Genesis 31:9
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 30:39The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
Genesis 31:16For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”
Esther 8:1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
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 →