Genesis 31:7
but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.
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- Num 14:22 : 22 For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,
- Neh 4:12 : 12 So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly about all the schemes they were plotting against us.
- Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
- Gen 31:29 : 29 I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
- Gen 31:41 : 41 This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you– fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!
- Zech 8:23 : 23 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of– indeed, grab– the robe of one Jew and say,“Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”
- Gen 20:6 : 6 Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.
- Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven; they will ration your bread by weight, and you will eat and not be satisfied.
- Ps 105:14-15 : 14 He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, 15 saying,“Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
- Isa 4:1 : 1 Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say,“We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you– take away our shame!”
- Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the LORD will do for his servants– I will vindicate them,” says the LORD.
- Job 1:10 : 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
- Job 19:3 : 3 These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!
- Job 19:8 : 8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
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- Gen 31:38-425 verses82%
38“I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.
39Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night.
40I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.
41This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you– fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!
42If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”
- Gen 31:8-103 verses81%
8If he said,‘The speckled animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said,‘The streaked animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.
9In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10“Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- Gen 31:5-62 verses79%
5There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.
6You know that I’ve worked for your father as hard as I could,
- Gen 31:27-304 verses76%
27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?
28You didn’t even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren goodbye. You have acted foolishly!
29I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
30Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”
- Gen 30:27-326 verses75%
27But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”
28He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”
29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,“and how well your livestock have fared under my care.
30Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”
31So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:
32Let me walk among all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and the spotted or speckled goats. These animals will be my wages.
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12My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”
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32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
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15Then Laban said to Jacob,“Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be.”
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7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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12Then he said,‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.
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9Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’
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13When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”
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25In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban,“What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”
- Gen 31:15-162 verses70%
15Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
16Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”
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34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
- Gen 42:28-292 verses69%
28He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”
29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
- Gen 27:35-362 verses69%
35But Isaac replied,“Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing.”
36Esau exclaimed,“‘Jacob is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked,“Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
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6Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.
- Gen 31:1-22 verses69%
1Jacob’s Flight from Laban Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining,“Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
2When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.
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36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
- Gen 37:10-112 verses69%
10When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”
11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
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9The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
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17But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
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34“Agreed!” said Laban,“It will be as you say.”
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23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
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27saying“Praised be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The LORD has led me to the house of my master’s relatives!”