Genesis 31:31 - Easy To Read Version

³¹ Jacob answered, “I left without telling you, because I was afraid! I thought you would take your daughters away from me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Jacob answered Laban, Because I was afraid; for I thought, Suppose you would take your daughters from me by force.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

Common English Bible

³¹ Jacob responded to Laban, “I was afraid and convinced myself that you would take your daughters away from me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Jacob answered: "I set out, unknown to you, because I feared that you might take away your daughters by violence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.

Genesis 31:31 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 20:11

Then Abraham said, “{I was afraid.} I thought no one in this place respected God. I thought someone would kill me to get Sarah.

Genesis 31:30

I know that you want to go back to your home. That is why you left. But why did you steal the gods from my house?”

Genesis 31:32

But I did not steal your gods. If you find any one here with me that has taken your gods, then that person will be killed. Your men will be my witnesses. You can look for anything that belongs to you. Take anything that is yours.” (Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen Laban’s gods.)

Proverbs 29:25

Fear is like a trap. But if you trust in the Lord, you will be safe.