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Genesis 31

Gen. 31:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
was wroth
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
l, and chode
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
with Laban
Laban (Hebrew #3837)
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Laban.
Pronounce: law-bawn'
Origin: the same as 3836
: and Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
and said
'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
to Laban
Laban (Hebrew #3837)
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Laban.
Pronounce: law-bawn'
Origin: the same as 3836
, What is my trespass
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
? what is my sin
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
, that thou hast so hotly pursued
dalaq (Hebrew #1814)
to flame (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
Pronounce: daw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
after me
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
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was wroth.
Gen. 30:2• 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:2)
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Gen. 34:7• 7And Jacob's sons came from the field when they heard [it], and the men were grieved, and they were greatly inflamed, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; for so it ought not to be done. (Gen. 34:7)
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Gen. 49:7• 7Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce, and their rage, for [it was] cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Gen. 49:7)
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Num. 16:15• 15Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them. (Num. 16:15)
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2 Kings 5:11• 11And Naaman was wroth, and went away and said, Behold, I thought, He will certainly come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper. (2 Kings 5:11)
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2 Kings 13:19• 19And the man of God was wroth with him and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. (2 Kings 13:19)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth;{HR}But the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
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Mark 3:5• 5and when he had looked round about on them with anger, being distressed at the hardening of their hearts, he says to the man, Stretch out thine hand, and he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. (Mark 3:5)
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Eph. 4:26• 26Be angry and sin not: let not the sun set upon your wrath, (Eph. 4:26)
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James 1:19‑20• 19Ye know [it], my brethren beloved, but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
20for man's wrath worketh not God's righteousness.
(James 1:19‑20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jacob was kindled, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?