1Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium:But afterwards, he heard the words of the sons of Laban,Tulit Jacob omnia quæ fuerunt patris nostri,saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s,et de illius facultate ditatus,and being enlarged by his ability,factus est inclytus:he has become famous.”
2animadvertit quoque faciem Laban,Likewise,quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudiustertius,he observed that Laban’s face was not the same toward him as it was yesterday and the day before.
3maxime dicente sibi Domino:Most importantly,Revertere in terram patrum tuorum,the Lord was saying to him,et ad generationem tuam,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your generation,eroque tecum.and I will be with you.”
4Misit, et vocavit Rachel et Liam in agrum,He sent and called for Rachel and Leah,ubi pascebat greges,in the field where he pastured the flocks,
5dixitque eis:and he said to them:Video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri et nudiustertius:“I see that your father’s face is not the same toward me as it was yesterday and the day before.Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum.But the God of my father has been with me.
6Et ipsæ nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro.And you know that I have served your father with all my strength.
7SedEven so,et pater vester circumvenit meyour father has circumvented me,et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus:and he has changed my wages ten times.et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi.And yet God has not permitted him to harm me.
8Si quando dixit:Whenever he said,Variæ erunt mercedes tuæ:‘The speckled will be your wages,’pariebant omnes oves varios fœtus;all the sheep gave birth to speckled newborns.quando vero e contrario,Yet truly,ait:when he said the contrary,Alba quæque accipies pro mercede:‘You will take whatever is white for your wages,’omnes greges alba pepererunt.all the flocks gave birth to white ones.
9Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri,And it is God who has taken your father’s substanceet dedit mihi.and given it to me.
10Postquam enim conceptus ovium tempus advenerat,For after the time had arrived for the ewes to conceive,levavi oculos meos,I lifted up my eyes,et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas,and I saw in my sleep that the males climbing on the females were of variegated,varios et maculosos,and spotted,et diversorum colorum.and diverse colors.
11Dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis:And the Angel of God said to me in my sleep,Jacob?‘Jacob.’Et ego respondi:And I responded,Adsum.‘Here I am.’
12Qui ait:And he said:Leva oculos tuos,‘Lift up your eyes,et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas, varios,and see that all the males climbing on the females are variegated,maculosos,spotted,atque respersos.and also speckled.Vidi enim omnia quæ fecit tibi Laban.For I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
13Ego sum Deus Bethel,I am the God of Bethel,ubi unxisti lapidem,where you anointed the stoneet votum vovisti mihi.and made a vow to me.Nunc ergo surge,Now therefore arise,et egredere de terra hac,and depart from this land,revertens in terram nativitatis tuæ.returning to the land of your nativity.’”
14Responderuntque Rachel et Lia:And Rachel and Leah responded:Numquid habemus residui quidquam in facultatibus et hæreditate domus patris nostri?“Have we anything left behind among the resources and inheritance of our father’s house?
15nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos,Has he not considered us as foreigners,et vendidit,and sold us,comeditque pretium nostrum?and consumed our price?
16Sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri,But God has taken our father’s richeset eas tradidit nobis,and handed these to usac filiis nostris:and to our sons.unde omnia quæ præcepit tibi Deus,Therefore,fac.do all that God has instructed you.”
17Surrexit itaque Jacob,And so Jacob rose up,et impositis liberis ac conjugibus suis super camelos,and having placed the children and his wives upon camels,abiit.he went forth.
18Tulitque omnem substantiam suam,And he took all his substance and flocks,et greges,and whatever he had acquired in Mesopotamia,et quidquid in Mesopotamia acquisierat,and he journeyed to his father Isaac,pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan.in the land of Canaan.
19Eo tempore ierat Laban ad tondendas oves,At that time, Laban had gone to shear the sheep,et Rachel furata est idola patris sui.and so Rachel stole her father’s idols.
20Noluitque Jacob confiteri socero suo quod fugeret.And Jacob was not willing to confess to his father-in-law that he was fleeing.
21Cumque abiisset tam ipse quam omnia quæ juris sui erant,And when he had gone away with all such things that were justly his, and,et amne transmisso pergeret contra montem Galaad,having crossed the river, was continuing on toward Mount Gilead,
22nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Jacob.it was reported to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
23Qui, assumptis fratribus suis,And taking his brothers with him,persecutus est eum diebus septem:he pursued him for seven days.et comprehendit eum in monte Galaad.And he overtook him at Mount Gilead.
24Viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Deum:And he saw in a dream, God saying to him,Cave ne quidquam aspere loquaris contra Jacob.“Beware that you not speak anything harsh against Jacob.”
25Jamque Jacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum:And now Jacob had pitched his tent at the mountain.cumque ille consecutus fuisset eum cum fratribus suis,And when he, with his brothers, had overtaken him,in eodem monte Galaad fixit tentorium.he set his tent at the same place at Mount Gilead.
26Et dixit ad Jacob:And he said to Jacob:Quare ita egisti,“Why have you acted this way,ut clam me abigeres filias meas quasi captivas gladio?departing from me in secret, with my daughters like captives of the sword?
27cur ignorante me fugere voluisti,Why would you want to flee without my knowledgenec indicare mihi,and without telling me,ut prosequerer te cum gaudio,though I might have led you forward with gladness,et canticis,and songs,et tympanis,and timbrels,et citharis?and lyres?
28Non es passus ut oscularer filios meosYou have not permitted me to kiss my sons and daughters.et filias:You have acted foolishly.stulte operatus es:And now,et nunc quidemindeed,
29valet manus mea reddere tibi malum:my hand has power to repay you with harm.sed Deus patris vestri heri dixit mihi:But the God of your father said to me yesterday,Cave ne loquaris contra Jacob quidquam durius.‘Beware that you not speak anything stern against Jacob.’
30Esto, ad tuos ire cupiebas,It may be that you desired to go to your own,et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui:and that you longed for the house of your father.cur furatus es deos meos?But why have you stolen my gods?”
31Respondit Jacob:Jacob answered: “I set out,Quod inscio te profectus sum, timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas.unknown to you, because I feared that you might take away your daughters by violence.
32Quod autem furti me arguis:But, since you accuse me of theft,apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos,with whomever you will find your gods,necetur coram fratribus nostris: scrutare,let him be slain in the sight of our brothers. Search;quidquid tuorum apud me inveneris,anything of yours that you will find with me,et aufer.take it away.”Hæc dicens, ignorabat quod Rachel furata esset idola.Now when he said this, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
33Ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Jacob,And so Laban, entering the tent of Jacob,et Liæ,and of Leah,et utriusque famulæ,and of both the handmaids,non invenit.did not find them.Cumque intrasset tentorium Rachelis,And when he had entered the tent of Rachel,
34illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramenta cameli,she quickly hid the idols under the camel’s bedding,et sedit desuper:and she sat upon them.scrutantique omne tentorium,And when he had searched the entire tentet nihil invenienti,and found nothing,
35ait:she said:Ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te assurgere nequeo:“Do not be angry, my lord, that I am unable to rise up in your sight,quia juxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi:because it has now happened to me according to the custom of women.”sic delusa sollicitudo quærentis est.So his careful search was thwarted.
36Tumensque Jacob,And Jacob, being inflated,cum jurgio ait:said with contention:Quam ob culpam meam,“For which fault of mine,et ob quod peccatum meum sic exarsisti post me,or for what sin of mine, have you become so enraged against me
37et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam?and searched all the items of my house?quid invenisti de cuncta substantia domus tuæ?What have you found from all the substance of your house?pone hic coram fratribus meis,Place it here before my brothers,et fratribus tuis,and your brothers,et judicent inter me et te.and let them judge between me and you.
38Idcirco viginti annis fui tecum?For what reason have I been with you for twenty years?oves tuæ et capræ steriles non fuerunt,Your ewes and she-goats were not barren;arietes gregis tui non comedi:the rams of your flocks I did not consume.
39nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi,Neither did I reveal to you what was seized by the wild beast.ego damnum omne reddebam:I replaced all that was damaged.quidquid furto peribat,Whatever was lost by theft,a me exigebas:you collected it from me.
40die noctuque æstu urebar,Day and night,et gelu,I was burned by heat and by frost,fugiebatque somnus ab oculis meis.and sleep fled from my eyes.
41Sicque per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi,And in this way, for twenty years, I have served you in your house:quatuordecim pro filiabus,fourteen for your daughters,et sex pro gregibus tuis:and six for your flocks.immutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus.You have also changed my wages ten times.
42Nisi Deus patris mei Abraham, et timor Isaac affuisset mihi,If the God of my father Abraham and the fear of Isaac had not been close to me,forsitan modo nudum me dimisisses:perhaps by now you would have sent me away naked.afflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus,But God looked kindly on my affliction and the labor of my hands,et arguit te heri.and he rebuked you yesterday.”
43Respondit ei Laban:Laban answered him:Filiæ meæ et filii,“My daughters and sons,et greges tui,and your flocks,et omnia quæ cernis, mea sunt:and all that you discern are mine.quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis?What can I do to my sons and grandchildren?
44Veni ergo,Come,et ineamus fœdus,therefore,ut sit in testimonium inter melet us enter into a pact,et te.so that it may be a testimony between me and you.”
45Tulit itaque Jacob lapidem,And so Jacob took a stone,et erexit illum in titulum:and he set it up as a memorial.
46dixitque fratribus suis:And he said to his brothers,Afferte lapides.“Bring stones.”Qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum,And they, gathering together stones,comederuntque super eum:made a tomb, and they ate upon it.
47quem vocavit Laban Tumulum testis:And Laban called it, ‘Tomb of Witness,’et Jacob,and Jacob,Acervum testimonii,‘Pile of Testimony;’uterque juxta proprietatem linguæ suæ.each of them according to the fitness of his own language.
48Dixitque Laban:And Laban said:Tumulus iste erit testis inter me“This tomb will be a witness between me and you this day.”et te hodie,(And for this reason,et idcirco appellatum est nomen ejus Galaad,its name has been called Gilead,id est,that is,Tumulus testis.‘Tomb of Witness.’)
49Intueatur“May the Lord consider and judge between us,et judicet Dominus inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis,when we will have withdrawn from one another.
50si afflixeris filias meas,If you afflict my daughters,et si introduxeris alias uxores super eas:and if you bring in other wives over them,nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo,no one is a witness of our words except God,qui præsens respicit.who understands beforehand.”
51Dixitque rursus ad Jacob:And again he said to Jacob.En tumulus hic,“Lo,et lapis quem erexi inter me et te,this tomb and the stone that I have set up between me and you,
52testis erit:will be a witness.tumulus,This tomb,”inquam,I say,iste et lapis sint in testimonium,“and the stone,si aut ego transiero illum pergens ad te,they are for testimony,aut tu præterieris,in case either I cross beyond it going toward you,malum mihi cogitans.or you cross beyond it thinking to harm me.
53Deus Abraham,May the God of Abraham,et Deus Nachor,and the God of Nahor,judicet inter nos,the God of their father,Deus patris eorum.judge between us.”Juravit ergo Jacob per timorem patris sui Isaac:Therefore, Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
54immolatisque victimis in monte,And after he had immolated sacrifices on the mountain,vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem.he called his brothers to eat bread.Qui cum comedissent,And when they had eaten,manserunt ibi:they lodged there.
55Laban vero de nocte consurgens,In truth,osculatus est filios,Laban rose up in the night,et filias suas,and he kissed his sons and daughters,et benedixit illis:and he blessed them.reversusque est in locum suum.And he returned to his place.