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I could do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me: ‘Watch yourself. Don't say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'

Now you have gone off because you long for your father—but why have you stolen my gods?"

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

Now Rachel had taken Laban's household idols, put them in the saddlebag of the camel, and sat on them. Laban searched the whole tent but found nothing.

She said to her father, "Sir, don't be angry that I cannot stand up in your presence; I am having my period." So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, certainly now you would have sent me off empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and my hard work, and He issued His verdict last night."

Then Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters; the sons, my sons; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

Laban named the mound Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Galeed.

Then He said to Jacob, "Let Me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob said, "I will not let You go unless You bless me."

Then Jacob asked Him, "Please tell me Your name." But He answered, "Why do you ask My name?" And He blessed him there.

But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. Then they wept.

But Jacob said, "No, please! If I have found favor with you, take this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing God's face, since you have accepted me.

Esau said, "Let me leave some of my people with you." But he replied, "Why do that? Please indulge me, my lord."

but Jacob went on to Succoth. He built a house for himself and stalls for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned.

But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go."

But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

But they answered, "Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?"

God said to him: Your name is Jacob; you will no longer be named Jacob, but your name will be Israel. So He named him Israel.