Genesis 31:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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  • Gen 27:1-2 : 1 Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I. 2 And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
  • Gen 28:21 : 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,
  • Gen 35:27-29 : 27 And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living. 28 And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old. 29 Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.

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  • Gen 31:19-21
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    19Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

    20And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

    21So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 31:16-17
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    16For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

    17Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;

  • Gen 28:5-7
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    5So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

    6So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

    7And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;

  • 2But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 46:5-6
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    5Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.

    6And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

  • 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.

  • 6Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    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 31:32-34
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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.

    34Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

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

  • 30And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

  • 25Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

  • 27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

  • 12And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

  • 10So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

  • 28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

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

  • 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?

  • 23And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • 23He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.

  • 10And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

  • 5And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.