Genesis 31:31

New English Translation

“I left secretly because I was afraid!” Jacob replied to Laban. “I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 31:30

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father’s house. Yet why did you steal my gods?”

Genesis 31:32

Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it.” (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.)

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.