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Genesis 31

Gen. 31:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of Laban’s
Laban (Hebrew #3837)
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Laban.
Pronounce: law-bawn'
Origin: the same as 3836
sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
hath taken away
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
all that was our father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
; and of that which was our father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
hath he gotten
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
all this glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
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Psa. 49:16• 16Fear thou not when a man becometh rich,{HR}When the glory of his house increaseth. (Psa. 49:16)
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Eccl. 4:4• 4Then I saw all labour and every skilful work,{HR}That for this a man is envied of his neighbour.{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 4:4)
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1 Tim. 6:4• 4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questionings and word-disputes, out of which cometh envy, strife, revilings, evil suspicions, (1 Tim. 6:4)

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Cross References

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1-18:  Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.
19-21:  Rachel steals her father's images.
22-33:  Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong.
34-35:  Rachel's stratagem to hide the images.
36-42:  Jacob's complaint of Laban.
43-55:  The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.
Jacob.
Gen. 31:8‑9• 8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the flock bare speckled; and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy wages, then all the flock bare ringstraked.
 9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and hath given [them] to me. (Gen. 31:8‑9)
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Job 31:31• 31If the men of my tent said not,{HR}Who giveth one not satisfied with his flesh? (Job 31:31)
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Psa. 57:4• 4My soul [is] in the midst of lions;{HR}I will lie down with those on fire, the sons of men,{HR}Their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psa. 57:4)
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Psa. 64:3‑4• 3Who have sharpened like the sword their tongue,{HR}Have bent their arrow, a bitter word,
 4To shoot in the secret places at the perfect;{HR}Suddenly they shoot [at him] and fear not. (Psa. 64:3‑4)
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Psa. 120:3‑5• 3What shall be given unto thee,{HR}What shall be added unto thee,{HR}O tongue of deceit?
 4A mighty one's arrows sharpened,{HR}With coals of broom.
 5Alas for me, that I sojourn [in] Mesech,{HR}That I dwell with the tents of Kedar! (Psa. 120:3‑5)
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Prov. 14:30• 30A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh,{HR}But envy the rottenness of the bones. (Prov. 14:30)
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Prov. 27:4• 4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger outrageous;{HR}But who [is] able to stand before jealousy? (Prov. 27:4)
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Eccl. 4:4• 4Then I saw all labour and every skilful work,{HR}That for this a man is envied of his neighbour.{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 4:4)
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Ezek. 16:44• 44Behold, everyone that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, so is her daughter! (Ezek. 16:44)
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Titus 3:3• 3For at one time even we were foolish, disobedient, gone astray, in slavery to divers lusts and pleasures, passing time in malice and envy, abominable, hating one another. (Titus 3:3)
glory."Glory" is here used for "wealth," riches, or property; since those who possess riches, generally make them the subject of glory.
The original word cavod, signifies both "glory" and "weight."
Gen. 45:13• 13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. (Gen. 45:13)
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Esther 5:11• 11And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and [all the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Esther 5:11)
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Job 31:24‑25• 24If I made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust;
 25If I rejoiced because my weal [was] great,{HR}And because my hand found much; (Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 17:14• 14From men, thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world:{HR}Their portion is in this life and [with] thy treasure thou fillest their belly;{HR}They are satisfied with sons, and they leave their abundance to their children. (Psa. 17:14)
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Psa. 49:16‑17• 16Fear thou not when a man becometh rich,{HR}When the glory of his house increaseth.
 17For he taketh not all this away when he dieth;{HR}His glory shall not descend after him. (Psa. 49:16‑17)
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Eccl. 4:4• 4Then I saw all labour and every skilful work,{HR}That for this a man is envied of his neighbour.{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 4:4)
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Isa. 5:14• 14Therefore Sheol hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their tumult, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend [into it]. (Isa. 5:14)
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Jer. 9:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches: (Jer. 9:23)
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Matt. 4:8• 8Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, (Matt. 4:8)
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1 Tim. 6:4• 4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questionings and word-disputes, out of which cometh envy, strife, revilings, evil suspicions, (1 Tim. 6:4)
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1 Peter 1:24• 24Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as a flower of grass. The grass withered and the flower fell away, (1 Peter 1:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and of what was our father’s he has acquired all this glory.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken all that [was] our father’s; and of what [was] our father’s hath he acquired all this glory.