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| [1]Aftir that Jacob herde the wordis of the sones of Laban, that seiden, Jacob hath take awei alle thingis that weren oure fadris, and of his catel Jacob is maad riche, and noble. |
[1]And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;' |
| [2]Also Jacob perseyuede the face of Laban, that it was not ayens hym as yistirdai, and the thridde dai agoon, |
[2]and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore. |
| [3]moost for the Lord seide to hym, Turne ayen into the lond of thi fadris, and to thi generacioun, and Y shal be with thee. |
[3]And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.' |
| [4]He sente, and clepide Rachel, and Lya, in to the feeld, where he kepte flockis, and he seide to hem, |
[4]And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock; |
| [5]Y se the face of youre fadir, that it is not ayens me as `yisterdai and the thridde dai agoon; but God of my fadir was with me. |
[5]and saith to them, `I am beholding your father's face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me, |
| [6]And ye witen that with alle my strengthis Y seruede youre fadir; |
[6]and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father, |
| [7]but and youre fadir disseyuyde me, and chaungide my meede ten sithis; and netheles God suffride not hym to anoye me. |
[7]and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me. |
| [8]If he seide ony tyme, Dyuerse colourid sheep schulen be thi medis, alle sheep brouyten forth dyuerse colourid lambren; forsothe whanne he seide ayenward, Thou shalte take alle white for mede, alle the flockis brouyten forth white beestis; |
[8]`If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-straked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-straked; |
| [9]and God took a wey the substaunce of youre fadir, and yaf to me. |
[9]and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me. |
| [10]For aftir that the tyme of conseyuyng of sheep cam, Y reiside myn iyen, and seiy in sleep malis dyuerse, and spotti, and of dyuerse colouris, stiynge on femalis. |
[10]`And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled; |
| [11]And the aungel of the Lord seide to me in sleep, Jacob! and Y answeride, Y am redy. |
[11]and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I. |
| [12]Which seide, Reise thin iyen, and se alle malis dyuerse, byspreynt, and spotti, stiynge on femalis; for Y seiy alle thingis whiche Laban dide to thee; |
[12]`And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee; |
| [13]Y am God of Bethel, where thou anoyntidist a stoon, and madist auow to me. Now therefor rise thou, and go out of this lond, and turne ayen in to the lond of thi birthe. |
[13]I [am] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.' |
| [14]And Rachel and Lya answeriden, Wher we han ony thing residue in the catels, and eritage of oure fadir? |
[14]And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father? |
| [15]Wher he `arettide not vs as aliens, and selde, and eet oure prijs? |
[15]have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money; |
| [16]But God took awei the richessis of oure fadir, and yaf tho to vs, and to oure sones; wherfor do thou alle thingis whiche God hath comaundide to thee. |
[16]for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it [is] ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee -- do.' |
| [17]Forsothe Jacob roos, and puttide hise fre children and wyues on camels, and yede forth; |
[17]And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels, |
| [18]and he took al his catel, flockis, and what euer thing he hadde gete in Mesopotanye, and yede to Isaac, his fadir, into the lond of Canaan. |
[18]and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan. |
| [19]In that tyme Laban yede to schere scheep, and Rachel stal the idols of hir fadir. |
[19]And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath; |
| [20]And Jacob nolde knouleche to the fadir of his wijf, that he wolde fle; |
[20]and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing; |
| [21]and whanne he hadde go, as wel he as alle thingis that weren of his riyt, and whanne he hadde passid the water, and he yede ayens the hil of Galaad, |
[21]and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face [toward] the mount of Gilead. |
| [22]it was teld to Laban, in the thridde dai, that Jacob fledde. |
[22]And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled, |
| [23]And Laban took his britheren, and pursuede hym seuene daies, and took hym in the hil of Galaad. |
[23]and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead. |
| [24]And Laban seiy in sleep the Lord seiynge to him, Be war that thou speke not ony thing sharpli ayens Jacob. |
[24]And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.' |
| [25]And thanne Jacob hadde stretchid forth the tabernacle in the hil; and whanne he hadde sued Jacob with his britheren, `he settide tente in the same hil of Galaad; and he seide to Jacob, |
[25]And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed [theirs] in the mount of Gilead. |
| [26]Whi hast thou do so, that the while I wiste not thou woldist dryue awey my douytris as caitifs by swerd? |
[26]And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword? |
| [27]Whi woldist thou fle the while Y wiste not, nether woldist shewe to me, that Y shulde sue thee with ioie, and songis, and tympans, and harpis? |
[27]Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp, |
| [28]Thou suffridist not that Y schulde kisse my sones and douytris; thou hast wrouyt folili. |
[28]and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing [so]; |
| [29]And now sotheli myn hond mai yelde yuel to thee, but the God of thi fadir seide to me yisterdai, Be war that thou speke not ony harder thing with Jacob. |
[29]my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil. |
| [30]Suppose, if thou coueitedist to go to thi kynesmen, and the hows of thi fadir was in desir to thee, whi hast thou stole my goddis? |
[30]`And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?' |
| [31]Jacob answeride, That Y yede forth while thou wistist not, Y dredde lest thou woldist take awey thi douytris violentli; |
[31]And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me; |
| [32]sotheli that thou repreuest me of thefte, at whom euer thou fyndist thi goddis, be he slayn bifor oure britheren; seke thou, what euer thing of thine thou fyndist at me, and take awei. Jacob seide these thingis, and wiste not that Rachel stal the idols. |
[32]with whomsoever thou findest thy gods -- he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what [is] with me, and take to thyself:' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them. |
| [33]And so Laban entride into the tabernacle of Jacob, and of Lya, and of euer eithir meyne, and foond not; and whanne Laban hadde entrid in to the tente of Rachel, |
[33]And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel. |
| [34]sche hastide, and hidde the idols vndur the strewyngis of the camel, and sat aboue. And sche seide to Laban, sekynge al the tente and fyndynge no thing, |
[34]And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found; |
| [35]My lord, be not wrooth that Y may not rise bifore thee, for it bifelde now to me bi the custom of wymmen; so the bisynesse of the sekere was scorned. |
[35]and she saith unto her father, `Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women [is] on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim. |
| [36]And Jacob bolnyde, and seide with strijf, For what cause of me, and for what synne of me, hast thou come so fersly aftir me, |
[36]And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `What [is] my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me? |
| [37]and hast souyt al `the portenaunce of myn hous? What `hast thou founde of al the catel of thin hows? Putte thou here bifore my britheren and thi britheren, and deme thei betwixe me and thee. |
[37]for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both. |
| [38]Was I with thee herfore twenti yeer? Thi sheep and geet weren not bareyn, Y eet not the rammes of thi flok, |
[38]`These twenty years I [am] with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten; |
| [39]nether Y schewide to thee ony thing takun of a beeste; Y yeldide al harm; what euer thing perischide bi thefte, thou axidist of me; |
[39]the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night; |
| [40]Y was angwischid in dai and nyyt with heete and frost, and sleep fledde fro myn iyen; |
[40]I have been [thus]: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes. |
| [41]so Y seruede thee bi twenti yeer in thin hows, fourtene yeer for thi douytris, and sixe yeer for thi flockis; and thou chaungidist my mede ten sithis. |
[41]`This [is] to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times; |
| [42]If God of my fadir Abraham, and the drede of Isaac hadde not helpid me, perauenture now thou haddist left me nakid; the Lord bihelde my turmentyng and the traueyl of myn hondis, and repreuyde thee yistirdai. |
[42]unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.' |
| [43]Laban answeride hym, The douytris, and thi sones, and flockis, and alle thingis whiche thou seest, ben myne, what mai Y do to my sones, and to the sones of sones? |
[43]And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing [is] mine; and to my daughters -- what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born? |
| [44]Therfor come thou, and make we boond of pees, that it be witnessyng bitwixe me, and thee. |
[44]and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.' |
| [45]And so Jacob took a stoon, and reiside it in to a signe, and seide to hise britheren, |
[45]And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar; |
| [46]Brynge ye stoonus; whiche gadriden, and maden an heep, and eten on it. |
[46]and Jacob saith to his brethren, `Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap; |
| [47]And Laban clepide it the heep of wittnesse, and Jacob clepide it the heep of witnessyng; euer eithir clepide bi the proprete of his langage. |
[47]and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed. |
| [48]And Laban seide, This heep schal be witnesse bytwixe me and thee to day, and herfor the name therof was clepid Galaad, that is, the heep of witnesse. |
[48]And Laban saith, `This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed; |
| [49]And Laban addide, The Lord biholde, and deme bitwixe vs, whanne we schulen go awei fro yow; |
[49]Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another; |
| [50]if thou schalt turmente my douytris, and if thou schal brynge yn othere wyues on hem, noon is witnesse of oure word, outakun God, whiche is present, and biholdith. |
[50]if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters -- there is no man with us -- see, God [is] witness between me and thee.' |
| [51]And eft he seide to Jacob, Lo! this heep, and stoon, whiche Y reiside bitwixe me and thee, schal be witnesse; |
[51]And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee; |
| [52]sotheli this heep, and stoon be in to witnessyng, forsothe if Y schal passe it, and go to thee, ether thou shalt passe, and thenke yuel to me. |
[52]this heap [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil; |
| [53]God of Abraham, and God of Nachor, God of the fadir of hem, deme bitwixe vs. Therfor Jacob swoor by the drede of his fadir Ysaac; |
[53]the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac. |
| [54]and whanne slayn sacrifices weren offrid in the hil, he clepyde his britheren to ete breed, and whanne thei hadden ete, thei dwelliden there. |
[54]And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount; |
| [55]Forsothe Laban roos bi nyyt, and kisside his sones, and douytris, and blesside hem, and turnede ayen in to his place. |
[55]and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place. |