Genesis 31:43
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?”
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“But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters <FI>are<Fi> my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing <FI>is<Fi> mine; and to my daughters--what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 31:43 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:55Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
- Genesis 37:35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
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