King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s ; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.

KJVu: 1 He 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 gathered all these riches."

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KJV:   2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

KJVu: 2 Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not the same toward him as before.

KJV:   3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

KJVu: 3 And the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your family, and I will be with you."

KJV:   4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

KJVu: 4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

KJV:   5 And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before ; but the God of my father hath been with me.

KJVu: 5 and said to them, "I see your father’s countenance, that it is not the same toward me as before , but the God of my father has been with me.

KJV:   6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

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

Notes: "Power" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3581 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, powerful, strength, -|- Or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard — ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth."

KJV:   7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times ; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

KJVu: 7 And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times , but God did not permit him to hurt me.

KJV:   8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages ; then all the cattle bare speckled : and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

KJVu: 8 If he said, 'The speckled shall be your wages ,' then all the cattle bore speckled , and if he said, 'The striped shall be your wages,' then all the cattle bore striped.

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KJV:   9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

KJVu: 9 Thus God has taken away the cattle from your father, and given them to me.

KJV:   10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

KJVu: 10 And it came to pass at the time that the flocks conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped on the flocks were striped, speckled, and spotted.

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KJV:   11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob : And I said, Here am I.

KJVu: 11 And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob .' And I said, 'Here I am.'

KJV:   12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

KJVu: 12 Then he said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are striped, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

KJV:   13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me : now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

KJVu: 13 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.'"

KJV:   14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

KJVu: 14 Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, "Is there any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

KJV:   15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

KJVu: 15 Are we not considered strangers by him? For he has sold us, and has also devoured our money.

Notes: "Counted" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H2803 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "make account of, conceive, consider, count, cunning man, work, workman, devise, -|- A primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) To fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute — (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think. ."

KJV:   16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s : now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

KJVu: 16 For all the riches which God has taken from our father, are ours, and our children’s . Now then, whatever God has said to you, do. "

KJV:   17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels ;

KJVu: 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on camels.

KJV:   18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

KJVu: 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gathered, the cattle he had acquired, which he had gathered in Padanaram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

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KJV:   19 And Laban went to shear his sheep : and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

KJVu: 19 When Laban went to shear his sheep , Rachel stole the idols that were her father’s.

Notes: "Images" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H8655 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "a kind of idol, object of reverence, and means of divination (√ and etymology-meaning dubious, compare GFMHast. DB TERAPHIM SayZA ii. 195 (citing Neubauer, and Assyrian tarpû, spectre), al. √ רפא, compare רְפָאִים); — always ׳ת: — portable and sometimes small Genesis 31:19,34."

KJV:   20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

KJVu: 20 Then Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him when he fled.

KJV:   21 So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

KJVu: 21 So he fled with all that he had . He rose up, and crossed the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

Notes: "Passed Over" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5674 with a Strong’s definition of "cross (stream, wady, sea, etc.), (1) with accusative Genesis 31:21 (E), Genesis 32:11 (J), Joshua 3:14,17; Joshua 4:1 (all J E), Deuteronomy 2:14 (D), Numbers 32:29 (P), 2 Samuel 17:20,22,24; Isaiah 16:8, + 37 t., + Genesis 32:23 ."

KJV:   22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

KJVu: 22 And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

KJV:   23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey ; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

KJVu: 23 He took his brethren with him, and pursued after him on a seven day journey , and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

KJV:   24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

KJVu: 24 But God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, "Take heed that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad."

KJV:   25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount : and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

KJVu: 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount , and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

KJV:   26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

KJVu: 26 And Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have stolen away unaware to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

KJV:   27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me ; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

KJVu: 27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me , and not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

KJV:   28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

KJVu: 28 Why did you not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly in so doing.

KJV:   29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

KJVu: 29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad. '

KJV:   30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

KJVu: 30 And now, you have gone away, because you longed after your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods? "

Notes: "Gone" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1980 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "all along, apace, behave self, come, on continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, -|- Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) — (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl."

KJV:   31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

KJVu: 31 Jacob answered and said to Laban, "Because I was afraid , for I said, 'Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.'

KJV:   32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

KJVu: 32 Whomever you find with your gods, shall not live. In front of our brethren acknowledge what is yours that I have, and take it for yourself. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

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KJV:   33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants' tents ; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

KJVu: 33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants' tents , but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

KJV:   34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

KJVu: 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban searched all in the tent, but did not find them.

Notes: "Furniture" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3733 with a Strong’s definition of "basket-saddle."

KJV:   35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

KJVu: 35 And she said to her father, "Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you, for the way of women is upon me. " And he searched, but did not find the images.

Notes: "Custom" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1870 with a Strong’s definition of "way, road, distance, journey, manner." Some translations specifically state that she was on her "period."

KJV:   36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban : and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

KJVu: 36 Jacob was angry, and scolded Laban , and Jacob answered and said to Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?

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KJV:   37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

KJVu: 37 You have searched all my stuff, what of your household stuff have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

KJV:   38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

KJVu: 38 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 from your flock.

Notes: "Cast" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7921 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "bereave of children, barren, cast calf fruit, make childless, deprive, destroy -|- A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively) — bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, X expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil."

KJV:   39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

KJVu: 39 That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you. I bore the loss of it . From my hand you required it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

KJV:   40 Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

KJVu: 40 There I was . In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night , and my sleep departed from my eyes.

KJV:   41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house ; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

KJVu: 41 For 20 years I have been in your house . I served you 14 years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages 10 times.

KJV:   42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

KJVu: 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

Notes: "Empty" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7387 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "in empty condition, empty = with empty hands; with verb of sending Genesis 31:42."

KJV:   43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

KJVu: 43 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?

KJV:   44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

KJVu: 44 Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, I and you, and let it be for a witness between me and you."

KJV:   45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

KJVu: 45 Then Jacob took a stone, and set it up as a pillar.

KJV:   46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones ; and they took stones, and made an heap : and they did eat there upon the heap.

KJVu: 46 And Jacob said to his brethren, "Gather stones. " And they took stones, and made a heap , and they ate there on the heap.

KJV:   47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha : but Jacob called it Galeed.

KJVu: 47 Laban called it Jegarsahadutha , but Jacob called it Galeed.

KJV:   48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed ;

KJVu: 48 And Laban said, "This heap is a witness between me and you this day. " Therefore the name of it was called Galeed ,

KJV:   49 And Mizpah ; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

KJVu: 49 and called Mizpah , for he said, "The LORD watches between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

KJV:   50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us ; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

KJVu: 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives beside my daughters, though no man is with us to see, God is witness between me and you."

KJV:   51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

KJVu: 51 And Laban said to Jacob, "Behold this heap, and this pillar, which I have set between me and you.

Notes: "Cast" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3384 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "cast (= lay, set), corner-stone Job 38:6; pillar Genesis 31:51"

KJV:   52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

KJVu: 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to harm you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to harm me.

KJV:   53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

KJVu: 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. " And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

KJV:   54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread : and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

KJVu: 54 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.

Notes: "Mount" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H2022 with a Strong’s definition of "mountain, hill, hill country."

KJV:   55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them : and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

KJVu: 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them , and Laban departed, and returned to his place.