Genesis 31:1
Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, that they said, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and it is from our father's possessions that he has gotten all this wealth.”
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2Jacob saw the look on Laban's face. He saw that his attitude toward him had changed.
Cross References
Genesis 45:13You will tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and of all that you have seen. You will hurry and bring my father down here.”
Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, 1 and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in'; 1
Psalms 17:14Rescue me from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of this world whose prosperity is in this life alone! 1 You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; they will have many children and will leave their wealth to their children. 1
Psalms 57:4My life is among lions; 1 I am among those who are ready to devour me. 1 I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows, 1 and whose tongues are sharp swords. 1
Psalms 120:3How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, 1 you who have a lying tongue? 1
Proverbs 27:4There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, 1 but who is able to stand before jealousy? 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:1
Jacob was a very honest good man, a man of great devotion and integrity, yet he had more trouble and vexation than any of the patriarchs. He left his father's house in a fright, went to his uncle's in distress, very hard usage he met with there, and now is going back surrounded with fears. Here is, I. His resolution to return, ver. 1-16 . II. His clandestine departure, ver. 17-21 . III. Laban's pursuit of him in displeasure, ver. 22-25 . IV. The hot words that passed between them, ver. 26-42 . V. Their amicable… Read the whole commentary →