Genesis 31:9

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

"Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me." - Genesis 31:9
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What does Genesis 31:9 mean?

Genesis 31:9 in the King James Version reads, "Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me." This verse comes from the story of Jacob and Laban, two men who were connected through family and work. The verse is part of a larger narrative in which…

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Divine Extraction and Blessing: A Deeper Understanding of God's Provision

Genesis 31:9 states, "Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me." In this verse, we witness a significant moment in the life of Jacob as he confronts Laban, his father-in-law, about the transition of wealth and blessings that have occurred under…

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A Prayer for Divine Provision and Guidance

Heavenly Father, We come before You today, humbled and awed by Your sovereignty and might. In Genesis 31:9, we are reminded of Your divine hand upon our lives: "Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me." Lord, as we reflect on these words, we are…

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Genesis 31:22 - "And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled."
Genesis 31:45 - "And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar."
Genesis 31:47 - "And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed."
Genesis 31:31 - "And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me."
Genesis 34:31 - "And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?"
Genesis 25:31 - "And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright."
Genesis 31:2 - "And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before."
Genesis 31:4 - "And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,"
Genesis 37:31 - "And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;"
Genesis 42:31 - "And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:"
Genesis 10:31 - "These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations."
Genesis 21:31 - "Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them."
Genesis 41:31 - "And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous."
Genesis 31:17 - "¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;"
Genesis 31:6 - "And ye know that with all my power I have served your father."
2 Chronicles 31:9 - "Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps."
Exodus 9:31 - "And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled."
Genesis 5:31 - "And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died."
Genesis 31:20 - "And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled."
Genesis 36:31 - "¶ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel."
Genesis 43:31 - "And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread."
Genesis 29:31 - "¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren."
Matthew 9:31 - "But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country."