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Genesis 31:14–17

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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
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From verse 14

  1. Genesis 2:24Rank 1 from verse 14
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    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  2. Ruth 4:11Rank 2 from verse 14
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    11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

  3. Genesis 29:24Rank 3 from verse 14
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    24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

  4. Genesis 29:29Rank 4 from verse 14
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    29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

From verse 15

  1. Genesis 29:15–20Rank 1 from verse 15
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    15¶ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

    17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

    18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

    19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

    20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

  2. Exodus 21:7–11Rank 2 from verse 15
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    7¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

    8If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

    9And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

    10If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

    11And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

  3. Genesis 29:27–30Rank 3 from verse 15
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    27Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

    28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

    29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

    30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

  4. Genesis 30:26Rank 4 from verse 15
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    26Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

  5. Genesis 31:41Rank 5 from verse 15
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    41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

From verse 16

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  2. Genesis 31:9Rank 2 from verse 16
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    9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

  3. Psalms 45:10Rank 3 from verse 16
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    10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

From verse 17

  1. 1 Samuel 30:17Rank 1 from verse 17
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    17And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

  2. Genesis 24:10Rank 2 from verse 17
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    10¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

  3. Genesis 24:61Rank 3 from verse 17
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    61¶ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

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Genesis 31:14

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

portion

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A part, share, allotment, inheritance, assigned duty, reward, or outcome belonging or given to someone.

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inheritance

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A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 31:15

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counted

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Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of count: numbered or calculated. Sense 2: Past tense or past participle of count: reckoned, regarded, esteemed, or accounted as.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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devoured

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of devour, meaning to eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Genesis 31:16

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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whatsoever

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Whatever, anything that, or every thing of the kind or within the condition and scope stated.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 31:17

COMBINED MEANING

rose

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1. A flowering plant or its flower. 2. Arose or stood up.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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31:1AND 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.

31:2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

31:3And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

31:4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

31:5And 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.

31:6And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

31:7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

31:8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

31:10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

31:11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

31:12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

31:13I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

31:14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

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31:15Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

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31:16For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

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31:17¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

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31:18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

31:19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

31:21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

31:22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

31:23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

31:24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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