
God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3
And Jacob sent messengers
before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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:
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.
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.
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;
8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which
is left shall escape.
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