Genesis 31:42

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 31:53 : 53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
  • Gen 29:32 : 32 And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
  • 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 31:24 : 24 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.
  • Ps 124:1-3 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say); 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us; 3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
  • Isa 8:13 : 13 But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.
  • Jude 1:9 : 9 Now when Michael, one of the chief angels, was fighting against the Evil One for the body of Moses, fearing to make use of violent words against him, he only said, May the Lord be your judge.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
  • 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.
  • Ps 31:7 : 7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
  • Ps 76:11-12 : 11 Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared. 12 He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.
  • Gen 31:5 : 5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me
  • Gen 31:12 : 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 11:5 : 5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
  • Gen 16:11 : 11 And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.
  • Gen 16:13 : 13 And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?
  • Gen 27:33 : 33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:5-7
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    81%

    5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

    6 And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

    7 But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

  • Gen 31:26-32
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    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?

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

    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.

    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.

  • 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 30:25-31
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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.

    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.

    28 Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

    29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

    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:

  • Gen 31:50
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    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.

  • Gen 31:43
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    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 31:53
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    53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 31:41
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    41 These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

  • Gen 31:11-14
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    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.

    13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

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

  • Gen 31:36-37
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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?

    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 31:1-3
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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 32:11
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    11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

  • 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 33:10
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    10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

  • Gen 24:27
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    27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

  • Gen 26:24
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    24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

  • Gen 31:9
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    9 So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

  • Gen 44:34
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    34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • Gen 28:21
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    21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,

  • Gen 28:15
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    15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

  • Gen 43:14
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    14 So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.