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Book of Genesis 41

39 Neither did I shew thee that which the 51 And he said again to Jacob: Behold this
beast had torn; I made good all the damage: heap, and the stone which I have set up between
whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it me and thee,
of me: 52 Shall be a witness: this heap, I say, and
40 Day and night was I parched with heat, and the stone, be they for a testimony, if either I
with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes. shall pass beyond it going towards thee, or thou
41 And in this manner have I served thee in shalt pass beyond it thinking harm to me.
thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daugh- 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Na-
ters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed chor, the God of their father, judge betweeen us.
also my wages ten times. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac:
42 Unless the God of my father, Abraham, 54 And after he had offered sacrifices in the
and the fear of Isaac, had stood by me, peradven- mountain, he called his brethren to eat bread.
ture now thou hadst sent me away naked: God And when they had eaten, they lodged there:
beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, 55 But Laban arose in the night, and kissed
and rebuked thee yesterday. his sons and daughters, and blessed them: and
43 Laban answered him: The daughters are returned to his place.
mine, and the children, and thy flocks, and all
things that thou seest are mine: what can I do
to my children, and grandchildren? Chapter 32
44 Come, therefore, let us enter into a league;
that it may be for a testimony between me and Jacob also went on the journey he had begun:
thee. and the angels of God met him.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for 2 And when he saw them, he said: These are
a title. the camps of God, and he called the name of
46 And he said to his brethren: Bring hither that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.
stones. And they, gathering stones together, 3 And he sent messengers before him to Esau,
made a heap, and they ate upon it. his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of
47 And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Edom:
Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them 4 And he commanded them, saying: Thus
according to the propriety of his language. shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy
48 And Laban said: This heap shall be a wit- brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and
ness between me and thee this day, and therefore have been with him until this day:
the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The 5 I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and
witness heap. menservants, and womenservants: and now I
49 The Lord behold and judge between us, send a message to my lord, that I may find favour
when we shall be gone one from the other. in thy sight.
50 If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, say-
bring in other wives over them: none is witness ing: We came to Esau, thy brother, and behold
of our speech but God, who is present and be- he cometh with speed to meet thee with four
holdeth. hundred men.