THEOSISGenesis 31:36Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Jacob being angry, said in a chiding manner: For what fault of mine, and for what offence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me,
וַיִּ֥חַר לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב וַיָּ֣רֶב בְּלָבָ֑ן וַיַּ֤עַן יַעֲקֹב֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְלָבָ֔ן מַה־פִּשְׁעִי֙ מַ֣ה חַטָּאתִ֔י כִּ֥י דָלַ֖קְתָּ אַחֲרָֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eph 4:26Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
- Gen 49:7Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.
- Jas 1:19You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.
- Jas 1:20For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
- Num 16:15Moses therefore being very angry, said to the Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have injured any of them.
- Gen 30:2And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?
- Mark 3:5And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.
- Gen 34:7Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.