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And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.

Therefore he tooke out the same day the hee goates that were partie coloured and with great spots, and all the shee goates with litle and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the sheepe, and put them in the keeping of his sonnes.

And Iaakob parted these lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towardes these lambes partie coloured and all maner of blacke, among the sheepe of Laban: so hee put his owne flockes by themselues, and put them not with Labans flocke.

Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke.

Then Iaakob rose vp, and set his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.

And he caried away all his flockes, & al his substance which he had gotten, to wit, his riches, which he had gotten in Padan Aram, to goe to Izhak his father vnto the land of Canaan.

Whe Laban was gone to shere his sheepe, Then Rahel stole her fathers idoles.

So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead.

Then he tooke his brethren with him, & followed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertooke him at mount Gilead.

Then Laban ouertooke Iaakob, & Iaakob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban also with his brethren pitched vpon mount Gilead.

And Iaakob sayde vnto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made an heape, and they did eate there vpon the heape.

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.

Then Iaakob did offer a sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eate bread. and they did eate bread, and taried all night in the mount.

And earely in the morning Laban rose vp and kissed his sonnes and his daughters, & blessed them, & Laban departing, went vnto his place againe.

Nowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.

Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:

And he taryed there the same night, and tooke of that which came to had, a present for Esau his brother:

So he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, & put a space betweene droue and droue.

And ye shall say moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iaakob commeth after vs (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterwarde I will see his face: it may be that he will accept me.)

And he rose vp the same night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleuen children, and went ouer the forde Iabbok.