Genesis 31:30

Now then go on thy way, for thou hast earnestly desired to depart to the house of thy father; wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

In Context

29And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.

31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time thou shouldest take away thy daughters from me, and all my possessions.

Read all of Genesis 31

Cross References

Genesis 31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father’s images.

Numbers 10:30And he said to him, I will not go, but I will go to my land and to my kindred.

Judges 6:31And Gideon the son of Joash said to all the men who rose up against him, Do ye now plead for Baal, or will ye save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, because one has thrown down his altar.

1 Samuel 5:2And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

Isaiah 37:19and have cast their idols into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away.

Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall ye say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:26-36

Laban's Pursuit after Jacob. ( b. c. 1739.) 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 31:30