Genesis 31:5
And said to them: I see your father's countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4He sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the field, where he fed the flocks,
6And you know that I have served your father to the utmost of my power.
Cross References
Genesis 21:22At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.
Genesis 31:2And perceiving also that Laban's countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day,
Genesis 31:42Unless the God of my father Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
Genesis 32:9And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who saidst to me: Return to thy land and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee,
Genesis 50:17That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
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 →