Genesis 31:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

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  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
  • Exod 3:9 : 9 For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.
  • Lev 19:13 : 13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
  • Deut 24:15 : 15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.
  • Ps 139:3 : 3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
  • Acts 7:34 : 34 Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.
  • Eph 6:9 : 9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
  • Gen 30:37-43 : 37 Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands. 38 And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water. 39 And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour. 40 These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock. 41 And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks. 42 But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's. 43 So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:8-11
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    8If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.

    9So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

    10And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

    11And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

  • Gen 30:27-42
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    27And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

    28Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

    29Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

    30For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

    31And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

    32Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.

    33And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

    34And Laban said, Let it be as you say.

    35So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;

    36And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

    37Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

    38And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

    39And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.

    40These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.

    41And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.

    42But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.

  • Gen 31:42-44
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    42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

    43Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

    44Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

  • Gen 31:1-5
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    1Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

    2And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

    3Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

    4And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

    5And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

  • Gen 31:13
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    13I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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    36Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

    37Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

  • Gen 31:24-26
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    24Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

    25Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

    26And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

  • Gen 31:51
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    51And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

  • Gen 31:32-33
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    32As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

    33So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

  • Gen 31:18
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    18And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 33:8
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    8And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.

  • Gen 29:2
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    2And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.