AND in the seventh year, Ya`aqov's service which he served Lavan was completed, and Ya'aqov said unto Lavan, Give me my woman, for the days of my service are fulfilled; and Lavan did so, and Lavan and Ya`aqov assembled all the people of that place and they made a feast.
And in the evening Lavan came to the house, and afterward Ya`aqov came there with the people of the feast, and Lavan extinguished all the lights that were there in the house.
And Ya`aqov said unto Lavan, Wherefore do you do this thing unto us? and Lavan answered, Such is our custom to act in this land.
And afterward Lavan took his daughter Le'ah, and he brought her to Ya`aqov, and he came to her and Ya`aqov did not know that she was Le'ah.
And Lavan gave his daughter Le'ah his maid Zilpah for a handmaid.
And all the people at the feast knew what Lavan had done to Ya`aqov, but they did not tell the thing to Ya`aqov.
And all the neighbors came that night to Ya`aqov's house, and they ate and drank and rejoiced, and played before Le'ah upon timbrels, and with dances, and they responded before Ya`aqov, Heleah, Heleah.
And Ya`aqov heard their words but did not understand their meaning, but he thought such might be their custom in this land.
And the neighbors spoke these words before Ya`aqov during the night, and all the lights that were in the house Lavan had that night extinguished.
And in the morning, when daylight appeared, Ya`aqov turned to his woman and he saw, and behold it was Le'ah that had been lying in his bosom, and Ya`aqov said, Behold now I know what the neighbors said last night, Heleah, they said, and I knew it not.
And Ya`aqov called unto Lavan, and said unto him, What is this that you did unto me? Surely I served you for Rachel, and why did you deceive me and did give me Le'ah?
And Lavan answered Ya`aqov, saying, Not so is it done in our place to give the younger before the elder now therefore if you desire to take her sister likewise, take her unto you for the service which you will serve me for another seven years.
And Ya`aqov did so, and he also took Rachel for a woman, and he served Lavan seven years more, and Ya`aqov also came to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Le'ah, and Lavan gave her his maid Bilhah for a handmaid.
And when Yahuah saw that Le'ah was hated, Yahuah opened her womb, and she conceived and bore Ya`aqov four sons in those days.
And these are their names, Re'uven Shim`on, Leviy, and Yahudah, and she afterward left bearing.
And at that time Rachel was barren, and she had no offspring, and Rachel envied her sister Le'ah, and when Rachel saw that she bore no children to Ya`aqov, she took her handmaid Bilhah, and she bore Ya`aqov two sons, Dan and Naphtaliy.
And when Le'ah saw that she had left bearing, she also took her handmaid Zilpah, and she gave her to Ya`aqov for a woman, and Ya`aqov also came to Zilpah, and she also bore Ya`aqov two sons, Gad and Asher.
And Le'ah again conceived and bore Ya`aqov in those days two sons and one daughter, and these are their names, Yisshakar, Zevulun, and their sister Diynah.
And Rachel was still barren in those days, and Rachel prayed unto Yahuah at that time, and she said, O Yahuah Elohiym remember me and visit me, I beseech you, for now my man will cast me off, for I have borne him no children.
Now O Yahuah Elohiym, hear my supplication before you, and see my affliction, and give me children like one of the handmaids, that I may no more bear my reproach.
And Elohiym heard her and opened her womb, and Rachel conceived and bore a son, and she said, Yahuah has taken away my reproach, and she called his name Yoceph, saying, May Yahuah add to me another son; and Ya`aqov was ninety one years old when she bore him.
At that time Ya`aqov's mother, Rivqah, sent her nurse Deborah the daughter of Uts, and two of Yitschaq's servants unto Ya`aqov.
And they came to Ya`aqov to Haran and they said unto him, Rivqah has sent us to you that you shall return to your father's house to the land of Kena`an; and Ya`aqov hearkened unto them in this which his mother had spoken.
At that time, the other seven years which Ya`aqov served Lavan for Rachel were completed, and it was at the end of fourteen years that he had dwelt in Haran that Ya`aqov said unto Lavan, give me my women and send me away, that I may go to my land, for behold my mother did send unto me from the land at Kena`an that I should return to my father's house.
And Lavan said unto him, Not so I pray you; if I have found favor in your sight do not leave me; appoint me your wages and I will give them, and remain with me.
And Ya`aqov said unto him, This is what you shall give me for wages, that I shall this day pass through all your flock and take away from them every lamb that is speckled and spotted and such as are brown amongst the sheep, and amongst the goats, and if you will do this thing for me I will return and feed your flock and keep them as at first.
And Lavan did so, and Lavan removed from his flock all that Ya`aqov had said and gave them to him.
And Ya`aqov placed all that he had removed from Lavan's flock in the hands of his sons, and Ya`aqov was feeding the remainder of Lavan's flock.
And when the servants of Yitschaq which he had sent unto Ya`aqov saw that Ya`aqov would not then return with them to the land of Kena`an to his father, they then went away from him, and they returned home to the land of Kena`an.
And Deborah remained with Ya`aqov in Haran, and she did not return with the servants of Yitschaq to the land of Kena`an, and Deborah resided with Ya`aqov's women and children in Haran.
And Ya`aqov served Lavan six years longer, and when the sheep brought forth, Ya`aqov removed from them such as were speckled and spotted, as he had determined with Lavan, and Ya`aqov did so at Lavan's for six years, and the man increased abundantly and he had cattle and maidservants and menservants, camels, and asses.
And Ya`aqov had two hundred drove of cattle, and his cattle were of large size and of beautiful appearance and were very productive, and all the families of the sons of men desired to get some of the cattle of Ya`aqov, for they were exceedingly prosperous.
And many of the sons of men came to procure some of Ya`aqov's flock, and Ya'aqov gave them a sheep for a man servant or a maid servant or for an ass or a camel, or whatsoever Ya`aqov desired from them they gave him.
And Ya`aqov obtained riches and honor and possessions by means of these transactions with the sons of men, and the children of Lavan envied him of this honor.
And in the course of time he heard the words of Lavan's sons, saying, Ya`aqov has taken away all that was our father's, and of that which was our father's has he acquired all this glory.
And Ya`aqov beheld the countenance of Lavan and of his children, and behold it was not toward him in those days as it had been before.
And Yahuah appeared to Ya`aqov at the expiration of the six years, and said unto him, Arise, go forth out of this land, and return to the land of your birthplace and I will be with you.
And Ya`aqov rose up at that time and he mounted his children and women and all belonging to him upon camels, and he went forth to go to the land of Kena`an to his father Yitschaq.
And Lavan did not know that Ya`aqov had gone from him, for Lavan had been that day sheep shearing.
And Rachel stole her father's images, and she took them and she concealed them upon the camel upon which she sat, and she went on.
And this is the manner of the images; in taking a man who is the firstborn and slaying him and taking the hair off his head, and taking salt and salting the head and anointing it in oil, then taking a small tablet of copper or a tablet of gold and writing the name upon it, and placing the tablet under his tongue, and taking the head with the tablet under the tongue and putting it in the house, and lighting up lights before it and bowing down to it.
And at the time when they bow down to it, it speaks to them in all matters that they ask of it, through the power of the name which is written in it.
And some make them in the figures of men, of gold and silver, and go to them in times known to them, and the figures receive the influence of the stars, and tell them future things, and in this manner were the images which Rachel stole from her father.
And Rachel stole these images which were her father's, in order that Lavan might not know through them where Ya`aqov had gone.
And Lavan came home and he asked concerning Ya`aqov and his household, and he was not to be found, and Lavan sought his images to know where Ya`aqov had gone, and could not find them, and he went to some other images, and he inquired of them and they told him that Ya`aqov had fled from him to his father's, to the land of Kena`an.
And Lavan then rose up and he took his brothers and all his servants, and he went forth and pursued Ya`aqov, and he overtook him in Mount Gil`ad.
And Lavan said unto Ya`aqov, What is this you have done to me to flee and deceive me, and lead my daughters and their children as captives taken by the sword?
And you did not suffer me to kiss them and send them away with joy, and you did steal my elohiym and did go away.
And Ya`aqov answered Lavan, saying, Because I was afraid lest you would take your daughters by force from me; and now with whomsoever you find your elohiym he shall die.
And Lavan searched for the images and he examined in all Ya`aqov's tents and furniture, but could not find them.
And Lavan said unto Ya`aqov, We will cut a covenant together and it shall be a testimony between me and you; if you shall afflict my daughters, or shall take other women besides my daughters, even Elohiym shall be a witness between me and you in this matter.
And they took stones and made a heap, and Lavan said, This heap is a witness between me and you, therefore he called the name thereof Gil'ad.
And Ya`aqov and Lavan offered sacrifice upon the mount, and they ate there by the heap, and they tarried in the mount all night, and Lavan rose up early in the morning, and he wept with his daughters and he kissed them, and he returned unto his place.
And he hastened and sent off his son Be'or, who was seventeen years old, with Aviychoroph the son of Uts, the son of Nachor, and with them were ten men.
And they hastened and went and passed on the road before Ya`aqov, and they came by another road to the land of Se`iyr.
And they came unto Esau and said unto him, Thus says your brother and relative, your mother's brother Lavan, the son of Bethu'el, saying,
Have you heard what Ya`aqov your brother has done unto me, who first came to me naked and bare, and I went to meet him, and brought him to my house with honor, and I made him great, and I gave him my two daughters for women and also two of my maids.
And Elohiym blessed him on my account, and he increased abundantly, and had sons, daughters and maidservants.
He has also an immense stock of flocks and herds, camels and asses, also silver and gold in abundance; and when he saw that his wealth increased, he left me while I went to shear my sheep, and he rose up and fled in secrecy.
And he lifted his women and children upon camels, and he led away all his cattle and property which he acquired in my land, and he lifted up his countenance to go to his father Yitschaq, to the land of Kena`an.
And he did not suffer me to kiss my daughters and their children, and he led my daughters as captives taken by the sword, and he also stole my elohiym and he fled.
And now I have left him in the mountain of the brook of Yabboq, him and all belonging to him; he lacks nothing.
If it be your wish to go to him, go then and there will you find him, and you can do unto him as your soul desires; and Lavan's messengers came and told Esau all these things.
And Esau heard all the words of Lavan's messengers, and his anger was greatly kindled against Ya`aqov, and he remembered his hatred, and his anger burned within him.
And Esau hastened and took his children and servants and the souls of his household, being sixty men, and he went and assembled all the children of Se`iyr the Choriy and their people, being three hundred and forty men, and took all this number of four hundred men with drawn swords, and he went unto Ya`aqov to smite him.
And Esau divided this number into several parts, and he took the sixty men of his children and servants and the souls of his household as one head, and gave them in care of Eliyphaz his eldest son.
And the remaining heads he gave to the care of the six sons of Se'iyr the Choriy, and he placed every man over his generations and children.
And the whole of this camp went as it was, and Esau went amongst them toward Ya`aqov, and he conducted them with speed.
And Lavan's messengers departed from Esau and went to the land of Kena`an, and they came to the house of Rivqah the mother of Ya`aqov and Esau.
And they told her saying, Behold your son Esau has gone against his brother Ya`aqov with four hundred men, for he heard that he was coming, and he is gone to make war with him, and to smite him and to take all that he has.
And Rivqah hastened and sent seventy two men from the servants of Yitschaq to meet Ya`aqov on the road; for she said, Perchance, Esau may make war in the road when he meets him.
And these messengers went on the road to meet Ya`aqov, and they met him in the road of the brook on the opposite side of the brook Yabboq, and Ya`aqov said when he saw them, This camp is destined to me from Elohiym, and Ya'aqov called the name of that place Machnayim.
And Ya`aqov knew all his father's people, and he kissed them and embraced them and came with them, and Ya`aqov asked them concerning his father and mother, and they said, They were well.
And these messengers said unto Ya`aqov, Rivqah your mother has sent us to you, saying, I have heard, my son, that your brother Esau has gone forth against you on the road with men from the children of Se`iyr the Choriy.
And therefore, my son, hearken to my voice and see with your counsel what you will do, and when he comes up to you, supplicate him, and do not speak rashly to him, and give him a present from what you possess, and from what Elohiym has favored you with.
And when he asks you concerning your affairs, conceal nothing from him, perhaps he may turn from his anger against you and you will thereby save your soul, you and all belonging to you, for it is your duty to honor him, for he is your elder brother.
And when Ya`aqov heard the words of his mother which the messengers had spoken to him, Ya`aqov lifted up his voice and wept bitterly, and did as his mother then commanded him.