Genesis 31:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 31:5

3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, ^a“Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will ^bbe with you.”

4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock,

5 and said to them, ^a“I see your father’s countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father ^bhas been with me.

6 And ^ayou know that with all my might I have served your father.

7 Yet your father has deceived me and ^achanged my wages ^bten times, but God ^cdid not allow him to hurt me.

8 If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: ^a‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked.

9 So God has ^ataken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

10 “And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.

11 Then ^athe Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’

12 And He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for ^aI have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

13 I am the God of Bethel, ^awhere you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now ^barise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’ ”

14 Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, ^a“Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

15 Are we not considered strangers by him? For ^ahe has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 31:5

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American Standard Version
and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.

Amplified® Bible
And he said to them, I see how your father looks at me, that he is not [friendly] toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

Contemporary English Version
and he told them: Your father isn't as friendly with me as he used to be, but the God my ancestors worshiped has been on my side.

Darby English Version
and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me.

Good News Bible
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father is not as friendly toward me as he used to be; but my father's God has been with me.

King James Version
And 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.

New American Standard Bible
and said to them, "I see your father's attitude, that it is not {friendly} toward me as formerly, but the God of my father has been with me.

New International Version
He said to them, "I see that your father's attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

New King James Version
and said to them, “I see your father’s countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and said to them, "I see your father's attitude, that it does not seem friendly toward me as formerly, but the God of my father has remained with me.

Revised Standard Version
and said to them, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.

Young's Literal Translation
and saith to them, `I am beholding your father's face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,

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