Genesis 31
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Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has acquired all this a wealth."
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And Jacob saw the b countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not c favorable toward him as before.
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Then the LORD said to Jacob, d "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will e be with you."
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So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock,
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and said to them, f "I see your father's countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father g has been with me.
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"And h you know that with all my might I have served your father.
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"Yet your father has deceived me and i changed my wages j ten times, but God k did not allow him to hurt me.
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"If he said thus: l 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: 'The streaked shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore streaked.
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"So God has m taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
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"And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.
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"Then n the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob.' And I said, 'Here I am.'
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"And He said, 'Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for o I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
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'I am the God of Bethel, p where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now q arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family."'
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Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, r "Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
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"Are we not considered strangers by him? For s he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.
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"For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children's; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it."
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Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels.
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And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his acquired livestock which he had gained in Padan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of t Canaan.
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Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the u household idols that were her father's.
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And Jacob stole away, unknown to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.
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So he fled with all that he had. He arose and crossed the river, and v headed toward the mountains of Gilead.
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And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
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Then he took w his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days' journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead.
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But God x had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, "Be careful that you y speak to Jacob neither good nor bad."
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So Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.
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And Laban said to Jacob: "What have you done, that you have stolen away unknown to me, and z carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword?
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"Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?
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"And you did not allow me a to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now b you have done foolishly in so doing.
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"It is in my power to do you harm, but the c God of your father spoke to me d last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'
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"And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father's house, but why did you e steal my gods?"
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Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, "Because I was f afraid, for I said, 'Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.'
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"With whomever you find your gods, g do not let him live. In the presence of our brethren, identify what I have of yours and take it with you." For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
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And Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the two maids' tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's tent.
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Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find them.
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And she said to her father, "Let it not displease my lord that I cannot h rise before you, for the manner of women is with me." And he searched but did not find the household idols.
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Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban, and Jacob answered and said to Laban: "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?
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"Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both!
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"These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.
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i "That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. j You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
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"There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.
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"Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I k served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and l you have changed my wages ten times.
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m "Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and n the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. o God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and p rebuked you last night."
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And Laban answered and said to Jacob, "These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and this flock is my flock; all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?
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"Now therefore, come, q let us make a covenant, r you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me."
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So Jacob s took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
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Then Jacob said to his brethren, "Gather stones." And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.
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Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
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And Laban said, t "This heap is a witness between you and me this day." Therefore its name was called Galeed,
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also u Mizpah, because he said, "May the LORD watch between you and me when we are absent one from another.
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"If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us - see, God is witness between you and me!"
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Then Laban said to Jacob, "Here is this heap and here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me.
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"This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
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"The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father v judge between us." And Jacob w swore by x the Fear of his father Isaac.
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Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.
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And early in the morning Laban arose, and y kissed his sons and daughters and z blessed them. Then Laban departed and a returned to his place.
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Psalms 49:16
Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased.
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Genesis 4:5
But He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
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Deuteronomy 28:54
The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind.
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Genesis 28:15
"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on.
Genesis 28:21
So that I come back to my father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God.
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you':
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Genesis 46:4
"I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes."
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Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.
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Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech...
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "...
Genesis 28:15
"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherev...
Genesis 31:29
"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God ...
Genesis 31:42
"Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraha...
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the G...
Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, f...
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be co...
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Genesis 30:29
So Jacob said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me.
Genesis 31:38 - 41
These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.
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Genesis 29:25
So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?
Genesis 31:41
Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
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Numbers 14:22
Because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice.
Nehemiah 4:12
So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, "From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us.
Job 19:3
These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.
Zechariah 8:23
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." '"
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Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the LORD came to...
Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in a dream, "Yes, I know th...
Genesis 31:29
"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God ...
Job 1:10
Have You not made a hedge around him, around hi...
Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsak...
Psalms 105:14
He permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He r...
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Genesis 30:32
Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and these shall be my wages.
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Genesis 31:1
Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has acquired all this wealth.
Genesis 31:16
"For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children's; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it."
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Genesis 16:7 - 11
Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
Genesis 22:11
But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am.
Genesis 22:15
Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven.
Genesis 31:13
'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family."'
Genesis 48:16
The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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Genesis 31:42
"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-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said: "I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Psalms 139:3
You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.
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Genesis 28:16 - 22
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.
Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.
Genesis 35:6
So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
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Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you':
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Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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Genesis 29:15
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.
Genesis 29:23
Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.
Genesis 29:27
"Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years."
Nehemiah 5:8
And I said to them, "According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?" Then they were silenced and found nothing to say.
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Genesis 17:8
"Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
Genesis 33:18
Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.
Genesis 35:27
Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt.
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Genesis 31:30
"And now you have surely gone because you great...
Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put t...
Genesis 35:2
And Jacob said to his household and to all who ...
Judges 17:5
The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod a...
1 Samuel 19:13
And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed...
Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall abide many day...
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Genesis 46:28
Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.
2 Kings 12:17
Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51
Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.
Luke 9:53
But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.
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Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
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Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.
Genesis 31:29
"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'
Genesis 46:2 - 4
Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" And he said, "Here I am.
Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds.
Matthew 1:20
But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
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Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.
Genesis 31:7
Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
Genesis 31:29
"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'
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1 Samuel 30:2
And had taken captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way.
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Genesis 31:55
And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.
Ruth 1:9
The LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband." So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
Ruth 1:14
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?
Acts 20:37
Then they all wept freely, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him.
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1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
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Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
Genesis 31:5
And said to them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:24
But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.
Genesis 31:42
"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-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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Genesis 31:24
But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.
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Genesis 31:19
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father's.
Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods.
Judges 17:5
The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 18:24
So he said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me, 'What ails you?'
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Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, "She is my sister"; for he was afraid to say, " She is my wife," because he thought, "lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to behold.
Genesis 32:7
So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.
Genesis 32:11
Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children.
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Genesis 44:9
"With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves."
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Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Leviticus 19:32
You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.
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Exodus 22:10
If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it.
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Exodus 22:10 - 13
If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it.
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Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.
Genesis 29:27 - 30
"Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you will serve with me still another seven years."
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Genesis 31:7
Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
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Genesis 31:5
And said to them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:29
"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Psalms 124:1
IF it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say -
Psalms 124:2
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us.
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Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Isaiah 8:13
The LORD of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, And let Him be your dread.
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Genesis 29:32
So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, "The LORD has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said: "I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
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Genesis 31:24
But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.
Genesis 31:29
"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'
1 Chronicles 12:17
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, "If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look and bring judgment.
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Genesis 21:27
So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
Genesis 21:32
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 26:28
But they said, "We have certainly seen that the LORD is with you. So we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you.
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Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.
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Genesis 28:18
Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
Genesis 35:14
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.
Joshua 24:26
Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.
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Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.
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Judges 10:17
Then the people of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled together and encamped in Mizpah.
Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon.
1 Samuel 7:5
And Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.
1 Samuel 7:6
So they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before the LORD. And they fasted that day, and said there, "We have sinned against the LORD." And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.
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Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between you and me.
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Genesis 21:23
"Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt."
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Genesis 31:42
"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-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
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Genesis 29:11
Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
Genesis 29:13
Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things.
Genesis 31:28
And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in so doing.
Genesis 31:43
And Laban answered and said to Jacob, " These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and this flock is my flock; all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?
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Genesis 28:1
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
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Cross References
Genesis 18:33
So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
Genesis 30:25
And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country.
Numbers 24:25
So Balaam rose and departed and returned to his place; Balak also went his way.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.