Genesis 31:31

וַיַּעַן יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר לְלָבָן כִּי יָרֵאתִי כִּי אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן ־ תִּגְזֹל אֶת ־ בְּנוֹתֶיךָ מֵעִמִּֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

In Context

30וְעַתָּה הָלֹךְ הָלַכְתָּ כִּֽי ־ נִכְסֹף נִכְסַפְתָּה לְבֵית אָבִיךָ לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת ־ אֱלֹהָֽי ׃

32עִם אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא אֶת ־ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא יִֽחְיֶה נֶגֶד אַחֵינוּ הַֽכֶּר ־ לְךָ מָה עִמָּדִי וְקַֽח ־ לָךְ וְלֹֽא ־ יָדַע יַעֲקֹב כִּי רָחֵל גְּנָבָֽתַם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 20:11וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם כִּי אָמַרְתִּי רַק אֵין ־ יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וַהֲרָגוּנִי עַל ־ דְּבַר אִשְׁתִּֽי ׃

Proverbs 29:25חֶרְדַּת אָדָם יִתֵּן מוֹקֵשׁ וּבוֹטֵחַ בַּיהוָה יְשֻׂגָּֽב ׃

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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