1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and of what was our father's he has acquired all this glory. 2 And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as previously. 3 And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the fields to his flock, 5 and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me. 6 And you know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus; The speckled shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore speckled; and if he said thus: The ringstraked shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore ringstraked. 9 And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocks were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 11 And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the rams that leap upon the flock are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban does to thee. 13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money. 16 For all the wealth that God has taken from our father is ours and our children's; and now whatever God has said to thee do. 17 And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels, 18 and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired — the cattle of his possessions that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father, into the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father. 20 And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled. 21 And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] mount Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 25 And Laban came up with Jacob; and Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; Laban also with his brethren pitched on mount Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast deceived me, and hast carried away my daughters as captives of war? 27 Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp; 28 and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly. 29 It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take care that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods? 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine with me, and take [it] to thee. But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two handmaids' tents, and found nothing; and he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them under the camel's saddle; and she sat upon them. And Laban explored all the tent, but found nothing. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me after the manner of women. And he searched carefully, but did not find the teraphim. 36 And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast explored all my baggage, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, and let them decide between us both. 38 These twenty years have I been with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten. 39 What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. 41 I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night. 43 And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth? 44 And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar. 46 And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and 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, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another: 50 if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters, — no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and thee! 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee: 52 [let] this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap [to go] to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar [to come] to me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us! And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. 54 And Jacob offered a sacrifice upon the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and lodged on the mountain. 55 And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place.
Génesis 31 Traducción de Darby
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Personas
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 29-35
Referencias cruzadas (51)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Eclesiastés 4:4; Salmo 17:14; Proverbios 27:4; Proverbios 14:30; 1 Pedro 1:24
- 2 Daniel 3:19; 1 Samuel 18:9–11; Génesis 4:5; Génesis 30:27; 1 Samuel 19:7
- 3 Génesis 28:15; Hebreos 13:5; Génesis 32:9; Génesis 31:13; Salmo 50:15
- 5 Génesis 31:2–3; Génesis 31:53; Génesis 48:15; Génesis 31:42; Génesis 32:9
- 6 Génesis 30:29; Efesios 6:5–8; Colosenses 3:22–25; Génesis 31:38–42; Tito 2:9–10
- 7 Zacarías 8:23; Génesis 31:29; Génesis 31:41; Nehemías 4:12; Números 14:22
- 8 Génesis 30:32
- 9 Génesis 31:1; Génesis 31:16; Proverbios 13:22; Mateo 20:15; Ester 8:1–2
- 10 Deuteronomio 13:1; Génesis 20:6; Números 12:6; 1 Reyes 3:5; Génesis 31:24
- 11 Isaías 58:9; Génesis 31:13; Génesis 48:15–16; Génesis 18:17; 1 Samuel 3:16
- 12 Éxodo 3:7; Génesis 31:42; Deuteronomio 24:15; Eclesiastés 5:8; Efesios 6:9
- 13 Génesis 31:3; Génesis 32:9; Génesis 28:12–22; Génesis 35:7
- 14 Rut 4:11; Génesis 2:24; Génesis 29:29; Génesis 29:24
- 15 Génesis 29:15–20; Génesis 29:27–30; Nehemías 5:8; Génesis 30:26; Éxodo 21:7–11
- 16 Génesis 31:9; Génesis 30:35–31:1; Salmo 45:10
- 17 Génesis 24:61; 1 Samuel 30:17; Génesis 24:10
- 18 Génesis 27:41; Génesis 28:21; Génesis 27:1–2; Génesis 35:27–29
- 19 1 Samuel 19:13; Oseas 3:4; Génesis 31:30; Ezequiel 21:21; Génesis 35:2
- 21 2 Reyes 12:17; Josué 24:2–3; Génesis 37:25; Génesis 15:18; Lucas 9:51–53
- 22 Éxodo 14:5–31; Génesis 30:36; Job 5:12–13
- 23 Génesis 13:8; Éxodo 2:11; Éxodo 2:13; Génesis 24:27
- 24 Génesis 24:50; Génesis 20:3; Génesis 31:29; Números 24:13; Génesis 31:42
- 25 Génesis 33:18; Hebreos 11:9; Génesis 12:8
- 26 1 Samuel 30:2; Génesis 4:10; Génesis 31:36; 1 Samuel 17:29; Génesis 2:24
- 27 Éxodo 15:20; Génesis 31:3–5; Proverbios 26:23–26; Job 21:11–14; Génesis 31:20–21
- 28 Génesis 31:55; 1 Reyes 19:20; Rut 1:14; Hechos 20:37; Génesis 31:24
- 29 Génesis 31:42; Génesis 31:53; Josué 24:2–3; Génesis 31:24; Génesis 28:13
- 30 Jeremías 10:11; Génesis 31:19; Jueces 18:24; 1 Samuel 5:2–6; 2 Samuel 5:21
- 31 Proverbios 29:25; Génesis 31:26–27; Génesis 20:11
- 32 Génesis 31:19; Génesis 31:23; 1 Samuel 12:3–5; Génesis 44:9–12; Génesis 31:30
- 33 Génesis 24:28; Génesis 24:67
- 34 Génesis 31:19; Génesis 31:17
- 35 Levítico 19:32; Éxodo 20:12; Efesios 6:1; 1 Reyes 2:19; Génesis 18:11–12
- 36 Efesios 4:26; Génesis 30:2; 2 Reyes 5:11; Marcos 3:5; Números 16:15
- 37 1 Pedro 2:12; Hebreos 13:18; 1 Corintios 6:4–5; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:10; Josué 7:23
- 38 Deuteronomio 28:4; Ezequiel 34:2–4; Éxodo 23:26; Génesis 30:27; Génesis 30:30
- 39 Éxodo 22:10–13; Levítico 22:8; Lucas 2:8; Éxodo 22:31; Juan 10:12–13
- 40 Salmo 78:70–71; Lucas 2:8; Éxodo 2:19–22; Juan 21:15–17; Hebreos 13:7
- 41 Génesis 31:7; Génesis 31:38; 2 Corintios 11:26; Génesis 30:33–40; 1 Corintios 15:10
- 42 Salmo 31:7; Isaías 8:13; Génesis 31:53; Génesis 31:29; Génesis 31:24
- 44 Josué 24:25–27; 1 Samuel 20:14–17; Génesis 15:18; Josué 22:27; Deuteronomio 31:19
- 45 Génesis 28:18–22
- 46 Eclesiastés 3:5; Génesis 31:37; Génesis 31:32; Josué 4:5–9; Josué 7:26
- 47 Hebreos 12:1
- 48 Josué 24:27; Josué 13:8–9; Génesis 31:23; Deuteronomio 3:16; Deuteronomio 2:36
- 49 Jueces 11:29; Jueces 10:17; 1 Samuel 7:5–6; Jueces 11:11; 1 Reyes 15:22
- 50 Jeremías 42:5; Jeremías 29:23; Miqueas 1:2; Jueces 11:10; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:5
- 52 Génesis 31:48; Génesis 31:44–45
- 53 Génesis 31:42; Génesis 16:5; Éxodo 3:6; Josué 24:2; Génesis 11:24–29
- 54 Éxodo 18:12; Génesis 26:30; 2 Samuel 3:20–21; Génesis 21:8; Génesis 37:25
- 55 Génesis 31:28; Deuteronomio 23:5; Génesis 30:25; Génesis 18:33; Proverbios 16:7
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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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 …
Leer en contexto · 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 …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)