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Genesis 31:9

God's faithfulnessJustice

7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

8 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.

Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

10 When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

11 In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

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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
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
KJV
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
WEB
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
ASV
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
DARBY
And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
BLB
And God has snatched away the livestock of your⁺ father and gave [them] to me.
ÅB
Slik tok Gud deres fars fe fra ham og gav meg det.
OTB
Så Gud har overført deres fars buskap til meg.
B1930
Således tok Gud eders fars fe fra ham og gav mig det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 31:1

    Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”

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  • Genesis 31:16

    Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”

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  • Proverbs 13:22

    A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

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  • Matthew 20:15

    Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

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  • Esther 8:1–2

    That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.

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  • Psalms 50:10

    for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

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