Genesis 31:5
And he said to them, I see the looks of your father, that they are not with me as yesterday and the time before; and the God of my father hath been to my help.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Jacob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the field with his flocks:
6And you know that with all my strength I have served your father;
Cross References
Genesis 21:22And it was in that time that Abimelek and Phikol, chief of his host, spake to Abraham, saying, The Word of the Lord is thy Helper in everything thou doest;
Genesis 31:2And Jakob saw the looks of Laban, and, behold, they were not with him as yesterday, and the time before.
Genesis 31:42Unless the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham, and He whom Izhak hath feared, had been my helper, even now thou hadst sent me away empty: but my labour, and the travail of my hands, have been manifest before the Lord, and He rebuked thee in the evening.
Genesis 32:9And said, If Esau come to the one host and smite it, the host that is left may escape.
Genesis 50:17Thus shall you speak to Joseph, I pray you to forgive the guilt of thy brethren and their sin wherewith they did evil against thee. And now forgive, I beseech thee, the guilt of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake with 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 →