Genesis 31:43

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Laban said to Jacob, “Leah and Rachel are my daughters, and their children belong to me. All these sheep you are taking are really mine too. In fact, everything you have belongs to me. But there is nothing I can do to keep my daughters and their children.

Cross References

Genesis 31:1

Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, “Jacob is now a rich man, and he got everything he owns from our father.”

Genesis 31:55

Early the next morning, Laban kissed his daughters and his grandchildren goodbye, then he left to go back home.

Genesis 37:35

All Jacob's children came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will go to my grave, mourning for my son.” So Jacob kept on grieving.