Now Jacob heardthe wordsof Laban'ssons,saying,"Jacobhas takenaway allthat was our father's,and from whatbelonged to our fatherhe has madeallthiswealth."
So the manbecameexceedinglyprosperous,and hadlargeflocksand femaleand maleservantsand camelsand donkeys.
Jacobsawthe attitudeof Laban,and behold,it was not [friendly] towardhim as formerly.
Then Labanrepliedto Jacob,"The daughtersare my daughters,and the childrenare my children,and the flocksare my flocks,and allthat you seeis mine. But whatcan I dothis dayto thesemy daughtersorto their childrenwhomthey have borne?
"Now you must tellmy fatherof allmy splendorin Egypt,and allthat you have seen;and you must hurryand bringmy fatherdownhere."
Then Hamanrecountedto them the gloryof his riches,and the numberof his sons,and every[instance] wherethe kinghad magnifiedhim and howhe had promotedhim abovethe princesand servantsof the king.
"Have the menof my tentnot said,'Whocan findone who has not been satisfiedwith his meat'?
From menwith Your hand,O LORD,From menof the world,whose portionis in [this] life,And whose bellyYou fillwith Your treasure;They are satisfiedwith children,And leavetheir abundanceto their babes.
My soulis amonglions;I must lieamong those who breatheforthfire,[Even] the sonsof men,whose teethare spearsand arrowsAnd their tonguea sharpsword.
A tranquilheartis lifeto the body,But passionis rottennessto the bones.
Wrathis fierceand angeris a flood,But whocan standbeforejealousy?
I have seenthat everylaborand everyskillwhich is doneis [the result of] rivalrybetween a manand his neighbor.Thistoois vanityand strivingafter wind.
ThereforeSheolhas enlargedits throatand openedits mouthwithoutmeasure;And Jerusalem's splendor,her multitude,her din[of revelry] and the jubilantwithin her, descend[into it].
Thussaysthe LORD,"Let not a wisemanboastof his wisdom,and let not the mightymanboastof his might,let not a richmanboastof his riches;
"Behold,everyonewho quotesproverbswill quote[this] proverbconcerningyou, saying,Like mother,like daughter.'
Again,the deviltookHim to a veryhighmountainand showedHim allthe kingdomsof the worldand their glory;
he is conceited[and] understandsnothing;but he has a morbid interestin controversial questionsand disputes about words,out of whichariseenvy,strife,abusive language,evilsuspicions,
For we alsooncewere foolishourselves,disobedient,deceived,enslavedto variouslustsand pleasures,spending our lifein maliceand envy,hateful,hatingone another.
For, "ALLFLESHIS LIKEGRASS,AND ALLITS GLORYLIKETHE FLOWEROF GRASS.THE GRASSWITHERS,AND THE FLOWERFALLS OFF,
