Genesis 31:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gen 30:2 : 2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
  • Gen 34:7 : 7 Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.
  • Gen 49:7 : 7 A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.
  • Num 16:15 : 15 Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
  • 2 Kgs 5:11 : 11 But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.
  • 2 Kgs 13:19 : 19 Then the man of God was angry with him and said, If you had done it five or six times, then you would have overcome Aram completely; but now you will only overcome them three times.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry; 20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:37
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    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 31:25-27
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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?

    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?

  • Gen 31:1-2
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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.

  • Gen 31:30-35
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    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.

    34 Now 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.

    35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

  • Gen 31:42-43
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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.

    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 29:15
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    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?

  • Gen 30:2
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    2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

  • Gen 31:19-23
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    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 31:12
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    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 31:51
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    51 And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

  • Gen 29:25
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    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 31:14
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    14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 30:25-26
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    25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

    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 29:21
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    21 Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

  • Gen 30:33-34
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    33 And 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.

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

  • Gen 30:28
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    28 Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

  • Gen 30:31
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    31 And 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: