Genesis 31:16

Surely all the riches which God hath stripped off from our father, unto us, it belongeth, and unto our sons,—Now, therefore, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

In Context

15Are we not accounted, aliens, to him seeing that having sold us, he hath then gone on devouring, our silver?

17So Jacob arose,—and mounted his sons and his wives on the camels;

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Cross References

Genesis 30:35So he removed, on that day, the he-goats that were striped and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and every dark-coloured one among the young sheep,—and delivered them into the hand of his sons;

Genesis 32:14She-goats, two hundred; And he-goats, twenty; Ewes, two hundred; And rams, twenty;

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 →

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