Genesis 31:1

And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and of our father’s property has he gotten all this glory.

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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

2And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not toward him as before.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:13Report, therefore, to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all things that ye have seen, and make haste and bring down my father hither.

Job 31:24If I made gold my treasure, 1 And if too I trusted the precious stone; 1

Psalms 17:14The Lord also thundered from heaven, 1 And the Highest uttered his voice. 1

Psalms 57:4Sinners have gone astray from the womb: 1 They go astray from the belly: they speak lies. 1

Psalms 120:3Let not thy foot be moved; 1 And let not thy keeper slumber. 1

Proverbs 27:4Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: 1 But envy can bear nothing. 1

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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