1 雅各听见拉班的众子谈论， 说： "雅各把我们父亲所有的都夺去了， 他这一切财物， 都是从我们父亲的财产那里得来的。" 2 雅各也注意到拉班的脸色， 对自己不像从前那样了。 3 那时， 耶和华对雅各说： "你要回到你列祖之地， 到你的亲族那里去， 我必与你同在。" 4 雅各就派人把拉结和利亚叫到田间的羊群那里去， 5 对她们说： "我注意到你们父亲的脸色， 对我不像从前那样了； 但是我父亲的 神与我同在。 6 我尽了我的力量来服事你们的父亲， 这是你们知道的； 7 你们的父亲却欺骗了我， 十次更改了我的工资； 但 神不容许他伤害我。 8 如果他说： ‘有斑点的算是你的工资’， 羊群所生的全部都有斑点； 如果他说： ‘有条纹的算是你的工资’， 羊群所生的全部有条纹。 9 这样， 神把你们父亲的牲畜夺来， 赐给我了。 10 有一次， 羊群交配的时候， 我在梦中举目观看， 看见爬在母羊身上的公山羊， 都是有条纹、有斑点和有花斑的。 11 神的使者在梦中对我说： ‘雅各。’我说： ‘我在这里。’ 12 他说： ‘你举目观看， 所有爬在母羊身上的公山羊， 都是有条纹、有斑点和有花斑的， 因为拉班向你所作的一切， 我都看见了。 13 我就是伯特利的 神， 你曾经在那里用油膏过石柱， 又在那里向我许过愿。现在你要起程， 离开这地， 回到你的亲族那里去吧。’" 14 拉结和利亚回答雅各， 说： "在我们父亲的家里， 我们还有可得的分和产业吗？ 15 他不是把我们看作外人吗？因为他把我们卖了， 吞没了我们的身价。 16 神从我们父亲夺回来的一切财物， 都是属于我们和我们的儿女的。现在 神吩咐你的一切， 你只管作吧。" 17 于是雅各起来， 叫他的儿女和妻子们都骑上骆驼。 18 又赶着他所有的牲畜， 带着他所得的一切财物， 就是他在巴旦．亚兰所得的一切牲畜， 要到迦南地， 他父亲以撒那里去。 19 当时拉班剪羊毛去了， 拉结就偷了他父亲的神像。 20 雅各瞒着亚兰人拉班， 没有告诉拉班他将要逃走。 21 于是， 雅各带着他所有的一切逃走了。他起程渡过了大河， 面对着基列山走去。 22 到了第三天， 有人告诉拉班说雅各逃走了。 23 拉班就带着自己的众兄弟追赶他， 追了七日的路程， 才在基列山把他们追上了。 24 当天晚上， 神在梦中来到亚兰人拉班那里， 对他说： "你要小心， 不可与雅各说什么。" 25 拉班追上了雅各。当时雅各已经在山上支搭了帐棚； 拉班和他的众兄弟， 也在基列山上支搭了帐棚。 26 拉班对雅各说： "你作的是什么事呢？你瞒着我， 把我的女儿们当作战俘一样带走了。 27 你为什么暗中逃走， 瞒着我不让我知道， 使我可以欢欢喜喜地唱歌、击鼓、弹琴给你送行呢？ 28 你又不让我与我的外孙和女儿亲嘴。你所作的太糊涂了！ 29 我本来有能力可以伤害你， 但昨天晚上， 你们父亲的 神对我说： ‘你要小心， 不可与雅各说什么。’ 30 现在你既然渴想你的父家， 一定要回去， 为什么又偷我的神像呢？" 31 雅各回答拉班， 说： "我逃走， 是因为我害怕， 我心里想： 恐怕你会把你的女儿们从我的手中抢走。 32 至于你的神像， 你在谁身上搜出来， 那人就不该活着； 你当着我们众兄弟面前查一查， 如果在我这里有什么东西是你的， 你只管拿去。"原来雅各不知拉结偷了神像。 33 拉班进了雅各的帐棚、利亚的帐棚和两个婢女的帐棚， 都没有搜出什么， 于是从利亚的帐棚出来， 进了拉结的帐棚。 34 拉结已经把神像放在骆驼的鞍下， 自己坐在上面。拉班搜遍了帐棚， 但没有搜出什么。 35 拉结对她父亲说： "求我主不要生气， 我不能在你面前起来， 因为我正有女人的经期。"这样， 拉班彻底搜查了， 也搜不出那神像来。 36 雅各就生气， 与拉班争吵起来。雅各责问拉班说： "我到底有什么过犯， 有什么罪恶， 你竟这样急速地追赶我呢？ 37 你已经搜遍了我所有的家具， 你有找到你家的东西没有？可以把它放在这里， 在你我的众兄弟面前， 让他们可以在你我中间判断一下。 38 这二十年来， 我与你在一起； 你的母绵羊和母山羊没掉过胎， 你羊群中的公羊， 我没有吃过。 39 被野兽撕裂的， 我没有给你带回来， 都是由我自己赔偿； 无论白天偷去的， 或是黑夜偷的， 你都要我负责。 40 我白天受尽炎热， 黑夜受尽寒霜， 不能入睡； 我经常是这样。 41 我这二十年在你的家里， 为你的两个女儿服事了你十四年； 为你的羊群服事了你六年； 你又十次改了我的工资。 42 如果不是我父亲的 神， 就是亚伯拉罕的 神， 以撒所敬畏的 神， 与我同在， 你现在必定打发我空手回去。但 神看见了我的苦情和我手中的辛劳， 所以他昨天晚上责备了你。" 43 拉班回答雅各， 说： "这些女儿是我的女儿； 这些孩子是我的孩子； 这些羊群也是我的羊群。其实你眼所见的一切都是我的。但我今日向我的女儿和她们所生的孩子， 能作什么呢？ 44 来吧， 现在我和你可以立约， 作为你我之间的证据。" 45 雅各就拿了一块石头， 立作石柱。 46 雅各又对自己的众兄弟说： "你们把石头堆聚起来。"他们就把石头拿来， 堆成了一堆。他们又在石堆旁边吃喝。 47 拉班称那石堆为伊迦尔．撒哈杜他， 雅各却称那石堆为迦累得。 48 拉班说： "今天这堆石头是你我之间的证据。"因此它名叫迦累得， 49 又名叫米斯巴， 因为拉班说： "我们彼此分离以后， 愿耶和华在你我中间鉴察。 50 你若苦待我的女儿， 或在我的女儿以外， 另娶妻子， 虽然没有人在我们中间作证， 但你要注意， 神就是你我之间的见证人。" 51 拉班又对雅各说： "你看这堆石头， 看我在你我之间所竖立的石柱。 52 这堆石头就是证据， 这石柱也是证据： 我决不越过这石堆到你那里去， 你也决不可越过这石堆和石柱， 到我这里来害我。 53 但愿亚伯拉罕的 神、拿鹤的 神， 就是他们父亲的 神， 在我们中间判断。"雅各就指着他父亲以撒所敬畏的 神起誓。 54 雅各又在山上献祭， 叫了自己的众兄弟来吃饭。他们吃了饭， 就在山上过夜。 55 拉班清早起来， 与他的外孙和女儿亲嘴， 给他们祝福。然后拉班离开那里， 回自己的地方去了。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为32:1）

1 And he heareth the words of Laban`s sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;`2 and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.3 And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.`4 And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;5 and saith to them, `I am beholding your father`s face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,6 and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,7 and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.8 `If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-straked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-straked;9 and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.10 `And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled;11 and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I.12 `And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;13 I [am] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.`14 And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?15 have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;16 for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it [is] ours, and our children`s; and now, all that God hath said unto thee -- do.`17 And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,18 and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.19 And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;20 and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;21 and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face [toward] the mount of Gilead.22 And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled,23 and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.24 And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.`25 And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed [theirs] in the mount of Gilead.26 And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?27 Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,28 and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing [so];29 my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.30 `And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?`31 And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;32 with whomsoever thou findest thy gods -- he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what [is] with me, and take to thyself:` and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them.33 And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.34 And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found;35 and she saith unto her father, `Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women [is] on me;` and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.36 And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `What [is] my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?37 for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.38 `These twenty years I [am] with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten;39 the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;40 I have been [thus]: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.41 `This [is] to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;42 unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.`43 And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing [is] mine; and to my daughters -- what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?44 and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.`45 And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar;46 and Jacob saith to his brethren, `Gather stones,` and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;47 and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.48 And Laban saith, `This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;` therefore hath he called its name Galeed;49 Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;50 if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters -- there is no man with us -- see, God [is] witness between me and thee.`51 And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;52 this heap [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil;53 the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,` and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.54 And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;55 and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place.