Genesis 31:1

But afterwards, he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and being enlarged by his ability, he has become famous.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Likewise, he observed that Laban’s face was not the same toward him as it was yesterday and the day before.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:13You will report to my father about all my glory, and about all that you have seen in Egypt. Hurry, and bring him to me.”

Job 31:24If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’

Psalms 17:14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

Psalms 57:4Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

Psalms 120:3May he not allow your foot to be moved, and may he not slumber, who guards you.

Proverbs 27:4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:1

Jacob was a very honest good man, a man of great devotion and integrity, yet he had more trouble and vexation than any of the patriarchs. He left his father's house in a fright, went to his uncle's in distress, very hard usage he met with there, and now is going back surrounded with fears. Here is, I. His resolution to return, ver. 1-16 . II. His clandestine departure, ver. 17-21 . III. Laban's pursuit of him in displeasure, ver. 22-25 . IV. The hot words that passed between them, ver. 26-42 . V. Their amicable… Read the whole commentary →

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