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Genesis 31:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, "
Genesis 31:4
Verse in Context
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2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
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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 31:5
"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."
Genesis 31:7
"And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me."
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