Genesis 31:9
New International Version
So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.

New Living Translation
In this way, God has taken your father’s animals and given them to me.

English Standard Version
Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

Berean Standard Bible
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

King James Bible
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

New King James Version
So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

New American Standard Bible
So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

NASB 1995
“Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

NASB 1977
“Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus God has delivered your father’s livestock and given them to me.

Amplified Bible
Thus God has taken away the flocks of your father and given them to me.

Christian Standard Bible
God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.”

American Standard Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Contemporary English Version
That's how God has taken sheep and goats from your father and given them to me.

English Revised Version
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.

Good News Translation
God has taken flocks away from your father and given them to me.

International Standard Version
"So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.

Majority Standard Bible
Thus God has taken away your father?s livestock and given them to me.

NET Bible
In this way God has snatched away your father's livestock and given them to me.

New Heart English Bible
Thus God has taken away your father?s livestock and given them to me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

World English Bible
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and God takes away the substance of your father, and gives to me.

Young's Literal Translation
and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

Smith's Literal Translation
And God will take away the cattle of your father and will give them to me.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And it is God who has taken your father’s substance and given it to me.

New American Bible
So God took away your father’s livestock and gave it to me.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father, and given them to me.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thus God has selected some of your father's cattle, and given them to me.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And God separated from the possessions of your father and he gave them to me.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jacob Flees from Laban
8If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring. 9Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me. 10When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.…

Cross References
Exodus 3:21-22
And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed. / Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Exodus 12:35-36
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. / And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

Deuteronomy 8:18
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

Psalm 105:37
He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

Isaiah 61:6
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

Isaiah 61:8
For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Ezekiel 39:10
They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

Job 27:16-17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, / what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Luke 1:51-53
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. / He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. / He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

Luke 16:11
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

1 Corinthians 10:26
for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Genesis 31:1,16
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…

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…

Psalm 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

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Genesis 31
1. Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.
19. Rachel steals her father's household gods.
22. Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong.
34. Rachel's plan to hide the images.
36. Jacob's complaint of Laban.
43. The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.














Thus God
The phrase "Thus God" underscores the divine intervention and sovereignty of God in the affairs of men. In Hebrew, the word for God here is "Elohim," which emphasizes His power and might. This introduction sets the stage for understanding that the events that transpired were not merely by human effort or chance but were orchestrated by God Himself. It reflects the biblical theme that God is actively involved in the lives of His people, guiding and providing for them according to His will.

has taken away
The Hebrew root for "has taken away" is "natsal," which can mean to snatch away, deliver, or rescue. This conveys the idea that God actively intervened to remove the livestock from Laban's possession. It suggests a divine act of justice or retribution, as Laban had previously deceived Jacob. This action by God is a reminder of His justice and His ability to protect and provide for His chosen ones, even when they face deceit and hardship.

your father’s livestock
The reference to "your father’s livestock" highlights the personal and familial nature of the conflict between Jacob and Laban. Livestock in ancient times was a primary measure of wealth and prosperity. By taking Laban's livestock, God was not only providing for Jacob but also demonstrating His power over material wealth. This serves as a reminder that true prosperity and blessing come from God, not from human schemes or manipulations.

and given them to me
The phrase "and given them to me" emphasizes the transfer of wealth and blessing from Laban to Jacob. The Hebrew word for "given" is "nathan," which means to bestow or grant. This indicates that the wealth Jacob acquired was a gift from God, not something he achieved solely through his own efforts. It reflects the biblical principle that God is the ultimate source of all blessings and that He can redistribute resources according to His purposes. This transfer also signifies God's favor upon Jacob, affirming the covenant promises made to Abraham and Isaac, which are now being fulfilled in Jacob's life.

Verse 9. - Thus - literally, and (as the result of this) - God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. In ascribing to God what he had himself effected by (so-called) fraud, this language of Jacob appears to some inexcusable (Kalisch); in passing over his own stratagem in silence Jacob has been charged with not telling the whole truth to his wives (Keil). A more charitable consideration of Jacob's statement, however, discerns-in it an evidence of his piety, which recognized and gratefully acknowledged that not his own "consummate cunning, 'but Jehovah s watchful care had enabled him to outwit the dishonest craft of Laban (Rosenmüller, Ainsworth, Bush, Candlish, Murphy).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Thus God
אֱלֹהִ֛ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has taken away
וַיַּצֵּ֧ל (way·yaṣ·ṣêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

your father’s
אֲבִיכֶ֖ם (’ă·ḇî·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

livestock
מִקְנֵ֥ה (miq·nêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4735: Something bought, property, livestock, acquisition

and given
וַיִּתֶּן־ (way·yit·ten-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

[them] to me.
לִֽי׃ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


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