Genesis 31:30

And now, (though) going thou wouldest go, because desiring thou bast desired the house of thy father, why hast thou taken my religion?

Targum Onkelos

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

29It is in the power of my bands to do evil with thee: but the God of thy father spake to me in the evening, saying, Beware lest thou speak to Jakob from good to evil.

31And Jakob answered and said to Laban, Because I feared; for I said, Lest thou shouldst take away thy daughters from me.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:19And Laban had gone to shear his flock: and Rahel took the images that were her father’s.

Numbers 10:30But he said to him, I will not go (with you), but to my country and to my kindred will I go.

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 →

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