Genesis 31:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 31:9

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 31:9

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American Standard Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Amplified® Bible
Thus God has taken away the flocks of your father and given them to me.

Contemporary English Version
That's how God has taken sheep and goats from your father and given them to me.

Darby English Version
And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

Good News Bible
God has taken flocks away from your father and given them to me.

King James Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

New American Standard Bible
"Thus God has taken away your father's livestock and given {them} to me.

New International Version
So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.

New King James Version
So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Thus God has taken away your father's livestock and given them to me.

Revised Standard Version
Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Young's Literal Translation
and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

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