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. Berean Literal Bible And God has snatched away the livestock of your⁺ father and gave 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. Berean Annotated Bible Thus God {Elohim} has taken away your⁺ father’s livestock 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. 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. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThus God has taken away your father’s livestock 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 Versionand God takes away the substance of your father, and gives to me. Berean Literal Bible And God has snatched away the livestock of your⁺ father and gave them 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 BibleAnd 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 BibleThus 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 1917Thus 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 (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) 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 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock Genesis 30:43 Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys. 1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. and given them to me. Ecclesiastes 2:26 To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 1 Samuel 15:28 So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you. 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 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. 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. Jump to Previous Cattle Father's Livestock SubstanceJump to Next Cattle Father's Livestock SubstanceGenesis 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 has taken away your father’s livestock Jacob recognized that the increase of his flocks came from God’s just intervention. Laban had repeatedly altered Jacob’s wages and sought to limit his prosperity, yet God caused the agreed-upon animals to multiply for Jacob. Since livestock represented wealth, livelihood, and security, this transfer established Jacob’s ability to leave Laban’s household with his family. Gen 30:43 Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous.… and given them to me. Jacob credited God rather than his own skill for the wealth he had gained. God had preserved him during years of unfair treatment and provided what was needed for his return to the land promised to Abraham and Isaac. Ecc 2:26 To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom… Persons / Places / Events 1. JacobThe grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac, and the central figure in this passage. He is recounting how God has blessed him by transferring wealth from Laban to him. 2. Laban Jacob's father-in-law, who had deceived Jacob multiple times. Laban represents the worldly and deceitful practices that often oppose God's plans. 3. God The divine being who intervenes in Jacob's life, ensuring that His covenant promises are fulfilled despite human deceit. 4. Livestock The wealth of the time, representing God's provision and blessing. The transfer of livestock signifies God's justice and favor towards Jacob. 5. Paddan-aram The region where Jacob lived with Laban, a place of both blessing and trial for Jacob. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty in ProvisionGod is in control of all resources and can redistribute wealth according to His will. Trust in His provision, even when circumstances seem unfair. Integrity in Adversity Jacob's account encourages believers to maintain integrity and faithfulness, trusting that God will vindicate and bless them in His time. Divine Justice God's justice may not always be immediate, but it is certain. He sees the wrongs done to His people and will act on their behalf. Faith in God's Promises Just as God fulfilled His promises to Jacob, believers can have confidence that God will fulfill His promises to them. God's Faithfulness Reflect on how God has been faithful in your life, providing and protecting you in ways you may not have initially recognized. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Genesis 31:9?2. How does Genesis 31:9 demonstrate God's provision in Jacob's life? 3. What can we learn about God's justice from Genesis 31:9? 4. How does Genesis 31:9 connect to God's promises in Genesis 28:15? 5. How can we trust God to "take away" obstacles in our lives? 6. What actions can we take to align with God's will as Jacob did? 7. How does Genesis 31:9 reflect God's justice in Jacob's favor over Laban's deceit? 8. What does Genesis 31:9 reveal about God's role in wealth transfer? 9. How does Genesis 31:9 challenge the concept of divine intervention in personal disputes? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Genesis 31? 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). Genesis 31:9 shows God acting decisively to protect and prosper Jacob despite Laban’s manipulation. Jacob interprets the entire episode as the Lord’s just and generous intervention—taking what an unjust man tried to hoard and placing it into covenant hands. The verse encourages trust that God sees, judges, and provides, turning unfair treatment into unexpected blessing for His people. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thus Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים (’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 Additonal Resources Genesis 31:9 Blue Letter BibleGenesis 31:9 Bible Gateway Genesis 31:9 Bible.com Genesis 31:9 NIV |
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