Genesis 31:15
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Genesis 31:15 in other translations
| BSB | Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us. |
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| WEB | Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up 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; |
| DARBY | Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money. |
| BBE | Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up. |
| Webster | Are we not counted by him strangers; for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money. |
What does Genesis 31:15 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 31:1-21
The affairs of these families are related very minutely, while (what are called) the great events of states and kingdoms at that period, are not mentioned. The Bible teaches people the common duties of life, how to serve God, how to enjoy the blessings he bestows, and to do good in the various stations and duties of life. Selfish men consider themselves robbed of all that goes past them, and covetousness will even…
Genesis 31:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 31:15
- Genesis 29:15-20
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. …
- Genesis 29:27-30
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Nehemiah 5:8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
- Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
- Exodus 21:7-11
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. …
- Genesis 31:41
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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
41; 29:15-20,27-30; 30:26; Ex 21:7-11; Ne 5:8
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Context
- Genesis 31:14
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
- Genesis 31:15
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
- Genesis 31:16
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Genesis 31:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿No nos tiene ya como por extrañas, pues que nos vendió, y aun se ha comido del todo nuestro precio? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | N’avons-nous pas été réputées par lui des étrangères? car il nous a vendues, et a même toujours mangé notre argent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sind wir nicht als Fremde von ihm geachtet worden? Denn er hat uns verkauft und hat auch unser Geld völlig verzehrt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos, et vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum? |