Genesis 31:16

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Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you to do.'

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  • Gen 30:35-31:1 : 35 That same day, Laban went and removed all the streaked or spotted male goats, all the speckled or spotted female goats, and every dark-colored lamb. He placed them in the care of his sons. 36 Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled white stripes into them, exposing the inner wood. 38 He placed the peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so they would mate when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks mated in front of the branches, and they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, or spotted. 40 Jacob separated the lambs and made the rest of the flock face the streaked and the dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. Then he kept his own flocks separate and did not put them with Laban's flock. 41 Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks so they would mate near the branches. 42 But if the animals were weak, he would not place the branches there. So the weaker animals went to Laban, and the stronger ones to Jacob. 43 In this way, the man became exceedingly prosperous, and he had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys. 1 Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, 'Jacob has taken all that belonged to our father and has acquired all this wealth from what was our father’s.'
  • Gen 31:9 : 9 So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given it to me.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Daughters of kings are among your noble women; at your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

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  • Gen 31:14-15
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    14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, 'Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

    15Does he not regard us as foreigners? For he has sold us and has even spent what was paid for us.

  • Gen 31:1
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    1Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, 'Jacob has taken all that belonged to our father and has acquired all this wealth from what was our father’s.'

  • Gen 31:8-9
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    8If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then the flock bore speckled young. And if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’ then the flock bore streaked young.

    9So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given it to me.

  • Gen 31:42-43
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    42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.

    43Laban answered Jacob, 'The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or about the children they have borne?

  • Gen 31:17-18
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    17Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels.

    18He drove all his livestock and all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan Aram to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 30:30-31
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    30For you had little before I came, but now it has increased greatly. The LORD has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when can I provide for my own household?

    31Laban asked, 'What shall I give you?' Jacob replied, 'You shall give me nothing. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to tend and watch over your flock.'

  • Gen 31:29-30
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    29I have the power to harm you, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

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  • Gen 44:7-8
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    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

    8"Look, we even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

  • Gen 31:32
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    32But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether anything of yours is here with me; and if so, take it.' Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.

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    37You have searched through all my belongings. What have you found that belongs to your household? Place it here in front of my relatives and yours, and let them judge between us.

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    28He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned! Look, it is here in my sack.' Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 34:23
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    23Won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree to them, and they will dwell with us."

  • Gen 31:5
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    5He said to them, 'I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not as it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.'

  • Gen 43:8
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    8Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.

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    20Do not worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

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    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

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    9He thought, 'If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp that is left will escape.'

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    25Later, our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little more food.'

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    12He said, 'Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, and spotted, because I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

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    4May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

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    4Why should our father’s name be removed from among his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.

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    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Num 32:26
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    26Our children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

  • Gen 46:6
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    6They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt.

  • Josh 2:13
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    13that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death."

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    5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.