Apologetics Bible

Genesis 31:1

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶת־דִּבְרֵי בְנֵֽי־לָבָן לֵאמֹר לָקַח יַעֲקֹב אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ וּמֵאֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ עָשָׂה אֵת כָּל־הַכָּבֹד הַזֶּֽה׃

vayishema'-'et-diverey-veney-lavan-le'mor-laqach-ya'aqov-'et-khal-'asher-le'aviynv-vme'asher-le'aviynv-'ashah-'et-khal-hakhavod-hazeh

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s has he gotten all this glory.

ASV: 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.

YLT: And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, ‘Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;’

Exposition: Genesis 31:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:2

Hebrew

וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב אֶת־פְּנֵי לָבָן וְהִנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּ עִמּוֹ כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃

vayare'-ya'aqov-'et-feney-lavan-vehineh-'eynenv-'imvo-khitemvol-shileshvom

KJV: And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

AKJV: And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

ASV: And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

YLT: and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.

Exposition: Genesis 31:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:3

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב שׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ אֲבוֹתֶיךָ וּלְמוֹלַדְתֶּךָ וְאֶֽהְיֶה עִמָּֽךְ׃

vayo'mer-yehvah-'el-ya'aqov-shvv-'el-'eretz-'avvoteykha-vlemvoladetekha-ve'eheyeh-'imakhe

KJV: And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

AKJV: And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

ASV: And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

YLT: And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, ‘Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.’

Exposition: Genesis 31:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:4

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח יַעֲקֹב וַיִּקְרָא לְרָחֵל וּלְלֵאָה הַשָּׂדֶה אֶל־צֹאנֽוֹ׃

vayishelach-ya'aqov-vayiqera'-lerachel-vlele'ah-hashadeh-'el-tzo'nvo

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

AKJV: And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

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

YLT: And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

Exposition: Genesis 31:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:5

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶן רֹאֶה אָנֹכִי אֶת־פְּנֵי אֲבִיכֶן כִּֽי־אֵינֶנּוּ אֵלַי כִּתְמֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵי אָבִי הָיָה עִמָּדִֽי׃

vayo'mer-lahen-ro'eh-'anokhiy-'et-feney-'aviykhen-khiy-'eynenv-'elay-khitemol-shileshom-ve'lohey-'aviy-hayah-'imadiy

KJV: And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

AKJV: And said to them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

ASV: and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.

YLT: and saith to them, ‘I am beholding your father's face--that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,

Exposition: Genesis 31:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:6

Hebrew

וְאַתֵּנָה יְדַעְתֶּן כִּי בְּכָל־כֹּחִי עָבַדְתִּי אֶת־אֲבִיכֶֽן׃

ve'atenah-yeda'eten-khiy-vekhal-khochiy-'avadetiy-'et-'aviykhen

KJV: And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

AKJV: And you know that with all my power I have served your father.

ASV: And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

YLT: and ye--ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,

Exposition: Genesis 31:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:7

Hebrew

וַאֲבִיכֶן הֵתֶל בִּי וְהֶחֱלִף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִים וְלֹֽא־נְתָנוֹ אֱלֹהִים לְהָרַע עִמָּדִֽי׃

va'aviykhen-hetel-viy-vehechelif-'et-mashekhuretiy-'asheret-moniym-velo'-netanvo-'elohiym-lehara'-'imadiy

KJV: And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

AKJV: And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

ASV: And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

YLT: and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

Exposition: Genesis 31:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:8

Hebrew

אִם־כֹּה יֹאמַר נְקֻדִּים יִהְיֶה שְׂכָרֶךָ וְיָלְדוּ כָל־הַצֹּאן נְקֻדִּים וְאִם־כֹּה יֹאמַר עֲקֻדִּים יִהְיֶה שְׂכָרֶךָ וְיָלְדוּ כָל־הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּֽים׃

'im-khoh-yo'mar-nequdiym-yiheyeh-shekharekha-veyaledv-khal-hatzo'n-nequdiym-ve'im-khoh-yo'mar-'aqudiym-yiheyeh-shekharekha-veyaledv-khal-hatzo'n-'aqudiym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked.

ASV: If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

YLT: ‘If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked;

Exposition: Genesis 31:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:9

Hebrew

וַיַּצֵּל אֱלֹהִים אֶת־מִקְנֵה אֲבִיכֶם וַיִּתֶּן־לִֽי׃

vayatzel-'elohiym-'et-miqeneh-'aviykhem-vayiten-liy

KJV: Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

AKJV: Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

ASV: Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

YLT: and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

Exposition: Genesis 31:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:10

Hebrew

וַיְהִי בְּעֵת יַחֵם הַצֹּאן וָאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלוֹם וְהִנֵּה הָֽעַתֻּדִים הָעֹלִים עַל־הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּבְרֻדִּֽים׃

vayehiy-ve'et-yachem-hatzo'n-va'esha'-'eynay-va'ere'-vachalvom-vehineh-ha'atudiym-ha'oliym-'al-hatzo'n-'aqudiym-nequdiym-vverudiym

KJV: And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

AKJV: And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped on the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

ASV: And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.

YLT: ‘And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, are ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled;

Exposition: Genesis 31:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:11

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים בַּחֲלוֹם יֽ͏ַעֲקֹב וָאֹמַר הִנֵּֽנִי׃

vayo'mer-'elay-male'akhe-ha'elohiym-vachalvom-ya'aqov-va'omar-hineniy

KJV: And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

AKJV: And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

ASV: And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

YLT: and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here am I.

Exposition: Genesis 31:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:12

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר שָׂא־נָא עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה כָּל־הָֽעַתֻּדִים הָעֹלִים עַל־הַצֹּאן עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים וּבְרֻדִּים כִּי רָאִיתִי אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָבָן עֹשֶׂה לָּֽךְ׃

vayo'mer-sha'-na'-'eyneykha-vre'eh-khal-ha'atudiym-ha'oliym-'al-hatzo'n-'aqudiym-nequdiym-vverudiym-khiy-ra'iytiy-'et-khal-'asher-lavan-'osheh-lakhe

KJV: And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

AKJV: And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap on the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

ASV: And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

YLT: ‘And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see--all the he-goats which are going up on the flock are ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;

Exposition: Genesis 31:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:13

Hebrew

אָנֹכִי הָאֵל בֵּֽית־אֵל אֲשֶׁר מָשַׁחְתָּ שָּׁם מַצֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ לִּי שָׁם נֶדֶר עַתָּה קוּם צֵא מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וְשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃

'anokhiy-ha'el-veyt-'el-'asher-mashacheta-sham-matzevah-'asher-nadareta-liy-sham-neder-'atah-qvm-tze'-min-ha'aretz-hazo't-veshvv-'el-'eretz-mvoladetekha

KJV: I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

AKJV: I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred.

ASV: I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.

YLT: I am the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'

Exposition: Genesis 31:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:14

Hebrew

וַתַּעַן רָחֵל וְלֵאָה וַתֹּאמַרְנָה לוֹ הַעוֹד לָנוּ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה בְּבֵית אָבִֽינוּ׃

vata'an-rachel-vele'ah-vato'marenah-lvo-ha'vod-lanv-cheleq-venachalah-veveyt-'aviynv

KJV: And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

AKJV: And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

ASV: And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

YLT: And Rachel answereth--Leah also--and saith to him, ‘Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

Exposition: Genesis 31:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:15

Hebrew

הֲלוֹא נָכְרִיּוֹת נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ לוֹ כִּי מְכָרָנוּ וַיֹּאכַל גַּם־אָכוֹל אֶת־כַּסְפֵּֽנוּ׃

halvo'-nakheriyvot-necheshavenv-lvo-khiy-mekharanv-vayo'khal-gam-'akhvol-'et-khasefenv

KJV: Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

AKJV: Are we not counted of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money.

ASV: Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

YLT: have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;

Exposition: Genesis 31:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:16

Hebrew

כִּי כָל־הָעֹשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר הִצִּיל אֱלֹהִים מֵֽאָבִינוּ לָנוּ הוּא וּלְבָנֵינוּ וְעַתָּה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֱלֹהִים אֵלֶיךָ עֲשֵֽׂה׃

khiy-khal-ha'osher-'asher-hitziyl-'elohiym-me'aviynv-lanv-hv'-vlevaneynv-ve'atah-khol-'asher-'amar-'elohiym-'eleykha-'asheh

KJV: 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.

AKJV: For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatever God has said to you, do. ¶

ASV: For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

YLT: for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it is ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee--do.'

Exposition: Genesis 31:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:17

Hebrew

וַיָּקָם יַעֲקֹב וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־נָשָׁיו עַל־הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃

vayaqam-ya'aqov-vayisha'-'et-vanayv-ve'et-nashayv-'al-hagemaliym

KJV: Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

AKJV: Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on camels;

ASV: Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

YLT: And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,

Exposition: Genesis 31:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:18

Hebrew

וַיִּנְהַג אֶת־כָּל־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁ מִקְנֵה קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם לָבוֹא אֶל־יִצְחָק אָבִיו אַרְצָה כְּנָֽעַן׃

vayinehag-'et-khal-miqenehv-ve'et-khal-rekhushvo-'asher-rakhash-miqeneh-qineyanvo-'asher-rakhash-vefadan-'aram-lavvo'-'el-yitzechaq-'aviyv-'aretzah-khena'an

KJV: And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

AKJV: And 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.

ASV: and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.

YLT: and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

Exposition: Genesis 31:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:19

Hebrew

וְלָבָן הָלַךְ לִגְזֹז אֶת־צֹאנוֹ וַתִּגְנֹב רָחֵל אֶת־הַתְּרָפִים אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִֽיהָ׃

velavan-halakhe-ligezoz-'et-tzo'nvo-vatigenov-rachel-'et-haterafiym-'asher-le'aviyha

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

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

ASV: Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

YLT: And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;

Exposition: Genesis 31:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:20

Hebrew

וַיִּגְנֹב יַעֲקֹב אֶת־לֵב לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי עַל־בְּלִי הִגִּיד לוֹ כִּי בֹרֵחַ הֽוּא׃

vayigenov-ya'aqov-'et-lev-lavan-ha'aramiy-'al-veliy-higiyd-lvo-khiy-vorecha-hv'

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

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

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

YLT: and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;

Exposition: Genesis 31:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:21

Hebrew

וַיִּבְרַח הוּא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וַיָּקָם וַיַּעֲבֹר אֶת־הַנָּהָר וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־פָּנָיו הַר הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

vayiverach-hv'-vekhal-'asher-lvo-vayaqam-vaya'avor-'et-hanahar-vayashem-'et-fanayv-har-hagile'ad

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

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

ASV: So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

YLT: and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face toward the mount of Gilead.

Exposition: Genesis 31:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:22

Hebrew

וַיֻּגַּד לְלָבָן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי כִּי בָרַח יַעֲקֹֽב׃

vayugad-lelavan-vayvom-hasheliyshiy-khiy-varach-ya'aqov

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

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

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

YLT: And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled,

Exposition: Genesis 31:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:23

Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח אֶת־אֶחָיו עִמּוֹ וַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרָיו דֶּרֶךְ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וַיַּדְבֵּק אֹתוֹ בְּהַר הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

vayiqach-'et-'echayv-'imvo-vayiredof-'acharayv-derekhe-shive'at-yamiym-vayadeveq-'otvo-vehar-hagile'ad

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

AKJV: And he took his brothers with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

ASV: And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

YLT: and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.

Exposition: Genesis 31:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:24

Hebrew

וַיָּבֹא אֱלֹהִים אֶל־לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי בַּחֲלֹם הַלָּיְלָה וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תְּדַבֵּר עִֽם־יַעֲקֹב מִטּוֹב עַד־רָֽע׃

vayavo'-'elohiym-'el-lavan-ha'aramiy-vachalom-halayelah-vayo'mer-lvo-hishamer-lekha-fen-tedaver-'im-ya'aqov-mitvov-'ad-ra'

KJV: And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

AKJV: And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. ¶

ASV: And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

YLT: And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, ‘Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.’

Exposition: Genesis 31:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:25

Hebrew

וַיַּשֵּׂג לָבָן אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב וְיַעֲקֹב תָּקַע אֶֽת־אָהֳלוֹ בָּהָר וְלָבָן תָּקַע אֶת־אֶחָיו בְּהַר הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

vayasheg-lavan-'et-ya'aqov-veya'aqov-taqa'-'et-'aholvo-vahar-velavan-taqa'-'et-'echayv-vehar-hagile'ad

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

AKJV: Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brothers pitched in the mount of Gilead.

ASV: And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

YLT: And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed theirs in the mount of Gilead.

Exposition: Genesis 31:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:26

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב מֶה עָשִׂיתָ וַתִּגְנֹב אֶת־לְבָבִי וַתְּנַהֵג אֶת־בְּנֹתַי כִּשְׁבֻיוֹת חָֽרֶב׃

vayo'mer-lavan-leya'aqov-meh-'ashiyta-vatigenov-'et-levaviy-vatenaheg-'et-venotay-khishevuyvot-charev

KJV: 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?

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

ASV: And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

YLT: And Laban saith to Jacob, ‘What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

Exposition: Genesis 31:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:27

Hebrew

לָמָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַ וַתִּגְנֹב אֹתִי וְלֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי וָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְשִׁרִים בְּתֹף וּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃

lamah-nacheve'ta-liverocha-vatigenov-'otiy-velo'-higadeta-liy-va'ashalechakha-veshimechah-vveshiriym-vetof-vvekhinvor

KJV: Wherefore 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?

AKJV: Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

ASV: Wherefore didst thou flee 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;

YLT: Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,

Exposition: Genesis 31:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore 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?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:28

Hebrew

וְלֹא נְטַשְׁתַּנִי לְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנַי וְלִבְנֹתָי עַתָּה הִסְכַּלְתָּֽ עֲשֽׂוֹ׃

velo'-netashetaniy-lenasheq-levanay-velivenotay-'atah-hisekhaleta-'ashvo

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

AKJV: And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done foolishly in so doing.

ASV: and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

YLT: and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? --now thou hast acted foolishly in doing so ;

Exposition: Genesis 31:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:29

Hebrew

יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּכֶם רָע וֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵי אֲבִיכֶם אֶמֶשׁ ׀ אָמַר אֵלַי לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ מִדַּבֵּר עִֽם־יַעֲקֹב מִטּוֹב עַד־רָֽע׃

yesh-le'el-yadiy-la'ashvot-'imakhem-ra'-ve'lohey-'aviykhem-'emesh- -'amar-'elay-le'mor-hishamer-lekha-midaver-'im-ya'aqov-mitvov-'ad-ra'

KJV: It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

AKJV: It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take you heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

ASV: It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

YLT: my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.

Exposition: Genesis 31:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:30

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה הָלֹךְ הָלַכְתָּ כִּֽי־נִכְסֹף נִכְסַפְתָּה לְבֵית אָבִיךָ לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי׃

ve'atah-halokhe-halakheta-khiy-nikhesof-nikhesafetah-leveyt-'aviykha-lamah-ganaveta-'et-'elohay

KJV: And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

AKJV: And now, though you would needs be gone, because you sore longed after your father’s house, yet why have you stolen my gods?

ASV: And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

YLT: ‘And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?’

Exposition: Genesis 31:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:31

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר לְלָבָן כִּי יָרֵאתִי כִּי אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־תִּגְזֹל אֶת־בְּנוֹתֶיךָ מֵעִמִּֽי׃

vaya'an-ya'aqov-vayo'mer-lelavan-khiy-yare'tiy-khiy-'amaretiy-fen-tigezol-'et-venvoteykha-me'imiy

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

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

ASV: And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

YLT: And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, ‘Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;

Exposition: Genesis 31:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:32

Hebrew

עִם אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא אֶת־אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא יִֽחְיֶה נֶגֶד אַחֵינוּ הַֽכֶּר־לְךָ מָה עִמָּדִי וְקַֽח־לָךְ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע יַעֲקֹב כִּי רָחֵל גְּנָבָֽתַם׃

'im-'asher-timetza'-'et-'eloheykha-lo'-yicheyeh-neged-'acheynv-hakher-lekha-mah-'imadiy-veqach-lakhe-velo'-yada'-ya'aqov-khiy-rachel-genavatam

KJV: With 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.

AKJV: With whomsoever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brothers discern you what is your with me, and take it to you. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

ASV: With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall 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.

YLT: with whomsoever thou findest thy gods--he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what is with me, and take to thyself:' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them.

Exposition: Genesis 31:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'With 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:33

Hebrew

וַיָּבֹא לָבָן בְּאֹהֶל יַעֲקֹב ׀ וּבְאֹהֶל לֵאָה וּבְאֹהֶל שְׁתֵּי הָאֲמָהֹת וְלֹא מָצָא וַיֵּצֵא מֵאֹהֶל לֵאָה וַיָּבֹא בְּאֹהֶל רָחֵֽל׃

vayavo'-lavan-ve'ohel-ya'aqov- -vve'ohel-le'ah-vve'ohel-shetey-ha'amahot-velo'-matza'-vayetze'-me'ohel-le'ah-vayavo'-ve'ohel-rachel

KJV: And 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.

AKJV: And 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.

ASV: And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

YLT: And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.

Exposition: Genesis 31:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:34

Hebrew

וְרָחֵל לָקְחָה אֶת־הַתְּרָפִים וַתְּשִׂמֵם בְּכַר הַגָּמָל וַתֵּשֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶם וַיְמַשֵּׁשׁ לָבָן אֶת־כָּל־הָאֹהֶל וְלֹא מָצָֽא׃

verachel-laqechah-'et-haterafiym-vateshimem-vekhar-hagamal-vateshev-'aleyhem-vayemashesh-lavan-'et-khal-ha'ohel-velo'-matza'

KJV: Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

AKJV: Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat on them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

ASV: Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.

YLT: And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found;

Exposition: Genesis 31:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:35

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־אָבִיהָ אַל־יִחַר בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִי כִּי לוֹא אוּכַל לָקוּם מִפָּנֶיךָ כִּי־דֶרֶךְ נָשִׁים לִי וַיְחַפֵּשׂ וְלֹא מָצָא אֶת־הַתְּרָפִֽים׃

vato'mer-'el-'aviyha-'al-yichar-ve'eyney-'adoniy-khiy-lvo'-'vkhal-laqvm-mifaneykha-khiy-derekhe-nashiym-liy-vayechafesh-velo'-matza'-'et-haterafiym

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

AKJV: And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you; for the custom of women is on me. And he searched but found not the images. ¶

ASV: And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.

YLT: and she saith unto her father, ‘Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women is on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.

Exposition: Genesis 31:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:36

Hebrew

וַיִּחַר לְיַעֲקֹב וַיָּרֶב בְּלָבָן וַיַּעַן יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר לְלָבָן מַה־פִּשְׁעִי מַה חַטָּאתִי כִּי דָלַקְתָּ אַחֲרָֽי׃

vayichar-leya'aqov-vayarev-velavan-vaya'an-ya'aqov-vayo'mer-lelavan-mah-fishe'iy-mah-chata'tiy-khiy-dalaqeta-'acharay

KJV: 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?

AKJV: And Jacob was wroth, and strived with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?

ASV: 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 hotly pursued after me?

YLT: And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, ‘What is my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?

Exposition: Genesis 31:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:37

Hebrew

כִּֽי־מִשַּׁשְׁתָּ אֶת־כָּל־כֵּלַי מַה־מָּצָאתָ מִכֹּל כְּלֵי־בֵיתֶךָ שִׂים כֹּה נֶגֶד אַחַי וְאַחֶיךָ וְיוֹכִיחוּ בֵּין שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃

khiy-mishasheta-'et-khal-khelay-mah-matza'ta-mikhol-kheley-veytekha-shiym-khoh-neged-'achay-ve'acheykha-veyvokhiychv-veyn-sheneynv

KJV: Whereas 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.

AKJV: Whereas you have searched all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both.

ASV: Whereas thou hast felt about 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 two.

YLT: for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.

Exposition: Genesis 31:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whereas 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:38

Hebrew

זֶה עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ רְחֵלֶיךָ וְעִזֶּיךָ לֹא שִׁכֵּלוּ וְאֵילֵי צֹאנְךָ לֹא אָכָֽלְתִּי׃

zeh-'esheriym-shanah-'anokhiy-'imakhe-recheleykha-ve'izeykha-lo'-shikhelv-ve'eyley-tzo'nekha-lo'-'akhaletiy

KJV: This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

AKJV: This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten.

ASV: These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.

YLT: ‘These twenty years I am with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten;

Exposition: Genesis 31:38 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:39

Hebrew

טְרֵפָה לֹא־הֵבֵאתִי אֵלֶיךָ אָנֹכִי אֲחַטֶּנָּה מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה גְּנֻֽבְתִי יוֹם וּגְנֻֽבְתִי לָֽיְלָה׃

terefah-lo'-heve'tiy-'eleykha-'anokhiy-'achatenah-miyadiy-tevaqeshenah-genuvetiy-yvom-vgenuvetiy-layelah

KJV: That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

AKJV: That which was torn of beasts I brought not to you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

ASV: That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

YLT: the torn I have not brought in unto thee--I, I repay it--from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;

Exposition: Genesis 31:39 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:40

Hebrew

הָיִיתִי בַיּוֹם אֲכָלַנִי חֹרֶב וְקֶרַח בַּלָּיְלָה וַתִּדַּד שְׁנָתִי מֵֽעֵינָֽי׃

hayiytiy-vayvom-'akhalaniy-chorev-veqerach-valayelah-vatidad-shenatiy-me'eynay

KJV: Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

AKJV: Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.

ASV: Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

YLT: I have been thus : in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.

Exposition: Genesis 31:40 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:41

Hebrew

זֶה־לִּי עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּבֵיתֶךָ עֲבַדְתִּיךָ אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בִּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּצֹאנֶךָ וַתַּחֲלֵף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִֽים׃

zeh-liy-'esheriym-shanah-veveytekha-'avadetiykha-'areva'-'eshereh-shanah-vishetey-venoteykha-veshesh-shaniym-vetzo'nekha-vatachalef-'et-mashekhuretiy-'asheret-moniym

KJV: Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

AKJV: Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times.

ASV: These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

YLT: ‘This is to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;

Exposition: Genesis 31:41 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:42

Hebrew

לוּלֵי אֱלֹהֵי אָבִי אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וּפַחַד יִצְחָק הָיָה לִי כִּי עַתָּה רֵיקָם שִׁלַּחְתָּנִי אֶת־עָנְיִי וְאֶת־יְגִיעַ כַּפַּי רָאָה אֱלֹהִים וַיּוֹכַח אָֽמֶשׁ׃

lvley-'elohey-'aviy-'elohey-'averaham-vfachad-yitzechaq-hayah-liy-khiy-'atah-reyqam-shilachetaniy-'et-'aneyiy-ve'et-yegiy'a-khafay-ra'ah-'elohiym-vayvokhach-'amesh

KJV: Except 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.

AKJV: Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you had sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night. ¶

ASV: Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

YLT: unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'

Exposition: Genesis 31:42 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Except 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:43

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן לָבָן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַבָּנוֹת בְּנֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה רֹאֶה לִי־הוּא וְלִבְנֹתַי מָֽה־אֽ͏ֶעֱשֶׂה לָאֵלֶּה הַיּוֹם אוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר יָלָֽדוּ׃

vaya'an-lavan-vayo'mer-'el-ya'aqov-havanvot-venotay-vehavaniym-vanay-vehatzo'n-tzo'niy-vekhol-'asher-'atah-ro'eh-liy-hv'-velivenotay-mah-'e'esheh-la'eleh-hayvom-'vo-liveneyhen-'asher-yaladv

KJV: 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?

AKJV: And 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 which they have born?

ASV: And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

YLT: And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, ‘The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing is mine; and to my daughters--what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?

Exposition: Genesis 31:43 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 d...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:44

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה לְכָה נִכְרְתָה בְרִית אֲנִי וָאָתָּה וְהָיָה לְעֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶֽךָ׃

ve'atah-lekhah-nikheretah-veriyt-'aniy-va'atah-vehayah-le'ed-veyniy-vveynekha

KJV: Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

AKJV: Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.

ASV: And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

YLT: and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'

Exposition: Genesis 31:44 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:45

Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח יַעֲקֹב אָבֶן וַיְרִימֶהָ מַצֵּבָֽה׃

vayiqach-ya'aqov-'aven-vayeriymeha-matzevah

KJV: And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

AKJV: And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

ASV: And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

YLT: And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up for a standing pillar;

Exposition: Genesis 31:45 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:46

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְאֶחָיו לִקְטוּ אֲבָנִים וַיִּקְחוּ אֲבָנִים וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־גָל וַיֹּאכְלוּ שָׁם עַל־הַגָּֽל׃

vayo'mer-ya'aqov-le'echayv-liqetv-'avaniym-vayiqechv-'avaniym-vaya'ashv-gal-vayo'khelv-sham-'al-hagal

KJV: And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

AKJV: And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there on the heap.

ASV: And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

YLT: and Jacob saith to his brethren, ‘Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;

Exposition: Genesis 31:46 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:47

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ לָבָן יְגַר שָׂהֲדוּתָא וְיַֽעֲקֹב קָרָא לוֹ גַּלְעֵֽד׃

vayiqera'-lvo-lavan-yegar-shahadvta'-veya'aqov-qara'-lvo-gale'ed

KJV: And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

AKJV: And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

ASV: And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

YLT: and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.

Exposition: Genesis 31:47 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:48

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן הַגַּל הַזֶּה עֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינְךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמוֹ גַּלְעֵֽד׃

vayo'mer-lavan-hagal-hazeh-'ed-veyniy-vveynekha-hayvom-'al-khen-qara'-shemvo-gale'ed

KJV: And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

AKJV: And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

ASV: And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

YLT: And Laban saith, ‘This heap is witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;

Exposition: Genesis 31:48 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:49

Hebrew

וְהַמִּצְפָּה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יִצֶף יְהוָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ כִּי נִסָּתֵר אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵֽהוּ׃

vehamitzefah-'asher-'amar-yitzef-yehvah-veyniy-vveynekha-khiy-nisater-'iysh-mere'ehv

KJV: And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

AKJV: And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

ASV: and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

YLT: Mizpah also, for he said, ‘Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;

Exposition: Genesis 31:49 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:50

Hebrew

אִם־תְּעַנֶּה אֶת־בְּנֹתַי וְאִם־תִּקַּח נָשִׁים עַל־בְּנֹתַי אֵין אִישׁ עִמָּנוּ רְאֵה אֱלֹהִים עֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶֽךָ׃

'im-te'aneh-'et-venotay-ve'im-tiqach-nashiym-'al-venotay-'eyn-'iysh-'imanv-re'eh-'elohiym-'ed-veyniy-vveynekha

KJV: If 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.

AKJV: If you shall afflict my daughters, or if you shall take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.

ASV: If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

YLT: if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters--there is no man with us--see, God is witness between me and thee.'

Exposition: Genesis 31:50 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:51

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הִנֵּה ׀ הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְהִנֵּה הַמַצֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר יָרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶֽךָ׃

vayo'mer-lavan-leya'aqov-hineh- -hagal-hazeh-vehineh-hamatzevah-'asher-yariytiy-veyniy-vveynekha

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

AKJV: And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast between me and you:

ASV: And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.

YLT: And Laban saith to Jacob, ‘Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;

Exposition: Genesis 31:51 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:52

Hebrew

עֵד הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְעֵדָה הַמַּצֵּבָה אִם־אָנִי לֹֽא־אֽ͏ֶעֱבֹר אֵלֶיךָ אֶת־הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְאִם־אַתָּה לֹא־תַעֲבֹר אֵלַי אֶת־הַגַּל הַזֶּה וְאֶת־הַמַּצֵּבָה הַזֹּאת לְרָעָֽה׃

'ed-hagal-hazeh-ve'edah-hamatzevah-'im-'aniy-lo'-'e'evor-'eleykha-'et-hagal-hazeh-ve'im-'atah-lo'-ta'avor-'elay-'et-hagal-hazeh-ve'et-hamatzevah-hazo't-lera'ah

KJV: This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

AKJV: This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

ASV: This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

YLT: this heap is witness, and the standing pillar is witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me--for evil;

Exposition: Genesis 31:52 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:53

Hebrew

אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וֵֽאלֹהֵי נָחוֹר יִשְׁפְּטוּ בֵינֵינוּ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבִיהֶם וַיִּשָּׁבַע יַעֲקֹב בְּפַחַד אָבִיו יִצְחָֽק׃

'elohey-'averaham-ve'lohey-nachvor-yishefetv-veyneynv-'elohey-'aviyhem-vayishava'-ya'aqov-vefachad-'aviyv-yitzechaq

KJV: The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

AKJV: The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

ASV: The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

YLT: the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us--the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Exposition: Genesis 31:53 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:54

Hebrew

וַיִּזְבַּח יַעֲקֹב זֶבַח בָּהָר וַיִּקְרָא לְאֶחָיו לֶאֱכָל־לָחֶם וַיֹּאכְלוּ לֶחֶם וַיָּלִינוּ בָּהָֽר׃

vayizevach-ya'aqov-zevach-vahar-vayiqera'-le'echayv-le'ekhal-lachem-vayo'khelv-lechem-vayaliynv-vahar

KJV: Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

AKJV: Then Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount, and called his brothers to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

ASV: And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

YLT: And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;

Exposition: Genesis 31:54 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 31:55

KJV: And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

AKJV: And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned to his place.

ASV: And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

YLT: and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place.

Exposition: Genesis 31:55 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.