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Malachi Chapter 31

1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken

2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was

3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy

4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his

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

7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times;

8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the

9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given

10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that

11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which

13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and

14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any

16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is

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

19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the

20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he

21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over

22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven

24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said

25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the

26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast

28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou

29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of

30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore

32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before

33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into

34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s

35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I

36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered

38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she

39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare

40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by

41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee

42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of

43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my

44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and

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

47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this

50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other

51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this

53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their

54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his

55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and