Genesis 31:26 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have cheated me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, What do you mean stealing away and leaving like this without my knowing it, and carrying off my daughters as if captives of the sword?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

Common English Bible

²⁶ Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and taken off with my daughters as if they were prisoners of war.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And he said to Jacob: "Why have you acted this way, departing from me in secret, with my daughters like captives of the sword?

Genesis 31:26 Cross References

Genesis 12:18

So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 26:10

Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

Genesis 29:25

And in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

Genesis 3:13

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.”

Genesis 31:16

All the property which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children; now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”

Genesis 31:25

And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen encamped in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:27

Why did you flee secretly, and cheat me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

Genesis 31:36

Then Jacob became angry, and upbraided Laban; Jacob said to Laban, “What is my offense? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

Genesis 34:29

all their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.

Genesis 4:10

And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

John 18:35

Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?”

Joshua 7:19

Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and render praise to him; and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

1 Samuel 14:43

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand; here I am, I will die.”

1 Samuel 17:29

And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not but a word?”

1 Samuel 30:2

and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great; they killed no one, but carried them off, and went their way.