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Genesis 31:30

28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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

32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
KJV
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
WEB
Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”
ASV
And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father`s house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
DARBY
And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods?
BLB
And you have surely gone away because you have surely longed for the house of your father. Why did you steal my gods?”
ÅB
Men når du nå har draget bort, fordi du lengtes så såre etter din fars hus, hvorfor stjal du da mine guder?
OTB
Nå har du dratt av sted fordi du lengtet etter å vende tilbake til din fars hus. Men hvorfor tok du mine guder?»
B1930
Men når du nu har draget bort, fordi du lengtes så såre efter din fars hus, hvorfor stjal du da mine guder?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 10:11

    Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

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  • Genesis 31:19

    And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

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  • Judges 18:24

    And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

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  • 1 Samuel 5:2–6

    When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:21

    And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

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  • Isaiah 46:1–2

    Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

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  • Isaiah 37:19

    And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

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  • Numbers 33:4

    For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

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