THEOSISGenesis 31:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me.
וַיַּצֵּ֧ל אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־מִקְנֵ֥ה אֲבִיכֶ֖ם וַיִּתֶּן־לִֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 31:1But 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.
- Gen 31:16But God hath taken our father's riches, and delivered them to us, and to our children: wherefore, do all that God hath commanded thee.
- Esth 8:1On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews' enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle.
- Esth 8:2And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her house.
- Prov 13:22The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
- Matt 20:15Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?
- Ps 50 (49):10