Genesis 31:24

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But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, 'Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'

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  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, 'You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.'
  • Gen 24:50 : 50 Laban and Bethuel answered, 'This matter comes from the Lord; we cannot say good or bad to you.'
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 I 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.’
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 If 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.
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
  • Num 24:13 : 13 'Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the LORD, to do anything good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I will speak.'
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 And you shall declare before the LORD your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner with only a few people. But there he became a great nation, powerful and numerous.'
  • 1 Kgs 3:5 : 5 At Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream during the night, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
  • Job 33:15-17 : 15 In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds, 16 then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction. 17 To turn a man from wrongdoing and to conceal pride from him.
  • Job 33:25 : 25 then their flesh is restored to be fresher than in youth, and they return to the days of their youthful vigor.
  • Ps 105:14-15 : 14 He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their account. 15 'Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.'
  • Isa 37:29 : 29 Because of your raging against Me and your arrogance that has reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls—indeed, their altars are like heaps of stone in the furrows of the field.
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'
  • Matt 2:12 : 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route.
  • Matt 27:19 : 19 While he was seated on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him, saying, 'Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered greatly today in a dream because of Him.'
  • Gen 40:5 : 5 Both of them—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
  • Gen 41:1 : 1 After two full years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile.
  • Num 12:6 : 6 He said, 'Listen to My words: When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal Myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.
  • Num 22:20 : 20 That night God came to Balaam and said, 'Since these men have come to summon you, go with them. But do only what I tell you.'
  • Num 22:26 : 26 Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left.
  • Gen 28:5 : 5 Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau's mother.
  • Gen 31:10 : 10 During the mating season of the flock, I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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  • Gen 31:25-26
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    79%

    25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives camped in the hill country of Gilead.

    26Then Laban said to Jacob, 'What have you done? You deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives taken in war.

  • Gen 31:29
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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.’

  • Gen 31:10-12
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    78%

    10During the mating season of the flock, I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

    11In the dream, the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' And I replied, 'Here I am.'

    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.

  • Gen 31:20
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    20Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.

  • Gen 46:2
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    2God spoke to Israel in visions during the night, calling, 'Jacob, Jacob!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 31:1-3
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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.'

    2Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was no longer the same as it had been before.

    3Then the LORD said to Jacob, 'Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.'

  • Gen 24:50
    73%

    50Laban and Bethuel answered, 'This matter comes from the Lord; we cannot say good or bad to you.'

  • Gen 31:22-23
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    22On the third day, Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.

    23Taking his relatives with him, Laban pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

  • Gen 31:42
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 31:31-33
    3 verses
    72%

    31Jacob answered Laban, 'I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.

    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.

    33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he left Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.

  • Gen 20:6
    71%

    6Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.'

  • Gen 31:36
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    36Then Jacob became angry and confronted Laban. 'What is my crime?' he asked. 'What sin have I committed that you have pursued me?

  • Gen 30:34
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    34Laban said, 'Very well, let it be as you have said.'

  • Num 22:20
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    20That night God came to Balaam and said, 'Since these men have come to summon you, go with them. But do only what I tell you.'

  • Gen 31:51
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    51Laban also said to Jacob, 'Here is the heap, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

  • Gen 35:9
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    9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-Aram, and He blessed him.

  • Gen 28:12
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    12And he dreamed; behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

  • Gen 30:27
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    27But Laban said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me because of you.'

  • Gen 32:9
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    9He thought, 'If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp that is left will escape.'

  • Gen 29:13
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    13When Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, embraced him, kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban everything that had happened.

  • Gen 35:1
    69%

    1God said to Jacob, "Get up, go to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

  • Job 33:15
    69%

    15In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,