Genesis 31:43 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?”
Genesis 31:43 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 31:43 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 31:43 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?”
Genesis 31:43 — World English Bible
Genesis 31:43 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne? ”
Genesis 31:43 — American Standard Version
Genesis 31:43 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters <FI>are<Fi> my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing <FI>is<Fi> mine; and to my daughters--what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?”
Genesis 31:43 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 31:43 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth? ”
Genesis 31:43 — Darby Translation
Genesis 31:43 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Laban answered, and saide vnto Iaakob, These daughters are my daughters, and these sonnes are my sonnes, and these sheepe are my sheepe, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or to their sonnes which they haue borne?”
Genesis 31:43 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 31:43 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And Laban answered, and he said to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that you see—it is mine. And to my daughters—what can I do to these today, or to their sons whom they have borne?”
Genesis 31:43 — The Living Sword
Genesis 31:43 in Context — Genesis 31
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
What Does Genesis 31:43 Mean?
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