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Genesis 31:30 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? "

Genesis 31:30

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28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

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Genesis 31:1

"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 31:2

"And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before."

Genesis 31:3

"And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee."

Genesis 31:4

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

Genesis 31:5

"And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me."

Genesis 31:6

"And ye know that with all my power I have served your father."

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