Genesis 31:16
But God has taken our father’s riches and handed these to us and to our sons. Therefore, do all that God has instructed you.”
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In Context
15Has he not considered us as foreigners, and sold us, and consumed our price?
17And so Jacob rose up, and having placed the children and his wives upon camels, he went forth.
Cross References
Genesis 30:35And on that day he separated the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams with variegations or with blemishes. But every one of the flock which was of one color, that is, of white or of black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
Genesis 32:14two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
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 →