Genesis 31:26

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

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  • 1 Sam 30:2 : 2 The Amalekites had taken the women and everyone in the city captive, from the youngest to the oldest. They had not killed anyone but had taken them away as prisoners and gone on their way.
  • John 18:35 : 35 Pilate replied, 'Am I a Jew? Your own people and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?'
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 The LORD said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.'
  • Gen 12:18 : 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?"
  • Gen 20:9-9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, 'What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such a great sin upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.' 10 And Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What was your reason for doing this?'
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 Then Abimelech said, "What have you done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."
  • Gen 31:16 : 16 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.'
  • Gen 31:36 : 36 Then Jacob became angry and confronted Laban. 'What is my crime?' he asked. 'What sin have I committed that you have pursued me?
  • Gen 34:29 : 29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder.
  • Josh 7:19 : 19 Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give Him praise. Tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me."
  • 1 Sam 14:43 : 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, 'Tell me what you have done.' So Jonathan told him, 'I merely tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand, and now I must die?'
  • 1 Sam 17:29 : 29 David replied, 'What have I done now? Was it not just a question?'

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  • Gen 31:27-28
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    87%

    27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? You didn’t even let me know so I could send you away with joy and singing, to the music of tambourines and harps.

    28You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

  • Gen 31:30-33
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    30Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?

    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 31:18-23
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    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.

    19Meanwhile, Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

    20Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.

    21So Jacob fled with all he had. He crossed the river and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

    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 31:25
    81%

    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.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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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?

    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.

  • Gen 31:42-43
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    78%

    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 31:1-2
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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.

  • Gen 29:25
    77%

    25In the morning, Jacob saw it was Leah. So he said to Laban, 'What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?'

  • Gen 29:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15Laban said to Jacob, 'Because you are my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?'

    16Now Laban had two daughters: The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 30:26
    74%

    26‘Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, so that I may go. You know how hard I have worked for you.’

  • Gen 31:50-51
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    74%

    50If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.'

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

  • Gen 31:4
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    4So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flock was.

  • 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 29:21
    73%

    21Then Jacob said to Laban, 'Give me my wife, for my time is completed, and I want to be with her.'