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Genesis 31:1 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 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.Genesis 31:1 · King James Version
Genesis 31:1 in context
1And 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.
2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- Laban'sLâbânLaban, a MesopotamianH3837 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- gottenʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
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Jacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan. This resolution he took up upon a just provocation, by divine direction, and with the advice and consent of his wives. I. Upon a just provocation;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16