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Montenegro, Montserrat

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Montenegro

Republic of Montenegro

Europe

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Geography

Area: 14,026 sq km
A coastal Adriatic state. Small, but mountainous and picturesque.
Population: 625,516    Annual Growth: 0.03%
Capital: Podgorica
Urbanites: 59.5%
HDI Rank: 65 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 24 (8% unreached) All peoples
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Official language: Ijekavian dialect of Serbian, one of the southern Slavonic languages    Languages: 6 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	481,960	77.05	-0.3
Evangelicals	286	0.0	5.2

Challenge for Prayer

The evangelical community is tiny, but multiplying. The Pentecostals, Baptists and Brethren have active growing churches. Evangelicals increased five-fold between 2000 and 2005, but they still only number 0.03% of the population. Evangelical congregations, while only a handful, have a vision for sharing the gospel; pray for continued church growth. Pray for steadfast witness in the face of opposition, for unity among denominations and for fruitful ministry.
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Montserrat

British Overseas Territory of Montserrat

Caribbean

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Geography

Area: 102 sq km
102 sq km, since increased by lava flows from Mt. Soufrière, which erupted 1995-2003. One of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.
Population: 5,962    Annual Growth: 1.16%
Capital: Brades

Peoples

Official language: English    Languages: 2 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	5,682	95.30	1.1
Evangelicals	1,394	23.4	2.6

Challenge for Prayer

The massive devastation caused by the volcanic eruptions in the late 1990s nearly destroyed Montserrat as a habitable island. It will never completely recover. Pray for a new start, with Christ placed at the centre of island life rather than nominal Christianity, which largely prevailed in the past.
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Genesis 33

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Genesis 33

Jacob Meets Esau

1 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants. 2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. 3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. 5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with you?" he asked. Jacob answered, "They are the children God has graciously given your servant."

6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. 7 Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.

8 Esau asked, "What do you mean by all these droves I met?" "To find favor in your eyes, my lord," he said.

9 But Esau said, "I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself."

10 "No, please!" said Jacob. "If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably. 11 Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.

12 Then Esau said, "Let us be on our way; I'll accompany you."

13 But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. 14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me and that of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."

15 Esau said, "Then let me leave some of my men with you." "But why do that?" Jacob asked. "Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord."

16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir. 17 Jacob, however, went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth. [a]

18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, [b] he arrived safely at the [c] city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city. 19 For a hundred pieces of silver, [d] he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. 20 There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel. [e]

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Romans 1

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Romans 1

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a] was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[b] by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from[c] faith for his name's sake. 6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul's Longing to Visit Rome

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 9 God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,[d] that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,[e] just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."[f]

God's Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

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AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer For Mongolia - Asia

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Sep 03: Mongolia

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Mongolia

Mongol Uls

Asia

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Geography

Area: 1,565,000 sq km
Grassland, forests in north, three major mountain ranges and the great Gobi Desert in the east and south. Subject to climatic extremes.
Population: 2,701,117    Annual Growth: 1.16%
Capital: Ulaanbataar (Ulan Bator)
Urbanites: 57.5%
HDI Rank: 115 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 22 (86% unreached) All peoples
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Official language: Khalkha Mongolian    Languages: 15 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Buddhist

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	46,459	1.72	7.5
Evangelicals	33,496	1.2	7.9
Buddhist	953,494	35.30

Challenges for Prayer

Christianity in Mongolia is a reality for the first time in modern history. There are now close to 200 churches in the capital as well as believers, if only in tiny groups, in every one of Mongolia’s provincial centres. Yet there are challenges:
a) Many are interested in Christianity, but their reasons are mixed. In the past, a significant attraction was the chance of employment by missionaries/NGOs. Today, some who come into the church drift away or never become disciples. Pray for effective discipleship and Christ-like living among believers. Only a few of the larger churches have become financially autonomous from foreign sponsors.
b) Christianity must shed its foreign-ness, becoming truly Mongolian and still biblically centred. Many missionaries enter with inadequate cross-cultural preparation. Pray for a better contextualization of biblical truths to fit Mongolian culture.
c) Age-imbalanced congregations are usually comprised of many young adults and students, but far fewer of the older generation, especially older men. Children tend not to be brought to church. Pray for a harvest among all ages and generations.
d) Rural churches have very little support or teaching due to a lack of finances and their distance from the capital, where most of the training and resources exist. An effective nomadic church concept has yet to be established.
e) The need for spiritual unity. The Mongolian Evangelical Alliance (MEA) seeks to bring together all Mongolian churches for fellowship, growth and a united front in representing Christians to the government. Pray for vision, leadership and real oneness to come out of the MEA.
Developing Mongolian church leaders is a strategic need and the key to strengthening the Church. Good training is central to this – most churches, especially rural ones, desperately need biblically astute leaders and teachers. There are eight Bible colleges, mainly denominational in character. The largest is the interdenominational Union Bible Theological College, which focuses on training church leaders. There are also other Bible training centres, run by local churches and missions. Given the country’s vast size and rapid church growth, developing a TEE programme that serves the far-flung congregations is possibly the Mongolian Church’s greatest need. Pray for the right models of leadership and appropriate support structures to develop, from high-level academic study to informal training of laity.
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Genesis 32

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Genesis 32

Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau

1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim. [a]
3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 He instructed them: "This is what you are to say to my master Esau: 'Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. 5 I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, menservants and maidservants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.' "

6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him."

7 In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, [b] and the flocks and herds and camels as well. 8 He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks one group, [c] the group [d] that is left may escape."

9 Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, 'Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,' 10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two groups. 11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children. 12 But you have said, 'I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.' "

13 He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. 16 He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds."

17 He instructed the one in the lead: "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?' 18 then you are to say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.' "

19 He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: "You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. 20 And be sure to say, 'Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.' " For he thought, "I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me." 21 So Jacob's gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.

Jacob Wrestles With God

22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.

28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, [e] because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."

29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, [f] saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."

31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, [g] and he was limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon.

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AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Republic of Moldova - Europe

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Sep 02: Moldova, Monaco

Moldova, Monaco

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Moldova

Republic of Moldova

Europe

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Geography

Area: 33,700 sq km
Landlocked republic between the Ukraine and Romania.
Population: 3,575,574    Annual Growth: -1.00%
Capital: Chisinau
Urbanites: 41.2%
HDI Rank: 117 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 31 (26% unreached) All peoples
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Official language: Moldovan Romanian    Languages: 13 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	2,623,041	73.36	-1.5
Evangelicals	132,471	3.7	3.2

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Challenge for Prayer

Evangelical Christians have multiplied greatly in spite of many challenges. Materially lacking, their spiritual vitality and determination yield much fruit. Still, poverty has forced many pastors and up to 20,000 evangelicals to leave Moldova in recent years. Pray that God might provide the church’s material needs – employment, buildings, discipleship materials, training resources. Agape and the Salvation Army are particularly active in assisting the poor. Praise God that unity among denominations is increasing.
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Monaco

Principality of Monaco

Europe

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Geography

Area: 2 sq km
The second smallest state in the world. On France’s south coast.
Population: 32,904    Annual Growth: 0.28%
Capital: Monaco
Urbanites: 100%

Peoples

Peoples: 15 (7% unreached) All peoples
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Official language: French    Languages: 3 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	27,896	84.78	-0.1
Evangelicals	379	1.2	2.8

Challenge for Prayer

Evangelicals are so few that their impact is limited, especially in the hard spiritual ground that is Monaco. But the great numbers of nationalities (more than 160) in Monaco, and the highly transitory nature of many expats there, represent a good opportunity to reach the nations from this small principality. Pray for culturally appropriate witness in a context where evangelism is regarded as socially unacceptable.
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Romans 16

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Romans 16

Personal Greetings

1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a][b] of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
3 Greet Priscilla[c] and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

5 Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

6 Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.

7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among[d] the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.

8 Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

9 Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.

10 Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

11 Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

12 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.

13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.

15 Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord's people who are with them.

16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings.

17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

21 Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.

23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city's director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. [24] [e]

25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[f] faith— 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.

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Genesis 31

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Jacob Flees From Laban

31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.” ² And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.

³ Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
⁴ So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were. ⁵ He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me. ⁶ You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength, ⁷ yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me. ⁸ If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked young. ⁹ So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.
¹⁰ “In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted. ¹¹ The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’ ¹² And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you. ¹³ I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.’”
¹⁴ Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate? ¹⁵ Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us. ¹⁶ Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
¹⁷ Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels, ¹⁸ and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram,^[a] to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
¹⁹ When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods. ²⁰ Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away. ²¹ So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

Laban Pursues Jacob

²² On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled. ²³ Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. ²⁴ Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
²⁵ Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too. ²⁶ Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war. ²⁷ Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps? ²⁸ You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing. ²⁹ I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’ ³⁰ Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”
³¹ Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force. ³² But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.
³³ So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent. ³⁴ Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.
³⁵ Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period.” So he searched but could not find the household gods.
³⁶ Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged you that you hunt me down? ³⁷ Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.
³⁸ “I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. ³⁹ I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night. ⁴⁰ This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes. ⁴¹ It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times. ⁴² If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”
⁴³ Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne? ⁴⁴ Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”
⁴⁵ So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. ⁴⁶ He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap. ⁴⁷ Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.^[b]
48 Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed. ⁴⁹ It was also called Mizpah,^[c] because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. ⁵⁰ If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
⁵¹ Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me. ⁵² This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me. ⁵³ May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.”
So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac. ⁵⁴ He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.
⁵⁵ Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.^[d]

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
2. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.
3. Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.
4. Genesis 31:55 In Hebrew texts this verse (31:55) is numbered 32:1.

Cross references:

1. Genesis 31:1 : Ge 30:35
2. Genesis 31:1 : S Ge 30:42
3. Genesis 31:2 : ver 5
4. Genesis 31:3 : ver 13; Ge 32:9; Dt 30:3; Isa 10:21; 35:10; Jer 30:3; 42:12
5. Genesis 31:3 : S Ge 21:22; S 26:3
6. Genesis 31:5 : ver 29, 42, 53; Ge 43:23; Da 2:23
7. Genesis 31:5 : ver 2
8. Genesis 31:5 : S Ge 21:22; S 26:3
9. Genesis 31:6 : Ge 30:29
10. Genesis 31:7 : Lev 6:2; Am 8:5
11. Genesis 31:7 : S Ge 29:15
12. Genesis 31:7 : ver 41; Nu 14:22; Job 19:3
13. Genesis 31:7 : ver 52; S Ge 24:50
14. Genesis 31:8 : S Ge 30:32
15. Genesis 31:9 : Job 39:2; Eze 31:6
16. Genesis 31:9 : S Ge 30:42
17. Genesis 31:10 : S Ge 20:3
18. Genesis 31:11 : S Ge 16:7
19. Genesis 31:11 : S Ge 20:3
20. Genesis 31:11 : S Ge 22:1; S Ex 3:4
21. Genesis 31:12 : S Ge 30:32
22. Genesis 31:12 : Ex 3:7
23. Genesis 31:13 : Ge 28:10-22
24. Genesis 31:13 : S Ge 28:18
25. Genesis 31:13 : S Ge 28:20
26. Genesis 31:13 : S ver 3
27. Genesis 31:14 : 2Sa 20:1; 1Ki 12:16
28. Genesis 31:15 : Dt 15:3; 23:20; Ru 2:10; 2Sa 15:19; 1Ki 8:41; Ob 1:11
29. Genesis 31:15 : S Ge 29:20
30. Genesis 31:16 : S Ge 30:42
31. Genesis 31:17 : S Ge 27:41
32. Genesis 31:17 : S Ge 24:63-64
33. Genesis 31:18 : S Ge 12:5
34. Genesis 31:18 : S Ge 25:20
35. Genesis 31:18 : Ge 35:27
36. Genesis 31:18 : S Ge 10:19
37. Genesis 31:19 : Ge 38:12, 13; 1Sa 25:2, 4, 7; 2Sa 13:23
38. Genesis 31:19 : ver 30, 32, 34-35; Ge 35:2; Jos 24:14; Jdg 17:5; 18:14, 17, 24, 30; 1Sa 7:3; 19:13; 2Ki 23:24; Hos 3:4
39. Genesis 31:20 : S Ge 27:36
40. Genesis 31:20 : S Ge 25:20
41. Genesis 31:20 : ver 27
42. Genesis 31:21 : ver 22; Ex 2:15; 14:5; 1Ki 18:46; 19:3; Jer 26:21
43. Genesis 31:21 : S Ge 2:14
44. Genesis 31:21 : ver 23, 25; Ge 37:25; Nu 26:30; 32:1; Dt 3:10; Jos 12:2; Jer 22:6
45. Genesis 31:22 : S Ge 30:36
46. Genesis 31:22 : S ver 21
47. Genesis 31:23 : ver 37
48. Genesis 31:23 : Ex 14:9
49. Genesis 31:23 : S ver 21
50. Genesis 31:24 : S Ge 25:20
51. Genesis 31:24 : S Ge 20:3
52. Genesis 31:24 : S Ge 24:50
53. Genesis 31:25 : S ver 21
54. Genesis 31:26 : S Ge 12:18
55. Genesis 31:26 : S Ge 27:36
56. Genesis 31:26 : Ge 34:29; 1Sa 30:2-3
57. Genesis 31:27 : ver 20
58. Genesis 31:27 : Ex 15:20; Jdg 11:34; 1Sa 10:5; 2Sa 6:5; Ps 68:25; Isa 24:8; Jer 31:4
59. Genesis 31:27 : S Ge 4:21
60. Genesis 31:28 : ver 55; S Ge 27:27; Ru 1:14; Ac 20:37
61. Genesis 31:29 : S ver 7; S Ge 26:29
62. Genesis 31:29 : S ver 5
63. Genesis 31:29 : S Ge 24:50
64. Genesis 31:30 : S Ge 28:15; Job 29:2
65. Genesis 31:30 : Ge 44:8
66. Genesis 31:30 : S ver 19
67. Genesis 31:31 : S Ge 20:11
68. Genesis 31:32 : Ge 44:9
69. Genesis 31:32 : S ver 19
70. Genesis 31:33 : Ge 24:67
71. Genesis 31:33 : S Ge 16:1
72. Genesis 31:33 : ver 37
73. Genesis 31:34 : S ver 19
74. Genesis 31:34 : S Ge 24:63-64
75. Genesis 31:34 : ver 37; Ge 44:12
76. Genesis 31:35 : Ex 20:12; Lev 19:3, 32; Dt 21:18; 27:16; Jer 35:18
77. Genesis 31:35 : Lev 15:19-23
78. Genesis 31:35 : ver 19
79. Genesis 31:36 : 1Sa 19:5; 20:32
80. Genesis 31:36 : 1Sa 23:23; 24:11
81. Genesis 31:37 : ver 33
82. Genesis 31:37 : ver 23
83. Genesis 31:37 : Dt 1:16; 16:18
84. Genesis 31:38 : S Ge 27:44
85. Genesis 31:38 : S Ge 30:27
86. Genesis 31:39 : Ge 30:33
87. Genesis 31:39 : Ex 22:13
88. Genesis 31:40 : Ps 132:4; 2Co 11:27
89. Genesis 31:41 : S Ge 27:44
90. Genesis 31:41 : Ge 29:30
91. Genesis 31:41 : S Ge 30:32
92. Genesis 31:41 : S Ge 29:15
93. Genesis 31:41 : S ver 7
94. Genesis 31:42 : S ver 5; S Ex 3:15
95. Genesis 31:42 : S Ge 24:12
96. Genesis 31:42 : ver 53; Ge 46:1
97. Genesis 31:42 : S Ge 21:22; Ps 124:1-2
98. Genesis 31:42 : S Ge 3:17
99. Genesis 31:42 : S Ge 24:50
100. Genesis 31:43 : Ge 30:32, 42
101. Genesis 31:44 : S Ge 21:27
102. Genesis 31:44 : S Ge 21:30
103. Genesis 31:45 : S Ge 28:18
104. Genesis 31:46 : ver 48, 51, 52
105. Genesis 31:47 : S Ge 21:30
106. Genesis 31:48 : S ver 46
107. Genesis 31:48 : S Ge 21:30; Jer 29:23; 42:5
108. Genesis 31:49 : Jos 11:3; Jdg 10:17; 11:29
109. Genesis 31:50 : Ge 16:6
110. Genesis 31:50 : Dt 31:19; Jos 24:27; Jdg 11:10; 1Sa 12:5; 20:14, 23, 42; Job 16:19; Jer 29:23; 42:5; Mic 1:2
111. Genesis 31:50 : S Ge 21:30; S Dt 4:26; S Jer 7:11
112. Genesis 31:51 : S ver 46
113. Genesis 31:51 : S Ge 28:18
114. Genesis 31:52 : S Ge 21:30
115. Genesis 31:52 : S ver 46
116. Genesis 31:52 : S ver 7; S Ge 26:29
117. Genesis 31:53 : S Ge 24:12
118. Genesis 31:53 : S Ge 11:27
119. Genesis 31:53 : S Ge 16:5
120. Genesis 31:53 : S Ge 21:23, 27
121. Genesis 31:53 : S ver 42
122. Genesis 31:54 : Ge 46:1; Ex 24:5; Lev 3:1
123. Genesis 31:54 : S Ge 26:30
124. Genesis 31:55 : S ver 28; Ru 1:9
125. Genesis 31:55 : S Ge 24:60; S Ex 39:43
126. Genesis 31:55 : Ge 18:33

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