Genesis 31:26

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives [taken] with the sword?

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  • 1 Sam 30:2 : 2 And had taken the women captives, that [were] therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried [them] away, and went on their way.
  • John 18:35 : 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  • Gen 12:18 : 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?
  • Gen 20:9-9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
  • Gen 31:16 : 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that [is] ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
  • Gen 31:36 : 36 ¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
  • Gen 34:29 : 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.
  • Josh 7:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.
  • 1 Sam 14:43 : 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that [was] in mine hand, [and], lo, I must die.
  • 1 Sam 17:29 : 29 And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:27-28
    2 verses
    87%

    27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

    28And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in [so] doing.

  • Gen 31:30-33
    4 verses
    85%

    30And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

    31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

    32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take [it] to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

    33And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Gen 31:18-23
    6 verses
    83%

    18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

    19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's.

    20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

    21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.

    22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

    23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

  • Gen 31:25
    81%

    25¶ Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

  • Gen 31:36-37
    2 verses
    81%

    36¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

    37Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

  • Gen 31:42-43
    2 verses
    78%

    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.

    43¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, [These] daughters [are] my daughters, and [these] children [are] my children, and [these] cattle [are] my cattle, and all that thou seest [is] mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

  • Gen 31:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1¶ And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

    2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him as before.

  • Gen 29:25
    77%

    25And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

  • Gen 29:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15¶ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be]?

    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and the name of the younger [was] Rachel.

  • Gen 30:26
    74%

    26Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

  • Gen 31:50-51
    2 verses
    74%

    50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee.

    51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this] pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

  • Gen 31:4
    73%

    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

  • Gen 29:13
    73%

    13And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

  • Gen 29:21
    73%

    21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.