Genesis 31:26

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

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  • 1 Sam 30:2 : 2 And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.
  • John 18:35 : 35 Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
  • Gen 12:18 : 18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?
  • Gen 20:9-9 : 9 Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done. 10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.
  • Gen 31:16 : 16 For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.
  • Gen 31:36 : 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 34:29 : 29 And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.
  • Josh 7:19 : 19 And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.
  • 1 Sam 14:43 : 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.
  • 1 Sam 17:29 : 29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:27-28
    2 verses
    87%

    27 Why 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?

    28 You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

  • Gen 31:30-33
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    85%

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

    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 31:18-23
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    83%

    18 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.

    19 Now 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.

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

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

    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 31:25
    81%

    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.

  • Gen 31:36-37
    2 verses
    81%

    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?

    37 Now 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 31:42-43
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

    43 Then 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?

  • Gen 31:1-2
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    78%

    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.

  • Gen 29:25
    77%

    25 And 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?

  • Gen 29:15-16
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    74%

    15 Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

    16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 30:26
    74%

    26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.

  • Gen 31:50-51
    2 verses
    74%

    50 If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

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

  • Gen 31:4
    73%

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

  • Gen 29:13
    73%

    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 29:21
    73%

    21 Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.