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¹Yakup, Laban’ın oğullarının, “Yakup babamızın olan her şeyi aldı ve babamızın malları sayesinde bütün bu görkemi ve itibarı kazandı” dediklerini duydu.

²Yakup Laban’ın çehresine baktı ve onun kendisine karşı dün ve önceki günkü gibi benden yana olmadığını gördü.

³Rab Yakup’a, “Babanın toprağına ve soyunun yanına dön, ben seninle olacağım” dedi.

⁴Bunun üzerine Yakup haber gönderip Lea ile Rahel’i sürülerinin bulunduğu kıra çağırdı.

⁵Onlara şöyle dedi: “Babanızın çehresini görüyorum, bana karşı dün ve önceki günkü gibi benden yana değil; ama babamın Tanrısı benimleydi.

⁶Siz kendiniz de biliyorsunuz ki, bütün gücümle babanıza hizmet ettim.

⁷Ama babanız beni aldattı ve ücretimi on kuzu değerinde değiştirdi; yine de Tanrı onun bana zarar vermesine izin vermedi.

⁸Eğer o, ‘Ücretin alacalı hayvanlar olacak’ dediyse, bütün sürü alacalı doğurdu; ve eğer, ‘Ücretin beyaz hayvanlar olacak’ dediyse, bütün sürü beyaz doğurdu.

⁹Böylece Tanrı babanızın sürülerini elinden aldı ve bana verdi.

¹⁰Sürülerin gebe kalıp kızıştığı dönemde rüyamda gözlerimi kaldırıp baktım; teke ve koçların koyun ve keçilerle çiftleştiğini gördüm; hepsi bembeyaz lekeli, alacalı ve kül rengi benekliydi.

¹¹Rüyada Tanrı’nın meleği bana, ‘Yakup!’ dedi. Ben de, ‘Ne var, buyur?’ dedim.

¹²O da şöyle dedi: ‘Gözlerini kaldır da bak, koyun ve keçilerle çiftleşen bütün tekeler ve koçlar bembeyaz lekeli, alacalı ve kül rengi beneklidir; çünkü Laban’ın sana yaptığı her şeyi gördüm.

¹³Ben, Tanrı’nın yerinde sana görünen Tanrı’yım; hani orada bana bir anıt sütun meshetmiş ve orada bana bir adak adamıştın. Şimdi kalk, bu topraklardan çık ve doğduğun ülkeye dön, ben seninle olacağım.’

¹⁴Rahel ve Lea ona şöyle yanıt verdiler: “Babamızın evinde bizim için hâlâ bir pay veya miras kaldı mı?

¹⁵Onun gözünde yabancı sayılmaz mıyız? Çünkü bizi sattı ve paramızı tamamen yiyip bitirdi.

¹⁶Tanrı’nın babamızdan aldığı bütün bu zenginlik ve görkem bize ve çocuklarımıza aittir. Şimdi Tanrı sana ne dediyse onu yap.”

¹⁷Bunun üzerine Yakup kalktı, karılarını ve çocuklarını develere bindirdi.

¹⁸Mezopotamya’da edindiği bütün mallarını, biriktirdiği taşınabilir göç yükünü ve kendisine ait olan her şeyi yanına alarak Kenan topraklarındaki babası İshak’ın yanına gitmek üzere yola çıktı.

¹⁹Laban koyunlarını kırkmaya gitmişti; Rahel de babasının putlarını çaldı.

²⁰Yakup, kaçacağını bildirmeyerek Suriyeli Laban’dan bu durumu gizledi.

²¹Kendisine ait olan her şeyle birlikte kaçtı; Fırat Irmağı’nı geçip Gilead Dağı’na doğru yöneldi.

²²Üçüncü gün Suriyeli Laban’a Yakup’un kaçtığı bildirildi.

²³Laban kardeşlerini yanına alarak yedi gün boyunca onun peşinden gitti ve ona Gilead Dağı’nda yetişti.

²⁴Tanrı gece rüyada Suriyeli Laban’a gelip, “Kendine dikkat et, Yakup’a iyi ya da kötü bir şey söyleme” dedi.

²⁵Laban Yakup’a yetişti. Yakup çadırını dağda kurmuştu; Laban da kardeşleriyle birlikte Gilead Dağı’nda konakladı.

²⁶Laban Yakup’a şöyle dedi: “Ne yaptın? Neden benden gizlice kaçtın, beni gizlice soydun ve kızlarımı kılıç zoruyla alınmış tutsaklar gibi götürdün?

²⁷Bana haber verseydin, seni sevinçle, şarkılarla, teflerle ve lirle uğurlardım.

²⁸Çocuklarımı ve kızlarımı öpmeme bile layık görülmedim. Gerçekten aptalca davrandın.

²⁹Sana zarar vermeye gücüm yeter; ama babanın Tanrısı dün gece bana, ‘Kendine dikkat et, Yakup’a kötü bir şey söyleme’ dedi.

³⁰Şimdi babanın evini çok özlediğin için gitmek istiyorsun, anlıyorum; ama ilahlarımı neden çaldın?”

³¹Yakup Laban’a şöyle yanıt verdi: “Çünkü korktum; kızlarını ve bana ait olan her şeyi benden zorla alırsın diye düşündüm.

³²İlahlarını kimin yanında bulursan, o yaşamasın! Kardeşlerimizin önünde bende sana ait ne varsa teşhis et ve al.” Yakup, karısı Rahel’in onları çaldığını bilmiyordu.

³³Laban Lea’nın çadırına girip aradı ama bir şey bulamadı; Lea’nın çadırından çıkıp Yakup’un çadırına ve iki cariyenin çadırına girdi, yine bulamadı. Sonunda Rahel’in çadırına girdi.

³⁴Rahel ise putları almış, devenin semerinin içine koymuş ve üzerine oturmuştu.

³⁵Babasına, “Efendim, önünde ayağa kalkamadığım için öfkelenme; çünkü kadınlık hali üzerimdedir” dedi. Laban her yeri aradıysa da putları bulamadı.

³⁶Yakup öfkelendi ve Laban’la tartıştı. Yakup Laban’a şöyle dedi: “Suçum ne, günahım ne ki böyle hararetle peşime düştün?

³⁷Evimin bütün eşyalarını aradın; kendi evine ait ne buldun? Onu buraya, senin kardeşlerinle benim kardeşlerimin önüne koy da ikimizin arasında karar versinler.

³⁸Yirmi yıldır seninle birlikteyim; koyunların ve keçilerin hiç kısır kalmadı, sürünün koçlarını yemedim.

³⁹Yaban hayvanları tarafından parçalananları sana getirmedim, zararını kendimden tazmin ettim; gündüz çalınanı da gece çalınanı da benden talep ettin.

⁴⁰Gündüzün sıcağı, gecenin ayazı beni bitirdi, gözüme uyku girmedi.

⁴¹Senin evinde geçirdiğim yirmi yıl böyle oldu; iki kızın için on dört yıl, sürün için de altı yıl sana hizmet ettim; sen ise ücretimi on kuzu değerinde hileyle değiştirdin.

⁴²Babam İbrahim’in Tanrısı ve İshak’ın Korkusu benimle olmasaydı, beni şimdi kesinlikle eli boş gönderecektin. Tanrı çektiğim sıkıntıyı ve ellerimin emeğini gördü ve dün gece seni azarladı.”

⁴³Laban Yakup’a şöyle yanıt verdi: “Bu kızlar benim kızlarım, bu çocuklar benim çocuklarım, bu sürüler benim sürülerim ve gördüğün her şey benimdir, kızlarımındır. Bugün bu kızlarıma ya da doğurdukları çocuklarına ne yapabilirim ki?

⁴⁴Gel şimdi, seninle bir antlaşma yapalım; bu antlaşma ikimizin arasında bir tanık olsun. Bak, yanımızda kimse yok; işte, Tanrı ikimizin arasında tanıktır” dedi.

⁴⁵Bunun üzerine Yakup bir taş alıp onu anıt sütun olarak dikti.

⁴⁶Yakup kardeşlerine, “Taş toplayın” dedi. Onlar da taşları toplayıp bir yığın yaptılar ve orada, yığının üzerinde yemek yediler.

⁴⁷Laban ona, “Bu yığın bugün ikimizin arasında tanıktır” dedi.

⁴⁸Laban oraya “Tanıklık Yığını” adını verdi; Yakup ise oraya “Tanık Yığını” dedi. Laban Yakup’a şöyle dedi: “İkimizin arasına diktiğim bu yığın ve bu anıt sütun tanıktır; bu yığın tanıktır ve bu sütun tanıktır.” Bu yüzden oraya “Tanık Yığını” adı verildi.

⁴⁹Oraya “Görüş” de dendi; çünkü Laban, “Birbirimizden uzaklaştığımızda Tanrı ikimizi gözetsin” demişti.

⁵⁰“Eğer kızlarıma eziyet edersen veya kızlarımın üzerine başka karılar alırsan, bak, yanımızda kimse olmasa bile, Tanrı ikimizin arasında tanıktır.”

⁵¹Laban Yakup’a devamla şöyle dedi: “İşte bu yığın ve işte aramızda diktiğim bu anıt sütun tanıktır.

⁵²Ben bu yığını geçip sana zarar vermeyeceğim, sen de bu yığını ve bu sütunu geçip bana zarar vermeceksin; bu yığın ve bu sütun buna tanıktır.

⁵³İbrahim’in Tanrısı ve Nahor’un Tanrısı aramızda yargıç olsun.”

⁵⁴Yakup babası İshak’ın Korkusu üzerine ant içti. Dağda bir kurban sundu ve kardeşlerini çağırdı; yemek yiyip içtiler ve geceyi dağda geçirdiler.

⁵⁵Laban sabah erkenden kalktı, çocuklarını ve kızlarını öpüp onları kutsadı; sonra dönüp kendi yerine gitti.

¹ΗΚΟΥΣΕ δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ τὰ ρήματα τῶν υἱῶν Λάβαν λεγόντων· εἴληφεν ᾿Ιακὼβ πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἐκ τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν πεποίηκε πᾶσαν τὴν δόξαν ταύτην.

²καὶ εἶδεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Λάβαν, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὡσεὶ ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν.

³εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς ᾿Ιακώβ· ἀποστρέφου εἰς τὴν γῆν τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ εἰς τὴν γενεάν σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ.

⁴ἀποστείλας δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐκάλεσε Λείαν καὶ Ραχὴλ εἰς τὸ πεδίον, οὗ ἦν τὰ ποίμνια.

⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐταῖς· ὁρῶ ἐγὼ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι πρὸς ἐμοῦ ὡς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν· ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου ἦν μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ.

⁶καὶ αὐταὶ δὲ οἴδατε, ὅτι ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ μου δεδούλευκα τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν.

⁷ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ὑμῶν παρεκρούσατό με καὶ ἤλλαξε τὸν μισθόν μου τῶν δέκα ἀμνῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς κακοποιῆσαί με.

⁸ἐὰν οὕτως εἴπῃ, τὰ ποικίλα ἔσται σου μισθός, καὶ τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα ποικίλα· ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ, τὰ λευκὰ ἔσται σου μισθός, καὶ τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα λευκά·

⁹καὶ ἀφείλετο ὁ Θεὸς πάντα τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι αὐτά.

¹⁰καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἐνεκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνοντα, καὶ εἶδον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ τράγοι καὶ οἱ κριοὶ ἀναβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰς αἶγας διάλευκοι καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ σποδοειδεῖς ραντοί.

¹¹καὶ εἶπέ μοι ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ καθ᾿ ὕπνον· ᾿Ιακώβ· ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα· τί ἐστι;

¹²καὶ εἶπεν· ἀνάβλεψον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, καὶ ἰδὲ τοὺς τράγους καὶ τοὺς κριοὺς ἀναβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰς αἶγας διαλεύκους καὶ ποικίλους καὶ σποδοειδεῖς ραντούς· ἑώρακα γάρ ὅσα σοι Λάβαν ποιεῖ·

¹³ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τόπῳ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἤλειψάς μοι ἐκεῖ στήλην καὶ ηὔξω μοι ἐκεῖ εὐχήν· νῦν οὖν ἀνάστηθι καὶ ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς ταύτης καὶ ἄπελθε εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς γενέσεώς σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ.

¹⁴καὶ ἀποκριθεῖσαι Ραχὴλ καὶ Λεία εἶπαν αὐτῷ· μή ἐστιν ἡμῖν ἔτι μερὶς ἢ κληρονομία ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν;

¹⁵οὐχ ὡς αἱ ἀλλότριαι λελογίσμεθα αὐτῷ; πέπρακε γὰρ ἡμᾶς καὶ καταβρώσει κατέφαγε τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν.

¹⁶πάντα τὸν πλοῦτον καὶ τὴν δόξαν, ἣν ἀφείλετο ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, ἡμῖν ἔσται καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν. νῦν οὖν ὅσα σοι εἴρηκεν ὁ Θεός, ποίει.

¹⁷᾿Αναστὰς δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἔλαβε τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς καμήλους.

¹⁸καὶ ἀπήγαγε πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ, καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ ἀπελθεῖν πρὸς ᾿Ισαὰκ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ εἰς γῆν Χαναάν.

¹⁹Λάβαν δὲ ᾤχετο κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ· ἔκλεψε δὲ Ραχὴλ τὰ εἴδωλα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

²⁰ἔκρυψε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ Λάβαν τὸν Σύρον τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἀποδιδράσκει.

²¹καὶ ἀπέδρα αὐτὸς καὶ τὰ αὐτοῦ πάντα καὶ διέβη τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ ὥρμησεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος Γαλαάδ.

²²ἀνηγγέλη δὲ Λάβαν τῷ Σύρῳ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ὅτι ἀπέδρα ᾿Ιακώβ,

²³καὶ παραλαβὼν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ μεθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ καὶ κατέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γαλαάδ.

²⁴ἦλθε δὲ ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Λάβαν τὸν Σύρον καθ᾿ ὕπνον τὴν νύκτα καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· φύλαξε σεαυτόν, μήποτε λαλήσῃς μετὰ ᾿Ιακὼβ πονηρά.

²⁵καὶ κατέλαβε Λάβαν τὸν ᾿Ιακώβ· ᾿Ιακὼβ δὲ ἔπηξε τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει· Λάβαν δὲ ἔστησε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γαλαάδ.

²⁶εἶπε δὲ Λάβαν τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· τί ἐποίησας; ἱνατί κρυφῇ ἀπέδρας καὶ ἐκλοποφόρησάς με καὶ ἀπήγαγες τὰς θυγατέρας μου ὡς αἰχμαλώτιδας μαχαίρᾳ;

²⁷καὶ εἰ ἀνήγγειλάς μοι, ἐξαπέστειλα ἄν σε μετ᾿ εὐφροσύνης καὶ μετὰ μουσικῶν καὶ τυμπάνων καὶ κιθάρας,

²⁸καὶ οὐκ ἠξιώθην καταφιλῆσαι τὰ παιδία μου καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας μου. νῦν δὲ ἀφρόνως ἔπραξας.

²⁹καὶ νῦν ἰσχύει ἡ χείρ μου κακοποιῆσαί σε· ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρός σου ἐχθὲς εἶπε πρός με λέγων· φύλαξε σεαυτόν, μή ποτε λαλήσῃς μετὰ ᾿Ιακὼβ πονηρά.

³⁰νῦν οὖν πεπόρευσαι· ἐπιθυμίᾳ γὰρ ἐπεθύμησας ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου· ἱνατί ἔκλεψας τοὺς θεούς μου;

³¹ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ εἶπε τῷ Λάβαν· ὅτι ἐφοβήθην· εἶπα γάρ· μή ποτε ἀφέλῃς τὰς θυγατέρας σου ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμά.

³²καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιακώβ· παρ᾿ ᾧ ἂν εὕρῃς τοὺς θεούς σου, οὐ ζήσεται ἐναντίον τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν· ἐπίγνωθι τί ἐστι παρ᾿ ἐμοὶ τῶν σῶν καὶ λαβέ. καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω παρ᾿ αὐτῷ οὐδέν. οὐκ ᾔδει δὲ ᾿Ιακώβ, ὅτι Ραχὴλ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἔκλεψεν αὐτούς.

³³εἰσελθὼν δὲ Λάβαν ἠρεύνησεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Λείας καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Λείας καὶ ἠρεύνησε τὸν οἶκον ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῶν δύο παιδισκῶν καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν. εἰσῆλθε δὲ καὶ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ραχήλ.

³⁴Ραχὴλ δὲ ἔλαβε τὰ εἴδωλα καὶ ἐνέβαλεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὰ σάγματα τῆς καμήλου καὶ ἐπεκάθισεν αὐτοῖς.

³⁵καὶ εἶπε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς· μὴ βαρέως φέρε, κύριε· οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ κατ᾿ ἐθισμὸν τῶν γυναικῶν μοι ἐστίν· ἠρεύνησε δὲ Λάβαν ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ οὐχ εὗρε τὰ εἴδωλα.

³⁶ὠργίσθη δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ ἐμαχέσατο τῷ Λάβαν· ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ εἶπε τῷ Λάβαν· τί τὸ ἀδίκημά μου καὶ τί τὸ ἁμάρτημά μου, ὅτι κατεδίωξας ὀπίσω μου

³⁷καὶ ὅτι ἠρεύνησας πάντα τὰ σκεύη τοῦ οἴκου μου; τί εὗρες ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν σκευῶν τοῦ οἴκου σου; θές ὧδε ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου, καὶ ἐλεγξάτωσαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο ἡμῶν.

³⁸ταῦτά μοι εἴκοσιν ἔτη ἐγώ εἰμι μετὰ σοῦ· τὰ πρόβατά σου καὶ αἱ αἶγές σου οὐκ ἠτεκνώθησαν· κριοὺς τῶν προβάτων σου οὐ κατέφαγον·

³⁹θηριάλωτον οὐκ ἐνήνοχά σοι, ἐγὼ ἀπετίννυον παρ᾿ ἐμαυτοῦ κλέμματα ἡμέρας καὶ κλέμματα νυκτός·

⁴⁰ἐγενόμην τῆς ἡμέρας συγκαιόμενος τῷ καύματι καὶ τῷ παγετῷ τῆς νυκτός, καὶ ἀφίστατο ὁ ὕπνος μου ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου.

⁴¹ταῦτά μοι εἴκοσιν ἔτη ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου· ἐδούλευσά σοι δεκατέσσαρα ἔτη ἀντὶ τῶν δύο θυγατέρων σου καὶ ἓξ ἔτη ἐν τοῖς προβάτοις σου, καὶ παρελογίσω τὸν μισθόν μου δέκα ἀμνάσιν.

⁴²εἰ μὴ ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ ὁ φόβος ᾿Ισαὰκ ἦν μοι, νῦν ἂν κενόν με ἐξαπέστειλας· τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου καὶ τὸν κόπον τῶν χειρῶν μου εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἤλεγξέ σε ἐχθές.

⁴³ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Λάβαν εἶπε τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· αἱ θυγατέρες θυγατέρες μου, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ υἱοί μου, καὶ τὰ κτήνη κτήνη μου, καὶ πάντα, ὅσα σὺ ὁρᾷς, ἐμά ἐστι καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων μου· τί ποιήσω ταύταις σήμερον ἢ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν, οἷς ἔτεκον;

⁴⁴νῦν οὖν δεῦρο διαθώμεθα διαθήκην ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ, καὶ ἔσται εἰς μαρτύριον ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ, εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ οὐδεὶς μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν ἐστιν, ἰδέ, ὁ Θεὸς μάρτυς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.

⁴⁵λαβὼν δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ λίθον ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην.

⁴⁶εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ· συλλέγετε λίθους. καὶ συνέλεξαν λίθους καὶ ἐποίησαν βουνόν, καὶ ἔφαγον ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ βουνοῦ.

⁴⁷καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λάβαν· ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος μαρτυρεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ σήμερον.

⁴⁸καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Λάβαν Βουνὸς τῆς μαρτυρίας. ᾿Ιακὼβ δὲ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Βουνὸς μάρτυς. εἶπε δὲ Λάβαν τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος καὶ ἡ στήλη, ἣν ἔστησα ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ, μαρτυρεῖ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος, καὶ μαρτυρεῖ ἡ στήλη αὕτη· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Βουνὸς μαρτυρεῖ.

⁴⁹καὶ ἡ ῞Ορασις, ἣν εἶπεν· ἐπίδοι ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ, ὅτι ἀποστησόμεθα ἕτερος ἀφ᾿ ἑτέρου.

⁵⁰εἰ ταπεινώσεις τὰς θυγατέρας μου, εἰ λήψῃ γυναῖκας πρὸς ταῖς θυγατράσι μου, ὅρα, οὐδεὶς μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν ἐστιν ὁρῶν· Θεὸς μάρτυς μεταξὺ ἐμοῦ καὶ μεταξὺ σοῦ.

⁵¹καὶ εἶπε Λάβαν τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος καὶ μάρτυς ἡ στήλη αὕτη.

⁵²ἐὰν τε γὰρ ἐγὼ μὴ διαβῶ πρὸς σὲ μηδὲ σὺ διαβῇς πρός με τὸν βουνὸν τοῦτον καὶ τὴν στήλην ταύτην ἐπὶ κακίᾳ,

⁵³ὁ Θεὸς ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ ὁ Θεὸς Ναχὼρ κρινεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον ἡμῶν.

⁵⁴καὶ ὤμοσεν Ἰακὼβ κατὰ τοῦ φόβου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Ισαάκ, καὶ ἔθυσε θυσίαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ ἐκάλεσε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει.

⁵⁵ἀναστὰς δὲ Λάβαν τὸ πρωΐ κατεφίλησε τοὺς υἱοὺς καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἀποστραφεὶς Λάβαν ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

¹AND Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and of our father's property has he gotten all this glory.

²And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not toward him as before.

³And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy father, and to thy family, and I will be with thee.

⁴And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.

⁵And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me.

⁶And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father.

⁷But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not [power] to hurt me.

⁸If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white.

⁹So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

¹⁰And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots.

¹¹And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it?

¹²And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee.

¹³I am God that appeared to thee in the place of God where thou anointedst a pillar to me, and vowedst to me there a vow; now then arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of thy nativity, and I will be with thee.

¹⁴And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?

¹⁵Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money.

¹⁶All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it shall be our's and our children's; now then do whatsoever God has said to thee.

¹⁷And Jacob arose and took his wives and his children up on the camels;

¹⁸and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Chanaan.

¹⁹And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images.

²⁰And Jacob hid [the matter from] Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.

²¹And he departed himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over the river, and went into the mountain Galaad.

²²But it was told Laban the Syrian on the third day, that Jacob was fled.

²³And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.

²⁴And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not at any time to Jacob evil things.

²⁵And Laban overtook Jacob; and Jacob pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban stationed his brothers in the mount Galaad.

²⁶And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

²⁷Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

²⁸And I was not counted worthy to embrace my children and my daughters; now then thou hast wrought foolishly.

²⁹And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.

³⁰Now then go on thy way, for thou hast earnestly desired to depart to the house of thy father; wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

³¹And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time thou shouldest take away thy daughters from me, and all my possessions.

³²And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.

³³And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found [them] not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maid-servants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel.

³⁴And Rachel took the idols, and cast them among the camel's packs, and sat upon them.

³⁵And she said to her father, Be not indignant, Sir; I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me according to the manner of women. Laban searched in all the house, and found not the images.

³⁶And Jacob was angry, and strove with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my injustice, and what my sin, that thou hast pursued after me,

³⁷and that thou hast searched all the furniture of my house? what hast thou found of all the furniture of thine house? set it here between thy relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two.

³⁸These twenty years have I been with thee; thy sheep, and thy she-goats have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of thy cattle.

³⁹That which was taken of beasts I brought not to thee; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night.

⁴⁰I was parched with heat by day, and [chilled] with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.

⁴¹These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.

⁴²Unless I had the God of my father Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.

⁴³And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things which thou seest are mine, and [the property] of my daughters; what shall I do to them to-day, or their children which they bore?

⁴⁴Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee.

⁴⁵And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar.

⁴⁶And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee to-day.

⁴⁷And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap.

⁴⁸And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and thee; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses.

⁴⁹And the vision of which he said-- Let God look to it between me and thee, because we are about to depart from each other,-

⁵⁰If thou shalt humble my daughters, if thou shouldest take wives in addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God [is] witness between me and thee.

⁵¹And Laban said to Jacob, Behold, this heap, and this pillar are a witness.

⁵²For if I should not cross over unto thee, neither shouldest thou cross over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar.

⁵³The God of Abraam and the God of Nachor judge between us;

⁵⁴and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.

⁵⁵And Laban rose up in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban having turned back, departed to his place.