And Iacob herde the wordes of Labãs sonnes how they sayde: Iacob hath
takẽ awaye all that was oure fathers/ and of oure fathers goodes/ hath
he gotẽ all this honoure. And Iacob behelde the countenaũce of Laban/
that it was not toward him as it was in tymes past.
And the LORde sayde vnto Iacob: turne agayne in to the lãde of thy
fathers & to thy kynred/ & I wilbe with y^e. Thã Iacob sent & called
Rahel & Lea to the felde vnto his shepe/ & sayde vnto thẽ: I se youre
fathers countenaũce y^t it is not toward me as in tymes past. Morouer
y^e God of my father hath bene with me. And ye knowe how that I haue
serued youre father with all my myghte. And youre father hath
disceaued me & chaunged my wages .x. tymes: But God suffred him not to
hurte me. When he sayde the spotted shalbe thy wages/ thã all the
shepe bare spotted. Yf he sayde the straked shalbe thi rewarde/ thã
bare all the shepe straked: thus hath God takẽ awaye youre fathers
catell & geuẽ thẽ me. For in buckynge tyme/ I lifted vp myne eyes and
sawe in a dreame: and beholde/ the rammes that bucked the shepe were
straked/ spotted and partie. And the angell of God spake vnto me in a
dreame saynge: Iacob. And I answered: here am I. And he sayde: lyfte
vp thyne eyes ãd see/ how all the rãmes that leape vpon the shepe
are straked/ spotted and partie: for I haue sene all that Laban doth
vnto y^e. I am y^e god of Bethell where thou anoynteddest the stone ãd
where thou vowdest a vowe vnto me. Now aryse and gett the out of this
countre/ ãd returne vnto the lãde/ where thou wast borne. Than
answered Rahel & Lea & sayde vnto him: we haue no parte nor
enheritaunce in oure fathers house he cownteth us euẽ as straungers/
for he hath solde vs/ and hath euen eaten vp the price of vs. Moreouer
all the riches which God hath takẽ from oure father/ that is oures and
oure childerns. Now therfore what soeuer God hath sayde vnto the/ that
doo. Thã Iacob rose vp & sett his sõnes and wiues vp vpon camels/ and
caried away all his catell & all his substãce which he had gottẽ in
Mesopotamia/ for to goo to Isaac his father vnto the lãde of Canaan.
Labã was gone to shere his shepe/ & Rahel had stollẽ hir fathers
ymages. And Iacob went awaye vnknowynge to Laban the Siriẽ/ & tolde
him not y^t he fled. So fled he & all y^t he had/ & made him self
redy/ & passed ouer the ryuers/ and sett his face streyght towarde the
mounte Gilead.
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