Genesis 31:2
Strong's Lexicon
And Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֖ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob = 'heel holder' or 'supplanter' 1) son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

saw
וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

from the countenance
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

of Laban
לָבָ֑ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban = 'white' n pr m 1) son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel n pr loc 2) a wilderness encampment of the Israelites

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

that his attitude toward
עִמּ֖וֹ (‘im·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5973: 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as 1e) beside, except 1f) in spite of

him
כִּתְמ֥וֹל (kiṯ·mō·wl)
Preposition-k | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8543: 1) before, before that time, beforetime, heretofore, of late, of old, these days, time(s) past, yesterday, day before yesterday, recently, formerly 1a) yesterday 1a1) recently, formerly (usual usage) (fig) 1b) as formerly, so more recently 1c) from yesterday, already

שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ (šil·šō·wm)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8032: 1) day before yesterday, three days ago 1a) an idiom for 'heretofore in times past'

had changed.
אֵינֶ֛נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Jacob saw from Laban’s face that his attitude toward him was not the same.

New American Standard Bible
Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not [friendly] toward him as formerly.

King James Bible
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him as before.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
And Jacob noticed that Laban's attitude toward him was not what it had been.

New Living Translation
And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban's attitude toward him.

English Standard Version
And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.

New American Standard Bible
Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as formerly.

King James Bible
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Jacob saw from Laban's face that his attitude toward him was not the same.

International Standard Version
Jacob also noticed that the way Laban had been looking at him wasn't as nice as it had been just two days earlier.

NET Bible
When Jacob saw the look on Laban's face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.

American Standard Version
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

English Revised Version
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.
















Cross References
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 31:3
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

Genesis 31:5
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 30:43
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

Genesis 30:42
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

Genesis 31:4
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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