Genesis 31:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.”
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BSBPD
“Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 31:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:39they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
- Genesis 31:1Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
- Genesis 31:16Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
- Genesis 32:14200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
- Esther 8:1That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
- Psalms 50:10for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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