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Genesis 31:9

God's faithfulnessJustice

7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

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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

    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.

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  • Genesis 31:16

    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.

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  • Proverbs 13:22

    A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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  • Matthew 20:15

    Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

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  • Esther 8:1–2

    On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

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  • Psalms 50:10

    For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

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