H9002–/וְ–v

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.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְרֻדִּֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וּרְאֵה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְרֻדִּ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְשׁ֖וּב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

וְלֵאָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחֲלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּלְבָנֵ֑ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [ergänzt: belonged] to her father.

וְלָבָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [ergänzt: toward] mount Gilead.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Laban came up with Jacob; and Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; Laban also with his brethren pitched on mount Gilead.

וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָבָ֛ן (וְ) ve. “and”

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;

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְשִׁרִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִבְנֹתָ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וֵֽאלֹהֵ֨י (וֵֽ) ve. “and”

And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods?

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine with me, and take [ergänzt: it] to thee. But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

וְקַֽח־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּבְאֹ֣הֶל (וּ) u. “and”וּבְאֹ֛הֶל (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְרָחֵ֞ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Whereas thou hast explored all my baggage, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set [ergänzt: it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, and let them decide between us both.

וְאַחֶ֑יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹכִ֖יחוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

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.

וְעִזֶּ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵילֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, [ergänzt: whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.

וּגְנֻֽבְתִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

וְקֶ֣רַח (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְשֵׁ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּפַ֤חַד (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”