Genesis 31:1

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Summary

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.

Jacob

Glory

General references

Genesis 31:9

Job 31:24

Bible References

Jacob

'If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked;

If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, 'O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'

My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames -- sons of men, Their teeth are a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.

Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!

for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

Glory

and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.'

and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one -- into her.

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

General references

and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'