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Genesis 31:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword? "
Genesis 31:26
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24 God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”
25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
26 Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
28 and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.
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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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