Genesis 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Genesis 31:9 in other translations
| BSB | Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me. |
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| WEB | Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, 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. |
| DARBY | And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. |
| BBE | So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me. |
| Webster | Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. |
What does Genesis 31:9 mean?
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 31:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 31:9
- Genesis 31:1
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.
- 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.
- Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
- Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Esther 8:1-2
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
- Psalms 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
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Context
- Genesis 31:8
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
- Genesis 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
- Genesis 31:10
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.
Genesis 31:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así quitó Dios el ganado de vuestro padre, y diómelo á mí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Dieu a ôté le troupeau de votre père et me l’a donné. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Gott hat das Vieh eures Vaters genommen und mir gegeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri, et dedit mihi. |