1 و َسَمِعَ يَعقُوبُ ما قالَهُ أبْناءُ لابانَ: «لَقَدِ اسْتَولَى يَعقُوبُ عَلَى كُلِّ ما كانَ لِأبِينا. وَجَمَعَ كُلَّ ثَرْوَتِهِ مِمّا كانَ لِأبِينا.»

Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.”

2 و َلاحَظَ يَعقُوبُ أنَّ نَظْرَةَ لابانَ إلَيهِ لَمْ تَعُدْ كَما كانَتْ فِي السّابِقِ.

And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.

3 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «عُدْ إلَى أرْضِ آبائِكَ وَأهلِكَ. وَسَأكُونُ مَعَكَ.»

Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.”

4 ف َأرْسَلَ يَعقُوبُ فِي طَلَبِ راحِيلَ وَلَيئَةَ وَدَعاهُما إلَى الحَقلِ حَيثُ قُطْعانُهُ.

So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock,

5 و َقالَ لَهُما: «لاحَظْتُ أنَّ نَظْرَةَ أبِيكُما إلَيَّ لَمْ تَعُدْ كَما فِي السّابِقِ. وَلَكِنَّ إلَهَ أبِي كانَ وَما يَزالُ مَعِي.

and said to them, “I see your father’s countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

6 أ نتُما تَعْرِفانِ أنِّي خَدَمْتُ أباكُما بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِي،

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

7 و َهُوَ غَشَّنِي وَغَيَّرَ أجرِيَ عَشَرَ مَرّاتٍ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَسمَحْ لَهُ بِأنْ يُؤْذِيَنِي.

Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

8 « فَإنْ قالَ لابانُ: ‹المَواشِي المُرَقَّطَةُ سَتَكُونُ أجرَكَ،› حِينَئِذٍ، كانَتْ كُلُّ القُطْعانِ تَلِدُ صِغاراً مُرَقَّطَةً. وَإنْ قالَ: ‹المَواشِي المُخَطَّطَةُ سَتَكُونُ أجرَكَ.› حِينَئِذٍ، كانَتْ كُلُّ القُطْعانِ تَلِدُ صِغاراً مُخَطَّطَةً.

If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: ‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked.

9 ف َنَزَعَ اللهُ مَواشِيَ أبِيكُما وَأعطاها لِي.

So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

10 « وَفِي وَقْتِ تَزاوُجِ القَطِيعِ، رَفَعْتُ نَظَرِي وَرَأيتُ حُلْماً. رَأيتُ أنَّ التُّيُوسَ الَّتِي كانَتْ تَتَزاوَجُ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَمُنَقَّطَةٌ وَمُرَقَّطَةٌ.

“And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.

11 ث ُمَّ جاءَ إلَيَّ مَلاكُ اللهِ فِي حُلْمٍ وَقالَ: ‹يا يَعْقُوبُ!› «فَقُلْتُ: ‹سَمْعاً وَطاعَةً.›

Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’

12 « فَقالَ المَلاكُ: ‹ارْفَعْ عَينَيكَ وَانظُرْ كَيفَ أنَّ كُلَّ التُّيُوسِ المُتَزاوِجَةِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَمُنَقَّطَةٌ وَمُرَقَّطَةٌ. فَقَدْ رَأيتُ كُلَّ ما فَعَلَهُ لابانُ بِكَ،

And He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

13 أ نا إلَهُ بَيتِ إيلَ حَيثُ كَرَّسْتَ عَمُوداً وَنَذَرْتَ لِي نَذْراً. فَالآنَ قُمْ وَاتْرُكْ هَذا المَكانَ وَعُدْ إلَى أرْضِ أهلِكَ.›»

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’”

14 ف َأجابَتْهُ راحِيلُ وَلَيئَةُ: «ألَعَلَّ لَنا نَصِيباً أوْ مِيراثاً فِي بَيتِ أبِينا؟

Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

15 أ لا يَعتَبِرُنا غَرِيبَتَينِ؟ فقَدْ باعَنا وَاسْتَولَى عَلَى المَهْرِ الَّذِي دُفِعَ فِينا.

Are we not considered strangers by him? For he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.

16 ف َكُلُّ الثَّرْوَةِ الَّتِي اسْتَعادَها اللهُ مِنْ أبِينا هِيَ لَنا وَلِأبْنائِنا. فَالآنَ اعْمَلْ كَما قالَ لَكَ اللهُ!»

For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children’s; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it.”

17 ف َاسْتَعَدَّ يَعقُوبُ وَأركَبَ أبْناءَهُ وَزَوْجاتِهِ الجِمالَ.

Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

18 و َساقَ كُلَّ مَواشِيهِ وَكُلَّ مُقتَنَياتِهِ. ساقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ اقْتَناهُ، وَالماشِيَةَ الَّتِي حَصَلَ عَلَيها فِي فَدَّانَ أرامَ، لِيَذْهَبَ إلَى أبِيهِ إسْحاقَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

19 و َكانَ لابانُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ لِيَجِزَّ الصُّوفَ عَنْ غَنَمِهِ. فَسَرَقَتْ راحِيلُ تَماثِيلَ أبِيها.

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father’s.

20 و َخَدَعَ يَعْقُوبُ لابانَ الأرامِيَّ إذْ لَمْ يُخْبِرْهُ بِرَحيلِهِ،

And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.

21 ب َلْ هَرَبَ بِكُلِّ ما كانَ لَهُ. وَانطَلَقَ يَعْقُوبُ وَعَبَرَ نَهْرَ الفُراتِ، قاصِداً أرْضَ جِلْعادَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and headed toward the mountains of Gilead. Laban Pursues Jacob

22 و َفِي اليَوْمِ الثّالِثِ أُخْبِرَ لابانُ بِأنَّ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ هَرَبَ.

And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

23 ف َأخَذَ لابانُ أقْرِباءَهُ مَعَهُ وَلاحَقَهُ مُدَّةَ سَبْعَةِ أيّامٍ، إلَى أنْ أدرَكَهُ فِي جِلْعادَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

Then he took his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead.

24 و َجاءَ اللهُ إلَى لابانَ الأرامِيَّ فِي حُلْمٍ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ. وَقالَ اللهُ لِلابانَ: «احتَرِسْ مِنْ أنْ تُهَدِّدَ يَعْقُوبَ بِأيَّةِ كَلِمَةٍ!» البحثُ عنِ التّماثيلِ المسروقة

But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, “Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”

25 ف َأدرَكَ لابانُ يَعقُوبَ. وَنَصَبَ يَعقُوبُ خَيمَتَهُ عَلَى الجَبَلِ. وَنَصَبَ لابانُ خَيمَتَهُ فِي جِلْعادَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

So Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.

26 ف َقالَ لابانُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتَهُ؟ خَدَعْتَنِي وَأخَذْتَ ابْنَتَيَّ كَما لَوْ أنَّهُما أسِيرَتا حَربٍ.

And Laban said to Jacob: “What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword?

27 ف َلِماذا هَرَبْتَ سِرّاً وَخَدَعْتَنِي وَلَمْ تُخبِرْنِي؟ لَوْ أخبَرْتَنِي لَوَدَّعْتُكَ بِفَرَحٍ وَأغانٍ وَدُفُوفٍ وَقَياثيرَ.

Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?

28 ل َمْ تَسْمَحْ لِي حَتَّى بِتَقْبِيلِ أحفادِيَ وَبِنْتَيَّ قُبلَةَ الوَداعِ، وَكانَ هَذا حُمْقاً مِنْكَ.

And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in so doing.

29 أ ُقْسِمُ أنِّي كُنْتُ أنوِي إيذاءَكَ. لَكِنْ ظَهَرَ لِي لَيلَةَ أمْسٍ إلَهُ أبِيكَ، وَقالَ لِي: ‹احتَرِسْ مِنْ أنْ تُهَدِّدَ يَعْقُوبَ بِأيَّةِ كَلِمَةٍ!›

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’

30 و َالآنَ أنتَ غادَرْتَ لِأنَّكَ اشْتَقْتَ إلَى بَيتِ أبِيكَ، لَكِنْ لِماذا سَرَقْتَ أوْثانَ بَيتِي؟»

And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”

31 ف َرَدَّ يَعقُوبُ عَلَى لابانَ وَقالَ: «غادَرْتُ دُونَ أنْ أُخْبِرَكَ لِأنِّي خِفْتُ أنْ تَأْخُذَ ابْنَتَيكَ مِنِّي.

Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.’

32 ل َكِنْ إنْ وَجَدْتَ أوْثانَكَ مَعَ أحَدٍ، فَسَيُقْتَلُ، أيّاً كانَ. وَأنا أقُولُ لَكَ عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنْ أقْرِبائِنا: أشِرْ إلَى أيِّ شَيءٍ مَعِي وَقُلْ إنَّهُ لَكَ، حِينَئِذٍ، يَرْجِعُ إلَيكَ.» لَكِنَّ يَعقُوبَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعلَمُ أنَّ راحِيلَ هِيَ الَّتِي سَرَقَتِ الأوثانَ.

With whomever you find your gods, do not let him live. In the presence of our brethren, identify what I have of yours and take it with you.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

33 ف َدَخَلَ لابانُ إلَى خَيمَةِ يَعقُوبَ وَخَيمَةِ لَيئَةَ وَخَيمَةِ الخادِمَتَينِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدِ الأوْثانَ. ثُمَّ دَخَلَ إلَى خَيمَةِ راحِيلَ.

And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the two maids’ tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

34 و َكانَتْ راحِيلُ قَدْ أخَذَتْ أوْثانَ البَيتِ وَوَضَعَتْها فِي سَرْجِ الجَمَلِ الَّذِي كانَتْ تَجلِسُ عَلَيهِ. وَفَتَّشَ لابانُ الخَيمَةَ كُلَّها فَلَمْ يَجِدِ الأوْثانَ.

Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find them.

35 ف َقالَتْ راحِيلُ لِأبِيها: «لا تَغضَبْ مِنِّي يا سَيِّدِي، فَأنا لا أسْتَطِيعُ الوُقُوفَ أمامَكَ. إذْ عَلَيَّ العادَةُ الشَّهْرِيَّةُ.» فَفَتَّشَ لابانُ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ أوْثانَ بَيتِهِ.

And she said to her father, “Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is with me.” And he searched but did not find the household idols.

36 ف َغَضِبَ يَعقُوبُ وَوَبَّخَ لابانَ. وَقالَ لِلابانَ: «أيَّةَ جَرِيمَةٍ ارتَكَبْتُ؟ وَما هِيَ الإساءَةُ الَّتِي أسَأْتُ بِها إلَيكَ، حَتَّى جِئْتَ تُطارِدُنِي؟

Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban, and Jacob answered and said to Laban: “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?

37 ل َقَدْ فَتَّشْتَ كُلَّ أغراضِي. فَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ بَينَها شَيئاً مِنْ مُقتَنَياتِ بَيتِكَ؟ إنْ وَجَدْتَهُ، فَضَعْهُ هُنا أمامَ أقْرِبائِي وَأقْرِبائِكَ. وَلْيَحكُمُوا بَينَنا.

Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both!

38 ك ُنْتُ مَعَكَ عِشْرِينَ عاماً وَلَمْ تُجهِضْ فِيها نِعاجُكَ وَمِعازُكَ. وَلَمْ آكُلْ يَوْماً مِنْ كِباشِ قُطْعانِكَ.

These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.

39 و َلَمْ أُحضِرْ لَكَ يَوْماً رَأْساً مِنْ ماشِيَتِكَ افتَرَسَتْهُ الوُحُوشُ، بَلْ كُنْتُ أُعَوِّضُ لَكَ الخَسارَةَ مِنِّي عِندَما كُنْتَ تَطلُبُها. وَقَدْ تَعَرَّضْتُ لِلسَّلْبِ لَيلاً وَنَهاراً.

That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

40 ع ِشْتُ هَكَذا: كانَتْ قُوَّتِي تُمْتَصُّ مِنَ الحَرِّ نَهاراً، وَمِنَ البَرْدِ لَيلاً. وَلَمْ أذُقْ طَعْمَ النَّوْمِ حِرْصاً عَلَى مَواشِيكَ.

There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.

41 ك ُنْتُ فِي بَيتِكَ طَوالَ هَذِهِ السَّنَواتِ العِشْرِينَ أعمَلُ كَعَبْدٍ، أرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً مُقابِلَ ابْنَتَيكَ وَسِتَّ سَنَواتٍ مُقابِلَ غَنَمِكَ. وَغَيَّرْتَ أجرِيَ عَشَرَ مَرّاتٍ.

Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

42 ل َكِنَّ إلَهَ أبِي، إلَهَ إبْراهِيمَ، وَمَهابَةُ إسْحاقَ، كانَ مَعِي. وَلَولا ذَلِكَ لأرْسَلْتَنِي فارِغَ اليَدَينِ. رَأى اللهُ ضِيقِي وَتَعَبِي. وَلِهَذا وَبَّخَكَ اللهُ لَيلَةَ أمْسِ.» عهدُ يَعْقُوبَ وَلابان

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.” Laban’s Covenant with Jacob

43 ف َأجابَ لابانُ: «هاتانِ ابْنَتايَ، وَهُؤلاءِ الغِلمانُ لِي، وَالغَنَمُ غَنَمِي، وَكُلُّ ما تَراهُ هُوَ لِي. لَكِنْ ماذا عَسانِي أفْعَلُ اليَوْمَ بِابْنَتَيَّ وَأولادِهِنَّ؟

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “ These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and this flock is my flock; all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?

44 ف َتَعالَ وَلْنَقْطَعْ أنا وَأنْتَ عَهْداً. وَلْيَكُنْ هَذا العَهْدُ شاهِداً بَينِي وَبَينَكَ.»

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

45 ف َأخَذَ يَعقُوبُ حَجَراً، وَنَصَبَهُ عَمُوداً.

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

46 ث ُمَّ قالَ يَعقُوبُ لِأقْرِبائِهِ: «اجْمَعُوا حِجارَةً!» فَأخَذُوا حِجارَةً وَجَعَلُوا مِنْها كَوْمَةً. ثُمَّ أكَلُوا مَعَاً بِجانِبِ كَوْمَةِ الحِجارَةِ.

Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.

47 و َسَمَّى لابانُ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ يَجَرْ سَهْدُوثا. وَسَمّاهُ يَعقُوبُ جَلْعِيدَ.

Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

48 ف َقَدْ قالَ لابانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «كَوْمَةُ الحِجارَةِ هَذِهِ تَشْهَدُ اليَوْمَ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ.» لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ المَوضِعُ جَلْعِيدُ.

And Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed,

49 و َدُعِيَ المَكانُ أيضاً مِصْفاةَ، لِأنَّ لابانَ قالَ: «لِيُراقِبِ اللهُ كِلَينا عِندَما يَفْتَرِقُ أحَدُنا عَنِ الآخَرِ، وَيَحكُمْ بَينَنا.

also Mizpah, because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another.

50 ف َلا تُؤذِ بَناتِي، وَلا تَتَزَوَّجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ. فَاللهُ شاهِدٌ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ، حَتَّى لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَنا أحَدٌ.»

If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”

51 و َقالَ لابانُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ها كَوْمَةُ الحِجارَةِ وَالعَمُودُ بَينَنا.

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Here is this heap and here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me.

52 ه َذِهِ الكَوْمَةُ شاهِدَةٌ وَهَذا العَمُودُ شاهِدٌ عَلَى أنِّي لَنْ أتَخَطَّى هَذِهِ الكَوْمَةَ إلَيكَ لإيذائِكَ، وَأنَّكَ لَنْ تَتَخَطَّى هَذِهِ الكَوْمَةَ وَهَذا العَمُودَ إلَيَّ لإيذائِي.

This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

53 و َلْيَحكُمْ بَينَنا إلَهُ إبْراهِيمَ وَإلَهُ ناحُورَ إلَهُ أبِيهِما.» ثُمَّ حَلَفَ يَعقُوبُ بِمَهابَةِ إسْحاقَ أبيهِ.

The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

54 و َقَدَّمَ ذَبِيحَةً عَلَى الجَبَلِ. وَدَعا أقْرِباءَهُ إلَى الطَّعامِ. فَأكَلُوا وَباتُوا لَيلَتَهُمْ عَلَى الجَبَلِ.

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.

55 و َفي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ، اسْتَيقَظَ لابانُ وَقَبَّلَ أحْفادَهُ وَبَناتِهِ وَبارَكَهُمْ، ثُمَّ عَادَ إلَى بَيتِهِ.

And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.