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Genesis 31:9

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

KJV

Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri, et dedit mihi.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀφείλατο ὁ θεὸς πάντα τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ἔδωκέν μοι αὐτά.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּצֵּ֧ל אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת מִקְנֵ֥ה אֲבִי/כֶ֖ם וַ/יִּתֶּן לִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
noun · 76×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Esth 8:1 — 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.
  • Gen 30:35 — And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep
  • Gen 30:37 — And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
  • Gen 30:39 — And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 31:16 — 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.
  • Gen 31:16 — 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.
  • Matt 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
  • Prov 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
  • Ps 50:10 — For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
  • Ps 107:38 — He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.