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Genesis 31:16-18
The Voice
Genesis 31:16-18
The Voice
16 All of the property God has taken from our father and given to you actually belongs to us and to our children anyway! So do whatever God said to do.
17 So Jacob got up, and he put his children and his wives on camels for the journey. 18 He rounded up all of his livestock and all of the property he had gained, including the livestock he had acquired in Paddan-aram, and he began to drive them to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 31:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 31:16-18
New International Version
16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children.(A) So do whatever God has told you.”
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(B) on camels,(C) 18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated(D) in Paddan Aram,[a](E) to go to his father Isaac(F) in the land of Canaan.(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
Genesis 31:16-18
King James Version
Genesis 31:16-18
King James Version
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 31:16-18
English Standard Version
Genesis 31:16-18
English Standard Version
16 All the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”
17 So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels. 18 He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in (A)Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.
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