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1 Al tiempo, Jacob se enteró de que los hijos de Labán estaban diciendo: «Jacob se ha ido quedando con todo lo que era de nuestro padre, y por eso se ha hecho rico».
1 Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.”
2 Pronto Jacob percibió un considerable cambio en la actitud de Labán hacia él.
2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 Entonces el Señor le habló a Jacob y le dijo: «Regresa a la tierra de tus padres y de tus parientes, y yo estaré contigo».
3 Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
4 Un día Jacob mandó a buscar a Raquel y a Lea para que fueran a verlo al campo donde estaba con sus rebaños, pues quería hablar de esto con ellas. Jacob les dijo:
4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
5 ―Su padre ya no me trata como antes, ¡pero el Dios de mi padre siempre ha estado conmigo!
5 and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
6 Ustedes saben cuánto he trabajado para Labán,
6 You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
7 pero él ha buscado la manera de engañarme, y ha violado una y otra vez el contrato de salario que tiene conmigo. Pero Dios no ha permitido que me haga daño.
7 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.
8 Si él decía que las ovejas manchadas serían mías, entonces todo el ganado comenzaba a salir pinto. Pero después él cambiaba y decía que serían míos los animales que nacieran rayados, y entonces todos los corderos nacían rayados.
8 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.
9 De esta manera Dios me ha enriquecido a expensas del padre de ustedes.
9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
10 »En el tiempo en que los animales estaban en celo tuve un sueño. En ese sueño veía que los chivos que se unían a las cabras eran manchados, rayados o moteados.
10 During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
11 Entonces, en el sueño, el ángel de Dios me llamó por mi nombre, y yo le contesté: «Aquí estoy».
11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’
12 Entonces él me dijo: «Levanta la vista y observa que los machos que se unen a las hembras son manchados, rayados o moteados, porque estoy al tanto de lo que Labán te ha hecho. Yo soy el Dios que conociste en Betel, el lugar donde ungiste la piedra e hiciste voto de servirme. Deja ahora este país y vete a la tierra de tu nacimiento».
12 He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
13 Not in this translation
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”
14 Raquel y Lea contestaron: ―¡Estamos de acuerdo! Aquí no tenemos nada, pues no vamos a recibir ninguna herencia de parte de nuestro padre.
14 Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
15 Él nos ha tratado como extranjeras. Nos vendió, y lo que recibió por nosotras ya lo gastó.
15 Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.
16 Así que las riquezas que Dios te dio a expensas de nuestro padre, son legalmente nuestras y de nuestros hijos. Sigue adelante, y haz lo que Dios te dijo.
16 For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”
17 Así fue que un día, mientras Labán se encontraba ausente trasquilando las ovejas, Jacob hizo que sus esposas e hijos montaran en los camellos. Además, tomó todos los ganados, junto con todas las riquezas que había conseguido en Padán Aram, y emprendió el viaje hacia Canaán, donde vivía su padre Isaac. Esto lo hizo sin que Labán se diera cuenta. Por su parte, Raquel le robó a Labán los ídolos de la familia. Esto lo hizo mientras Labán se encontraba en otro lugar esquilando las ovejas.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
18 Not in this translation
18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
19 Not in this translation
19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
20 Not in this translation
20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.
21 De modo que huyó con todas sus posesiones, cruzó el Éufrates y se dirigió a la tierra de Galaad.
21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
22 Tan solo tres días después Laban se enteró de que Jacob se había ido.
22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
23 Entonces, tomando a varios de sus familiares con él, salió en afanosa persecución, hasta que los alcanzó siete días después en el monte Galaad.
23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
24 Aquella noche Dios se le apareció a Labán, el arameo, en sueños, y le dijo: «¡No te atrevas a tratar mal a Jacob!».
24 God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”
25 Labán, finalmente, encontró a Jacob cuando este estaba acampado en los montes de Galaad. Labán también acampó allí, junto con los familiares que lo acompañaban,
25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
26 y le dijo a Jacob: ―¿Por qué me hiciste esto? ¿Por qué me engañaste y te trajiste a mis hijas como si fueran prisioneras de guerra?
26 Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
27 ¿Por qué no me diste la oportunidad de hacer una despedida con canciones, orquestas y arpa?
27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
28 ¿Por qué no dejaste que besara a mis nietos para despedirme de ellos? Tu manera de actuar ha sido muy extraña.
28 and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.
29 Yo podría causarte bastante daño, pero anoche se me apareció el Dios de tu padre y me dijo: “¡No te atrevas a tratar mal a Jacob!”.
29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’
30 Pero, mira, si pensabas que debías partir, y tanto extrañabas el hogar de tu niñez, ¿por qué has robado mis ídolos?
30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”
31 Jacob le respondió: ―Yo hui porque tenía miedo. Pensé: “Él me quitará a sus hijas por la fuerza”.
31 Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’
32 Pero en cuanto a tus ídolos no tengo ni idea. Si alguno de nosotros te los robó, entonces que sea castigado con la muerte. Si encuentras una sola cosa que te hayamos robado, te juro delante de todos estos hombres, que te la podrás llevar sin ningún problema. Jacob dijo esto porque no sabía que Raquel se los había robado.
32 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.
33 Labán entró primero a la tienda de Jacob a buscar los ídolos, luego a la de Lea y de allí a las de las dos concubinas, pero no encontró nada en ellas. Finalmente entró a la tienda de Raquel.
33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
34 Como recordarán, Raquel era la que se había robado los ídolos. Ella los había escondido en la silla de su camello y estaba sentada sobre ellos. Aunque Labán buscó en toda la tienda, nada encontró.
34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.
35 Raquel le dijo a Labán: ―Padre, perdóname que no me levante, pero estoy con la menstruación. Labán siguió buscando sus ídolos, pero no los encontró.
35 She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.
36 Entonces Jacob se enojó, y en tono fuerte le dijo a Labán: ―¿Qué mal te he hecho, para que me hayas perseguido como si yo fuera un criminal?
36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?
37 ¡Has registrado todas mis cosas! Dime, ¿encontraste algo que sea tuyo? Si es así, entonces, colócalo aquí para que todos los que están aquí lo vean y digan quién tiene la razón.
37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
38 Veinte años te serví y todo ese tiempo cuidé tus ovejas y tus cabras para que tuvieran crías sanas, y jamás saqué un cordero de los tuyos para comérmelo.
38 “These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.
39 Si alguno era atacado por los animales salvajes y moría, yo me hacía cargo de la pérdida. Me hacías pagar cada animal que se robaban, fuera mía la culpa o no.
39 That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
40 En el día me quemaba el sol y en la noche tiritaba de frío. ¡A veces ni siquiera podía dormir!
40 This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
41 Sí, veinte años: catorce para pagar tus dos hijas, y seis para formar mis rebaños. ¡Y muchas veces me cambiaste el salario!
41 These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
42 En realidad, de no ser por la gracia del Dios de mi abuelo Abraham, el glorioso Dios de mi padre Isaac, tú me habrías despedido sin abonar un centavo a mi cuenta. Pero Dios vio tu crueldad y mi duro trabajo, y por eso es que se te apareció anoche y te reprendió.
42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
43 Labán contestó: ―Estas mujeres son mis hijas, y estos niños son mis nietos. También las ovejas y todo lo que ves me pertenece. ¿Cómo crees que yo quiera ahora hacerles daño a mis hijas y a mis nietos?
43 Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
44 Ven ahora y firmemos un pacto de paz, tú y yo. ¡Ese pacto será testigo de nuestro acuerdo!
44 Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”
45 Entonces Jacob tomó una piedra y la colocó como un pilar, para que les sirviera de prueba.
45 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 Luego les dijo a sus familiares que reunieran piedras y las amontonaran. Una vez hecho esto, comieron sobre ese montón de piedras.
46 Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
47 A ese montón de piedras Labán le puso el nombre de Yegar Saduta, y Jacob lo llamó Galaad.
47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 Luego Labán dijo: ―Este montón de piedras servirá para recordarnos el trato que tú y yo hemos hecho hoy. Aquel lugar se llamó Galaad
48 Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed
49 y Mizpa, porque Labán dijo: ―Que el Señor cuide que nosotros respetemos este trato cuando nos hayamos separado.
49 and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
50 Y si tú tratas con rudeza a mis hijas, o si tomas otras esposas, yo no lo sabré, pero recuerda que Dios sí lo verá y será testigo de lo que hagas.
50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”
51 Labán continuó diciéndole a Jacob: ―Mira bien, este montón de piedras y este pilar que he levantado entre tú y yo quedan como testigos de nuestros votos. Yo no cruzaré esta línea para atacarte, ni tú la cruzarás para atacarme.
51 Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.
52 Not in this translation
52 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
53 ¡Que el Dios de Abraham y el Dios de Najor sea quien juzgue si cumplimos o no este trato! Entonces Jacob juró por el poderoso Dios de Isaac, su padre.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
54 Enseguida ofreció un sacrificio a Dios allí sobre la cumbre del monte, e invitó a sus parientes a participar de la comida. Después de comer, todos se quedaron esa noche en la montaña.
54 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
55 Labán se levantó temprano la mañana siguiente, besó a sus hijas y a sus nietos, los bendijo, y regresó a su tierra.
55 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.
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Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35
Cross references (47)
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- 1 Ecclesiastes 4:4; Psalm 17:14; Proverbs 27:4; Proverbs 14:30; 1 Peter 1:24
- 2 Daniel 3:19; 1 Samuel 18:9–11; Genesis 4:5; Genesis 30:27; 1 Samuel 19:7
- 3 Genesis 28:15; Hebrews 13:5; Genesis 32:9; Genesis 31:13; Psalm 50:15
- 5 Genesis 31:2–3; Genesis 31:53; Genesis 48:15; Genesis 31:42; Genesis 32:9
- 6 Genesis 30:29; Ephesians 6:5–8; Colossians 3:22–25; Genesis 31:38–42; Titus 2:9–10
- 7 Zechariah 8:23; Genesis 31:29; Genesis 31:41; Nehemiah 4:12; Numbers 14:22
- 8 Genesis 30:32
- 9 Genesis 31:1; Genesis 31:16; Proverbs 13:22; Matthew 20:15; Esther 8:1–2
- 10 Deuteronomy 13:1; Genesis 20:6; Numbers 12:6; 1 Kings 3:5; Genesis 31:24
- 11 Isaiah 58:9; Genesis 31:13; Genesis 48:15–16; Genesis 18:17; 1 Samuel 3:16
- 12 Exodus 3:7; Genesis 31:42; Deuteronomy 24:15; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ephesians 6:9
- 14 Ruth 4:11; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 29:29; Genesis 29:24
- 15 Genesis 29:15–20; Genesis 29:27–30; Nehemiah 5:8; Genesis 30:26; Exodus 21:7–11
- 16 Genesis 31:9; Genesis 30:35–31:1; Psalm 45:10
- 17 Genesis 24:61; 1 Samuel 30:17; Genesis 24:10
- 21 2 Kings 12:17; Joshua 24:2–3; Genesis 37:25; Genesis 15:18; Luke 9:51–53
- 22 Exodus 14:5–31; Genesis 30:36; Job 5:12–13
- 23 Genesis 13:8; Exodus 2:11; Exodus 2:13; Genesis 24:27
- 24 Genesis 24:50; Genesis 20:3; Genesis 31:29; Numbers 24:13; Genesis 31:42
- 25 Genesis 33:18; Hebrews 11:9; Genesis 12:8
- 26 1 Samuel 30:2; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 31:36; 1 Samuel 17:29; Genesis 2:24
- 27 Exodus 15:20; Genesis 31:3–5; Proverbs 26:23–26; Job 21:11–14; Genesis 31:20–21
- 28 Genesis 31:55; 1 Kings 19:20; Ruth 1:14; Acts 20:37; Genesis 31:24
- 29 Genesis 31:42; Genesis 31:53; Joshua 24:2–3; Genesis 31:24; Genesis 28:13
- 30 Jeremiah 10:11; Genesis 31:19; Judges 18:24; 1 Samuel 5:2–6; 2 Samuel 5:21
- 31 Proverbs 29:25; Genesis 31:26–27; Genesis 20:11
- 32 Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:23; 1 Samuel 12:3–5; Genesis 44:9–12; Genesis 31:30
- 33 Genesis 24:28; Genesis 24:67
- 34 Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:17
- 35 Leviticus 19:32; Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1; 1 Kings 2:19; Genesis 18:11–12
- 36 Ephesians 4:26; Genesis 30:2; 2 Kings 5:11; Mark 3:5; Numbers 16:15
- 37 1 Peter 2:12; Hebrews 13:18; 1 Corinthians 6:4–5; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Joshua 7:23
- 38 Deuteronomy 28:4; Ezekiel 34:2–4; Exodus 23:26; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 30:30
- 39 Exodus 22:10–13; Leviticus 22:8; Luke 2:8; Exodus 22:31; John 10:12–13
- 40 Psalm 78:70–71; Luke 2:8; Exodus 2:19–22; John 21:15–17; Hebrews 13:7
- 41 Genesis 31:7; Genesis 31:38; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Genesis 30:33–40; 1 Corinthians 15:10
- 42 Psalm 31:7; Isaiah 8:13; Genesis 31:53; Genesis 31:29; Genesis 31:24
- 44 Joshua 24:25–27; 1 Samuel 20:14–17; Genesis 15:18; Joshua 22:27; Deuteronomy 31:19
- 45 Genesis 28:18–22
- 46 Ecclesiastes 3:5; Genesis 31:37; Genesis 31:32; Joshua 4:5–9; Joshua 7:26
- 47 Hebrews 12:1
- 48 Joshua 24:27; Joshua 13:8–9; Genesis 31:23; Deuteronomy 3:16; Deuteronomy 2:36
- 49 Judges 11:29; Judges 10:17; 1 Samuel 7:5–6; Judges 11:11; 1 Kings 15:22
- 50 Jeremiah 42:5; Jeremiah 29:23; Micah 1:2; Judges 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:5
- 53 Genesis 31:42; Genesis 16:5; Exodus 3:6; Joshua 24:2; Genesis 11:24–29
- 54 Exodus 18:12; Genesis 26:30; 2 Samuel 3:20–21; Genesis 21:8; Genesis 37:25
- 55 Genesis 31:28; Deuteronomy 23:5; Genesis 30:25; Genesis 18:33; Proverbs 16:7
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For not only did not the nations in this life serve this Jacob; but even after he had received the blessing, he himself going forth [from his home], served his uncle Laban the Syrian for twenty years; and not only was he not made lord of his brother, but he did himself bow down before his brother Esau, upon his …
In fact, "a testament" is a name given in the Scriptures not only to that which is of no avail till the death of the testators, but every covenant and decree they used to call a testament. For Laban and Jacob made a testament, which was certainly to have force between the living; and such cases without number are read …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Moreover, Joshua, the son of Nun, even set up a stone as witness of his words (already a heap somewhere had been called a witness by Jacob), for he says, "Behold this stone shall be a witness unto you this day to the end of days, when ye lie to the Lord our God," perhaps believing that by God's power …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)