Genesis 31:16–17
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.
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our childrens: now then whatsoeuer God hath said vnto thee, doe.
¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
¶ Then Iacob rose vp, and set his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.
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- 1 Samuel 30:17Rank 1 from verse 17
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.
17And Dauid smote them from the twilight, euen vnto the euening of †the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, saue foure hundred yong men which rode vpon camels, and fled.
- Genesis 24:10Rank 2 from verse 17
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.
10¶ And the seruant tooke 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, vnto the citie of Nahor.
- Genesis 24:61Rank 3 from verse 17
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Genesis 31:16
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.
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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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The one true God.
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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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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.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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whatsoever
Whatever, anything that, or every thing of the kind or within the condition and scope stated.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Genesis 31:17
1. A flowering plant or its flower. 2. Arose or stood up.
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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.
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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.
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Large, hump-backed beasts used for riding and bearing burdens.
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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.
31:1¶ And he heard the words of Labans sonnes, saying, Iacob hath taken away all that was our fathers; and of that which was of our fathers, hath hee gotten all this glory.
31:2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
31:2And Iacob behelde 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.
31:3And the LORD said vnto Iacob, Returne vnto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I wil be with thee.
31:4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
31:4And Iacob sent and called Rachel and Leah, to the field vnto his flocke,
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.
31:5And said vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not toward mee as before: but the God of my father hath bene with me.
31:6And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
31:6And yee know, that with all my power I haue serued your father.
31:7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
31:7And your father hath deceiued mee, 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.
31:8If hee said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the cattell bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-straked shalbe thy hire, then bare all the cattell ring-straked.
31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattell of your father, and giuen them to mee.
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.
31:10And it came to passe at the time that the cattell conceiued, that I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, and behold, the ‖rammes which leaped vpon the cattell were ring-straked, speckled and grisled.
31:11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
31:11And the Angel of God spake vnto me in a dreame, saying, Iacob; 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.
31:12And hee said, Lift vp now thine eyes, and see, all the rammes which leape vpon the cattell are ring-straked, speckled and grisled: for I haue seene all that Laban doeth vnto 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.
31:13I am the God of *Bethel, where thou annoyntedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow vnto mee: now arise, get thee out from this land, and returne vnto 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?
31:14And Rachel and Leah answered, and said vnto him; Is there yet any portion or inheritance for vs in our fathers house?
31:15Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
31:15Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold vs, and hath quite deuoured also our money.
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.
31:16For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our childrens: now then whatsoeuer God hath said vnto thee, doe.
Selected passage31:17¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
31:17¶ Then Iacob rose vp, and set his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.
Selected passage31:18And 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.
31:18And he caried away all his cattell, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattell of his getting, which hee had gotten in Padan Aram, for to goe 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.
31:19And Laban went to sheare his sheepe: and Rachel had stollen the †Images that were her fathers.
31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
31:20And Iacob stale away †vnawares 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.
31:21So hee fled with all that hee had, and he rose vp and passed ouer the Riuer, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
31:22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
31:22And it was tolde Laban on the third day, that Iacob 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.
31:23And hee tooke his brethren with him, and pursued after him seuen dayes iourney, and they ouertooke 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.
31:24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night, and saide vnto him, Take heed that thou speake not to Iacob †either good or bad.