Study it in the app“He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has made all this wealth.””
He heardוַיִּשְׁמַעthe wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof Laban’sלָבָןsons,בְנֵיsaying,לֵאמֹר“Jacobיַעֲקֹבhas takenלָקַחallאֵת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרwas our father’s,לְאָבִינוּand fromוּמֵwhatאֲשֶׁרwas our father’sלְאָבִינוּhe has madeעָשָׂהallאֵת כָּלthisהַזֶּהwealth.”הַכָּבֹד
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsLaban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lakach” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appearswealth
What one has in abundance: goods and fortune that give him weight.
Where else “kavod” appears1 · This verse (above)
2And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and look, it was not with him as before.
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?
