Jacob obtameth the blessing. CHAPTER XXVIII. Esau threateneth Jacob 22 And Jacob went near unto B. C. R. C. he said, Hast thou not reserved him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. ver. 29. 37 And Isaac answered and Sfulfilled, said unto Esau, Behold, I have 2S. 8. 14. made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 23 And he discerned him not, 24 And he said, Art thou my ve- Or, sup ported. 38 And Esau said unto his father,Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau i He. 12. lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac his father answered, and said unto him, Behold, kthy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 17. k ver. 28. He.11.20. Or, of the fut ness. Ich.25.23. Ho.14.6. Ob.18. 19, 20. 2Sa. 8. 14. 11.m2 Ki. 8. 20. He. 27 And he came near, and kissed him and he smelled the smell of his raiment,and blessed him and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 28 Therefore 'God give thee of "the dew of heaven, and the 20. fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 Let people serve thee, and 1. 21. nations bow down to thee; bech. lord over thy brethren, and let 18. thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob,and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaachis father,that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father; and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and 28. 45. De. 33. ch. 9. 25. & 25. 23. 2 ch. 49. 8. Och. 50. 3, 4, 10.. 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother: and "it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 T And Esau "hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand, Pthen will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elderson were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, ach. 12. 3. Ps. 64.5. as touching thee, doth "comfort Nu. 24. 9. himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son,obey my voice: and arise, flee thou ch.11.31. to Laban my brother to Haran; beat of his son's venison, that b ver. 4. thy soul may bless nie. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstboru, Esau. 33 And Isaac ftrembled very† Heb. exceedingly, and said, Who? trembled where is he that hath taken with a venison, and brought it me, and great I have eaten of all before thou tremcamest, and have blessed him?bling greatly. yea, and he shall be blessed. 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee,and he forgetthat which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: 'if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which areof the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? CHAPTER XXVIII. Isaac blesseth Jacob and sendeth him to Padan-aram, 1. 6 Esau marrieth Mahalath thedaughter of Ishinael. 10 The vision of Jacob's ladder. 18 The stone of Beth-el. 20 Jacob's vow. AND Isaac called Jacob, and "blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, "Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. dch.25.20. 2 Arise, go to dPadan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mothch.22.23.er's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 27 3 And God Almighty bless thee,and make thee fruitful,and multiply thee, that thou mayest bet a multitude of people; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy assembly seed with thee; that thou may-of people. est inherit the land wherein heh. 12. 2. thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. B. C. cir. 1760. 45. & 35. ch.31.13, † Heb. of thy so journ 14. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram un-ings. to Laban, son of Bethuel the Sy- ich. 17. rian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughterof Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 10 And Jacob "went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward "Haran. 3. fLe.8.10, 11.12.Nu. g.Ju. 1.23, 26. Ho. 4. 15. That is the house of God. heh.31.13 Ju. 11.30. 2Sa. 15. B. keh. 24. & 26. 35. † Heb. were evil in the eyes, &c. i ver. 15. ir 1760. k1Ti. 6. 8. 1 ch. 36. 3. Lu.11.31. 2Sa.19.24, she is 30. m De. 26. 17.257.15, 8. 2Ki. 5. 17. 1 ch. 35.7. 14. Le. 27. called Bushe math. mch. 25. 13. a Ho. 12. 12. • Called, Ac. 7. 2, 30. Char 11 And he lighted upon a cer- 4 John 1. tain place, and tarried there all 51. He. night, because the sun was set: 14. and lie took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pil- & 48. 3. lows, and lay down in that place to sleep. ch.26.24. 12 And he Pdreamed, and be-tch.13.15. hold, a ladder set up on the & 35. 12. earth, and the top of it reach- "ch.13.16. ed to heaven: and behold, "the † Heb. angels of God ascending and break descending on it. forth. ch. 13. 14. De.12. 20. children. Heb. Is 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the ch. 12.3. land whereon thou liest, to thee & 18.18.& will I give it, and to thy seed. 22. 18. & 14 And "thy seed shall be as the 26.4. dust of the earth; and thou shalt See ver. there tspread abroad "to the west,and 20, 21. ch. peace to to the east, and to the north, and 26 24. &. him? to the south: and in thee and in beh.43.27. thy seed shall all the families of ch.48.16. Heb.yet the earth be blessed. Ps. 121.5, the day 15 Aud behold, I am with thee, 7.8. is great. and will keep thee in all pla-ch. 35.6. ces whither thou goest, and will bDe. 28.6. bring thee again into this land: Jos. 1. 5. for I will not leave thee, 'until 1.8.57. I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. Jacob cometh to Haram. How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of hear ven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, poured oil upon the top of it. and set it up or a pillar, fand 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz 20h And Jacob vowed a vow,say at the first. ing, IfiGod will be with me,and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; "then shall the LORD be my God: 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, "shall be God's house: "and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee. CHAPTER XXIX. Jacob cometh to the well of Haran, L 9 He taketh acquaintance of Rachel 13 Laban entertaineth him. 18 Jacob covenanteth for Rachel. 23 He is deceived with Leah. 28 He marrieth also Rachel,and serveth for her seven years more. 32 Leah beareth Reuben, 33 Simeon, 34 Levi, 35 and Judah. Tourney, and came into the land of the people of the east. well in the field, and lo, there 2 And he looked, and behold, a by it; for out of that well they were three flocks of sheep lying HEN Jacob twent on his watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon thewell's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said,Of Haranarewe. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. 6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well and behold, Rachel his daughter comethwiththesheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 And while heyetspake with them, Rachelcame with herfa ther's sheep: for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter B. C. of Laban his mother's brother, ch. 33. 4. & 45. 14, 15. fch. 13.8. & 14. 14, 16. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted uphis voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah'sson; Fand she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass when sch.24.28. Laban heard the ftidings of Jacob his sister's son, that bhe ran tomeet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him heh.24.29. to his house. And he told Laban all these things. †Heb. hearing. B. C. Prer 20. That is, see a son. tEx. 3. 7. & 4. 31. 14 And Laban said to him, De. 26. 7. Surely thou art my bone and ich. 2. 23. Ps. 25. 18. my flesh: and he abode with Ju. 9. 2. 2 & 106. 4. Sa.5. 1. & cir. 1751. 19. 12, 13. That is, cir. 1750. him the space of a month. 16 And Laban had two daugh ters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the youngerous Rachel. 17 Leah was tender-eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and wellfavoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel: and said, I will serve thee seven kch. 31. years for Rachel thy younger 41. 25a. 3. daughter. 19 And Laban said It is better that I give her to thee, than that I shouldgiveherto anotherman: abide with me. 20 And Jacob, Iserved seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife (for my days are fulfilled) that I may go in unto her. 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and "made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him: and he went in unto her. 24 And Laban gave unto his danghter Leah, Zilpah his maid, for an handmaid. 25 And it came to pass, that in themorning,behold,itwas Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? Leah and Rachel 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfil led her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid, to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Ra chel, and he "loved also Rachel more than Leah,and served with him "yet seven other years. 31 TAnd when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he "opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a sou; and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again,and bare ason; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again,and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. 35 Andsheconceivedagain,and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name "Judah, and fleft bearing. CHAPTER XXX. Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, giveth Billah her maid unto Jacob, L. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali. 9 Leah giveth Zilpah her maid, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14 Reuben findeth mandrakes, with which Leah buyeth her husband of Rachel. 17 Leah beareth Issachar, Zebulun,and Dinah. 22 Rachel beareth Joseph. 25 Jacob desireth to depart. 27 Laban stayeth him on a new covenant. 37 Jacob's policy, whereby he became rich. Ju.15.1. cir. 1749. A she bare Jacob no children, bch.37.11. Rachel benvied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. ND when Rachel saw that Rachel beareth Joseph. conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.. 8 And Rachel said, With fgreat wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name k Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing,shetook Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, a troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, tHappy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed and she called his name Asher. 1s. 65. 11. broken cir. 1747. forth. ver. 43. tHeb. In + Heb, at my foot. my hap mpr. 31. 28. Lu. 1. 48. That is, happy. 14 And Reuben went in the daysofwheat-harvest,and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother piness. Leah. ThenRachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 15 And she said unto her Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldestthoutakeaway myson'smandrakes also? And Rachel said, "ch. 25. Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. cir. 1748. 30. "Nu.16.9, 13. 17 And God hearkened unto cir. 1747.| Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me myhire,because I have given mymaidentomy husband: and she called his name Is-That is, sachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; nowwill my husbanddwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name PZebulun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. an hire. cir. 1746. That is, dwelling. PCalled, Mat. 4.13, Zabu lon. C1 Ti. 5. 8. dch. 31. 8. ePs. 37. 6. †Heb. to morrow. Ex. 13.14. cir. 1745. See ch. That is, 31 9-12 julgment. ch. 8. 1. 1Sa. 1. 19. 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, "The LORD shall add co me another son. 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, "Send me away, that I may go unto 54, 56. ch.29.31. cir. 1745. $1Sa. 1.6. Is. 4. 1. Lu. 1. 25. That is, adding. ch.35.17. "ch. 24. Jacob desireth to depart mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have ser ved thee, and let me go: forthou knowest my service which I have done thee. 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee,if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me "for thy sake. 28 And he said, "Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him,bThou knowest how I haveserved thee, andhow thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now fincreaseduntoamultitude; and the LORDhathblessedtheetsince mycoming: andnow,when shall also? I provide for mine own house 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing. If thou wilt do this thing for me, 1 will again feedandkeep thy flock: 321 will passthroughallthy flock to-day,removingfrom thenceall the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and dof such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me fin time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with ine. 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed thatdaythe he-goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his sous. 36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the ha zel and chesnut-tree; and pilled white streaksinthem,and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilledbeforetheflocksin the gutters in the watering-troughs when the flocks came to drink; that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived hefore the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes ofthe cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had muchcattle, and maid-servants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. CHAPTER XXXI. Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly, 1. 19 Rachel stealeth her father's images. 22 Laban pursueth after him, 26 and complaineth of the wrong. 34 Rachel's policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob's complaint of Laban. 44 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. B. C. cir. 1745, Ever. 30. heh. 13. 2. & 24. 35. & 26. 13, 14. 1739. AND he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten a Ps. 49. all this glory. 16. B. C. 1739. He departeth from Laban 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and Ex. 3. 7. grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. P ch. 28. 9 ver. 3. ch. 32. 9. 131 am the God of Beth-el Pwhere thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a Vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah anch. 2. 24. swered, and said unto him, 'Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for "he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also ch.29.15, 27. 1739. our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 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 Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen ther's. 2 And Jacob beheld the connb ch. 4. 5. + Heb. te- the images that were her fatenance of Laban,and behold, it was not 'toward himt as before. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 54. Heb. as yesterday and the day be fore. iSa. 19. 7. De. 28. rapham. Laban. 6 And ye knowthatwith all my g ver. 38, 8 If he said thus, 'The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked. 9 Thus God hath "taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 20 And Jacob stole away † unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 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. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day, that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren him seven days' journey: and with him, and pursued after they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban and said unto him, Take heed the Syrian in a dream by night, that thou speak not to Jacob t either good or bad. 25 Then Laban overtook Ja cob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and La ban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to 1Sa.30.2. me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? ↑ Heb. hast sto len me. |