Genesis 31:26

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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Berean Standard Bible

Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

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KJV

King James Version

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?

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 31

²⁴ But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

²⁵ Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.

²⁶ Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

²⁷ Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

²⁸ But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

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