THEOSISGenesis 31:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But after that he had heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying: Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and being enriched by his substance is become great.
וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֤י בְנֵֽי־לָבָן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לָקַ֣ח יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֑ינוּ וּמֵאֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֔ינוּ עָשָׂ֕ה אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַכָּבֹ֖ד הַזֶּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 4:4Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
- Prov 27:4Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
- Jer 9:23Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Job 31:31If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
- Prov 14:30Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
- Isa 5:14Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it.
- Ps 120 (119):3
- Ps 120 (119):5