KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 31:26–27
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Genesis 31:26
26And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
26And Laban said to Iacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stollen away vnawares to me, and caried away my daughters, as captiues taken with the sword?
Genesis 31:27
27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
27Wherefore didst thou flie away secretly, and †steale away from me, and didst not tell mee? that I might haue sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harpe,
- Hebr. hast stollen me.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 31:26
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Removed, departed, or carried away secretly or unawares.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Unexpectedly or without awareness.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To carry: to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 31:27
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To withdraw or pass privily; to slip along or away unperceived.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To speak, relate, count, declare, inform, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Gladness, merriment, or festive joy; the verse states how it is expressed or regarded.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A small hand drum or tambourine.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A stringed musical instrument sounded by the fingers.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 26
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Open the full verse study2And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
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Open the full verse study43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
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Open the full verse study29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
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Open the full verse study18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
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Open the full verse study24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Open the full verse study9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
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Open the full verse study10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
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Open the full verse study13And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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Open the full verse study16For 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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Open the full verse study36¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
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Open the full verse study29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
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Open the full verse study10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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Open the full verse study19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
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Open the full verse study35Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
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Open the full verse study20¶ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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Open the full verse study59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
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Open the full verse study20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
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.
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Open the full verse study3And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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.
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Open the full verse study31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
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Open the full verse study21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
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Open the full verse study11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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Open the full verse study27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
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Open the full verse study23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
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