01:031:019 And Laban went to shear his sheep:
and Rachel had stolen the
images
that were her father’s.
01:031:020 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban
the Syrian, in that he
told
him not that he fled.
01:031:021 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.
01:031:022 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
01:031:023 And he took his brethren with him, and
pursued after him seven
days’
journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
01:031:024 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.
01:031:025 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob
had pitched his tent in
the
mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in
the mount of
Gilead.
01:031:026 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?
01:031:027 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?
01:031:028 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons
and my daughters?
thou
hast now done foolishly in so doing.
01:031:029 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.
01:031:030 And now, though thou wouldest needs be
gone, because thou sore
longedst
after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast
thou
stolen
my gods?
01:031:031 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because
I was afraid:
for
I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy
daughters
from me.
01:031:032 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.
01:031:033 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.
01:031:034 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.
01:031:035 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.


