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Genesis 31:9

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 31:9 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Genesis 31:9 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 31

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6And ye know that will all my power I have served your father.
7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.
9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
10And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.
11And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.
12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, etc.] Not all of them, (see <013119>Genesis 31:19); but a great part of them; his flock was much lessened by those means, and more were taken away, and came to Jacob’s share, than if Laban had abode by the original agreement: and gave [them] to me; who has the disposing of all things in the world, whose the world, and all in it, are, and gives of it to the sons of men as he pleases. Jacob takes no notice of any artifice of his, or of any means and methods he made use of, but wholly ascribes all to the providence of God, and points to his wives the hand of God only; and indeed it seems to be by his direction that he took the method he did,…”
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