Genesis 31:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherfore diddest thou flie so secretly and steale away from me, and diddest not tel me, that I might haue sent thee foorth with mirth & with songs, with timbrel and with harpe?

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  • Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the prophetesse, sister of Aaron tooke a timbrell in her hande, and all the women came out after her with timbrels and daunces.
  • Judg 6:27 : 27 Then Gideon tooke tenne men of his seruants, and did as ye Lord bade him: but because he feared to doe it by day for his fathers housholde, and the men of the citie, he did it by night.
  • Job 21:11-14 : 11 They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance. 12 They take the tabret & harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs. 13 They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue. 14 They say also vnto God, Depart fro vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
  • Prov 26:23-26 : 23 As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart. 24 He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite. 25 Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart. 26 Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.
  • Gen 4:21 : 21 And his brothers name was Iubal, who was the father of all that play on the harpe and organes.
  • Gen 24:59-60 : 59 So they let Rebekah their sister goe, & her nourse, with Abrahams seruant and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and sayde vnto her, Thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousands, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 31:3-5 : 3 And the Lorde had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wilbe with thee. 4 Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke. 5 Then sayde hee vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not towardes me as it was wont, and the God of my father hath bene with me.
  • Gen 31:20-21 : 20 Thus Iaakob stole away ye heart of Laban the Aramite: for he told him not that he fled. 21 So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead.
  • Gen 31:31 : 31 Then Iaakob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, & thought that thou wouldest haue taken thy daughters from me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25Then Laban ouertooke Iaakob, & Iaakob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban also with his brethren pitched vpon mount Gilead.

    26Then Laban sayde to Iaakob, What hast thou done? thou hast euen stolen away mine heart and caried away my daughters as though they had bene taken captiues with the sworde.

  • Gen 31:30-33
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    30Nowe though thou wentest thy way, because thou greatly longedst after thy fathers house, yet wherefore hast thou stollen my gods?

    31Then Iaakob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, & thought that thou wouldest haue taken thy daughters from me.

    32But with whome thou findest thy gods, let him not liue. Search thou before our brethre what I haue of thine, & take it to thee, (but Iaakob wist not that Rahel had stolen them)

    33Then came Laban into Iaakobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maides tentes, but founde them not. So hee went out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rahels tent.

  • Gen 31:18-23
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    18And he caried away all his flockes, & al his substance which he had gotten, to wit, his riches, which he had gotten in Padan Aram, to goe to Izhak his father vnto the land of Canaan.

    19Whe Laban was gone to shere his sheepe, Then Rahel stole her fathers idoles.

    20Thus Iaakob stole away ye heart of Laban the Aramite: for he told him not that he fled.

    21So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead.

    22And the third day after was it told Laban, that Iaakob fled.

    23Then he tooke his brethren with him, & followed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertooke him at mount Gilead.

  • Gen 31:28
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    28But thou hast not suffered me to kisse my sonnes and my daughters: nowe thou hast done foolishly in doing so.

  • Gen 31:36-37
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    36The Iaakob was wroth, and chode with Laban: Iaakob also answered and sayd to Laban, What haue I trespassed? what haue I offended, that thou hast pursued after me?

    37Seeing thou hast searched all my stuffe, what hast thou foud of all thine houshold stuffe? put it here before my brethren & thy brethren, that they may iudge betweene vs both.

  • Gen 29:25
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    25But when the morning was come, behold, it was Leah. Then sayde he to Laban, Wherefore hast thou done thus to mee? did not I serue thee for Rahel? wherfore then hast thou beguiled me?

  • Gen 31:42
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    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Izhak had bene with me, surely thou haddest sent me away nowe emptie: but God behelde my tribulation, & the labour of mine hads, & rebuked thee yester night.

  • Gen 27:45
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    45And till thy brothers wrath turne away from thee, and hee forget the thinges, which thou hast done to him: then will I sende and take thee from thence: why shoulde I bee depriued of you both in one day?

  • Gen 30:25-26
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    25And assoone as Rahel had borne Ioseph, Iaakob said to Laban, Sende me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.

    26Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.

  • Gen 29:15
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    15For Laban sayde vnto Iaakob, Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for nought? tell me, what shalbe thy wages?

  • Gen 27:43
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    43Now therefore my sonne, heare my voyce, arise, & flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban,

  • Gen 31:4
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    4Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke.

  • Gen 29:12-13
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    12(For Iaakob tolde Rahel, that he was her fathers brother, & that he was Rebekahs sonne) then she ranne and tolde her father.

    13And when Laban heard tell of Iaakob his sisters sonne, he ranne to meete him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house: and he tolde Laban all these things.

  • Gen 31:1-2
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    1Now he heard the words of Labans sonnes, saying, Iaakob hath taken away all that was our fathers, and of our fathers goods hath he gotten all this honour.

    2Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:

  • Gen 29:21-22
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    21Then Iaakob sayde to Laban, Giue me my wife, that I may goe in to her: for my terme is ended.

    22Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

  • Gen 29:19
    71%

    19Then Laban answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with me.

  • Gen 28:2
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    2Arise, get thee to Padan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.