Genesis 31:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֤י בְנֵֽי־לָבָן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לָקַ֣ח יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֑ינוּ וּמֵאֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֔ינוּ עָשָׂ֕ה אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַכָּבֹ֖ד הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyišmaʿ ʾet-words of sons-of-Lāḇān lēʾmōr, lāqaḥ Yaʿăqōḇ ʾēt all-that to-father-our, and-from-what to-father-our ʿāśâ ʾēt all-the-kāḇôḏ the-this.

Grammar Details

• *wayyišmaʿ*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he heard
• *ʾet*: Direct object marker
• *Lāḇān*: Proper noun - Laban
• *lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
• *lāqaḥ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has taken
• *Yaʿăqōḇ*: Proper noun - Jacob
• *ʿāśâ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he has made/gained
• *kāḇôḏ*: Masculine singular noun - wealth/glory/honor

Word Meanings

• *lāqaḥ*: taken/seized/acquired
• *ʿāśâ*: made/done/produced/gained/acquired
• *kāḇôḏ*: wealth/glory/honor/abundance

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 4:4 : 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Isa 5:14 : 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
• Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• Ezek 16:44 : 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
• Matt 4:8 : 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
• 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
• Gen 31:8-9 : 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
• Gen 45:13 : 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
• Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
• Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
• Job 31:31 : 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
• Ps 17:14 : 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
• Ps 49:16-17 : 16 Be not thou afraid{H8799)} when one is made rich{H8686)}, when the glory of his house is increased{H8799)}; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away{H8799)}: his glory shall not descend{H8799)} after him.
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
• Ps 120:3-5 : 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
• Prov 14:30 : 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
• Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?