Genesis 31:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 31:30 : 30 And now, though you would certainly be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?
  • 1 Sam 19:13 : 13 And Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for its head, and covered it with a cloth.
  • Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.
  • Gen 35:2 : 2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your clothes:
  • Ezek 21:21 : 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
  • Gen 31:32 : 32 With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
  • Gen 31:34 : 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
  • Josh 24:2 : 2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers lived on the other side of the river in ancient times, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
  • Judg 17:4-5 : 4 Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a carved image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
  • Judg 18:14-24 : 14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do. 15 And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him. 16 And the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. 17 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image. Then the priest said to them, What are you doing? 19 And they said to him, Hold your peace, put your hand over your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel? 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the carved image, and went among the people. 21 So they turned and departed and put the little ones, the cattle, and the goods before them. 22 When they were a good distance from Micah's house, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they called out to the children of Dan, and they turned their faces and said to Micah, What troubles you, that you come with such a company? 24 And he said, You have taken away my gods which I made and the priest, and you have gone away; what more do I have? And how can you say to me, What troubles you?
  • Judg 18:31 : 31 And they set up for themselves Micah's carved image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

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  • Gen 31:30-36
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    30And now, though you would certainly be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?

    31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.

    32With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know 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 he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

    34Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

    35And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.

    36And Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?

  • Gen 31:20-21
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    20And Jacob fled secretly from Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

    21So he fled with all he had; and he rose up, and crossed over the river, and set his face toward Mount Gilead.

  • Gen 31:18
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    18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock that he had acquired in Padan Aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 29:9-10
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    9And while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she tended them.

    10And when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

  • Gen 31:25-27
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    25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead.

    26And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have stolen away secretly from me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

    27Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with joy, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp?

  • Gen 29:12
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    12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.

  • Gen 31:4
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    4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

  • Gen 31:1-2
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    1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and from that which was our father's, he has gained all this wealth.

    2And Jacob noticed the expression of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as before.

  • Gen 29:16
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    16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Gen 29:29
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    29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid as her maid.

  • Gen 30:25
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    25When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away that I may go to my own place and country."

  • Gen 31:12
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    12And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are streaked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

  • Gen 31:14
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    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

  • Gen 30:35
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    35He removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his sons.

  • Gen 29:6
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    6And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and behold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.

  • Gen 30:15
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    15She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Would you also take away my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "Therefore, he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

  • Gen 29:25
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    25And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?

  • Gen 31:9
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    9So God has taken away the cattle of your father and given them to me.

  • Gen 31:43
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    43And Laban answered and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?