So Pharaoh called Abram. Pharaoh said, “You have done a very bad thing to me! You didn’t tell me Sarai was your wife! Why?
Genesis 29:25 - Easy To Read Version In the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah he had slept with. Jacob said to Laban, “You have tricked me. I worked hard for you so that I could marry Rachel. Why did you trick me?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in the morning [Jacob saw his wife, and] behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not work for you [all those seven years] for Rachel? Why then have you deceived and cheated and thrown me down [like this]? American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? Common English Bible In the morning, there she was—Leah! Jacob said to Laban, “What have you done to me? Didn’t I work for you to have Rachel? Why did you betray me?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to his father-in-law, "What is it that you intended to do? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to his father-in-law: What is it that thou didst mean to do? did not I serve thee for Rachel? Why hast thou deceived me? |
So Pharaoh called Abram. Pharaoh said, “You have done a very bad thing to me! You didn’t tell me Sarai was your wife! Why?
Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “Why have you done this to us? What wrong did I do against you? Why did you lie and say that she was your sister? You brought much trouble to my kingdom. You should not have done these things to me.
Abimelech said, “You have done a bad thing to us. One of our men might have slept with your wife. Then he would be guilty of a great sin.”
Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah and the younger was Rachel.
Laban said, “In our country we do not allow the younger daughter to marry before the older daughter.
Laban said to Jacob, “Why did you trick me? Why did you take my daughters like they were women you captured during war?
But your father cheated me. Your father has changed my pay ten times. But during all this time, God protected me from all of Laban’s tricks.
“Do to other people the same things you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law \{of Moses\} and the \{teaching of the\} prophets. {\cf2\super [83]}
If you judge other people, you will be judged in the same way you judge them. And the way you give to other people will be the way God gives to you.
But the work that each person does will be clearly seen, because the Day {\cf2\super [18]} will make it plain. That Day will appear with fire, and the fire will test every man’s work.
“I correct and punish those people that I love. So start trying hard! Change your hearts and lives!
Then the ruler of Bezek said, “I cut the thumbs and big toes off of 70 kings. And those kings had to eat pieces of food that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for the things I did to those kings.” The men of Judah took the ruler of Bezek to Jerusalem and he died there.
So all the people and elders [32] that were near the city gates were witnesses. They said,
{And it happened!} The woman saw Samuel and screamed loudly. She said to Saul, “You tricked me! You are Saul.”