Genesis 31:43 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?

Thou and Ye

  • thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Their covenant at GaleedLaban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to own himself in fault, as he...

Parallel Passages

  • Genesis 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Topics

  • Ingratitude Laban to Jacob
  • Jacob Dissatisfied with Laban’s treatment and returns to the land of Canaan
  • Laban Pursues Jacob, overtakes him at Mount Gilead, and covenants with him

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • LabanWhite. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was...
  • JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Laban לָבָן lābān לָבָן Proper name
  • answered וַיַּעַן wayyaʿan עָנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • and said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • unto Jacob אֶל ʾel Preposition יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name
  • daughters הַבָּנוֹת habbānôt בַּת Noun · feminine plural · with the
  • my daughters בְּנֹתַי bĕnōtay בַּת Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • and these children וְהַבָּנִים wĕhabbānîm בֵּן Noun · masculine plural · with and, the
  • my children בָּנַי bānay בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • and these cattle וְהַצֹּאן wĕhaṣṣōʾn צֹאן Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with and, the
  • my cattle צֹאנִי ṣōʾnî צֹאן Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • and all that thou seest וְכֹל wĕkōl Noun · masculine singular · with and אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative אַתָּה ʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular רֹאֶה rōʾê רָאָה Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
  • mine: and what can I do מָה mâ Interrogative אֶעֱשֶׂה ʾeʿĕśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
  • this day הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • unto these my daughters וְלִבְנֹתַי wĕlibnōtay בַּת Noun · feminine plural construct · with and, preposition, suffix: first person common singular לָאֵלֶּה lāʾēllê Pronoun · with preposition
  • or אוֹ ʾô אוֹ Conjunction
  • unto their children לִבְנֵיהֶן libnêhen בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: third person feminine plural
  • which they have born אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative יָלָדוּ yālādû יָלַד Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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