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till his wrath agaynst ye be turned from the, and he forget what thou hast done vnto him. So wyll I then sende for the, and cause the be fetched from thece. Why shulde I be robbed of you both in one daye?

So Isaac let Iacob departe, that he might go in to Mesopotamia vnto Laban the sonne of Bethuel of Siria, ye brother of Rebecca, his and Esaus mother.

And beholde, I am with ye, and wyll kepe the where so euer thou goest, & wyl brynge the hither agayne in to this lande: for I wil not leaue the, tyll I haue made good, all that I haue promysed the.

and thyther they vsed to brynge the flockes, and to roule the stone from ye mouth of the well, and to geue the shepe drynke, & so they put the stone agayne vpon the welles mouth in to his place.

They answered: We can not, tyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyll we roule the stone from the welles mouth, & so geue the shepe drynke.

Wha Laban herde of Iacob his sisters sonne, he ranne to mete him, and enbraced him, and kyssed him, and brought him in to his house. And so he tolde him all this matter.

So Iacob serued seuen yeare for Rachel, and they semed vnto him but few dayes, he loued her so well.

Iacob dyd so, & helde out yt weke. Then gaue he him Rachel his doughter to wyfe.

So he laye with Rachel also, & loued Rachel more the Lea, and serued him yet seuen yeares more.

And so she gaue him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe. And Iacob laye with her.

So Bilha conceaued, and bare Iacob a sonne.

So Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne.

so shal my righteousnes testifie with me to daye or tomorow, whan it cometh vnto my rewarde before the, so that, what so euer is not spotted and partye coloured amonge the kyddes, and blacke amoge the lambes, let that be theft with me.

Then sayde Laban: Beholde, let it be so as thou hast sayde.

and made rowme of thre dayes iourney wyde betwixte him and Iacob. So Iacob kepte the residue of Labans flocke.

So the flockes conceaued ouer ye staues, and brought forth speckelde, spotted and partye coloured.

But in the latter buckynge tyme he layed them not in. So the later were Labans, but the firstlinges were Iacobs.

Thus the man became exceadinge riche, so that he had many shepe, maydens & seruauntes, Camels and Asses.

Therfore hath God withdrawe or fathers riches from him vnto vs & oure children. What so euer now God hath sayde vnto the, that do.

So Iacob gat vp, and set his children and wyues vpon Camels,