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Genesis 31:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Genesis 31:18

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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 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,

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 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.

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Related Verses

Genesis 36:6

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"Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob."

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Genesis 28:7

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"and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram."

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Judith 8:26

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"Remember all the things which he did to Abraham, and all the things in which he tried Isaac, and all the things which happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother."

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Joshua 24:3

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"I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac."

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2 Chronicles 32:29

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"Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him abundant possessions."

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Leviticus 25:41

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"Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers."

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Genesis 31:1

"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.”"

Genesis 31:2

"Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before."

Genesis 31:3

"The LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”"

Genesis 31:4

"Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,"

Genesis 31:5

"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."

Genesis 31:6

"You know that I have served your father with all of my strength."

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