Genesis 31:16

Since all the riches which God has taken away from our father is ours and our children’s, do whatever God has told you to do.”

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In The King James Version

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

In Context

15Are we not considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us and goes on to consume the money paid for us.

17Then Jacob rose up and put his sons and his wives on camels,

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Cross References

Genesis 30:35But later that day he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white markings, and all the black lambs, and gave them to his sons to take care of.

Genesis 32:14two hundred female goats and twenty male 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 →

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