Study it in the app“Then Jacob became angry and quarreled with Laban. Jacob answered and said to Laban, “What is my transgression? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?”
Then Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבbecame angryיִּחַר לְand quarreledוַיָּרֶבwith Laban.בְּלָבָןJacobיַעֲקֹבansweredוַיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Laban,לְלָבָן“Whatמַהis my transgression?פִּשְׁעִיWhatמַהis my sin,חַטָּאתִיthatכִּיyou have hotly pursuedדָלַקְתָּme?אַחֲרָי
Jacob
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” appearsbe angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “yichar” appearsquarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “yarev” 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” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishi” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatati” appearspursue hotly
To go after someone in fury, giving no respite.
Where else “dalakta” appears35She said to her father, “Do not let my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the teraphim.
36 · This verse (above)
37Now that you have felt through all my goods, what have you found of all the goods of your house? Put it here before my brothers and your brothers, and let them decide between the two of us.
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?
