The Book of Genesis, Chapter 31ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΛΑ′

Ἤκουσεν δὲ Ιακωβ τῶν λόγων τῶν υἱῶν Λαβαν λεγόντων Εἴληφεν Ιακωβ πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἐκ τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν πεποίηκεν πᾶσαν τὴν δόξαν ταύτην.

And Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, who said, 'Jacob has taken everything belonging to our father, and from what was our father's he has made all this wealth.'

καὶ εἶδεν Ιακωβ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Λαβαν, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὡς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης ἡμέρας.

And Jacob saw Laban's face, and behold, it was not toward him as yesterday and the day before.

εἶπεν δὲ κύριος πρὸς Ιακωβ Ἀποστρέφου εἰς τὴν γῆν τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ εἰς τὴν γενεάν σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ.

And the Lord said to Jacob, 'Return to the land of your father and to your kindred, and I will be with you.'

ἀποστείλας δὲ Ιακωβ ἐκάλεσεν Ραχηλ καὶ Λειαν εἰς τὸ πεδίον, οὗ τὰ ποίμνια.

And Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where the flocks were.

καὶ εἶπεν αὐταῖς Ὁράω τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν πρὸς ἐμὲ ὡς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης· ὁ δὲ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου ἦν μετ' ἐμοῦ.

And he said to them, 'I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as yesterday and the day before; but the God of my father has been with me.'

καὶ αὐταὶ δὲ οἴδατε ὅτι ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἰσχύι μου δεδούλευκα τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν.

And you yourselves know that with all my strength I have served your father.

ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ὑμῶν παρεκρούσατό με καὶ ἤλλαξεν τὸν μισθόν μου δεκάκις· καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς κακοποιῆσαί με.

But your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times; yet God did not allow him to harm me.

ἐὰν οὕτως εἴπῃ Τὰ ποικίλα ἔσται σου ὁ μισθός, τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα ποικίλα· ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ Τὰ λευκὰ ἔσται σου ὁ μισθός, τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα λευκά.

If he said thus, 'The spotted shall be your wage,' then all the sheep bore spotted; and if he said, 'The white shall be your wage,' then all the sheep bore white.

καὶ ἀφείλατο ὁ θεὸς πᾶσαν τὴν κτῆσιν τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ἔδωκέν μοι αὐτήν.

And God took away all the livestock of your father and gave it to me.

καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἐκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ εἶδον ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ τράγοι καὶ οἱ κριοὶ ἀναβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰς αἶγας διάλευκοι καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ σποδοειδεῖς ῥαντοί.

And it came to pass at the season when the sheep were in heat, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream; and behold, the he-goats and the rams mounting the sheep and the goats were striped and variegated and ash-speckled.

καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ καθ' ὕπνον Ιακωβ· εἶπον δέ Τί ἐστιν;

And the angel of God said to me in a dream, 'Jacob!' And I said, 'What is it?'

εἶπεν δέ Ἀνάβλεψον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου καὶ ἴδε τοὺς τράγους καὶ τοὺς κριοὺς ἀναβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰς αἶγας, διαλεύκους καὶ ποικίλους καὶ σποδοειδεῖς ῥαντούς· ἑώρακα γὰρ πάντα ὅσα Λαβαν ποιεῖ σοι.

And he said, 'Lift up your eyes and see the he-goats and the rams mounting the sheep and the goats, striped and variegated and ash-speckled; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.'

ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς ὁ ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τόπῳ θεοῦ, οὗ ἤλειψάς μοι ἐκεῖ στήλην καὶ ηὔξω μοι ἐκεῖ εὐχήν· νῦν οὖν ἀνάστα καὶ ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς ταύτης καὶ ἄπελθε εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς γενέσεώς σου.

I am the God who appeared to you in the place of God, where you anointed a pillar for me and made a vow to me there; now then arise and depart from this land and go to the land of your birth.

ἀποκριθεῖσαι δὲ Ραχηλ καὶ Λεια εἶπαν αὐτῷ Μὴ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἔτι μερὶς ἢ κληρονομία ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν;

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, 'Have we still any share or inheritance in our father's house?'

οὐχὶ ὡς αἱ ἀλλότριαι λελογίσμεθα αὐτῷ; ἀπέδοτο γὰρ ἡμᾶς καὶ κατέφαγεν καταφαγὼν τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν.

Have we not been reckoned as foreigners by him? For he sold us and has utterly devoured our silver.

πάντα τὸν πλοῦτον καὶ τὴν δόξαν, ἣν ἀφείλατο ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, ἡμῖν ἔσται καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν· νῦν οὖν ὅσα εἶπέν σοι ὁ θεός, ποίει.

All the wealth and the honour that God has taken from our father shall be ours and our children's; now then, do whatever God has said to you.

ἀναστὰς δὲ Ιακωβ ἀνέλαβεν τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ παιδία αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς καμήλους.

And Jacob arose and set his wives and children upon the camels.

καὶ ἀπήγαγεν πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ, ἀπελθεῖν πρὸς Ισαακ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ εἰς γῆν Χανααν.

And he drove away all his possessions and all his baggage, which he had acquired in Mesopotamia, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Λαβαν δὲ ᾤχετο κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ· ἔκλεψεν δὲ Ραχηλ τὰ εἴδωλα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς.

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the idols of her father.

ἔκρυψεν δὲ Ιακωβ Λαβαν τῷ Σύρῳ τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι αὐτῷ ὅτι ἀποδιδράσκει.

And Jacob concealed his intent from Laban the Syrian, not telling him that he was fleeing.

καὶ ἀπέδρα αὐτὸς καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ διέβη τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ ὥρμησεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος Γαλααδ.

And he fled, he and all that was his, and he crossed the river and set out for the mountain of Gilead.

καὶ ἀνηγγέλη Λαβαν τῷ Σύρῳ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ὅτι ἀπέδρα Ιακωβ.

And it was reported to Laban the Syrian on the third day that Jacob had fled.

παραλαβὼν δὲ Λαβαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν ἑπτὰ ἡμερῶν καὶ κατέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τοῦ Γαλααδ.

And Laban, taking his kinsmen with him, pursued after him a seven days' journey and overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

ἦλθεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Λαβαν τὸν Σύρον ἐν ὕπνῳ τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Φύλαξαι σεαυτόν, μήποτε λαλήσῃς μετὰ Ιακωβ πονηρά.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night and said to him, 'Take heed to yourself, lest you speak to Jacob anything evil.'

κατέλαβεν δὲ Λαβαν τὸν Ιακωβ· Ιακωβ δὲ ἔπηξεν τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει· Λαβαν δὲ ἔστησεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γαλααδ.

And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; and Laban pitched with his kinsmen on the mountain of Gilead.

εἶπεν δὲ Λαβαν τῷ Ιακωβ Τί ἐποίησας; ἵνα τί κρύβων ἀπέδρας καὶ ἀπήγαγες τὰς θυγατέρας μου ὡς αἰχμαλωτίδας ἐν μαχαίρᾳ;

And Laban said to Jacob, 'What have you done? Why did you flee secretly and carry away my daughters as captives of the sword?'

καὶ εἰ ἀνήγγειλάς μοι, ἐξαπέστειλα ἄν σε μετὰ εὐφροσύνης καὶ μετὰ μουσικῶν, τυμπάνων καὶ κιθάρας·

And if you had told me, I would have sent you away with joy and with music, with timbrels and harp;

καὶ οὐ κατηξίωσάς με καταφιλῆσαι τοὺς υἱούς μου καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας μου· νῦν δὲ ἀφρόνως πέπραχας.

And you did not see fit to let me kiss my sons and daughters. Now you have acted foolishly.

καὶ νῦν ἰσχύει ἡ χείρ μου κακοποιῆσαί σε· ὁ δὲ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός σου ἐχθὲς εἶπέν μοι λέγων Φύλαξαι σεαυτόν, μήποτε λαλήσῃς μετὰ Ιακωβ πονηρά.

And now it is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself, lest you speak to Jacob anything evil.'

νῦν οὖν πεπόρευσαι, ὅτι ἐπιποθῶν ἐπεπόθεις εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου· ἵνα τί ἔκλεψας τοὺς θεούς μου;

Now then you have gone on your way, because you longed greatly for your father's house; but why have you stolen my gods?

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ιακωβ εἶπεν τῷ Λαβαν Εἶπον γάρ Μήποτε ἀφέλῃς τὰς θυγατέρας σου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, 'Because I said, "Perhaps you would take your daughters away from me."'

παρ' ᾧ δ' ἂν εὕρῃς τοὺς θεούς σου, οὐ ζήσεται· ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐπίγνωθι τί ἐστιν παρ' ἐμοί, καὶ λαβέ. καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει Ιακωβ ὅτι Ραχηλ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἔκλεψεν αὐτούς.

With whoever you find your gods, that person shall not live. Before our kinsmen, identify what is yours with me and take it.' And Jacob did not know that Rachel his wife had stolen them.

εἰσῆλθεν δὲ Λαβαν καὶ ἠρεύνησεν τὸν οἶκον Ιακωβ καὶ τὸν οἶκον Λειας καὶ τὸν οἶκον τῶν δύο παιδισκῶν καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Λειας καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ραχηλ.

And Laban went in and searched Jacob's tent and Leah's tent and the tent of the two maidservants and did not find them; and he came out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's tent.

Ραχηλ δὲ ἔλαβεν τὰ εἴδωλα καὶ ἔβαλεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὰ σαγμάτια τῆς καμήλου καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἠρεύνησεν Λαβαν ὅλον τὸν οἶκον καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν.

And Rachel had taken the idols and put them in the camel's saddle-bags and sat upon them; and Laban searched the whole tent and did not find them.

εἶπεν δὲ τῷ πατρί Μὴ ὀργισθήτω ὁ κύριός μου, ὅτι οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ κατὰ τὰς γυναῖκας μοί ἐστιν. καὶ ἠρεύνησεν καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν τὰ εἴδωλα.

And she said to her father, 'Let my lord not be angry, for I am not able to rise before you, because the way of women is upon me.' And he searched and did not find the idols.

καὶ ὠργίσθη Ιακωβ καὶ ἐμαχέσατο Λαβαν· καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Ιακωβ εἶπεν τῷ Λαβαν Τί τὸ ἀδίκημά μου καὶ τί τὸ ἁμάρτημά μου, ὅτι κατεδίωξας ὀπίσω μου;

And Jacob was angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, 'What is my transgression and what is my sin, that you have pursued after me?'

ὅτι ἠρεύνησας πάντα τὰ σκεύη μου, τί εὗρες ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν σκευῶν τοῦ οἴκου σου; θὲς ὧδε ἐναντίον τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου, καὶ ἐλεγξάτωσαν ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων ἡμῶν.

For you have searched all my goods — what have you found from all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, and let them decide between us both.

ταῦτά μοι εἴκοσι ἔτη ἐγώ εἰμι μετὰ σοῦ· τὰ πρόβατά σου καὶ αἱ αἶγές σου οὐκ ἠτέκνωσαν, κριοὺς τῆς ποίμνης σου οὐ κατέφαγον.

These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your she-goats did not miscarry, and the rams of your flock I did not eat.

θηριάλωτον οὐκ ἀνέφερον πρὸς σέ· ἐγὼ ἀπετίννυον παρ' ἐμαυτοῦ κλέμματα ἡμέρας καὶ κλέμματα νυκτός.

What was torn by wild beasts I did not bring to you; I made good the thefts of the day and the thefts of the night from my own.

ἐγενόμην τῇ ἡμέρᾳ συγκαιόμενος τῷ καύσωνι καὶ τῇ πάγῳ τῆς νυκτός, καὶ ἀπῴχετο ὁ ὕπνος ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου.

In the day I was scorched by the heat and by the frost of the night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

ταῦτά μοι εἴκοσι ἔτη ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου· ἐδούλευσά σοι δεκατέσσαρα ἔτη ἀντὶ τῶν δύο θυγατέρων σου καὶ ἓξ ἔτη ἐν τοῖς προβάτοις σου, καὶ παρελογίσω τὸν μισθόν μου δέκα ἀμνάσιν.

These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you cheated me of my wages ten times.

εἰ μὴ ὁ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου Αβρααμ καὶ ὁ φόβος Ισαακ ἦν μοι, νῦν ἂν κενόν με ἐξαπέστειλας· τὴν τεπείνωσίν μου καὶ τὸν κόπον τῶν χειρῶν μου εἶδεν ὁ θεός, καὶ ἤλεγξέν σε ἐχθές.

If the God of my father Abraham and the Fear of Isaac had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation and the toil of my hands, and he reproved you last night.

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Λαβαν εἶπεν τῷ Ιακωβ Αἱ θυγατέρες θυγατέρες μου, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ υἱοί μου, καὶ τὰ κτήνη κτήνη μου, καὶ πάντα ὅσα σὺ ὁρᾷς ἐμά ἐστιν· καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων μου τί ποιήσω ταύταις σήμερον ἢ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν οἷς ἔτεκον;

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, 'The daughters are my daughters and the sons are my sons and the livestock are my livestock, and everything that you see is mine; and what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for their children whom they have borne?'

νῦν οὖν δεῦρο διαθώμεθα διαθήκην ἐγὼ καὶ σύ, καὶ ἔσται εἰς μαρτύριον ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.

Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, I and you, and it shall be a witness between me and you.

λαβὼν δὲ Ιακωβ λίθον ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην.

And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

εἶπεν δὲ Ιακωβ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ Συλλέξατε λίθους· καὶ συνέλεξαν λίθους καὶ ἐποίησαν βουνόν, καὶ ἔφαγον ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ βουνοῦ.

And Jacob said to his kinsmen, 'Gather stones,' and they gathered stones and made a heap, and they ate there upon the heap.

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Λαβαν Βουνὸς τοῦ μάρτυρος· Ιακωβ δὲ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Βουνὸς μάρτυς.

And Laban called it 'Hill of the Witness'; but Jacob called it 'Witness-Hill.'

εἶπεν δὲ Λαβαν τῷ Ιακωβ Ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος καὶ ἡ στήλη αὕτη μαρτυρεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ σήμερον· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Βουνὸς μάρτυς.

And Laban said to Jacob, 'Behold, this heap and this pillar witness between me and you today; therefore its name was called Witness-Heap.'

καὶ ἡ Ὅρασις, ἣν εἶπεν Ἐπίδοι κύριος ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ, ὅτι ἀποστησόμεθα ἕτερος ἀπὸ ἑτέρου.

And also the Watch-Vision, which he said: 'May the Lord watch between me and you, because we will be absent from one another.'

εἰ ταπεινώσεις τὰς θυγατέρας μου, εἰ λήμψῃ γυναῖκας ἐπὶ ταῖς θυγατράσιν μου, ὅρα, οὐδεὶς μεθ' ἡμῶν ἐστιν· ὁ θεὸς μάρτυς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.

If you humiliate my daughters, if you take wives besides my daughters — look, no one is with us; God is witness between me and you.