Genesis 31:50

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Jer 42:5 : 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.
  • Jer 29:23 : 23 Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.
  • Judg 11:10 : 10 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.
  • 1 Sam 12:5 : 5 Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.
  • Mic 1:2 : 2 Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.
  • Mal 2:14 : 14 But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 19:5-6 : 5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh? 6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
  • Lev 18:18 : 18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:48-49
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    82%

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

    49And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

  • Gen 31:51-53
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    81%

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

    52They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

    53May 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 31:42-44
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    81%

    42If 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.

    43Then 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?

    44Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

  • Gen 31:28-33
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    28You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

    29It 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.

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

    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 31:5
    74%

    5And 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 24:3
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    3And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

  • Gen 31:26
    73%

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

  • Gen 29:19
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    19And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

  • Gen 24:40-41
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    40And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

    41And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Gen 24:37-38
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    72%

    37And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Gen 24:7-8
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    72%

    7The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

    8And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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    72%

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

    37Now 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 31:14
    71%

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

  • Gen 28:1-2
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    71%

    1Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

    2But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 30:26
    71%

    26Give 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 31:16
    71%

    16For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

  • Gen 31:2-3
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    71%

    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.

  • Judg 21:7
    70%

    7What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

  • Gen 30:31
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    31And 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 31:12
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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.

  • Gen 28:6
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    6So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

  • Gen 26:28
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    28And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

  • Gen 34:16
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    16Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.

  • Gen 44:29
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    29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • Judg 21:1
    69%

    1Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.