Genesis 31

1 Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”

1 وَسَمِعَ يَعْقُوبُ مَا يُرَدِّدُهُ أَبْنَاءُ لابَانَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَقَدِ اسْتَوْلَى يَعْقُوبُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا لأَبِينَا، وَجَمَعَ ثَرْوَتَهُ مِمَّا يَمْلِكُهُ وَالِدُنَا».

2 And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.

2 وَرَأَى يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّ مُعَامَلَةَ لابَانَ لَهُ قَدْ طَرَأَ عَلَيْهَا تَغْيِيرٌ فَاخْتَلَفَتْ عَمَّا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَابِقاً.

3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

3 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «عُدْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكَ وَإِلَى قَوْمِكَ وَأَنَا أَكُونُ مَعَكَ».

4 So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,

4 فَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ وَاسْتَدْعَى رَاحِيلَ وَلَيْئَةَ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ حَيْثُ يَرْعَى الْمَاشِيَةَ.

5 and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.

5 وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «إِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ أَبَاكُمَا لَمْ يَعُدْ يُعَامِلُنِي كَالْعَهْدِ بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ، وَلَكِنْ إِلَهُ أَبَائِي كَانَ وَمَازَالَ مَعِي.

6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

6 أَنْتُمَا تَعْلَمَانِ أَنَّنِي خَدَمْتُ أَبَاكُمَا بِكُلِّ قُوَايَ.

7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

7 أَمَّا أَبُوكُمَا فَقَدْ غَدَرَ بِي وَغَيَّرَ أُجْرَتِي عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَسْمَحْ لَهُ بِأَنْ يُسِيءَ إِلَيَّ.

8 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.

8 فَإِنْ قَالَ: لِتَكُنِ الْغَنَمُ الرُّقْطُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ الْغَنَمِ رُقْطاً. وَإِنْ قَالَ: لِتَكُنِ الْغَنَمُ الْمُخَطَّطَةُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ الْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةً.

9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

9 لَقَدْ سَلَبَ اللهُ مَوَاشِي أَبِيكُمَا وَأَعْطَانِي إِيَّاهَا.

10 When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

10 وَرَأَيْتُ فِي مَوْسِمِ تَلاقُحِ الْغَنَمِ حُلْماً: أَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْفُحُولِ الصَّاعِدَةِ عَلَى الْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ.

11 In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

11 وَقَالَ لِي مَلاكُ اللهِ فِي الْحُلْمِ: يَا يَعْقُوبُ،

12 ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

12 تَطَلَّعْ حَوْلَكَ وَانْظُرْ، فَتَرَى أَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْفُحُولِ الصَّاعِدَةِ عَلَى الْغَنَمِ هِيَ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ. فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ مَا يَصْنَعُهُ بِكَ لابَانُ.

13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”

13 أَنَا إِلَهُ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، حَيْثُ مَسَحْتَ عَمُوداً، وَحَيْثُ نَذَرْتَ لِي نَذْراً. الآنَ قُمْ وَامْضِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَارْجِعْ إِلَى أَرْضِ مَوْلِدِكَ».

14 And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

14 فَقَالَتْ رَاحِيلُ وَلَيْئَةُ: «هَلْ بَقِيَ لَنَا نَصِيبٌ وَمِيرَاثٌ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِينَا؟

15 Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

15 أَلَمْ يُعَامِلْنَا كَأَجْنَبِيَّتَيْنِ لأَنَّهُ بَاعَنَا وَأَكَلَ ثَمَنَنَا أَيْضاً؟

16 Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

16 إِنَّ كُلَّ الثَّرْوَةِ الَّتِي سَلَبَهَا اللهُ مِنْ أَبِينَا هِيَ لَنَا وَلأَوْلادِنَا، وَالآنَ افْعَلْ كُلَّ مَا قَالَهُ اللهُ لَكَ».

17 Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

17 فَقَامَ يَعْقُوبُ وَحَمَلَ أَوْلادَهُ وَنِسَاءَهُ عَلَى الْجِمَالِ،

18 and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

18 وَسَاقَ كُلَّ مَاشِيَتِهِ أَمَامَهُ وَجَمِيعَ مُقْتَنَيَاتِهِ الَّتِي اقْتَنَاهَا فِي سَهْلِ أَرَامَ وَاتَّجَهَ إِلَى إِسْحاقَ أَبِيهِ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.

19 Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

19 وَكَانَ لابَانُ قَدْ مَضَى لِيَجُزَّ غَنَمَهُ، فَسَرَقَتْ رَاحِيلُ أَصْنَامَ أَبِيهَا.

20 Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

20 وَكَذَلِكَ خَدَعَ يَعْقُوبُ لابَانَ الأَرَامِيَّ فَلَمْ يُخْبِرْهُ بِقَرَارِهِ

21 So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

21 فَهَرَبَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ مَا مَعَهُ، وَانْطَلَقَ عَابِراً النَّهْرَ مُتَوَجِّهاً نَحْوَ جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

22 On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.

22 فَأُخْبِرَ لابَانُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ أَنَّ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ هَرَبَ.

23 So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

23 فَصَحِبَ إِخْوَتَهُ مَعَهُ وَتَعَقَّبَهُ مَسِيرَةَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

24 But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

24 فَتَجَلَّى اللهُ لِلابَانَ الأَرَامِيِّ فِي حُلْمٍ لَيْلاً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُخَاطِبَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ بِشَرٍّ».

25 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.

25 وَحِينَ أَدْرَكَ لابَانُ يَعْقُوبَ كَانَ يَعْقُوبُ قَدْ ضَرَبَ خَيْمَتَهُ فِي الْجَبَلِ، فَخَيَّمَ لابَانُ وَإخْوَتُهُ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

26 وَقَالَ لابَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «مَاذَا دَهَاكَ حَتَّى إِنَّكَ خَدَعْتَنِي وَسُقْتَ ابْنَتَيَّ كَسَبَايَا السَّيْفِ؟

27 Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

27 لِمَاذَا هَرَبْتَ خِفْيَةً وَخَدَعْتَنِي؟ لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي فَكُنْتُ أُشَيِّعُكَ بِفَرَحٍ وَغِنَاءٍ وَدُفٍّ وَعُودٍ؟

28 But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

28 وَلَمْ تَدَعْنِي أُقَبِّلُ أَحْفَادِي وَابْنَتَيَّ؟ إِنَّكَ بِغَبَاوَةٍ تَصَرَّفْتَ.

29 I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

29 إنَّ فِي مَقْدُورِي أَنْ أُؤْذِيَكَ، وَلِكِنَّ إِلَهَ أَبِيكَ أَمَرَنِي لَيْلَةَ أَمْسٍ قَائِلاً: إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُخَاطِبَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ بِشَرٍّ.

30 Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

30 وَالآنَ أَنْتَ تَمْضِي لأَنَّكَ اشْتَقْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ، وَلَكِنْ لِمَاذَا سَرَقْتَ آلِهَتِي؟».

31 “I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

31 فَأَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ: «لأَنَّنِي خِفْتُ أَنْ تَغْتَصِبَ ابْنَتَيْكَ مِنِّي.

32 If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

32 وَالآنَ، مَنْ تَجِدُ آلِهَتَكَ مَعَهُ فَالْمَوْتُ عِقَابُهُ. فَتِّشْ أَمَامَ إِخْوَتِنَا كُلَّ مَا مَعِي. إِنْ وَجَدْتَ لَكَ شَيْئاً فَخُذْهُ». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْقُوبُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَاحِيلَ قَدْ سَرَقَتِ الآلِهَةَ.

33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

33 فَدَخَلَ لابَانُ خَيْمَةَ كُلٍّ مِنْ يَعْقُوبَ وَلَيْئَةَ وَالْجَارِيَتَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئاً. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ خِبَاءِ لَيْئَةَ وَدَخَلَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ رَاحِيلَ.

34 Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

34 وَكَانَتْ رَاحِيلُ قَدْ أَخَذَتِ الأَصْنَامَ وَأَخْفَتْهَا فِي رَحْلِ الْجَمَلِ وَجَلَسَتْ عَلَيْهَا، فَبَحَثَ فِي كُلِّ الْخَيْمَةِ دُونَ أَنْ يَعْثُرَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ.

35 Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.

35 وَقَالَتْ لأَبِيهَا «لا يُسِئْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي عَدَمُ اسْتِطَاعَتِي الْوُقُوفَ أَمَامَكَ لأَنَّ عَادَةَ النِّسَاءِ قَدْ عَرَضَتْ لِي». وَعِنْدَمَا بَحَثَ لابَانُ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئاً

36 Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

36 اغْتَاظَ يَعْقُوبُ وَخَاصَمَ لابَانَ قَائِلاً: «مَا هُوَ ذَنْبِي وَمَا هِيَ خَطِيئَتِي حَتَّى تَعَقَّبْتَنِي بِغَيْظٍ؟

37 You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

37 وَهَا أَنْتَ قَدْ فَتَّشْتَ جَمِيعَ أَثَاثِ بَيْتِي، فَمَاذَا وَجَدْتَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَثَاثِ بَيْتِكَ؟ اعْرِضْهُ هُنَا أَمَامَ أَقْرِبَائِنَا فَيَحْكُمُوا بَيْنَنَا كِلَيْنَا.

38 I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

38 لَقَدْ مَكَثْتُ مَعَكَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، فَمَا أَسْقَطَتْ نِعَاجُكَ وَعِنَازُكَ، وَلَمْ آكُلْ مِنْ كِبَاشِ غَنَمِكَ.

39 I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

39 أَشْلاءَ فَرِيسَةٍ لَمْ أُحْضِرْ لَكَ بَلْ كُنْتُ أَتَحَمَّلُ خَسَارَتَهَا، وَمِنْ يَدِي كُنْتَ تَطْلُبُهَا، سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ مَخْطُوفَةً فِي النَّهَارِ أَمْ فِي اللَّيْلِ.

40 As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

40 كُنْتُ فِي النَّهَارِ يَأْكُلُنِي الْحَرُّ وَفِي اللَّيْلِ الْجَلِيدُ، وَفَارَقَ نَوْمِي عَيْنَيَّ.

41 Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

41 لَقَدْ صَارَ لِي عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً فِي بَيْتِكَ. أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً مِنْهَا خَدَمْتُكَ لِقَاءَ زَوَاجِي بِابْنَتَيْكَ، وَسِتَّ سَنَوَاتٍ مُقَابِلَ غَنَمِكَ، وَقَدْ غَيَّرْتَ أُجْرَتِي عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ.

42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”

42 وَلَوْلا أَنَّ إِلَهَ أَبِي، إِلَهَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهَيْبَةَ إِسْحاقَ كَانَا مَعِي لَكُنْتَ الآنَ قَدْ صَرَفْتَنِي فَارِغاً. لَكِنِ الرَّبُّ قَدْ رَأَى مَذَلَّتِي وَتَعَبَ يَدَيَّ فَوَبَّخَكَ لَيْلَةَ أَمْسِ».

43 But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?

43 فَأَجَابَ لابَانُ: «الْبَنَاتُ بَنَاتِي، وَالأَبْنَاءُ أَبْنَائِي وَالْغَنَمُ غَنَمِي، وَكُلُّ مَا تَرَاهُ هُوَ لِي. وَلَكِنْ مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ بِبَنَاتِي وَأَوْلادِهِنَّ الآنَ؟

44 Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

44 فَلْنَقْطَعْ عَهْداً بَيْنَنَا الْيَوْمَ، فَيَكُونَ شَاهِداً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».

45 So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,

45 فَأَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ حَجَراً وَنَصَبَهُ عَمُوداً،

46 and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

46 وَقَالَ لأَقْرِبَائِهِ: «اجْمَعُوا حِجَارَةً». فَأَخَذُوا الْحِجَارَةَ وَجَعَلُوهَا رُجْمَةً وَأَكَلُوا هُنَاكَ فَوْقَهَا.

47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

47 وَدَعَاهَا لابَانُ «يَجَرْ سَهْدُوثَا» (وَمَعْنَاهَا: رُجْمَةُ الشَّهَادَةِ بِلُغَةِ لابَانَ) وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَدَعَاهَا «جَلْعِيدَ» (وَمَعْنَاهَا: رُجْمَةُ الشَّهَادَةِ بِلُغَةِ يَعْقُوبَ).

48 Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

48 وَقَالَ لابَانُ: «هَذِهِ الرُّجْمَةُ شَاهِدَةٌ الْيَوْمَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ». لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُهَا جَلْعِيدَ.

49 It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

49 وَكَذَلِكَ دُعِيَتْ بِالْمِصْفَاةِ أَيْضاً لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ رَقِيباً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ حِينَ يَغِيبُ كُلٌّ مِنَّا عَنِ الآخَرِ.

50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

50 إِنْ أَسَأْتَ مُعَامَلَةَ ابْنَتَيَّ، أَوْ تَزَوَّجْتَ عَلَيْهِمَا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَرَاكَ وَيَكُونُ حَاكِماً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ حَتَّى لَوْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْ أَنَا».

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

51 وَأَضَافَ: «لِتَكُنِ الرُّجْمَةُ، وَهَذَا الْعَمُودُ الَّذِي أَقَمْتُهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ

52 This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

52 شَاهِدَيْنِ أَنْ لَا أَتَجَاوَزَ هَذِهِ الرُّجْمَةَ لإِيقَاعِ الأَذَى بِكَ، أَوْ تَتَجَاوَزَ أَنْتَ الرُّجْمَةَ وَهَذَا الْعَمُودَ لإِلْحَاقِ الضَّرَرِ بِي.

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

53 وَلْيَكُنْ إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِلَهُ نَاحُورَ وَإِلَهُ أَبِيهِمَا حَاكِماً بَيْنَنَا». فَحَلَفَ يَعْقُوبُ بِهَيْبَةِ أَبِيهِ إِسْحاقَ.

54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

54 ثُمَّ قَدَّمَ يَعْقُوبُ قُرْبَاناً فِي الْجَبَلِ وَدَعَا أَقْرِبَاءَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا طَعَاماً، فَأَكَلُوا وَقَضَوْا لَيْلَتَهُمْ فِي الْجَبَلِ.

55 Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

55 وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ الْمُبَكِّرِ نَهَضَ لابَانُ وَقَبَّلَ أَحْفَادَهُ وَابْنَتَيْهِ وَبَارَكَهُمْ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَاجِعاً، إِلَى مَحَلِّ إِقَامَتِهِ.