Genesis 31:16

For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

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In The King James Version

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

In Context

15Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

17Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;

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Cross References

Genesis 30:35So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;

Genesis 32:14Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:2-17

Jacob's Departure. ( b. c. 1739.) 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's… Read the whole commentary →

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