Genesis 31:36-55

Genesis 31:36-55

[36] And Jacob  was wroth,  and chode  with Laban:  and Jacob  answered  and said  to Laban,  What is my trespass?  what is my sin,  that thou hast so hotly pursued  after me?  [37] Whereas  thou hast searched  all my stuff,  what hast thou found  of all thy household  stuff?  set  it here  before my brethren  that they may judge  betwixt  us both.  [38] This twenty  years  have I been with thee; thy ewes  and thy she goats  have not cast their young,  and the rams  of thy flock  have I not eaten.  [39] That which was torn  of beasts I brought  not unto thee; I bare the loss  of it; of my hand  didst thou require  it, whether stolen  by day,  or stolen  by night.  [40] Thus I was; in the day  the drought  consumed  me, and the frost  by night;  and my sleep  departed  from mine eyes.  [41] Thus have I been twenty  years  in thy house;  I served thee  fourteen  years  for thy two  daughters,  and six  years  for thy cattle:  and thou hast changed  my wages  ten  times.  [42] Except  the God  of my father,  the God  of Abraham,  and the fear  of Isaac,  had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away  now empty.  God  hath seen  mine affliction  and the labour  of my hands,  and rebuked  thee yesternight.  [43] And Laban  answered  and said  unto Jacob,  These daughters  and these children  and these cattle  and all that thou seest  is mine: and what can I do  this day  unto these my daughters,  or  unto their children  which they have born?  [44] let us make  a covenant,  I and thou; and let it be for a witness  [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  stones,  and made  an heap:  and they did eat  there upon the heap.  [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 day.  Therefore was the name  of it called  Galeed;  [49] And Mizpah;  for  he said,  The LORD  watch  between me and thee, when we are absent  from another.  [50] If thou shalt afflict  my daughters,  or if thou shalt take  other wives  beside  my daughters,  no man  is with us; see,  God  is witness  [51] And Laban  said  to Jacob,  Behold this heap,  and behold this pillar,  which I have cast  [52] This heap  be witness,  and this pillar  be witness,  that I will not pass over  this heap  to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over  this heap  and this pillar  unto me, for harm.  [53] The God  of Abraham,  and the God  of Nahor,  the God  of their father,  judge  betwixt us. And Jacob  sware  by the fear  of his father  Isaac.  [54] Then Jacob  offered  sacrifice  upon the mount,  and called  his brethren  to eat  bread:  and they did eat  bread,  and tarried all night  in the mount.  [55] in the morning  Laban  rose up,  and kissed  his sons  and his daughters,  and blessed  them: and Laban  and returned  unto his place.