Parallel Verses English Standard Version It is in my power to do you harm. But the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’ King James Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. Douay-Rheims Bible It is in my power to return thee evil: but the God of your father said to me yesterday: Take heed thou speak not any things harshly against Jacob. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke to me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. Genesis 31:29 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentLaban's Pursuit, Reconciliation, and Covenant with Jacob. - As Laban was not told till the third day after the flight, though he pursued the fugitives with his brethren, i.e., his nearest relations, he did not overtake Jacob for seven days, by which time he had reached the mountains of Gilead (Genesis 31:22-24). The night before he overtook them, he was warned by God in a dream, "not to speak to Jacob from good to bad," i.e., not to say anything decisive and emphatic for the purpose of altering what had already occurred (vid., Genesis 31:29, and the note on Genesis 24:50). Hence he confined himself, when they met, "to bitter reproaches combining paternal feeling on the one hand with hypocrisy on the other;" in which he told them that he had the power to do them harm, if God had not forbidden him, and charged them with stealing his gods (the teraphim). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the power. the God. yesternight. Take. Cross References Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing has come from the LORD; we cannot speak to you bad or good. Genesis 31:5 and said to them, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me. Genesis 31:7 yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. Genesis 31:24 But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad." Genesis 31:42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night." Micah 2:1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Jump to Previous Bad Care Careful Damage Either Evil Good Hand Harm Heed Hurt Jacob Last Night Power Speak Thyself YesternightJump to Next Bad Care Careful Damage Either Evil Good Hand Harm Heed Hurt Jacob Last Night Power Speak Thyself YesternightLinks Genesis 31:29 NIVGenesis 31:29 NLT Genesis 31:29 ESV Genesis 31:29 NASB Genesis 31:29 KJV Genesis 31:29 Bible Apps Genesis 31:29 Biblia Paralela Genesis 31:29 Chinese Bible Genesis 31:29 French Bible Genesis 31:29 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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