Genesis 31:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 12:8 : 8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 33:18 : 18 So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

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  • Gen 31:18-24
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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.

    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.

    22And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

    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.

    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.

  • Gen 31:26-27
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    26And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

    27Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

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

    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 31:36
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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?

  • Gen 29:13-14
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    13And 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.

    14And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

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    47And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

    48And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

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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.

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

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

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    22And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

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    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.

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    10Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

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    25And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?