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# ver. 41.

Num. 11. 22; Neh 4. 12; Job 19. 3; Zec. 8. 21.

8 ch. 20 6; Job 1. 10; Ps. 105. 14, 15; L. 51. 17.

ch. 30. 32.

d vers. 1, 16; Ps 50.
10; Pro 13 22.
see eh. 20. 6.

8 changed my wages ten' times; but God'suffered him not to hurt me. said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle 9 ringstraked. Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given 10 them to me. And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped 11 upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. And the angel of God vers. 5, 13; ch. 18. 16. 12 spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, 'where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now *arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, 'Is there yet any portion or 15 inheritance for us in our father's house? Are we not counted of him strangers? 16 for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. For all the riches " which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

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* Ex. 3. 7,9; Ps. 12. 5. A Le. 19. 13; Deu. 24. 15; Eph. 6. 9.

i ch. 28. 12-22; 35. 7. k ver. 3; ch. 32. 9.

1 ch. 2. 24.

ver. 41; ch. 29. 1520, 27-30.

"ver. 9; ch. 30. 35-43.

• ch. 28. 21; 35. 27.

P ch. 35. 2; Judg. 17. 5; 1 Sam. 19. 13; Hos. 3. 4.

ch. 46. 28; 2 Ki. 12. 17; L.k. 9. 51, 53. Job 5. 12, 13.

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; and he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the 19 land of Canaan. And Laban went to shear his sheep and Rachel had stolen the 20 images that were her father's. And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the 21 Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. And he took 'his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they ch. 13. 8. 24 overtook him in the mount Gilead. And God 'came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou "speak not to Jacob 25 either good or bad [from good to bad]. Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

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t ver. 10; ch. 20. 3; Job 33, 15-17; Mt. 1. 20.

ch. 24. 50; Num

24. 13.

y Pro. 26. 23-26.

ver. 55; Ru. 1. 9, 14;

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the 1 Sam. 30. 2, 27 sword? Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, 28 with tabret, and with harp? and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my 29 daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, 30 saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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1 Ki. 19. 20; Ac. 20. 37.

a1 Sam. 13. 13; 2 Chr. 16. 9.

& Ps. 52. 1; John 19. 10, 11.

с ver. 53; ch. 28. 13

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d ver. 24; Ac. 5. 38,39.

ver. 19; Judg. 18.24

31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Pro. 29. 25.
32 Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. With whom-
soever thou findest thy gods, & let him not live: "before our brethren discern thou
what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel
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And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and 34 entered into Rachel's tent. Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but 35 found them not. And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he Ex. 20. 12; Le. 19.32. searched, but found not the images. 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 37 after me? Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? 'set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they Mt. 18. 16; 1 Pet. 38 may judge betwixt us both. This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes

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1 Ten is most likely used as a round number, meaning | divination, even by some worshippers of Jehovah; but 'a great many.'

2 Rather, price;' for Jacob had paid for them by labour. 3 The inhabitants of the Syrian deserts have few household goods; so that a large body can break up their encampment and remove everything in a few hours.

4 Heb., teraphim; these were images having generally a human head, which appear to have been used for

were repeatedly forbidden.

5 That is, the Euphrates.

6 Either to allure or to deter him from his purpose. 7 As a son or daughter is expected to do in the presence of a father.

8 This is supposed, by Kennicott and others, not to be the same twenty as in ver. 41.

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Ex. 22. 12.

and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not 39 eaten. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss Ex. 22. 10, etc. of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by 40 night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by 41 night;' and my sleep departed from mine eyes. Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years 42 for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 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.

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• ch. 29. 27, 28

P ver. 7.

1 ver. 24; Ps. 124. 1 -3.

ver. 53; Is. & 13 ver. 12; ch. 9. E; Ex. 3. 7.

1 Chr. 12. 17; Jude 9.

"ch. 26. 28; Pro. 16.7.

* Jos. 24. 27.

# Jos. 24. 27.

43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters,
and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that
thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto
44 their children which they have born? Now therefore come thou, "let us make a
covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his ch. 28. 18.
brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did
47 eat there upon the heap. And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha [i. e. the heap of
witness: Chald.]: but Jacob called it Galeed [i. e. the heap of witness: Heb.].
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. There-
49 fore was the name of it called Galeed; and Mizpah [i. e. a beacon, or, watch-
tower]; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent
50 one from another. 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 betwixt me
51 and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,
52 which I have cast betwixt me and thee; 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
53 over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. The God of Abraham, and the
God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by

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Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat 55 bread and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

Jacob's vision, prayer, and contest with the angel; his fear of Esau, and present to him. 32 AND Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's 'host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim [i. e. two hosts, or, camps].

a Judg. 11. 29; 1 Sam. 7.5

b Jer. 42. 5; Mie. 1. 2

ch. 16. 5.

d ch. 14. 22; 21. 23, 24 ver. 42; Deu. & 13

fch. 28. 1.

8 ch. 18. 33; 30. 25.

A Pa. 34. 7; 91. 11;
Heb. 1. 14.

i Jos. 5 14; Pe. 102
21; 148. 2; Lk. 2. 13

ch. 36. 6-8; Deu. 2. 5; Jos. 24. 4. Pro. 15. 1: Ece. 10 4; Lk. 14. 11 " ch. 30. 43. • ch. 33. 8, 15.

3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of ch. 3, 14, 16. 4 Seir, 'the country of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, "Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with 5 Laban, and stayed there until now: and "I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and women-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

P ch. 33. 1.

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that ch. 35. 3; Mt. 8. 2. 8 was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; and

said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

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9 And Jacob said, 'O God' of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, 10 and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the "mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my * Deliver 11 staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear 12 him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the ch. 2. 13-15: Num. sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a 14 present for Esau his brother; two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two

1 In the high open plains of Syria the night is often bitterly cold, though the day may be intensely hot. 2 The object of reverence. See ver. 53. 3 In a visible appearance, in great numbers. seems to be referred to in Psa. xxxiv. 7.

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15 hundred ewes, and twenty rams, thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, 16 and ten bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten foals. And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, 17 Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these 18 before thee? Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present 19 sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this 20 manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.'

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So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the 22 company. And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two 23 women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

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deh. 43. 11; Pro. 21. 14

Deu. 3. 16

ver. 28, 30; eh. 48.

16: Hos. 12. 3, 4; 1.k. 22 44; Eph. 6. 12, 18.

11. 5-8

A see Mt. 26, 41; 2 Cor. 12. 7.

i see Can. 7. 5; Lk. 21. 28.

24 And Jacob was left alone. And there wrestled a man with him until the 25 breaking of the day. And when he saw & that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of 8 Mi. 15. 22-28; Lk. 26 joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. 27 And he said, I will not let thee go, 'except thou bless me. And he said unto 28 him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, "Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel [i. e. a prince of God]: for as a prince hast 29 thou" power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, "Wherefore is it 30 that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [i. e. the face of God]: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

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k Can. 3. 4; Hos. 12. 4; Mr. 11. 12; 15. 21-28; 1.k. 18. 1;

1 Cor. 15. 58,

1 Chr. 4. 10.
ch. 17. 5; 35. 10;
2 Ki. 17. 31
Mos. 12. 3-5.

ch. 25. 31; 27. 33;
Pro, 16. 7.

P Deu. 29. 29; Judg. 13. 17, 18; Job 11. 7.

ch. 16. 13; Ex. 24. 11; 33. 20; Deu, 5, 24; Judg. 6. 22; 13. 22; 1s. 6. 5.

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his ver. : Hos, 6. 1. 32 thigh. Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

The friendly meeting of Jacob and Esau.

33 AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto 2 Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph 3 hindermost. And he passed over before them, and 'bowed himself to the ground 4 seven times, until he came near to his brother. "And Esau ran to meet him, and 5 embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

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lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy 6 servant. Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they 7 bowed themselves. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

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And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he 9 said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. And Esau said, I have 10 enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, 11 and thou wast pleased with me. Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought

1 Jacob's prayer did not make him presume upon God's mercy, apart from his own prudence and diligence. God answers our prayers by teaching us discretion.

2 Or, 'ford of Jabbok.' This is a rapid but narrow stream, which flows into the Jordan from the east.

3 Or, Jehovah himself in a human form (ver. 30). This contest appears to have been partly corporeal (see ver. 25); but that it was also partly spiritual is evident from Hosea xii. 3, 4; where we learn that Jacob 'wept and made supplication' to the angel: nor would he cease till he had obtained his request.

4 Reminding Jacob that his success was not owing to his own strength or sufficiency, but to the condescension and kindness of his opponent.

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ch. 32. 6.

ch. 18, 2: 32 4;
42. 6; 43. 26.
ch. 32. 28.
eh. 45. 14, 15.

ch. 48, 9; 1 Chr. 28. 5; Psa. 127. 3; Is. 8. 18.

ch. 32. 16.

a ch. 32. 5.

beh. 43. 3; 2 Sam. 3.
13: 14. 24, 28, 32;
Mi. 18. 10.
Jud. 1. 15; 1 Sam.
25. 27: 30. 26; 2
Ki. 5. 15.

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6 Ör, and with men also thou shalt prevail.' successful importunity with God is made a pledge of his success with Esau.

7 It was the prevailing notion that no one could see God and live. See Exod. xxxiii. 20.

8 He went lame, or limped; thus carrying with him a token of the reality of what had occurred, and one which perhaps served, like Paul's thorn in the flesh, to keep him from being unduly lifted up (2 Cor. xii. 7).

9 This phrase is used sometimes to give intensity to an expression; as where Moses is said to be 'fair to God' (Acts vii. 20).

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because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have * enough.
And he urged' him, and he took it.

Phil. 4. 18.

2 Ki. 5. 23.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one 14 day, all the flock will die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me 15 and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. And 5 ch. 32. 3. Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 10,17 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. And Jacob journeyed to 'Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the Jos 13 27: Judg.& name of the place is called Succoth [i. e. booths].

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Jacob at Shechem; violence to Dinah; murder of the Shechemites. AND Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And 'he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of 20 the children of " Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and "called it El-elohe-Israel [i. e. God the God of Israel]. 34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to 2 see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled 3 [humbled]' her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he 4 loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. And Shechem 'spake unto 5 his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob "held his peace until they were come.

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And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth 9 for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and "the land shall be before you; dwell and trade 11 ye therein, and get you possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say 12 unto me, I will give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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Ru. 2. 13.

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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, 14 and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: and they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that Jos. 5. 9. 15 were a reproach unto us: but in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as 16 we be, that every male of you be circumcised; then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, 17 and we will become one people. But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: 20 and he was & more honourable than all the house of his father. And Hamor and 1 Chr. 4. 9.

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Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of 21 their city, saying, These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, 23 if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent 24 unto them, and they will dwell with us. And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

1 The acceptance of a present is deemed of peculiar importance in the east, as a ratification of friendship. 2 Rather, 'came safe,' or 'in peace.'

3 In the other two places where this Hebrew word occurs (namely, Josh. xxiv. 32; Job xlii. 11), as well as

A ch. 23. 10.

| here, it is rendered lambs' by the ancient versions. Jacob seems to have been anxious for a possession in Canaan; from which, however, he was soon driven, probably never to revisit it.

4 The Hebrew word commonly implies force.

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And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, 'Simeon and Levi,' Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, eh. 49. 5—7. 26 and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's 27 house, and went out. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the 28 city, because they had defiled their sister. They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the 29 field, and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house."

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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, * Ye have 'troubled me " to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: "and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, 31 and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

Jacob fulfils his vow at Bethel; death of Rachel.

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35 AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from 2 the face of Esau thy brother.3 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away 'the strange gods that are among you, and 'be 3 clean, and change your garments: and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God," who answered me in the day of my distress, 4 and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings3 which were in 5 their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. And they journeyed. And the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

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6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and 7 all the people that were with him. And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el [i. e. The God of Beth-el]; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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¡Jos. 7. 25.
Ex. 5. 21; 1 Sam.
13. 4.

"Deu. 4. 2; Ps. 105.

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ch. 28. 19; 31. 13; Ece. 5. 4-6.

P ch. 2. 13.

9 ch. 27. 43-45; P. 66. 13, 14.

eh. 18, 19; Jos. 24. 15.

ch. 31. 19, 34; Jos, 24. 2, 23; 1 Sam. 7. 3; 1 Cor. 10. 7; Gal. 4. 8.

Ex. 19. 10, 20; Eze. 36. 25; 2 Cor. 7. 1. "ch. 28. 12, 13; 32. 7, 21; Ps. 10. 6.

el. 28. 15, 20; 31.

3, 42.

Hos. 2. 13.

Jos. 24 26; Judg.

9. 6.

Ex. 15. 16; 23. 27: 34. 24; Deu. 11. 25; Jos. 2. 9: 5 1; I Sam. 14. 15; 2 Chr. 14. 14; P. 14. 5. b ch. 28. 19, 22. e Fec. 5. 4 d ch. 28. 13

Hos. 12. 4.
ch. 17. 5.

A ch. 32. 27, 28.

i ch. 17. 1; 48. 3, 4; Ex. 6 3

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under ch. 24 59. an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth [i. e. The oak of weeping]. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and 10 blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation 12 and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; and the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed 13 after thee will I give the land. And God" went up from him in the place where he 14 talked with him. And Jacob "set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured 15 oil thereon. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

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And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to P2 Ki. 5. 19. 17 Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou 18 shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni [i. e. the son of my sorrow]; 19 but his father called him Benjamin [i. e. the son of the right hand]. And 'Rachel died, and was buried in the way to 'Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave "unto this day.

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And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and ch. 49. 4:1 Chr. 5. lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it."

1 These two were the leaders; probably accompanied by their servants, and possibly by some of their brothers.

2 This narrative shows, in a painful manner, how one sin leads to another. Intimacy with sinners leads either to seduction, or, as in this case, to violence: this produces wrath; wrath thirsts for revenge; and revenge issues in treachery, murder, and lawless depredation.

3 Jacob seems to have forgotten his vow (chap. xxviii. 22), or at least to have too long delayed its performance. 4 Personal cleanliness has always been regarded as a natural symbol of moral purity.

1; see 2 Sam. 16. 22; 20. 3; 1 Cor. 5. 1.

worship were, and still are, common among the heathen, and are used as charms. See Hos. ii. 13.

6 Or, 'terebinth.' This verse implies that Jacob had had some intercourse with his father's house, and that his mother was probably dead.

7 Or, 'Ephratah.' Comp. Matt. ii. 17 with Jer. xxxi. 15. 8 The Samaritan has Benjamim, 'the son of days,' or ' of old age.' It is not unlikely that Jacob was now most accustomed to the Aramaic forms; so that he would use Benjamin instead of Benjamim.

9 That is, with displeasure, as he afterwards showed by

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