Genesis 31:1

וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶת ־ דִּבְרֵי בְנֵֽי ־ לָבָן לֵאמֹר לָקַח יַעֲקֹב אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ וּמֵאֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ עָשָׂה אֵת כָּל ־ הַכָּבֹד הַזֶּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב אֶת ־ פְּנֵי לָבָן וְהִנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּ עִמּוֹ כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 45:13וְהִגַּדְתֶּם לְאָבִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ כְּבוֹדִי בְּמִצְרַיִם וְאֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר רְאִיתֶם וּמִֽהַרְתֶּם וְהוֹרַדְתֶּם אֶת ־ אָבִי הֵֽנָּה ׃

Job 31:24אִם ־ שַׂמְתִּי זָהָב כִּסְלִי וְלַכֶּתֶם אָמַרְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי ׃

Psalms 17:14מִֽמְתִים יָדְךָ ׀ יְהוָה מִֽמְתִים מֵחֶלֶד חֶלְקָם בַּֽחַיִּים וצפינך תְּמַלֵּא בִטְנָם יִשְׂבְּעוּ בָנִים וְהִנִּיחוּ יִתְרָם לְעוֹלְלֵיהֶֽם ׃

Psalms 57:4יִשְׁלַח מִשָּׁמַיִם ׀ וְֽיוֹשִׁיעֵנִי חֵרֵף שֹׁאֲפִי סֶלָה יִשְׁלַח אֱלֹהִים חַסְדּוֹ וַאֲמִתּֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 120:3מַה ־ יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה ־ יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה ׃

Proverbs 27:4אַכְזְרִיּוּת חֵמָה וְשֶׁטֶף אָף וּמִי יַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי קִנְאָֽה ׃

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 →

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