Genesis 31:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

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  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
  • Gen 24:50 : 50 Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.
  • 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.
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.
  • Num 24:13 : 13 Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
  • 1 Kgs 3:5 : 5 In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
  • Job 33:15-17 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds; 16 Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see; 17 In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;
  • Job 33:25 : 25 Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;
  • Ps 105:14-15 : 14 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them, 15 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
  • Isa 37:29 : 29 Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.
  • Matt 2:12 : 12 And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.
  • Matt 27:19 : 19 And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.
  • Gen 40:5 : 5 And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.
  • Gen 41:1 : 1 Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
  • Num 12:6 : 6 And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.
  • Num 22:20 : 20 And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.
  • Num 22:26 : 26 Then the angel of the Lord went further, stopping in a narrow place where there was no room for turning to the right or to the left.
  • Gen 28:5 : 5 So 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.
  • Gen 31:10 : 10 And 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.

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  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25 Now 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.

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

  • Gen 31:29
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    29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

  • Gen 31:10-12
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    10 And 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.

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

    12 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.

  • Gen 31:20
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    20 And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

  • Gen 46:2
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    2 And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 31:1-3
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    1 Now 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.

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

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

  • Gen 24:50
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    50 Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.

  • Gen 31:22-23
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    22 And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

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

  • Gen 31:42
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    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.

  • Gen 31:31-33
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    31 And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

    32 As 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.

    33 So 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 20:6
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    6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

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

  • Gen 30:34
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    34 And Laban said, Let it be as you say.

  • Num 22:20
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    20 And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.

  • Gen 31:55
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    55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

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

  • Gen 35:9
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    9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

  • Gen 28:12
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    12 And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

  • Gen 30:27
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    27 And 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.

  • Gen 32:9
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    9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

  • Gen 29:13
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    13 And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

  • Gen 35:1
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    1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • Job 33:15
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    15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;