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Genesis 31 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)

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SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
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1 فَسَمِعَ كَلَامَ بَنِي لَابَانَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ لِأَبِينَا، وَمِمَّا لِأَبِينَا صَنَعَ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلْمَجْدِ».
1 Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.”
2 وَنَظَرَ يَعْقُوبُ وَجْهَ لَابَانَ وَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ كَأَمْسِ وَأَوَّلَ مِنْ أَمْسِ.
2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «ٱرْجِعْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكَ وَإِلَى عَشِيرَتِكَ، فَأَكُونَ مَعَكَ».
3 Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
4 فَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ وَدَعَا رَاحِيلَ وَلَيْئَةَ إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ إِلَى غَنَمِهِ،
4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
5 وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «أَنَا أَرَى وَجْهَ أَبِيكُمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ نَحْوِي كَأَمْسِ وَأَوَّلَ مِنْ أَمْسِ. وَلَكِنْ إِلَهُ أَبِي كَانَ مَعِي.
5 and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
6 وَأَنْتُمَا تَعْلَمَانِ أَنِّي بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِي خَدَمْتُ أَبَاكُمَا،
6 You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
7 وَأَمَّا أَبُوكُمَا فَغَدَرَ بِي وَغَيَّرَ أُجْرَتِي عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ. لَكِنَّ ٱللهَ لَمْ يَسْمَحْ لَهُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ بِي شَرًّا.
7 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.
8 إِنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا: ٱلرُّقْطُ تَكُونُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْغَنَمِ رُقْطًا. وَإِنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا: ٱلْمُخَطَّطَةُ تَكُونُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةً.
8 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.
9 فَقَدْ سَلَبَ ٱللهُ مَوَاشِيَ أَبِيكُمَا وَأَعْطَانِي.
9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
10 وَحَدَثَ فِي وَقْتِ تَوَحُّمِ ٱلْغَنَمِ أَنِّي رَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَنَظَرْتُ فِي حُلْمٍ، وَإِذَا ٱلْفُحُولُ ٱلصَّاعِدَةُ عَلَى ٱلْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ.
10 During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
11 وَقَالَ لِي مَلَاكُ ٱللهِ فِي ٱلْحُلْمِ: يَا يَعْقُوبُ. فَقُلْتُ: هَأَنَذَا.
11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’
12 فَقَالَ: ٱرْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَٱنْظُرْ. جَمِيعُ ٱلْفُحُولِ ٱلصَّاعِدَةِ عَلَى ٱلْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ، لِأَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ مَا يَصْنَعُ بِكَ لَابَانُ.
12 He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
13 أَنَا إِلَهُ بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَيْثُ مَسَحْتَ عَمُودًا، حَيْثُ نَذَرْتَ لِي نَذْرًا. ٱلْآنَ قُمِ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱرْجِعْ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِيلَادِكَ».
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”
14 فَأَجَابَتْ رَاحِيلُ وَلَيْئَةُ وَقَاَلتَا لَهُ: «أَلَنَا أَيْضًا نَصِيبٌ وَمِيرَاثٌ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِينَا؟
14 Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
15 أَلَمْ نُحْسَبْ مِنْهُ أَجْنَبِيَّتَيْنِ، لِأَنَّهُ بَاعَنَا وَقَدْ أَكَلَ أَيْضًا ثَمَنَنَا؟
15 Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.
16 إِنَّ كُلَّ ٱلْغِنَى ٱلَّذِي سَلَبَهُ ٱللهُ مِنْ أَبِينَا هُوَ لَنَا وَلِأَوْلَادِنَا، فَٱلْآنَ كُلَّ مَا قَالَ لَكَ ٱللهُ ٱفْعَلْ».
16 For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”
17 فَقَامَ يَعْقُوبُ وَحَمَلَ أَوْلَادَهُ وَنِسَاءَهُ عَلَى ٱلْجِمَالِ،
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
18 وَسَاقَ كُلَّ مَوَاشِيهِ وَجَمِيعَ مُقْتَنَاهُ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قَدِ ٱقْتَنَى: مَوَاشِيَ ٱقْتِنَائِهِ ٱلَّتِي ٱقْتَنَى فِي فَدَّانِ أَرَامَ، لِيَجِيءَ إِلَى إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.
18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
19 وَأَمَّا لَابَانُ فَكَانَ قَدْ مَضَى لِيَجُزَّ غَنَمَهُ، فَسَرَقَتْ رَاحِيلُ أَصْنَامَ أَبِيهَا.
19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
20 وَخَدَعَ يَعْقُوبُ قَلْبَ لَابَانَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّ إِذْ لَمْ يُخْبِرْهُ بِأَنَّهُ هَارِبٌ.
20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.
21 فَهَرَبَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ مَا كَانَ لَهُ، وَقَامَ وَعَبَرَ ٱلنَّهْرَ وَجَعَلَ وَجْهَهُ نَحْوَ جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.
21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
22 فَأُخْبِرَ لَابَانُ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ بِأَنَّ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ هَرَبَ.
22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
23 فَأَخَذَ إِخْوَتَهُ مَعَهُ وَسَعَى وَرَاءَهُ مَسِيرَةَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فَأَدْرَكَهُ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.
23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
24 وَأَتَى ٱللهُ إِلَى لَابَانَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّ فِي حُلْمِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرٍّ».
24 God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”
25 فَلَحِقَ لَابَانُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَعْقُوبُ قَدْ ضَرَبَ خَيْمَتَهُ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ. فَضَرَبَ لَابَانُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.
25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
26 وَقَالَ لَابَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ، وَقَدْ خَدَعْتَ قَلْبِي، وَسُقْتَ بَنَاتِي كَسَبَايَا ٱلسَّيْفِ؟
26 Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
27 لِمَاذَا هَرَبْتَ خُفْيَةً وَخَدَعْتَنِي وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي حَتَّى أُشَيِّعَكَ بِٱلْفَرَحِ وَٱلْأَغَانِيِّ، بِٱلدُّفِّ وَٱلْعُودِ،
27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
28 وَلَمْ تَدَعْنِي أُقَبِّلُ بَنِيَّ وَبَنَاتِي؟ ٱلْآنَ بِغَبَاوَةٍ فَعَلْتَ!
28 and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.
29 فِي قُدْرَةِ يَدِي أَنْ أَصْنَعَ بِكُمْ شَرًّا، وَلَكِنْ إِلَهُ أَبِيكُمْ كَلَّمَنِيَ ٱلْبَارِحَةَ قَائِلًا: ٱحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرٍّ.
29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’
30 وَٱلْآنَ أَنْتَ ذَهَبْتَ لِأَنَّكَ قَدِ ٱشْتَقْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ، وَلَكِنْ لِمَاذَا سَرَقْتَ آلِهَتِي؟».
30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”
31 فَأَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ لِلَابَانَ: «إِنِّي خِفْتُ لِأَنِّي قُلْتُ لَعَلَّكَ تَغْتَصِبُ ٱبْنَتَيْكَ مِنِّي.
31 Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’
32 اَلَّذِي تَجِدُ آلِهَتَكَ مَعَهُ لَا يَعِيشُ. قُدَّامَ إِخْوَتِنَا ٱنْظُرْ مَاذَا مَعِي وَخُذْهُ لِنَفْسِكَ». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْقُوبُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَاحِيلَ سَرَقَتْهَا.
32 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.
33 فَدَخَلَ لَابَانُ خِبَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ وَخِبَاءَ لَيْئَةَ وَخِبَاءَ ٱلْجَارِيَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ. وَخَرَجَ مِنْ خِبَاءِ لَيْئَةَ وَدَخَلَ خِبَاءَ رَاحِيلَ.
33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
34 وَكَانَتْ رَاحِيلُ قَدْ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ وَوَضَعَتْهَا فِي حِدَاجَةِ ٱلْجَمَلِ وَجَلَسَتْ عَلَيْهَا. فَجَسَّ لَابَانُ كُلَّ ٱلْخِبَاءِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ.
34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.
35 وَقَالَتْ لِأَبِيهَا: «لَا يَغْتَظْ سَيِّدِي أَنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقُومَ أَمَامَكَ لِأَنَّ عَلَيَّ عَادَةَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ». فَفَتَّشَ وَلَمْ يَجِدِ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ.
35 She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.
36 فَٱغْتَاظَ يَعْقُوبُ وَخَاصَمَ لَابَانَ. وَأجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ لِلَابَانَ: «مَا جُرْمِي؟ مَا خَطِيَّتِي حَتَّى حَمِيتَ وَرَائِي؟
36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?
37 إِنَّكَ جَسَسْتَ جَمِيعَ أَثَاثِي. مَاذَا وَجَدْتَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَثَاثِ بَيْتِكَ؟ ضَعْهُ هَهُنَا قُدَّامَ إِخْوَتِي وَإِخْوَتِكَ، فَلْيُنْصِفُوا بَيْنَنَا ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ.
37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
38 اَلْآنَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَنَا مَعَكَ. نِعَاجُكَ وَعِنَازُكَ لَمْ تُسْقِطْ، وَكِبَاشَ غَنَمِكَ لَمْ آكُلْ.
38 “These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.
39 فَرِيسَةً لَمْ أُحْضِرْ إِلَيْكَ. أَنَا كُنْتُ أَخْسَرُهَا. مِنْ يَدِي كُنْتَ تَطْلُبُهَا. مَسْرُوقَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ أَوْ مَسْرُوقَةَ ٱللَّيْلِ.
39 That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
40 كُنْتُ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ يَأْكُلُنِي ٱلْحَرُّ وَفِي ٱللَّيْلِ ٱلْجَلِيدُ، وَطَارَ نَوْمِي مِنْ عَيْنَيَّ.
40 This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
41 اَلْآنَ لِي عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً فِي بَيْتِكَ. خَدَمْتُكَ أَرْبَعَ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً بَٱبْنَتَيْكَ، وَسِتَّ سِنِينٍ بِغَنَمِكَ. وَقَدْ غَيَّرْتَ أُجْرَتِي عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ.
41 These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
42 لَوْلَا أَنَّ إِلَهَ أَبِي إِلَهَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهَيْبَةَ إِسْحَاقَ كَانَ مَعِي، لَكُنْتَ ٱلْآنَ قَدْ صَرَفْتَنِي فَارِغًا. مَشَقَّتِي وَتَعَبَ يَدَيَّ قَدْ نَظَرَ ٱللهُ، فَوَبَّخَكَ ٱلْبَارِحَةَ».
42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
43 فَأَجَابَ لَابَانُ وَقَالَ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ٱلْبَنَاتُ بَنَاتِي، وَٱلْبَنُونَ بَنِيَّ، وَٱلْغَنَمُ غَنَمِي، وَكُلُّ مَا أَنْتَ تَرَى فَهُوَ لِي. فَبَنَاتِي مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِنَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَوْ بِأَوْلَادِهِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ وَلَدْنَ؟
43 Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
44 فَٱلْآنَ هَلُمَّ نَقْطَعْ عَهْدًا أَنَا وَأَنْتَ، فَيَكُونُ شَاهِدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».
44 Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”
45 فَأَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ حَجَرًا وَأَوْقَفَهُ عَمُودًا،
45 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِإِخْوَتِهِ: «ٱلْتَقِطُوا حِجَارَةً». فَأَخَذُوا حِجَارَةً وَعَمِلُوا رُجْمَةً وَأَكَلُوا هُنَاكَ عَلَى ٱلرُّجْمَةِ.
46 Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
47 وَدَعَاهَا لَابَانُ «يَجَرْ سَهْدُوثَا» وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَدَعَاهَا «جَلْعِيدَ».
47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 وَقَالَ لَابَانُ: «هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةُ هِيَ شَاهِدَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ». لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ٱسْمُهَا «جَلْعِيدَ».
48 Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed
49 وَ«ٱلْمِصْفَاةَ»، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لِيُرَاقِبِ ٱلرَّبُّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ حِينَمَا نَتَوَارَى بَعْضُنَا عَنْ بَعْضٍ.
49 and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
50 إِنَّكَ لَا تُذِلُّ بَنَاتِي، وَلَا تَأْخُذُ نِسَاءً عَلَى بَنَاتِي. لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ مَعَنَا. اُنْظُرْ، ٱللهُ شَاهِدٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».
50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”
51 وَقَالَ لَابَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «هُوَذَا هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةُ، وَهُوَذَا ٱلْعَمُودُ ٱلَّذِي وَضَعْتُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ.
51 Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.
52 شَاهِدَةٌ هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةُ وَشَاهِدٌ ٱلْعَمُودُ أَنِّي لَا أَتَجَاوَزُ هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةَ إِلَيْكَ، وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَتَجَاوَزُ هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةَ وَهَذَا ٱلْعَمُودَ إِلَيَّ لِلشَّرِّ.
52 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
53 إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِهَةُ نَاحُورَ، آلِهَةُ أَبِيهِمَا، يَقْضُونَ بَيْنَنَا». وَحَلَفَ يَعْقُوبُ بِهَيْبَةِ أَبِيهِ إِسْحَاقَ.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
54 وَذَبَحَ يَعْقُوبُ ذَبِيحَةً فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ وَدَعَا إِخْوَتَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا طَعَامًا، فَأَكَلُوا طَعَامًا وَبَاتُوا فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ.
54 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
55 ثُمَّ بَكَّرَ لَابَانُ صَبَاحًا وَقَبَّلَ بَنِيهِ وَبَنَاتِهِ وَبَارَكَهُمْ وَمَضَى. وَرَجَعَ لَابَانُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ.
55 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

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  • Jacob

    Father of the tribes

    He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49

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  • Rachel

    Matriarch, mother of Joseph

    Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35

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Cross references (51)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Ecclesiastes 4:4; Psalm 17:14; Proverbs 27:4; Proverbs 14:30; 1 Peter 1:24
  2. 2 Daniel 3:19; 1 Samuel 18:9–11; Genesis 4:5; Genesis 30:27; 1 Samuel 19:7
  3. 3 Genesis 28:15; Hebrews 13:5; Genesis 32:9; Genesis 31:13; Psalm 50:15
  4. 5 Genesis 31:2–3; Genesis 31:53; Genesis 48:15; Genesis 31:42; Genesis 32:9
  5. 6 Genesis 30:29; Ephesians 6:5–8; Colossians 3:22–25; Genesis 31:38–42; Titus 2:9–10
  6. 7 Zechariah 8:23; Genesis 31:29; Genesis 31:41; Nehemiah 4:12; Numbers 14:22
  7. 8 Genesis 30:32
  8. 9 Genesis 31:1; Genesis 31:16; Proverbs 13:22; Matthew 20:15; Esther 8:1–2
  9. 10 Deuteronomy 13:1; Genesis 20:6; Numbers 12:6; 1 Kings 3:5; Genesis 31:24
  10. 11 Isaiah 58:9; Genesis 31:13; Genesis 48:15–16; Genesis 18:17; 1 Samuel 3:16
  11. 12 Exodus 3:7; Genesis 31:42; Deuteronomy 24:15; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ephesians 6:9
  12. 13 Genesis 31:3; Genesis 32:9; Genesis 28:12–22; Genesis 35:7
  13. 14 Ruth 4:11; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 29:29; Genesis 29:24
  14. 15 Genesis 29:15–20; Genesis 29:27–30; Nehemiah 5:8; Genesis 30:26; Exodus 21:7–11
  15. 16 Genesis 31:9; Genesis 30:35–31:1; Psalm 45:10
  16. 17 Genesis 24:61; 1 Samuel 30:17; Genesis 24:10
  17. 18 Genesis 27:41; Genesis 28:21; Genesis 27:1–2; Genesis 35:27–29
  18. 19 1 Samuel 19:13; Hosea 3:4; Genesis 31:30; Ezekiel 21:21; Genesis 35:2
  19. 21 2 Kings 12:17; Joshua 24:2–3; Genesis 37:25; Genesis 15:18; Luke 9:51–53
  20. 22 Exodus 14:5–31; Genesis 30:36; Job 5:12–13
  21. 23 Genesis 13:8; Exodus 2:11; Exodus 2:13; Genesis 24:27
  22. 24 Genesis 24:50; Genesis 20:3; Genesis 31:29; Numbers 24:13; Genesis 31:42
  23. 25 Genesis 33:18; Hebrews 11:9; Genesis 12:8
  24. 26 1 Samuel 30:2; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 31:36; 1 Samuel 17:29; Genesis 2:24
  25. 27 Exodus 15:20; Genesis 31:3–5; Proverbs 26:23–26; Job 21:11–14; Genesis 31:20–21
  26. 28 Genesis 31:55; 1 Kings 19:20; Ruth 1:14; Acts 20:37; Genesis 31:24
  27. 29 Genesis 31:42; Genesis 31:53; Joshua 24:2–3; Genesis 31:24; Genesis 28:13
  28. 30 Jeremiah 10:11; Genesis 31:19; Judges 18:24; 1 Samuel 5:2–6; 2 Samuel 5:21
  29. 31 Proverbs 29:25; Genesis 31:26–27; Genesis 20:11
  30. 32 Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:23; 1 Samuel 12:3–5; Genesis 44:9–12; Genesis 31:30
  31. 33 Genesis 24:28; Genesis 24:67
  32. 34 Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:17
  33. 35 Leviticus 19:32; Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1; 1 Kings 2:19; Genesis 18:11–12
  34. 36 Ephesians 4:26; Genesis 30:2; 2 Kings 5:11; Mark 3:5; Numbers 16:15
  35. 37 1 Peter 2:12; Hebrews 13:18; 1 Corinthians 6:4–5; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Joshua 7:23
  36. 38 Deuteronomy 28:4; Ezekiel 34:2–4; Exodus 23:26; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 30:30
  37. 39 Exodus 22:10–13; Leviticus 22:8; Luke 2:8; Exodus 22:31; John 10:12–13
  38. 40 Psalm 78:70–71; Luke 2:8; Exodus 2:19–22; John 21:15–17; Hebrews 13:7
  39. 41 Genesis 31:7; Genesis 31:38; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Genesis 30:33–40; 1 Corinthians 15:10
  40. 42 Psalm 31:7; Isaiah 8:13; Genesis 31:53; Genesis 31:29; Genesis 31:24
  41. 44 Joshua 24:25–27; 1 Samuel 20:14–17; Genesis 15:18; Joshua 22:27; Deuteronomy 31:19
  42. 45 Genesis 28:18–22
  43. 46 Ecclesiastes 3:5; Genesis 31:37; Genesis 31:32; Joshua 4:5–9; Joshua 7:26
  44. 47 Hebrews 12:1
  45. 48 Joshua 24:27; Joshua 13:8–9; Genesis 31:23; Deuteronomy 3:16; Deuteronomy 2:36
  46. 49 Judges 11:29; Judges 10:17; 1 Samuel 7:5–6; Judges 11:11; 1 Kings 15:22
  47. 50 Jeremiah 42:5; Jeremiah 29:23; Micah 1:2; Judges 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:5
  48. 52 Genesis 31:48; Genesis 31:44–45
  49. 53 Genesis 31:42; Genesis 16:5; Exodus 3:6; Joshua 24:2; Genesis 11:24–29
  50. 54 Exodus 18:12; Genesis 26:30; 2 Samuel 3:20–21; Genesis 21:8; Genesis 37:25
  51. 55 Genesis 31:28; Deuteronomy 23:5; Genesis 30:25; Genesis 18:33; Proverbs 16:7

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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  1. Quotes verse 31:41 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapters XXVII–XXVIII)

    For not only did not the nations in this life serve this Jacob; but even after he had received the blessing, he himself going forth [from his home], served his uncle Laban the Syrian for twenty years; and not only was he not made lord of his brother, but he did himself bow down before his brother Esau, upon his …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 31:44 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXXIII)

    In fact, "a testament" is a name given in the Scriptures not only to that which is of no avail till the death of the testators, but every covenant and decree they used to call a testament. For Laban and Jacob made a testament, which was certainly to have force between the living; and such cases without number are read …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 31:47 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XI–XIII)

    Moreover, Joshua, the son of Nun, even set up a stone as witness of his words (already a heap somewhere had been called a witness by Jacob), for he says, "Behold this stone shall be a witness unto you this day to the end of days, when ye lie to the Lord our God," perhaps believing that by God's power …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)