Genesis 31:16

Genesis 31:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children’s; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it.”

Context of Genesis 31:16

14And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house? 15Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us. Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.” 17Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels, 18and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Genesis 31:16 word by word

כִּ֣י כָל־הָעֹ֗שֶׁר אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצִּ֤יל אֱלֹהִים֙ מֵֽאָבִ֔ינוּ לָ֥נוּ ה֖וּא וּלְבָנֵ֑ינוּ וְעַתָּ֗ה כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֧ר אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֵלֶ֖יךָ עֲשֵֽׂה׃Read the interlinear

• Surelyכִּיkîy · forH3588
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the wealthעֹ֫שֶׁר‛ôsher · richesH6239
• thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• has taken awayנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• from our fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• belongs to usהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• and to our childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Soעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• has toldאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• youאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413

Cross-references for Genesis 31:16

• Genesis 31:1Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
• Genesis 30:35That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
• Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Commentaries on Genesis 31:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-55Verses 1-55 - Jacob‘s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16The women quickly agreed to go with Jacob because God had blessed him. They were very willing to leave Laban, who had wasted their wealth (the property meant to support them). They understood that what God gave Jacob would also belong to them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-211. he heard the words of Laban's sons--It must have been from rumor that Jacob got knowledge of the invidious reflections cast upon him by his cousins; for they were separated at the distance of three days' journey.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 31:16

• Laban
• Rachel
• Wife

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Agate
• Carry
• Discern
• Fear
• Gather
• Inheritance
• Jacob
• Leah

Commentaries on Genesis 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings