Genesis 31:5

And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

In Context

4And Jacob sent and called Leah and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.

6And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:22And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the chief captain of his host, to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all things, whatsoever thou mayest do.

Genesis 31:2And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not toward him as before.

Genesis 31:42Unless I had the God of my father Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, now thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.

Genesis 32:9And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and smite it, the other camp shall be in safety.

Genesis 50:17Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.

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 →

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